I am combining both my blogs, this one and Lamento Borincano project. The new website is Lamentoborincano.com
Posted in Lamento Borincano, Latino
Playright Diaz wins ATC’s 2008 Latino Award – Latino Perspectives Magazine – January 2009 – Phoenix, Arizona: “Arizona Theatre Company has selected a Puerto Rican playwright with a “hip-hop flair” as the winner of its 2008 National Latino Playwriting Award.
Kristoffer Diaz’s winning entry was The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, a work with a main character called The Mace, a Puerto Rican pro wrestler from the Bronx. The play takes a “comic look at pro wrestling, geopolitics and raisin bread.”
Arizona Theatre’s Company’s National Latino Playwriting Award annually recognizes an outstanding work by a Latino playwright. The winner receives $1,000. Diaz earned an MFA from New York University’s Department of Dramatic Writing.”
Feliz Navidad: Puerto Rican tradition says Christmas isn’t over yet
Growing up in Puerto Rico, I have fond memories of the holidays. Christmas, was just the beginning and we would receive one gift. The real holiday came on January 6, El Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day). I remember the day before and going in the fields with the other children in the neighborhood to gather grass. We would put the grass in a shoebox and leave it out for the camels.
After waking up and receiving our presents our family would get in the car and visit relatives who live in the mountains for the real celebration. Lots of relatives, lots of children and the food, arroz con gandules, pasteles, and lechon, all made for an experience I still long for today. Unfortunately, times have changed and that tradition is being forgotten.
Reading the article below brought back all these fond memories.
Posted in Navidad, Pasteles, Puerto Rican, tradition
And now Martinez, 68, is a college professor. A presidential fellow, to be exact.
Starting next month, Martinez will be responsible for Chapman University’s efforts to recruit first-generation students, especially Latinos, into science and math programs.
For the complete story follow the link below.
Posted in Chapman University, Education, Latino, Reuben Martinez
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Ron Rivera, Potter Devoted to Clean Water, Dies at 60 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com
Posted in Potters for Peace, Puerto Rican, Ron Rivera
This Tony Award winning poet will be performing his one man show “County of Kings: The Beautiful Struggle” at The Public Theater as part of the Under the Radar Festival. Lemon won a Tony Award for his participation in Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam . He can also be seen in HBO’s version of the show.
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIME:
Wednesday, January 7 @7PM
Thursday, January 8 @3PM
Saturday, January 10 @9:30PM
Sunday, January 11 @3PM
Monday, January 12 @7PM
Tuesday, January 13 @7PM
Wednesday, January 14 @2PM
Friday, January 16 @7PM
Saturday, January 17 @3PM
Sunday, January 18 @7PM
Tickets $15
Ticket information can be found at The Public Theater Web Site
Support Latino Theater!
For most of my life, I have been taught that Tainos were extinct. In the past few years, there has been a movement to disprove this theory. This documentary is a work in progress to look at the facts and the myths surrounding the Taino Indian legacy. The filmmaker, Alex Zacarias has created a website and social network where people can share their stories or knowledge of the Tainos. The website is www.losttainotribe.com or you can click on the badge below.
Posted in 3N Productions, Alex Zacarias, Caribbean, Lost Tribe, Tainos
It’s videos like this that warm the heart. A ten year old fan of the Broadway show “In the Heights” got more than he imagined when he wrote Lin-Manuel Miranda, the star and writer of the show asking to meet him backstage. Lin-Manuel orchestrated for the boy to perform the finale of the show in an after show performance. The boy had been posting videos on You Tube singing songs from the show. The look on Lin-Manuel as he watches the boy get his dream is priceless.
You can head an interview with the boy and his mother as well as a video of Lin-Manuel speaking about the experience and how it came about at Broadway World.
