LatinaLista February is National Wedding Month. Not too hard to guess why — the 2009 American Wedding Study released by Brides.com found that 10 percent of proposals take place on Valentine’s Day. The survey also found that 86 percent…
By Lorenzo Tijerina La Prensa de San Antonio.- Chicago-based talent search event scheduled to come to SA, suddenly cancels amid allegations of foul play. Amid controversy and allegations of foul play Riverwalk Plaza Hotel cancelled sponsorship of Hispanic talent…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Author Oscar Casares shares the tale of two brothers in the poignantly touching novel Amigoland. Don Fidencio Rosales and Don Celestino are brothers who have not spoken to each other for many years over…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Marcelo in the Real World, by Francisco Stork, is the tale of Marcelo Sandoval, a 17-year-old with an Asperger’s-like condition. He is forced to exit his comfort zone when his high-powered father steers Marcelo to…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — In Parents Who Cheat: How Children and Adults Are Affected When Their Parents Are Unfaithful, Ana Nogales, Ph.D., combines her experience from her thirty-five years of clinical practice with her current research, which includes…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Two-time WBC boxing champion Mia Rosales- St. John is one of the most famous and popular competitors in women’s boxing today. Now, in her first book, The Knockout Workout: 3 Winning Steps to Improve…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — A groundbreaking anthology of short fiction by Latino mystery writers, Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, features an intriguing and unpredictable cast of sleuths, murderers and crime victims. Edited by Sarah Cortez and…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — In Evenings at the Argentine Club, writer Julia Amante introduces readers to the Argentine Club, a place where families meet on Sundays for entertainment and as a place of refuge to preserve their traditions….
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Beautiful Moon/Bella Luna, written by Dawn Jeffers, is an evoking, beautifully illustrated bilingual children’s picture book about a little girl who wants the day to last forever so that she may play and play. She…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Josefina Lopez, the acclaimed playwright of the hit play-turned-into-movie “Real Women have Curves,” does it again with her debut novel published in 2009 titled “Hungry Woman in Paris.” It’s a tale of a…
LatinaLista — It pays to speak another language. Well, it pays better if that other language is English. According to research published in 2003, immigrants (in the United States) who have mastered English compared to those who speak it…
LatinaLista It’s hard enough for immigrants to move to a new country, learn a new language in many cases and learn a whole new set of laws and system for doing things — that’s where American Fraternity comes in….
LatinaLista — With all that is happening in Mexico these days, even the drug cartels can’t deter the country from celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence. In fact, Mexico is proceeding with a national celebration that aims to…
LatinaLista When it comes to body image, it’s long been known that the fashion industry has a hand in determining for the rest of us what and who is beautiful or feo (ugly). Thanks to size 0 models, or…
By GRISELDA NEVAREZ Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — State mandates on how school districts teach English language learners keep local officials from adopting systems that can most effectively address the needs of their students, a state lawmaker contends. “To…
By Martha Ramos LatinaLista MEXICO CITY: Two friends of mine are already organizing their wedding. They’re a gay couple. Since December 22, of last year, people of the same sex can now get married in Mexico City. On March…
LatinaLista— When it comes to childhood obesity, Latino children, unfortunately, are winning this race. Weight gain in Latino children has long been associated with not eating healthy — in low-income, urban settings actual grocery stores can be a rare…
LatinaLista Eva Ruiz, a self-taught artist, finds it’s possible to make a living at something that comes natural, as well as, rewarding when giving back. Eva Ruiz was never the teacher’s pet in school. No matter how hard she…
LatinaLista Among the nation’s classical musical orchestras, blacks and Latinos only constitute 5% of the musicians. A man by the name of Aaron P. Dworkin vowed to change those dismal statistics. With a vision to make classical music reflect…
By Pamela Morales LatinaLista SANTIAGO, CHILE — Some 20 people stood silently in a small, black-walled room staring at a dozen television monitors playing testimonials from torture victims. One woman remembering bleeding from her nose, ears, mouth, vagina and…
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz by Belinda Acosta tells the story of Ana Ruiz, an educated woman and mother of two children who discovered that her husband cheated on her and asked him to…
By Ramon Hernandez La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — KSAH’s Alberto Alegre has the unique distinction of being the only Texas Hispanic disc jockey recognized by a task force of broadcasters as the one radio personality who…
LatinaLista — In the mood to read a book authored by a Latina or Latino but just can’t seem to find the right one…well — There’s an app for that!! Grand Central Publishing (GCP), formerly Warner Books and a…
LatinaLista — While headlines tout how Latinos are the hardest hit in this recession, one report show that prior to the economy’s downfall, Hispanics had more of a disposable income. According to Latinum Network, while non-Hispanic consumer spending from…
By YVONNE GONZALEZ Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — Regulating off-reservation ceremonies that businesses advertise as traditional Native American would help prevent tragedies such as last year’s deaths at a Sedona retreat, a state lawmaker said Tuesday. Sen. Albert Hale,…
