New Music Picks: Shakira, GALE, Ivy Queen and More
New Music Picks: Shakira, GALE, Ivy Queen and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Shakira's ode to her sons, the return of Ivy Queen, and the emergence of GALE. Also on the list: Villano Antillano’s fierce collaboration with Pedro Capó, Miranda! revisits one of their hits with Juan Ingaramo and [...]
Tefi Pessoa is Shaping the Future of Climate Justice and Mental Health Awareness
Tefi Pessoa is Shaping the Future of Climate Justice and Mental Health Awareness
A few weeks ago, Tefi Pessoa was invited to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence to celebrate Earth day. The pop culture commentator is no stranger to meeting notable personalities. Whether it’s interviewing record-breaking artist Anitta on the red carpet or celebrating the latest Rare Beauty launch with Selena Gomez, Pessoa [...]
Q&A: Illustrator Carmen Pizarro is Inspired by Horror Films and Kitsch
Q&A: Illustrator Carmen Pizarro is Inspired by Horror Films and Kitsch
Name: Carmen Pizarro Age: 28 Home base: New York City, NY Tu país: I was born in the US but my family immigrated from Viña Del Mar, Chile What's been your journey to becoming an illustrator? My family embraced my artistic nature as a kid and encouraged me to pursue art [...]
Indonesian-Peruvian Artist Angelica Yudasto On Crafting Ethereal Tapestries
Indonesian-Peruvian Artist Angelica Yudasto On Crafting Ethereal Tapestries
Angelica Yudasto is an Indonesian-Peruvian artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Yudasto composes site-sensitive arrangements of ethereal tapestries and sculpted glass forms that act as a physical representation of her past traumas and inner anxieties. In her work, transient moments become static evocations printed on free-flowing silk. Latina's [...]
Q&A: Illustrator Elise Miguel Finds Her Muse in Plants and Hands
Q&A: Illustrator Elise Miguel Finds Her Muse in Plants and Hands
Name: Elise Miguel Age: 24 Home base: Montclair, NJ Tu país: Cuba, Puerto Rico What's been your journey to becoming an illustrator? I majored in illustration/animation in college and have been freelancing since I was 18 years old. I knew that I wanted to pursue the arts since I [...]
A Brief History of Gay Bars
A Brief History of Gay Bars
The landscape before, during, and after Stonewall. In 2021, a gay bar is hardly a niche venue. Quite the opposite: Most folks will tell you that dedicated queer nightlife venues have a notable reputation for particularly raucous and lively environs –– or rather, for being a damn good time. However accurate that superlative may be, [...]
Bent to the Earth by Blas Manuel de Luna
Bent to the Earth by Blas Manuel de Luna
Bent to the Earth By Blas Manuel de Luna They had hit Ruben with the high beams, had blinded him so that the van he was driving, full of Mexicans going to pick tomatoes, would have to stop. Ruben spun the van into an irrigation ditch, spun the five-year-old [...]