By Miryam Pinto While many Americans gather together on Christmas Eve, watching classic holiday movies like “Home Alone” or set out cookies for Santa Claus; Latinx households prepare for the mother of all holidays: Nochebuena. Nochebuena, which translates to “holy night,” is one of the Latinx culture’s most important holidays. Families put on their best…
El Día de los Muertos es una celebración profundamente arraigada en la cultura latinoamericana, desde el sincretismo entre las tradiciones indígenas, hasta la religión católica traída por los conquistadores españoles. Usualmente celebrado los días 1 y 2 de noviembre, este día no solo honra la memoria de los seres queridos que han fallecido, sino que…
San Antonio entrepreneur and music artist David “Davy” Espinoza has been running his streetwear clothing brand ‘EternoSteeLo Culture’ for the past 10 years, and will commemorate the milestone with an extra special “Summer Nights” event July 15th at The Alamo Beer Company. The brand is based out of San Antonio, and a representation of Chicano…
By Martina Vásquez I have always wanted to write. Since I was a baby, I would grab any book from my parents’ library, open it in the middle, and start telling a story, never mind that the book itself was upside down, or that I hadn’t yet learned the art of reading. I would fill…
By Anna Martinez Chingona. This is one of the words Elena Flores uses to describe herself. “It is a word that can have a negative connotation, but women [are] taking a stance and changing the meaning of what this word means, we get to define it,” said Flores. Flores is in the business of changing…
By Natasha Ford “Clap When You Land,” Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest novel-in-verse explores two identities, one in the Dominican Republic and one in New York City, and what it means to be Dominican and Afro-Latinx. She also deals with grief, family and finding out how you fit into a world without a loved one. “Clap When…
By Carlota Vásquez The blank page taunts me, Yet here I am, about to try again For the thirtieth, fortieth, One hundredth time. And now that I’ve begun, I realize That only by recurring to metaphors Can I hope to describe poetry To someone other than a poet. To painters: words…
Classic Hollywood is filled with many epic and culturally significant films. From the silent film era to talking productions, pre-code films, film noirs and westerns, there are a wide variety of genres and subjects to watch, appreciate, and analyze. Many films featuring subjects on Latino and Hispanic culture or which required the casting of a…
Earlier this morning, SXSW hosted a panel featuring renowned actor and well-known creative Ben Stiller who chose to do most of his work behind the camera as the Director and Executive Producer of Apple TV’s most successful show, Severance. Stiller was joined by Apple’s Senior Vice President of Services, Eddy Cue, and together the pair…
