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Attendees mingling during our fall fundraiser

Thank you, Hola Cultura community!

To everyone who has supported our 12th anniversary fundraiser, we send our gratitude and appreciation. Last Thursday’s fundraiser at The......
Ilustración de Álvaro Sánchez . Hombre A

Violencia espectáculo – cuento

Cuento corto de Álvaro Sánchez...
Cover for season 2 of The Climate Divide: Striving Towards Environmental Justice

“The Climate Divide” is back!

After many months of interviews, research and recording, we are excited to announce the launch of season 2 of Hola...
Corazon flechado

Doce años de trabajo constante y apoyo a la cultura del DMV

Editorial: Doce años de trabajo constante y apoyo a la cultura del DMV...
Hola Cultura image collage

Join us on Nov. 9 to celebrate Hola Cultura’s 12th anniversary!

It’s our anniversary! This fall, Hola Cultura is turning 12. Over the course of those years, we’ve developed and examined......
Corazón Folklórico DC group photo

In tomorrow’s episode of “Artistas in the Capital,” Alejandro Góngora’s journey with Corazón Folklórico DC

Originally from San Diego, California, Alejandro Góngora’s inspiration for establishing the nonprofit dance company Corazón Folklórico came from moving to......
Ofrenda for Día de los Muertos

Get the cempasúchil! Time to celebrate Día de los Muertos in the DMV!

Across all cultures, death and loss are handled very differently with a multitude of special traditions. Día de los Muertos,......
Graphic representing climate change in Puerto Rico related to hurricanes

Letter from Puerto Rico: Power outages worsen islanders’ climate change challenges

ARROYO, Puerto Rico – After a summer when temperatures soared here and around the globe, renown chef and food impresario......
Love, hope & Art, Hospital Nacional del Niño

El amor, la esperanza y el arte: exhibición

Exhibicion Love, hope & Art, Hospital Nacional del Niño...
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Hola Cultura interns and panelists at the Oct. 12, 2022 panel discussion launching the new podcast, "Undocu-life".

“Undocu-life”: Watch the trailer now to our new podcast

“Undocu-life: No Longer Dreaming” is Hola Cultura’s new bilingual podcast. / “Undocu-life: Más allá del sueño” es el nuevo...
"Undocu-life" podcast image

“Undocu-life,” a new podcast from Hola Cultura, explores the lives of 5 immigrants

Leer en español abajo How does growing up as an immigrant affect the complex individual you become? Hola Cultura’s new......
SPEL professional development/storytelling online meeting in summer 2021.

Hola Cultura is looking for District residents to join its SPEL storytelling program

Leer en español abajo Join us this fall for our new semester of the Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning! Hola......
Hola Cultura's interns collect tree data for the heat islands story.

Hola Cultura is a finalist for a 2022 Nonprofit News Award!

Leer abajo en español As D.C.’s sweltering heat continues, this week we received some cool news about our investigations into......
Artist and activist Cesar Maxit in front of "Fishy Food" cars

Cesár Maxit makes street art to change your mind

Visible to anyone walking by, murals have the ability to influence everyone without gatekeeping or discriminating. One could argue it’s......
Author Alberto Roblest discusses his new book, "Against the Wall: Stories," at the Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library on July 23, 2022.

Alberto Roblest says don’t judge his book by its cover

Hola Cultura’s co-founder, the Mexican writer and digital artist Alberto Roblest, found inspiration for his new book, “Against the Wall”,......
Texmaniacs

Tex-Mex en el Mall

Concierto de los Texmaniacs en el National Mall de Washington DC...
Photo from 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival showing the Smithsonian Castle

Folklife Festival returns to the National Mall after two years

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is back! This annual summertime cultural celebration returns to D.C. this week after a two year......
Nicolás Kanellos

Nicolás Kanellos on why Latino literature matters more now than ever

The novel, “The House on Mango Street,” by Sandra Cisneros is required reading in many schools and universities across the......

Meet our new assistant editor!

To get to know the new assistant editor Lucía Matamoros, we sat down to ask her about her background, hobbies,......
Festival Afrolatino de Washington DC,

DC Afrolatino Fest

Festival Afrolatino de Washington DC. en el parque Malcom X...

On growing up an immigrant

One is a teacher, another a college student, two work today as organizers, and another is a government official. But......
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El Futuro de la Pandemia de COVID-19 – Una Entrevista con el Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos

Aproximadamente hace dos años, el mundo se paralizó con la pandemia de COVID-19. Aunque las escuelas y tiendas reabran, y......
mujer que escribe

Mujer que escribe – poema

Celebrando el dia Internacional de la Mujer, un abrazo a todas las mujeres del mundo, sobre todo a aquellas involucradas......
El crimen del cine Oriente

El crimen del cine Oriente – reseña

El crimen del cine Oriente...
“Domadora de hombres” 16”x20” in. Aceite sobre lienzo, 1989. Gloria Valdes “Tarasca”

Del proverbio y la metáfora II

¡Un saludo a todos y buen puente! Esperamos que no haya guerra en este nuestro mundo maltratado y sufriente, dado......
Carlos Martínez Rentería 3

Contracultura: In memoriam

La semana pasada falleció Carlos Martínez Rentería (1962-2022). Poeta, periodista, editor, bohemio y promotor contracultural. “El beatnick chilango”, como le......

Las tertulias literarias de América Latina

Las tertulias fueron una tradición durante muchos años en América Latina y en algunos países todavía existen. En las tertulias......
La casa de la laguna 2

La casa de la Laguna en GALA

Con motivo de la apertura de la obra “La Casa de la Laguna” en el teatro GALA, tenemos una entrevista...
La Voluntad y la Fortuna

La voluntad y la fortuna- reseña

Carlos Fuentes es sin duda uno de los más importantes escritores latinoamericanos del siglo XX, un pilar. En su obra......
Viajeros del tiempo

Viajeros de la historia

Relato espeluznante y brutal de nuestra serie "Literatura mínima-máxima"...
Augusto Monterroso

Recordando al maestro del microrrelato

Este año se cumplen 100 años del nacimiento de Augusto Monterroso (1921- 2003), el maestro latinoamericano del mini relato -o...
Lengua Venenosa, pintura

Entre el proverbio y la metáfora

“DICHOS Y REFRANES” populares...
"Convex and Concave", lithograph by M. C. Escher

Inmediatos muy lentos

De nuestra serie dedicada a los microrelatos denominada "Literatura mínima-máxima", este texto inspirado en la imagineria de uno de los...