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July 17, 2023
LEER DC
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Literature-Literatura
“El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo”
RESEÑA: Daniel Alarcón “El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo”, Alfaguara 2010...
July 11, 2023
Arts & Humanities Team
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Film-Video-TV
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Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
How telenovelas influence us and our collective memory
The telenovela is “a Latin American cultural phenomenon,” says German-Latina researcher Hannah Müssemann, that reaches entire households worldwide, winning over......
July 10, 2023
Literature-Literatura
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cuentos cortos
La cara al fuego – microrelato
Cuento Corto - microrelato de Álvaro Sánchez...
July 4, 2023
Activism
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Community
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Society & Culture Team
How Virginia Latinas are standing up for reproductive rights
As a child of undocumented immigrants, Khenia Haro-Perez fought hard to learn how to represent her family. Her experiences gave......
July 3, 2023
DC-Photos
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Featured Photo
Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry III
Collage de fotos: Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry 3...
June 27, 2023
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Marta Pérez-García shines a light on women’s violence survivors through powerful artwork and storytelling
Through her art, Marta Pérez-García gives voice to women who have experienced domestic violence. She believes it’s important to speak......
June 26, 2023
Diversity
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Entrevistas
Preservando la historia de la comunidad LGBTQIA+
José Gutiérrez, entrevista en torno a la comunidad LGBTQIA+...
June 20, 2023
Dance-Baile
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
How choreographer Gabriel Mata uses dance to tell his story
Gabriel Mata first began dancing in high school at a time when he was awakening to his queer identity and......
June 13, 2023
Hola Cultura
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Arts & Humanities Team
Our newest podcast, “Artistas in the Capital,” launches June 14
We are excited to share that our new podcast, “Artistas in the Capital,” launches this Wednesday, June 14! Recent recipients......
June 6, 2023
Hola Cultura
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Environmental Justice Team
Hola Cultura and WAMU win a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award!
As we start to get a taste of summer heat, it’s a good time to revisit “The Climate Divide” podcast,......
June 5, 2023
Literature-Literatura
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cuentos cortos
Artificialidad Inteligente
Inteligencia Artificial, cuento corto. Literatura de anticipación...
May 30, 2023
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Costa Rican painter Marite Vidales on her art and inspiration
Marite Vidales is a Costa Rican painter who has exhibited extensively in the United States, Germany, Peru, and Costa Rica......
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December 23, 2020
Arte-Art
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Dreamers Team
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SPEL Stories
Girls as “important actors in history”: National exhibition goes beyond easy stereotypes
When Dr. Mireya Loza and other curators at the National Museum of American History began work on an exhibition celebrating......
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December 10, 2020
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
David Amoroso’s artistic journey from Mexican icons to Dr. Fauci
The local artist’s recent exhibition provides a glimpse into his passion for Latinx culture and the ways he has adapted......
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December 2, 2020
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
“DC is my City”: Carlos Carmonamedina on his popular postcard series
When local artist Carlos Carmonamedina moved to D.C. in 2015, he found that drawing his surroundings was a way to......
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November 19, 2020
Afro-Latino Culture
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Afro-LatinX Experience Team
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SPEL Stories
Manuel Mendez on documenting D.C.’s Afro-Latino story
When Manuel Mendez was a teenager growing up in the 1990s in the District’s Columbia Heights neighborhood, he was a......
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November 13, 2020
Activism
What will Biden’s victory mean for immigrants? An interview with CARECEN’s Abel Nuñez
On election night last week, as the whole nation was waiting for the polls to close,......
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October 30, 2020
DÍa de los Muertos
Ofrendando al Día de los Muertos |Day of the Dead
“The Day of the Dead is a holiday that celebrates life and death that originated in Mesoamerica. For me personally,......
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October 29, 2020
SPEL Stories
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Arts & Humanities Team
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COVID-19
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Film-Video-TV
Instagram contest aims to bring us together in difficult times.
If you have a phone and a minute to spare, then a film festival awaits you.......
