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National event to showcase diversity of Latino theater

NewsTaco October 28, 2015

*The best thing about Latino theater? It’s one place where we get to tell our own stories. VL By Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News When Latino theater groups from around […]

Mexican-American writer, Jennifer Clement, elected first woman president to lead PEN International

NewsTaco October 26, 2015

Día de los Muertos Is Not Halloween

NewsTaco October 23, 2015

Q&A with author Sandra Cisneros

NewsTaco October 12, 2015

*A good lunchtime read. Enjoy! VL By Maggie Galehouse, The Houston Chronicle For Sandra Cisneros, gathering decades of writing wasn’t so different from wrangling stray pets. Each piece needed to […]

Christopher Columbus was a lost sadist. There shouldn’t be a holiday in his name

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*This debate comes around every year, and each year it spirals with more intensity. I’ve scoured the internet and there’s nothing new being said on the matter. Many cities and […]

East Harlem bookstore highlighting Latino literature started through community crowdfunding

NewsTaco October 5, 2015

*A meeting place for Latinos across New York City. It’s worth a visit if visit NYC. VL By Fox News Latino Three years after opening its doors in East Harlem, […]

Muralist Honors Latino Veterans

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*Muralist Carlos Aguilar has spent three years painting an homage to the veterans of Santa Ana, California’s, Logan Street neighborhood. When finished there will be 160 faces on the wall […]