In several scenes in the film Como agua para chocolate[1] (Alfonso Arau, 1992, based on the book of the same name by Laura Esquivel), the De la Garza sisters cross the border between Mexico and the United States, like those who cross the street: without so much drama or paperwork. They cross for a variety of reasons: They go to […]
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En más de una escena de la película Como agua para chocolate[1] (Alfonso Arau, 1992), basada en el libro homónimo de Laura Esquivel, las hermanas De la Garza cruzan, por diferentes motivos, la frontera entre México y los Estados Unidos, como quien cruza la calle: sin tanto drama ni papeleo. Van a visitar al Dr. Brown, quien vive en la […]
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For the first time, Ohio will have a theater with its own space dedicated to promoting and representing works by Latin American authors, or those related to the Latin world in the United States. It is the Blackbox Theater, located in the Astrup building—now known as The Pivot Center for Arts, Dance and Expression—on West 25th Street, between Seymour and […]
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Clothing and fashion are expressions of culture. That’s visible in the traditional clothing of any place, but also in couture. The Julia de Burgos Cultural Center embraces that idea, and with support from the Cleveland Foundation through its Creative Fusion program, has commissioned a collection of fashion looks celebrating 21 countries and islands of Latin America. Due to the COVID-19 […]
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Durante las próximas semanas, tres artistas residentes estarán trabajando con estudiantes y artistas profesionales locales a través de la Sociedad de Guitarra Clásica de Cleveland (CCGS, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Comite Mexicano de Cleveland. Estos artistas son Anastasia Sonaranda, de México; Hermelindo Ruiz, de Puerto Rico; y Thomas Flippin, de Estados Unidos continental. Los tres son guitarristas […]
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For the next few weeks, three artists-in-residence will be working with local professional artists and students through the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society (CCGS) and Comite Mexicano de Cleveland: Anastasia Guzman Sonaranda, from Mexico; Hermelindo Ruiz, from Puerto Rico; and Thomas Flippin, from the continental USA. These artists are guitarists and composers who have adapted to the new circumstances and will […]
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The 2020 Census could end a month earlier: on September 30 instead of October 31, as planned when the coronavirus became a pandemic. The door-knocking efforts by census officers trying to count everyone in our country will end before the extended date stipulated in April, when the COVID-19 crisis made it clear that it would be impossible to follow the initial deadlines and […]
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(from a phrase in Animal Farm, by George Orwell) Let’s Count Together Once again, we, the inhabitants of the United States, are going to be counted. The government assigns an extraordinary amount of resources to make sure the census officers reach even the most remote places. Officially, Census 2020 began this past January 21 by counting people who live in any […]
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(De una frase de La granja de los animales, de George Orwell) Contemos juntos Una vez más nosotros, los habitantes de los Estados Unidos, vamos a ser contados. El gobierno asigna una extraordinaria cantidad de recursos para asegurarse de que los oficiales de Censo lleguen hasta los más remotos parajes. Oficialmente, el Censo 2020 comenzó el pasado 21 de enero […]
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In collaboration with professor Damaris Punales Alpizar, we gave Spanish language students from Case Western Reserve University a task: Go out there to the real world; put the language skills acquired in the classroom to work; connect with Hispanic artists in Cleveland; talk to them; learn from them. The results are below: students sharing what they found in common with […]
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