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October 15, 2020
COVID-19
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Dreamers Team
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SPEL Stories
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Teatro-DC
El Barrio Street Theater returns this weekend with a new play amidst the pandemic
After a 10 year hiatus, El Barrio Street Theater returns with a darkly humorous new play that puts humanity on......
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September 17, 2020
COVID-19
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Hola Cultura
Adams Morgan Day Recap: Hola Cultura and Mary’s Center teamed up to discuss COVID-19
Hola Cultura and Mary’s Center teamed up last weekend at Adams Morgan Day to talk about how COVID-19 has impacted......
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July 13, 2020
SPEL Stories
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Arts & Humanities Team
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COVID-19
In the pandemic, “la cultura” has found a new “casa” online
This spring participants in Hola Cultura’s Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning (SPEL) sat down with Director of la Casa de......
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June 8, 2020
Food-Comida
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Arts & Humanities Team
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Colombia
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SPEL Stories
Unique culinary tradition: ants
In our Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning (SPEL) earlier this spring, we asked everyone to write about a tradition from......
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June 1, 2020
Community
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Obituarios
National Mourning
Luto Nacional In these moments where violence against the African American community prevails and racism is evident against people of......
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November 23, 2020
Arte-Art
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Exhibitions
¡Imprimiendo la REVOLUCIÓN!
Sin duda vivimos un momento de revuelta, protesta y disconformidad. Las marchas y los movimientos se extienden desde Guatemala y......
LEER MÁS
November 16, 2020
COVID-19
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COVID-19 & Community Team
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SPEL Stories
COVID-19 y uso de sustancias
Cómo el estrés relacionado con COVID-19 afecta el uso de sustancias Como parte de nuestra alianza con Mary’s Center para......
LEER MÁS
November 11, 2020
Teatro-DC
El perro del hortelano- reseña
Esta comedia clásica es una de mis favoritas del teatro del siglo de oro español, el perro vegetariano que no......
LEER MÁS
November 9, 2020
Community
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Ensayo
Ganadores
Los primeros claxonazos empezaron a sonar como a las 11:45 de la mañana. Los gritos de celebración, los aplausos, las......
LEER MÁS
November 2, 2020
Ensayo
En torno a la verdad | Ensayo
Por definición la verdad es lo opuesto a la mentira, a lo falso y lo que no es tangible. A......
LEER MÁS
October 26, 2020
DÍa de los Muertos
Campanas al vuelo
Por quién doblan las campanas, parafraseando al gran Ernest Hemingway, quien por cierto vivió en Cuba por muchos años, las......
LEER MÁS
October 19, 2020
Documentary
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Film-Video-TV
Herramientas culturales
Como muchos sabrán, pero quizá no todos, Kanopy es la plataforma digital que utilizan las bibliotecas públicas del área metropolitana......
LEER MÁS
October 12, 2020
Film-Video-TV
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Latin American history
Bolívar, una lucha admirable
“Bolívar”, es una serie de televisión en Netflix y consta de 60 episodios. En ellos se narra la vida del......
LEER MÁS
October 5, 2020
Arte-Art
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Exhibitions
DIVAS
Como parte de los eventos virtuales del mes hispano presentamos la exhibición DIVAS. Esta muestra es un homenaje a las......
LEER MÁS
October 1, 2020
COVID-19
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COVID-19 & Community Team
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SPEL Stories
Vacunas en estos tiempos de COVID | Vaccination in COVID times
Por qué es especialmente importante recibir todas sus vacunas en estos tiempos de COVID English version below Como parte de......
LEER MÁS
September 28, 2020
Arts & Humanities Team
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COVID-19
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SPEL Stories
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Teatro-DC
Teatro virtual en familia
El teatro GALA se prepara para sus actividades y reabrirá sus puertas al público el 29 de octubre, donde presentarán......
LEER MÁS
September 21, 2020
Hispanic Month
Mes Hispano
Un saludo bien grande a todos en este mes de la hispanidad. Con sus debidas precauciones seguimos celebrando, en lo......
LEER MÁS