La Quinta Estacion is ready for the big time. A couple of weeks back the Spanish trio celebrated the release of their third album, titled El Mundo Se Equivoca with their first trip to New York. With their promotional tour in full swing the band didn’t have time to sightsee, but they were revved up to share their new music with their fans....
In the much anticipated film El Cantante, real-life super couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony portray salsa legend Hector Lavoe and his wife Puchi. A large part of that hype is because there’s a certain stigma that has followed Lopez since Gigli, in which she starred in with her then love-interest Ben Affleck. There is no doubt Lopez is an...
Mala Rodriguez commands attention. She has an uncanny way of making people stop and focus solely on her. It might be that she beholds the “it” factor or because she’s an attractive woman. Whatever it is, as soon as she takes the stage, all eyes are on her. Everyone waits for her to speak.
In a recent gig at the Bowery Ballroom during the Latin...
Feel The Noise, produced by Jennifer Lopez, shows R&B singer Omarion Grandberry as a Harlem aspiring rapper who gets in touch with his Latino side and gets exposed to the world of reggaeton in Puerto Rico.
That storyline might sound a little off key, but it’s not so extreme that it can’t be pulled off by a well crafted cast. Regrettably with...
To tattoo or not tattoo – that is the question. Especially when you’re a girl. With terms like “tramp stamp” making the rounds, it’s hard to decide whether or not you really want to put something so permanent on your body, especially if it will cause others to think you’re less than lady like. Good thing it’s 2008. And good thing we have more than...
Do you feel Broadway has become too corporate with Oprah and Disney taking over the most famous avenue in the world? Lin-Manuel Miranda, the native New Yorker who wrote In the Heights back in college, may just save the day. Miranda is reminiscent of a young Leguizamo, a hungry actor overflowing with passion who also has plenty to say on the stage....
Contemporary art is often seen as something only the elite few can understand. But this isn’t the case with graffiti and its descendent, post-graffiti. Post-graffiti’s use of stencils, posters, stickers, and other techniques and codes are a far cry from graffiti, with the aim of creating an art within reach of masses around the world and with a...
How do you write about something that has no point? And I mean this in the best possible way, because I loved Fuerza Bruta, but unless you actually see it, you won't know what I mean. If I tell you what happens, it would defeat the point. So let me just say that this experience (it is the best way to describe what goes on nightly in Union Square's...
All dressed up and no where to go? With over a million New Yorkers and tourists huddling around a very cold Times Square to watch the ball drop, there's no reason why you should be home all alone drinking Bacardi. Paint the town rojo and welcome 2009 by attending one of the top Latin New Year's Eve parties in New York City.
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Ever since Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno won the 1962 Oscar for "Best Supporting Actress" in West Side Story, viewers have long anticipated seeing a Latina revive the widely successful tragic love story. After months of many rumors, it's now officially true. 21-year-old Josefina Scaglione was chosen by 90-year-old Tony Award-winning playwright...
