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Fuerza Chile

By Angie Romero | 05/28/2010 - 18:00 | 9 Comments

It’s so easy to forget about natural disasters after they happen, especially when they occur so far away from you. While in Chile this week, I’ve realized that there’s still so much work to be done in terms of rebuilding this wonderful country. As you know, on Feb. 27, a massive 8.8 earthquake rattled Chile for over two minutes (and in some areas, for over three minutes!),...

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An Ode to Vallenato

By Angie Romero | 05/25/2010 - 18:00 | 10 Comments

You can always count on our friends at Cinema Tropical to bring us the best of Latin cinema. This time they’re outdone themselves by pairing up with the Consulate General of Colombia in New York to screen Ciro Guerra’s award-winning Los Viajes del Viento on Thursday...

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Sugar & Baseball

By Angie Romero | 05/21/2010 - 18:00 | 1 Comment

The other day I watched a short from the Columbia University Film Festival about baseball players in the Dominican Republic called The Ballplayer, which, in turn, reminded me of another film which I still rave about to this day: Sugar. Along the same lines, a new book by award-winning author Mark Kurlansky, who is known to find meaningful...

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El General

By Angie Romero | 05/20/2010 - 18:00 | 2 Comments

No, not that General from Panama (remember Tu Pum Pum?) I'm talking about a new film from director Natalia Almada about the dictator who shaped the Mexican Revolution. Winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s US Directing Award for a documentary, El General screened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on Sunday, May 16 and will...

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Own a Piece of Cantinflas!

By Angie Romero | 05/13/2010 - 08:00 | 2 Comments

This is for those die-hard Cantinflas lovers, and I know there are lots of you out there.

On Tuesday, Sony Home Entertainment releases 11 classic titles from the guy Charlie Chaplin once called "the funniest man in the world." Interestingly, Cantinflas' ability to combine humor with pathos was decidedly Chaplin-esque. But despite all the comparisons...

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Honoring The Women of Juarez

By Angie Romero | 05/07/2010 - 18:00 | 34 Comments

Cinco de Mayo is great and all, but we can’t forget to honor the women of Juarez. If you’re in the NYC area, stop by the exhibit Flor de Tierra. Homage to the Women of Juarez" from Mexican-born, New York-based artist Andrea Arroyo, which will be on view May 6-June 18, 2010 at Women’s eNews (6 Barclay Street, 6th fl, New...

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Extra Lean with Mario Lopez

By Angie Romero | 05/04/2010 - 18:00 | 4 Comments

So the summer is creeping up on us and the one question most of us are asking ourselves is: Are we ready for that bikini yet? Personally the answer is no; but I’m working on that. And I’m really hoping Mario Lopez (yes, Mario Lopez) will help me via his new book, Extra Lean: The Fat-Burning Plan That Changes The Way You Eat For Life...

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Allende’s Long-Awaited Return

By Angie Romero | 04/27/2010 - 18:00 | 2 Comments

As I mentioned some weeks back, it's been four years since Isabel Allende wrote a novel, and some of us—including myself and my dad, who is arguably her biggest fan—have been waiting impatiently for Island Beneath The Sea ($26.99,...

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