Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR —The good, the bad, and the in-between of this nation’s largest guest-worker program will be on display during “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964,” a bilingual exhibition coming to the Oregon History Museum at the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) Feb. 18-April 1. The exhibition opens with a “Family [...]
Washington, D.C. — Actor José Ferrer will be immortalized on a First-Class Forever Stamp in 2012 as the 14th luminary celebrated in the U.S. Postal Service’s Distinguished Americans series. Considered one of the most accomplished talents of his generation, Ferrer (1912-1992) won several Tony Awards for his work on stage and performed in more than [...]
Portland, OR — White Bird presents the Portland debut of Spain’s internationally acclaimed Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca Jan. 12-14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Newmark Theatre in downtown Portland. Under the artistic direction of Barrio’s husband, Martin Santangelo, Noche Flamenca’s company is composed of Barrio and seven other performers: dancers Alejandro Granados and Antonio [...]
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The musical “West Side Story” has centered on the clash of rival gangs and cultures since its inception in the 1950s, but it hasn’t been a terribly fair fight. Audiences were given more of a chance to get to know the “Jets” — the white gang [...]
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — When Leopoldo Marino isn’t engaged in his high-tech job designing computer networks for Daimler Trucks North America, he’s likely making movies. Short movies. Experimental movies. And now he has something much, much bigger in the works. Marino has come a long way — geographically and creatively [...]
Portland, OR — Didn’t get enough Day of the Dead at the beginning of the month? Miracle Theatre Group is stretching its annual celebration, which includes the bilingual play ¡VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN! and an accompanying “ofrendas” exhibit, through Nov. 13. Through song and dance, this year’s play honors “las adelitas,” the women who placed themselves [...]
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — When Carlota Duarte, a nun with the Society of the Sacred Heart, an artist with an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a dual Mexico-U.S. citizen thanks to her Yucatán-born father, spent three years travelling Mexico in the mid-1980s, she was amazed by how [...]
María Fernanda Mejía El Hispanic News Portland, OR — A group of visual artists spent the last two years trying to figure out a philosophical problem: What does it mean today to talk about Latin American art? Words such as “multidimensional,” “contemporary,” and “modern” came up from meetings they held in several cafes in Portland. [...]
Portland, OR. — For the fifth consecutive year, the Portland Latin American Film Festival (PDXLAFF) returns with a diverse mix of films that reflect the reality of the region. The festival coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated each year in September and October. This year’s event will take place Oct. 20-26, exclusively at [...]
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — It’s beginning to look a lot like Hispanic Heritage Month at Miracle Theatre. The atmosphere would be hectic there regardless of the time of year — the building is undergoing a pretty substantial remodel — but a lot of the hustle and bustle has to do with [...]
