Latina Loves: 6 Things We Can't Get Enough of in February

Poetic Science

An artistic
exhibition explores
and celebrates
Puerto Rico’s
tropical El Yunque National
Forest. (National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, Chicago, through March 31)

Romantic Verse

Perfect for Valentine’s Day: the seductive and beautiful Love Poems, by the Nobel-prize winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Ask your bae to read them to you in both English and Spanish. (New Directions Paperbook, $10)

New Mexico’s Finest

Albuquerque’s Siembra: Latino Theater Festival showcases various Latino playwrights, spanning all genres from short plays to monologues. (Ticket price $10–$15) 

Live by Night

Zoe Saldana and Ben Affleck navigate the mob lifestyle in this crime thriller set during the Roaring ’20s Prohibition era. (Opens January 13) 

Ultimate Locavore

Even apartment-dwelling foodies can take charge of the supply chain with these Back to the Roots home-growing kits for everything from flower gardens to mushrooms. (backtotheroots.com, varieties starting at $5)