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Sonia Sotomayor book My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor’s Memoir 'My Beloved World' Tops New York Times Bestseller List

By Sugey Palomares | 01/28/2013 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s new memoir, My Beloved World, has officially topped the New York Times best sellers list in the combined print and e-book non-fiction category. The Ivy League-educated former district attorney's publication is...

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Domingo Zapata

Introducing Artist Domingo Zapata

By Samantha Leal | 12/18/2012 - 12:48 | 0 Comments

Aside from being Sofia Vergara's longtime pal, Domingo Zapata is a contemporary artist who has received critical praise for his works. Splitting time between New York, Los Angeles and Paris, the 38-year-...

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Ecce Homo fresco painting restored by Cecilia Giménez
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Elderly Woman Ruins Fresco Painting in Spain

By Samantha Leal | 08/24/2012 - 10:07 | 0 Comments

We're not really sure what to say to this but ay dios mio. An elderly woman has come forward this week to claim responsibility for completely botching a century-old "ecce homo" fresco painting of Jesus in a northeastern village in Spain, reports ...

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Neil Rivas Illegal Superheroes
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Artist's Exhibit Depicts Superheroes as 'Illegal' Immigrants

By Samantha Leal | 08/23/2012 - 09:51 | 0 Comments

Artist Neil Rivas explores immigration policy in his latest exhibit: "Illegal Superheroes." The exhibit, which showed last month at the Ramp Gallery, a community-curated space at San Francisco's SOMArts Cultural Center, has definitely caused a stir both locally and nationally. 

"If the US...

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Ricky Martin performs Evita at the 2012 Tony Awards in New York City on June 10
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Once Wins Big & Latinos Dazzle at the Tonys

By Sally Mercedes | 06/11/2012 - 13:01 | 0 Comments

Neil Patrick Harris was back for the third time to host the 66th annual Tony Awards on Sunday night. The biggest night on Broadway was a tearful and thrilling one: many winners honored their families in moving speeches, while the ensemble casts from the year's top musicals -- and even a few plays! -- gave it their all in unforgettable...

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Diego Rivera's Nina en Azul y Blanco

Want to Own Diego Rivera’s “Girl in Blue And White” Piece? You Can For $6 Million

By Sugey Palomares | 05/22/2012 - 16:42 | 0 Comments

Mexican painter Diego Rivera was not only a master at capturing the line between the struggling lower class and privileged elite, but he also conquered themes such as revolution, feminism and world peace. Although his vivid murals inspired by Italian frescoes were his signature style, after the 1930’s he dedicated himself to portrait painting, taking on the...

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Ricky Martin in Broadway's Evita
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Evita Nominated for Tony Award: Best Musical Revival

By Samantha Leal | 05/01/2012 - 12:12 | 0 Comments

Don’t cry for Evita. The musical, starring Ricky Martin and Elena Roger, is up for a Tony Award for “best musical revival.” It will be up against Follies, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and Jesus Christ Superstar. The musical is also up for "best choreography."

Michael Cerveris,...

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Modesto

EXCLUSIVE: Modesto Lacen on Roberto Clemente Musical & the "Reality Behind the Myth"

By Adriana Rivera | 11/22/2011 - 14:45 | 0 Comments

For Puerto Rico native Modesto Lacen, portraying baseball legend Roberto Clemente in the new musical DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story, now playing at Teatro SEA in New York City, was a role he'd been dreaming about for years. Lacen stopped by the Latina offices to share...

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