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New Music Picks: Carla Morrison, Natti Natasha, Olga Tañón and More

Culture|MÚSICA  

New Music Picks: Carla Morrison, Natti Natasha, Olga Tañón and More

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features new music from Carla Morrison, Lele Pon's blast from the past with Guaynaa, and Natti Natasha's heartfelt song. Also on the list: Olga Tañón post-breakup anthem “La Vida Da Vuelta,” Bad Gyal breakthrough with “Chulo,” and [...]

For What’s Next on the Menu, the ‘Higher Dining’ Experience Hits Different

Culture|EVENTS 

For What’s Next on the Menu, the ‘Higher Dining’ Experience Hits Different

While growing up, sisters Roshelly and Shanelly Pena would have never thought they’d one day become chefs. Let alone chefs who curate savory cannabis-infused menus — yes, entire menus — of what they refer to as “power dishes,” desserts, and mocktails, all centered around flower. The sisters turned business partners [...]

Tattooing on Clothes with Chainstitch Embroidery Artist Samantha Saavedra

Culture|FOUNDER STORIES 

Tattooing on Clothes with Chainstitch Embroidery Artist Samantha Saavedra

Samantha Saavedra chain stitches with a hundred-year-old Singer sewing machine. What began as a tailoring stint at Levi’s led to running a business out of her home. Then, in 2022, Saveedra opened Mira Flores, a retail and tailor shop specializing in chain stitch embroidery and denim repair. For the artist, [...]

Jean Dawson, the Uncompromising Misfit of Music, is Ready to Conquer the World

Culture|MUSICA 

Jean Dawson, the Uncompromising Misfit of Music, is Ready to Conquer the World

27-year-old experimental alt-singer/songwriter Jean Dawson is the embodiment of a misfit in music. Dawson was raised in a blended household with Mexican and Black parents who treasured underground hip hop and rejected the way the world pummeled the dreams of those who look like Dawson. “My reality was really [...]