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July 15, 2024
Homenaje
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Tributos
¡Llévatelo! – Adiós a Johnny Canales
Adiós a Johnny Canales...
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July 9, 2024
Teatro-DC
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
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......
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July 8, 2024
Arte-Art
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Climate Change
Cascada de conciencia- instalación pro ambientalista
Cascada de conciencia, instalación ecológica. Irene Zundel...
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July 2, 2024
Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
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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July 1, 2024
Music-Música
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Cultural Events-Eventos
Nadia Larcher: raíces andinas en el Folklife
Nadia Larcher: Tinya Raíz, Folklife Festival del Smithsonian...
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June 25, 2024
Murals
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Community
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
Without action, the Unity Mural will be demolished in 2025
Leer en español. While the nation’s capital may be known for historical monuments made from bronze and stone, the District’s......
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June 24, 2024
Poesía-Poetry
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DC Poets
Americalandia -poema de actualidad
Americalandia poema del poeta local Fernando Gudiel...
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June 18, 2024
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Ink, water and wonder: the artistic explorations of Irene Pantelis
Local artist Irene Pantelis has a keen sense of exploration driven by her rich cultural background. Pantelis grew up in......
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June 17, 2024
Poesía-Poetry
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Literature-Literatura
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Maraton Poesia
Concluyó el trigésimo primer acto poético
XXXI Maratón de Poesía 2024 - nota informativa...
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June 11, 2024
Music-Música
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Local musician Javi Vera on self-production and promotion
The internet has revolutionized how we consume music, defining new generations of artists. Before the internet, there was limited diversity......
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June 4, 2024
Community
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
Canek Aguirre, Alexandria’s first Latino City Council member, seeks a third term
Canek Aguirre stands out as the first Latino ever elected to Alexandria City Council. By his own estimate, he is......
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June 3, 2024
Literature-Literatura
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cuentos cortos
Animalia, cuentos de Julio Cortázar, reseña
Reseña del libro: Animalia, Julio Cortázar...
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April 30, 2024
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
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......
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April 24, 2024
Environmental Justice
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Community
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Hola Cultura
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Society & Culture Team
“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.......
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April 23, 2024
Arte-Art
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
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......
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April 16, 2024
Community
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Environmental Justice
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Society & Culture Team
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......
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April 9, 2024
Community
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Literature-Literatura
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
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......
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April 2, 2024
Poesía-Poetry
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Afro-LatinX Experience Team
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Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
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......
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March 26, 2024
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
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......
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March 19, 2024
Exhibitions
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
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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March 12, 2024
Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
Be part of Hola Cultura’s SPEL summer session!
Are you a high school student looking to sharpen your writing skills and college readiness? Are you a college student......
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March 5, 2024
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
In “Artistas” tomorrow, Marta Pérez-García on giving a voice to victims through art
How can we uplift marginalized voices? Some may go to protests or post on social media. In Marta Pérez-García’s case,......
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February 27, 2024
Afro-Latino Culture
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Film-Video-TV
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Literature-Literatura
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SPEL Stories
Miles Morales: The impact and evolution of a Marvel Afro Latino phenomenon
*Leer en español. Despite their popularity with audiences, African American and Latino superheroes have been seen yet underutilized. But one......
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February 20, 2024
Film-Video-TV
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Arts & Humanities Team
Review: J-Lo’s new musical film is an ode to self-love
Whether you know her as Jennifer Lopez, J-Lo or “Jenny from the Block,” you’d have to be living under a......
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January 22, 2024
Mexico
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Literature-Literatura
José Agustín, in memoriam
José Agustín (1944–2024). In memoriam...
LEER MÁS
January 15, 2024
Equity
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Community
El abrazo-homenaje a los derechos civiles
The Embrace, escultura a MLK,en Boston...
LEER MÁS
January 8, 2024
Reseñas
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Book Review
El máximo habano – reseña
Reseña: The ultimate havana, Ed. Arte Publico Press...
LEER MÁS
January 2, 2024
Hola Cultura
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Latinidad
2024
¡Feliz año nuevo! 2024. Happy new year! 2024...
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December 11, 2023
DC-Photos
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Featured Photo
Simetría Citadina | City Symmetry IV
Simetría Citadina es una serie fotográfica...
LEER MÁS
December 4, 2023
Festivals-Festivales
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Film-Video-TV
Concluye ciclo de filmes en GALA
“Víctimas del pecado”. Gala film festival 2023...
LEER MÁS
November 27, 2023
Poesía-Poetry
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Literature-Literatura
El poema y la pasión: Corta
Corta, poema de Natalia Chamorro...
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November 20, 2023
Entrevistas
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artesanía
La ofrenda y la máscara, entrevista a Rafael Jiménez
Entrevista a Rafael Jiménez...
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November 13, 2023
Literature-Literatura
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cuentos cortos
Violencia espectáculo – cuento
Cuento corto de Álvaro Sánchez...
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November 6, 2023
Hola Cultura
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Community
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...
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October 30, 2023
Cultural Events-Eventos
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DÍa de los Muertos
Semana de difuntos
Día de los difuntos...
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October 23, 2023
Literature-Literatura
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Poesía-Poetry
De Palomas Pensajeras – poema
poema de Rei Berroa...
LEER MÁS