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You have to be mindful of when and where you play your favorite song when you’re in Havana: “At 10 o’clock on a Saturday night, the Mariana Grajales park in downtown Havana pulses with a thumping beat. Young men in drooping trousers and women in miniskirts dance, raise their hands in the air and grind Read More
Fashion… It’s what separates us from the primates, and in a city like New York, it’s what defines our everyday existence. For some it’s the difference between landing that job interview or not; getting a first date with that hot person across the bar from you; nailing that audition you just went on; or even Read More
Day five and we’re still going strong. After a seemingly never ending drive down from Maine, with a pit stop back at the Clubhouse (AKA Lance’s Apartment) to sleep, we had an early morning rise to drive, amid the rain, the rest of the way down to DC. Did I mention that I HATE traffic? Read More
Latinos Doing Their Thing… Andrea Arroyo is a Mexican-born, award-winning visual artist and curator who has received dozens of accolades for her work, including Groundbreaking Latina in the Arts Award, 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Award, and Outstanding Latina of the Year. She was also selected by President Clinton to create the Global Citizen Read More
Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s 1939 oil painting “Girl in Blue and White” is headed to Sotheby’s Latin American art auction in New York and could break the auction record. The painting, “Niña en azul y blanco,” is a portrait of 10-year-old Juanita Rosas and is from a period in which Rivera captured the innocence Read More
Who would have thought a haunting painting of Frida Kahlo would have have helped a doctor diagnose her infertility? Frida Kahlo, the revolutionary Mexican artist whose self portraits dealt with her feelings about loss, infertility, pain and alienation, may have finally received a new diagnosis from a doctor that wanted to know more about her illness after studying her Read More