Your Winter Guide to Latinx Art in LA
Your Winter Guide to Latinx Art in LA
Art has always been an anchor through difficult times. So while the uncertainty of the pandemic continues, let art be your respite. Here are seven thought-provoking exhibitions in Los Angeles bringing traditionally excluded Latinx narratives to the forefront. Narsiso Martinez, “Fruit Catcher” 2021, ink, charcoal, gold leaf and collage on [...]
Butter Roll: For a New Generation of Roller Skaters
Butter Roll: For a New Generation of Roller Skaters
Founder Amy Collado giggles as she recalls the mission statement she wrote six years ago for the first Butter Roll skate event: “To maintain the overall well-being of New Yorkers through roller skating, art and social justice politics.” Looking back she admits she had no idea how it would all [...]
The New Generation of Diseñadoras Mexicanas
The New Generation of Diseñadoras Mexicanas
Leer en español Since the early twentieth century, the interior and furniture design scene in Mexico has been led by influential women. Immigrants who arrived to develop their professional careers in Mexico, such as the textile designer Cynthia Sargent in 1951, or the Cuban furniture designer Clara Porset in 1938, [...]
In Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Men Are Monsters and Monsters Are Men
In Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Men Are Monsters and Monsters Are Men
Men are monsters and monsters are men. Through the course of human history, according to Guillermo del Toro, this is the law of the land, the only principle in an unprincipled world. Since his 1993 debut, “Cronos,” a film that considered notions of eternity by turning grandpa into a bloodsucking [...]
NYC Hip Hop Legends Rokafella and Kwikstep Beatbox Side by Side
NYC Hip Hop Legends Rokafella and Kwikstep Beatbox Side by Side
This four-part series spotlights generations of New York City Latine hip hop artists, each of them trailblazers in their respective elements. Featured artists: Kid Freeze, a b-boy pioneer who got his start in the 1970s and the inventor of continuous headspins and a range of power moves; Lady Pink, a [...]
Holiday Recipes from Four Latino Chefs
Holiday Recipes from Four Latino Chefs
Food brings people together. Not only around the table but also in the kitchen. Flavors, smells, and visually striking dishes can transport the mind and the heart to moments past, shared among friends and family. The Holidays mark a season where families gather, and generations pass along idiosyncratic cooking traditions. [...]
Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ is Pure Entrancing Thrill
Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ is Pure Entrancing Thrill
There was never any doubt that Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” would be a good movie. When it was first reported that Spielberg would be collaborating with Stephen Sondheim and Tony Kushner to remake the most influential musical movie of all time, its brilliance felt more like an impending inevitability. [...]