U.S. immigration policy continues to be source of shame. The latest revelations about teen immigrants and a Marine Corps vet should be enough to make people realize that the term ‘immigrant’ is not an abstract concept but is all…
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Arts Seen As Crucial to Healing Youth, Changing the Juvenile Justice System
Nov 2, 2017, 10:10 AM 0
By Rachel Symons Juvenile Justice Information Exchange LOS ANGELES — For Jordan, growing up in Jamaica, Queens in New York City left much to be desired. One of the few places he could go after school were the youth…
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Google reminds Latinos to have pride in their roots, culture and accomplishments with online exhibit
Sep 11, 2017, 12:23 PM 0
GritoBlast! Google is synonymous with “search.” Whether it’s using it’s unmistakable search engine to find online information or news or using Google Earth to rediscover family roots, Google is using its tech expertise to foster a public curiosity about the…
By La Monica Everett-Haynes Futurity Music can produce a humanizing effect for members of groups experiencing social and political opposition, research suggests. “I have played music most of my life and realized that there were these connections between how…
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Smithsonian music label recognizes trailblazing Chicano activist with release of full-length album
Jul 15, 2016, 11:20 AM 0
LatinaLista — While the nation has grown accustomed to seeing marches, rallies and sit-ins as different democratic approaches to protest injustices and inequality, another form of protest, especially popular among the Latino/Chicano communities, has been through art. Whether it…
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Crowdfunder: Preserving Afro-ecuadorian artistic heritage with “Palenques Culturales”
Jul 12, 2016, 1:12 PM 0
LatinaLista — “Palenque Cultural Tambillo” is a cultural center dedicated to the continuing artistic traditions of the Afroecuadorean town of Tambillo and its nationally renowned travelling marimba music and dance troupe Incrustados en el Manglar. This group provides an intergenerational link…
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Crowdfunder: Striking the right chord with disadvantaged youth
Dec 16, 2015, 3:39 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: MYCincinnati – Strength & Community Through Music MYCincinnati (Music for Youth in Cincinnati) is a free, daily youth orchestra program for children in Price Hill. 80 students attend the program every weekday for two hours,…
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Crowdfunder: MUSICAUSTRAL – A musical camp for young musicians to deepen their Latin-American musical identity
Nov 4, 2015, 1:41 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Musicaustral — South American roots music camp Musicaustral is a musical camp designed for young musicians to develop and/or deepen their Latin-American musical identity during a 10-day immersion in the natural context of Frutillar Bajo,…
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Crowdfunder: First-ever festival connecting Afro-Cuban Folkloric masters to global electronic music community
Oct 13, 2015, 12:11 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: MANANA FESTIVAL – Santiago de Cuba, May 2016. Make it happen With the end of the US embargo in sight, these are exciting and incredibly fragile times in Cuba. MANANA 2016 is an inclusive and collaborative…
LatinaLista — The name Carlos Varela is quickly becoming known among festival theatergoers thanks to the award-winning music documentary The Poet of Havana. Though mainstream audiences are just now discovering Varela’s story and music and his constant censorship battles…
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Crowdfunder: Helping Cj Ramone be the first American punk to play Cuba
Aug 13, 2015, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: CJ Ramone goes to Cuba: Havana GoGo Cj Ramone of the world-famous Ramones played bass for the Ramones from 1989-1996, their most successful years. He took some years off after their retirement to recover, and then…
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Crowdfunded: Providing young, poor Chilean music students a chance to make music in Boston
Jul 6, 2015, 3:55 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Help Chilean music students attend festival in USA For 3 years, Natalie Young has been professor of horn at the University of Talca in Talca, Chile. Her final goal before leaving the country is to help…
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Tacos and lucha libre: How one Dallas festival put Latino culture in the spotlight
Jul 2, 2015, 12:26 PM 0
