Friday Film Roundup: Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift!
Friday Film Roundup: Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift!
To put into perspective just how powerful Taylor Swift and her league of Swifties really are, it’s worth noting that "The Exorcist: Believer" was supposed to come out this weekend. Naturally, the once-in-a-blue-moon Friday the 13th in October was a perfect time for a new "Exorcist" film to hit theaters. [...]
New Music Picks: Thalia, Omar Apollo, Bad Bunny & Drake, and More
New Music Picks: Thalia, Omar Apollo, Bad Bunny & Drake, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list includes Thalia's regional Mexican music ballad, Omar Apollo's personal EP, and Drake reuniting with Bad Bunny. Also on the list: La Factoría returns with Eddy Lover, Ana Tijoux honors the memory of her late sister, and Leon [...]
The Top Moments at 2023 Sueños Music Festival
The Top Moments at 2023 Sueños Music Festival
Sueños Music Festival brought all the Latin hit-makers to Chicago this past weekend. Grant Park was taken over by acts like Becky G, Ivy Queen, Wisin y Yandel, Young Miko, Feid and more. The two-day festival featured all kinds of genres in the Latin music space, from reggaeton and Latin [...]
In the Plant-Based Movement, Black and Brown Women are Catalysts for Change
In the Plant-Based Movement, Black and Brown Women are Catalysts for Change
A sea of fuschia and pastel girl boss suits eagerly filed into a warehouse venue in Brooklyn on an early Friday morning for a jam-packed agenda at the 2023 Vegan Women Summit (VWS). On May 19th, attendees fueled up on Impossible sausage stuffed breakfast burritos for a weekend-long marathon of [...]
Friday Film Roundup: The Little Mermaid, The Machine, Kandahar, and More
Friday Film Roundup: The Little Mermaid, The Machine, Kandahar, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s Friday Film Roundup, our weekly picks for the new movie releases on our radar. Somehow, on the same weekend that Disney’s “Little Mermaid” remake comes to theaters, so do two films based on the stand-up routines of two of the world’s most popular [...]
Latin Pop’s Secret Weapon GALE is Unleashed in ‘Lo Que No Te Dije’
Latin Pop’s Secret Weapon GALE is Unleashed in ‘Lo Que No Te Dije’
After shaping the sound of Latin pop music as a co-writer for stars like Christina Aguilera and Shakira, GALE is ready to break the mold with her debut album. In Lo Que No Te Dije, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter blends her Caribbean roots with elements of pop, dance, and punk [...]
Essentially Forgotten: Frieze Impact Award Winner Reminds Us of America’s Farmworkers
Essentially Forgotten: Frieze Impact Award Winner Reminds Us of America’s Farmworkers
Long pants, high socks, long sleeves, hats, bandanas. Surgical tape wraps around the thumb, middle finger, index finger to protect blistered hands; gloves are too bulky for picking cherries. A howling Washington wind stirs dust around the field, distant chatter and laughter hanging low like morning dew. Farm workers bend, [...]