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Screenshot of HeatRisk map of the greater Washington DC area during August 2024 heat wave

This week on “The Climate Divide,” we explore new ways to warn about the dangers of extreme heat 

Anyone who has lived through a Washington summer knows just how “sticky” the District’s sultry warmer months can get. Today......
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New project, new funding: organizational news from Hola Cultura

It has been a busy summer at Hola Cultura! Besides advancing new stories and a fourth season of our acclaimed......
El gabinete de las curiosidades de Guillermo del Toro 3

El gabinete de las curiosidades de Guillermo del Toro

La serie “El gabinete de las curiosidades” es una antología de pequeñas historias extrañas, ocho filmes de una hora producidos......
The Climate Divide, Season 4 cover art

“The Climate Divide” season four explores the decisions that will define the District’s climate future

As a historically hot summer continues in the District, “The Climate Divide” is back to cover the important choices our......
Award-winning trio Gilsons performs at the Black Cat in D.C.

Gilsons fans flocked to the Black Cat for the Brazilian band’s first D.C. performance

Brazilians and lovers of Brazilian music packed into the Mainstage concert room at the Black Cat earlier this month to......
Latine inside of a speech bubble

Journey into inclusivity: Hola Cultura adopts the term “Latine”

How does culture affect language? Language does not define people, but rather people define language, which we can see in......
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Migrantes: respeto y dignidad

La migración es un tema difícil de abordar y los políticos abusan culpando a los migrantes de todos los males…......
María Elena Montero birding as she canoes along in the sunset

Birder & writer María Elena Montero inspired by D.C. environment & Afro-Latina heritage

María Elena Montero credits her interest in birdwatching to her Dominican father, who used to tell her the names of......
Marjuan Canady at the Broadway premiere of the Wiz, a Broadway show she is co-producing

From Broadway to D.C. youth development, Marjuan Canady is doing it all

Marjuan Canady is a woman of many titles. Canady is a writer, director, literary advocate, entrepreneur, performer, mother and Tony......
Cascada de conciencia, instalación ecológica de Irene Zundel

Cascada de conciencia- instalación pro ambientalista

Cascada de conciencia, instalación ecológica. Irene Zundel...
Yoana Reyes-Zapata, organizational communications fellow, interviews Chioma Ukaobasi, editorial intern on the Arts & Humanities team

SPEL storytellers start the 2024 summer session

As the summer unfolds, we are thrilled to welcome a large, new cohort of enthusiastic interns to our team of......
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SPEL fellows and interns for the 2024 spring semester

SPEL wraps up another semester chronicling Latino culture

This semester in our Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning (SPEL), we interviewed the producers of a new documentary about D.C.’s......
Brenda Richardson, coordinator for the Anacostia Parks & Community Collaborative (APACC)

This week on “The Climate Divide,” we speak with the coordinator for the Anacostia Parks & Community Collaborative

On this week’s episode of “The Climate Divide,” host Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe speaks to Brenda Richardson, the coordinator for the Anacostia......
“Litany of Saints” by Diana Rojas (Courtesy of Arte Público Press)

Diana Rojas’ first book explores the “migrant existential identity crisis”

When Diana Rojas is asked where she is from, she jokes that she is from Connecticut, New Jersey AND Costa......

This week on “The Climate Divide,” how the District is doing at creating healthy homes

This week on “The Climate Divide,” we visit the first Healthy Homes Fair, where local residents had the opportunity to......
Interdisciplinary artist Stephanie Mercedes in "Never in Our Image," a gun transformation opera (photo by Amir Pourman)

In “Artistas,” Stephanie Mercedes on transforming mourning into power and change

According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 132 mass shootings in 2024 alone as of April 30. One......
Cover art for season 3 of "The Climate Divide: How to Get a Just Transition"

“The Climate Divide” season three aims to highlight community resiliency

Since its launch two years ago, “The Climate Divide” has revealed the different environmental injustices affecting residents across the District.......
Artist and Interpreter Marisela Rumberg

Artist and interpreter Marisela Rumberg finds common threads in her two careers

*Leer en español. In Marisela Rumberg’s “Tangled Garden,” black and white images of flowering vines and geometric symbols curve and......
EcoMadres’ Luz Drada and Danielle Berkowitz-Sklar celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with Senators at the Capitol in D.C. (photo by Jose Luis Magana)

How a group of Latinas is advocating for cleaner air

*Leer en español. When Montgomery County school bus driver Carmen Cortez first took the wheel of an electric bus in......
Banned books display (photo by John Merriman, courtesy of Blue Mountains Library flickr.com/photos/blue_mountains_library/53282929182)

Virginia librarians are pushing back against book bans

In recent years, there have been increasing battles in several parts of the country over what books children are permitted......
Samuel Miranda - Artistas in the Capital

In “Artistas” this month, Samuel Miranda on how to ensure a picture lasts forever

Every artist holds their own inspiration and motivational stories. Each story leads to creation, and these pieces tell vast and......
"In Movement I" by artist Nando Alvarez

How Nando Álvarez uses art for social justice

*Leer en español. Since Nando Álvarez reached adulthood, art has been a constant presence in the life of the Ecuadorian-born......
Left to right: Lori Montenegro, Melinda Machado, Marilys Llanos at the exhibition “¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News”

Interview with curators of “¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News”

*Leer en español. Did you know women have worked as reporters and writers at U.S. Spanish-language newspapers dating back as......
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Fin de semana de San Valentín

La pregunta por hacerse es: ¿por qué no tenemos un fin de semana del amor? O de San Valentín, o...
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Cumpleaños surreal

A 100 anos del manifiesto surrealista...
El Conde, filme de Pablo Larrain 1

El Conde en blanco y negro

Reseña del filme "El Conde" de 2023...
Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry V - prom

Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry  V

Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry V. Simetría Citadina es una serie fotográfica en torno a las figuras, las sombras...
José Agustín (1944–2024), escritor, dramaturgo, ensayista, guionista, profesor y periodista mexicano

José Agustín, in memoriam

José Agustín (1944–2024). In memoriam...
The Embrace, escultura a MLK 1

El abrazo-homenaje a los derechos civiles

The Embrace, escultura a MLK,en Boston...
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...
Simetría Citadina IV

Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry  IV

Simetría Citadina es una serie fotográfica...
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Concluye ciclo de filmes en GALA

“Víctimas del pecado”. Gala film festival 2023...
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El poema y la pasión: Corta

Corta, poema de Natalia Chamorro...