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista There was a special feeling at the end of the night as the first ever Taco Libre festival in Dallas came to a close. Even as the bright red stage lights flashed on the dancing…
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Crowdfunder: Supporting young Cuban musicians
Jun 25, 2015, 12:05 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Jeff Coffin and Crescent Super Band: Cuba Benefit Album Jeff Coffin is releasing a new album with Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Super Band called “Inside of the Outside”. Special guests for the album include GRAMMY-winners Victor Wooten,…
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Voice and Power in the Music of Native American Hip Hop
May 27, 2015, 3:15 PM 0
By Shaina Semiatin Cultural Survival One hundred miles southeast of Badlands National Park in South Dakota, on a plot of roughly 1,400 square miles, lays the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Home to 20,000 Sicangu (“Burnt Thigh”) Lakota people, the plot…
Culture
NYC subway system unusual stage for extraordinary all-girl mariachi group
May 1, 2015, 5:19 PM 0
LatinaLista — This year’s YouthfulCities Index found young people, ages 15-29, voted New York City (NYC) their favorite town. The survey cited three areas where young people gave NYC high points: film, fashion and music. Any visitor to NYC…
LatinaLista — Carlos Santana is more than just a Latino musical icon. Over the years, this talented guitarist has used his “stage” to promote literacy, expose discrimination, support up-and-coming Latino/a artists and given a voice to those who suffer…
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Savannah Music Festival 2015 includes “Sonero” cubano
Dec 3, 2014, 2:53 PM 0
By John Newton La Voz Latina The 26th Anniversary Season of the Savannah Music Festival (SMF) features an international roster of artists and includes two one-act operas by Puccini. SMF is Georgia’s largest musical arts event and one of…
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International Peace Day to be celebrated through global concerts
Sep 19, 2014, 10:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — During a recent visit to Italy’s largest war memorial, Pope Francis warned that the growing number of armed conflicts and senseless violence around the world amounts to a “piecemeal” version of a third World War. A quick…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunding Campaign: One-of-a-kind music festival gives voice to activist musicians
Sep 5, 2014, 3:46 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign — 2014 HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands The HONK! Festival is a one-of-a-kind street spectacle of revolutionary proportions. October 10th, 11th, and 12th, Somerville friends and neighbors will once again open their homes, their streets,…
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Grassroots Rios Online Radio to promote El Paso music talent
Aug 1, 2014, 8:43 AM 0
By Nancy Lorain Watters Borderzine EL PASO — Beer bottles clink in the hands of burly men as ACDC pounds on the speakers. Under the sound of televisions playing football games, a faint chatter can be heard on the…
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The Latina Who Is Opera’s New ‘It Girl’
Jul 8, 2014, 10:33 AM 0
By Annika Darling CTLatinoNews.com “The music I sing comes to me as a beautiful, sublime gift.” ~Isabel Leonard At 32 years old Isabel Leonard is one of the world’s most in-demand mezzo-sopranos. CBC Music recently crowned her opera’s new…
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Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: THE BACHATA PROJECT FUND
Jun 17, 2014, 11:19 AM 0
LatinaLista — Crowdfunding Campaign: THE BACHATA PROJECT FUND Eddie Blazquez is a singer and producer. With his band Toke D Keda he has sold out hundreds of shows in over 30 countries including Russia, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Slovakia, Peru,…
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Today’s Crowdfunding Campaign: Help jaraneros and bombers get to Veracruz to learn with elders from the son jarocho tradition
Jun 12, 2014, 2:49 PM 0
LatinaLista — Crowdfunding Campaign: Help jaraneros and bombers get to Veracruz to learn with elders from the son jarocho tradition Son y Bomba is a project created by Jarochicanos and Buya, two Chicago-based groups dedicated to the son jarocho…
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Rising Music Artist: From Buenos Aires to Queens, IMMI creates bilingual musical messages
Apr 17, 2014, 5:42 PM 0
LatinaLista — Since his debut single, Buenos Aires-born songwriter IMMI (GRANT) has striven to deliver music with a clear message. His first single, Immigrant/Inmigrante, a finalist in the 2012 John Lennon songwriting contest, was clear in its political overtones…
