‘In the Heights’ Takes Best-Musical Tony

“In the Heights,” a joyous celebration of Latino life in the upper reaches of Manhattan, was named best musical at Sunday night’s Tony Awards. More.

Only Fania Can Save us Now?

“The world is changing,” says Willie Colón, a protean figure in the salsa scene and the trombonist and composer behind of some of Fania’s most prodigious artists, including Lavoe, Celia Cruz, and Panamanian Renaissance man Ruben Blades. More in Village Voice

 

Antonio Orlando Rodríguez: “No soy un cubano profesional”

 

Una biografía ficticia que aborda las andanzas, los éxitos y los fracasos de un personaje real -Espiridiona Cenda, una liliputiense (se elevaba del suelo apenas veintiséis pulgadas) cubana, llegada a Nueva York en las postrimerías del siglo XIX, ávida de triunfar en el mundo del espectáculo- le valió a Antonio Orlando Rodríguez el Premio Alfaguara de novela 2008. Leer más de lo escrito por Eduardo Corrales en IBLNEWS.

 

 

 

 

1st Latin American Poetic Short Film Festival

The Latin American Poetic Short Film Festival is accepting submissions for it’s 1st annual festival. The festival will be held Tuesday September 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2008 in The NUYORICAN Poets Café located at 236 East 3rd Street.

“Poetic Film is a combination of expressive image and sound. It is original and personal. It need not be about poetry and yet, it can be set to poetry. It is lyrical, dreamlike, expresses new ideas, evokes emotion, triggers thought and heightens the spirit. If we are fortunate, Poetic Film may some day be uncovered for us to discover.”