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The World’s Best Trombonist … from Oaxaca to Pico-Union

Mary Mata August 29, 2013

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog The world’s greatest trombonist appeared in a small music studio in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles this week. Faustino Diaz, from Oaxaca, won […]

Classical guitarist brings real instruments to Paraguay’s “landfill” children’s orchestra, changes lives

Mary Mata

Can we all get along? For most, the answer is yes

Mary Mata August 27, 2013

Hispanic Artist Transforms Gang Graffitis into Works of Art

Mary Mata

By EFE/Latin American Herald Tribune CHICAGO – A street artist is dedicated to repainting the graffiti daubed by street-gang members around his Chicago neighborhood, transforming the vandalized walls into naturalistic […]

New ballet company with a Latin flair makes its debut

Mary Mata August 26, 2013

by Mayra Moreno, KENS SAN ANTONIO  — A first of its kind professional dance company celebrating Hispanic culture, but the dancers that make up Ballet Hispanico de San Antonio trekked a […]

Tomb find confirms powerful women ruled Peru long ago

Mary Mata

By Roberto Cortijo, phys.org The discovery in Peru of another tomb belonging to a pre-Hispanic priestess, the eighth in more than two decades, confirms that powerful women ruled this region 1,200 […]

Linda Ronstadt and Parkinson’s

Mary Mata August 25, 2013

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Linda Ronstadt says that Parkinson’s Disease has robbed her of her singing voice. This is such sad news. Linda Ronstadt is one of America’s […]