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SPEL interns Estrellita Soto and Joycelin Salmeron, who wrote this story, with their art teacher José Cuevas

Capital City art teacher José Cuevas passes on “intuition and transferable skills”

José Cuevas says it was love and the desire for a change in scenery that prompted him to follow his......
The Embrace, escultura a MLK 1

El abrazo-homenaje a los derechos civiles

The Embrace, escultura a MLK,en Boston...
César Maxit, Agentinian-American street artist and activist

In the next episode of “Artistas in the Capital,” César Maxit discusses creating art for social good

Throughout history, social justice activists have found many ways to spread their message: organize protests, hand out fliers, or more......
El último de La Habana, Ed. Arte Publico Press CU

El máximo habano – reseña

Reseña: The ultimate havana, Ed. Arte Publico Press...
2024 new year

2024

¡Feliz año nuevo! 2024. Happy new year! 2024...
Norma Sorto and Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe mc'ing during our fall 2023 fundraiser

Hola Cultura wraps up a successful 2023!

Since Hola Cultura began as an arts project in 2011, it’s been a surprising and beautiful journey with important milestones.......
Our Best Read Stories of 2023

Our best read stories of 2023

As we approach the end of 2023, Hola Cultura is looking back at our most viewed stories this year...
Flor de fin de año

Fiestas de fin de año y buenos deseos

Fiestas de fin de año y buenos deseos...
Ivy City Roundhouse / Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Union Station & DC/MD State Line, Washington, D.C. (1977)

This week on “The Climate Divide,” how one D.C. neighborhood is striving towards environmental justice

The season finale of “The Climate Divide” reports on the controversy surrounding a chemical plant in Ivy City that’s been......
University professor Jorge Santos, a scholar of the Marvel character Miles Morales, during an interview last month via Zoom with copy editing intern Ian Henry

End of the SPEL 2023 fall semester

What do our SPEL interns and fellows think about their time at Hola Cultura this fall? Nearly all (88.9%) say......
Simetría Citadina IV

Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry  IV

Simetría Citadina es una serie fotográfica...
A gas burner that turned is on

This week on “The Climate Divide,” the state of climate action in D.C.

This week’s episode of “The Climate Divide” delves into what the D.C. government is doing to protect residents from climate......
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Picture of the company Dutidú's family game Feria Latina, which means Latino Festival in Spanish.

New company by two local moms uses fun and games to pass on Latino culture

Their children were the main inspiration that propelled a couple of local Latinas to launch their new games company Dutidú,......
Photo from Tanya Katerí Hernández

Afro-Latino cultural highlights

An occasional series from Hola Cultura’s SPEL Afro Latino storytelling team An Organization on the Rise For a new organization,......
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,......
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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...
Mayas de Guatemala

Cine etnográfico latinoamericano

En esta entrega algo de cine etnográfico; de acuerdo a los expertos es el cine de temas y/o en torno...
Molcajete

La comida, como medicina

En esta entrega referente a los remedios de la abuelita, mencionamos lo que se conoce cómo la triada fundamental antídoto...
Muerte contra reloj

Pueblo Mágico

Un gran saludo a todos los jóvenes que marcharon, protestaron y se rebelaron en el COP26 en contra de las......
Dr. Cornel West & Arturo O’Farrill

No me hagas el otro: jazz moderno con un tinte latino

Resena del evento Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, with Dr. Cornel West. Terrace Theater, The Kennedy...
Adelita

Las mujeres de la revolución

“Las soldaderas” es un texto visual en torno a la reivindicación del papel de la mujer mexicana durante la Revolución...
Collage

Surrealismo: poesía, pintura, sueño

El surrealismo es quizá uno de los primeros movimientos artísticos de índole global que pega muy fuerte en Latinoamérica para...
Cine Ontario Adios

El Ontario: antes y después

El cine Ontario en Washington DC, El Ontario: antes y después...
Instituto Cultural de México en DC

100 años de México en la avenida 16th

Mes de la herencia Hispana URBAN CONSTELLATION Exhibición fotográfica con motivo de la celebración del bicentenario de la Independencia de......