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Front L-R. Fran Tapia and Martín Ruiz. Back L-R. Camila Aldet, Tsaitami Duchicela, Jennifer Preston and Sofía Grosso. (Photo by Stan Weinstein)

El retorno de Evita en GALA

*This story was originally published by the Washington City Paper on May 23, 2024. Read the English version on their website. Música,......
Kenilworth Avenue Freeway in Northeast D.C. (photo by Famartin, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

This week on “The Climate Divide,” how community organizations are becoming climate resilient

As climate change brings more extreme heat and intense storms, some cities around the United States are opening resilience hubs......
Screenshot from the documentary “Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo”

Documentary uses art to explore the making of D.C.’s Salvadorian community

Quique Avilés, a Salvadorian American poet and artist, arrived in the U.S. from El Salvador at age 15 and witnessed......
A pile of tires under a section of Interstate 295 that cuts through Anacostia Park (photo courtesy of GPA Photo Archive / Ward 8 Woods / Facebook)

This week on “The Climate Divide,” we explore the National Park Service’s management of the District’s parks

This week’s episode of “The Climate Divide” features an interview with Rachel Clark, the Policy Director at the George Washington......
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......
Reflexiones en torno al tiempo 3b

Reflexiones en torno al tiempo III    

Reflexiones en torno al tiempo es una serie fotográfica de imágenes captadas en nuestra ciudad capital por Hola Cultura en...
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......
Fin de Semana de Embajadas 1

Embajadas y cultura en DC

Fin de Semana de Embajadas...

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......
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Wrap up presentation during the 2024 Naturally Latinos Conference

Naturally Latinos Conference provides a needed space to discuss climate change

U.S. Latinos, compared to non-Latinos, consistently express more concern about climate change and other environmental problems when asked by opinion......
Dr. Tanya Katerí Hernández holding a copy of her book “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality”

In tomorrow’s episode of “Artistas,” author Tanya Katerí Hernández discusses the “Latino racial innocence cloak”

On this episode of “Artistas in the Capital,” we explore discrimination, racial bias and social justice with Dr. Tanya Katerí......
Screenshot from the first SPEL meeting of the 2024 spring semester

SPEL starts a new year!

After the long, cold holiday season, our SPEL team is warmed up and ready to begin the 2024 spring semester!......
Rebecca Lemos Otero

HumanitiesDC’s first Latina executive director wants all Washingtonians to feel seen and heard

Growing up in a family that valued activism, Rebecca Lemos Otero learned from an early age how to make a......
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......
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......
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......
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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Love, hope & Art, Hospital Nacional del Niño

El amor, la esperanza y el arte: exhibición

Exhibicion Love, hope & Art, Hospital Nacional del Niño...
Flamenco,oil on canvas by Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero  (1932-2023)

Obituario, Fernando Botero (1932-2023)...
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El mes de la hispanidad

El mes de la hispanidad 2023...
Jaime Bailey, El cojo y el Loco.

El cojo y el Loco- reseña

Reseña, Leer DC: Jaime Bailey, El cojo y el Loco, Ed. Alfaguara 2009...
Emily's fruit stand in Oakland (photo by Lily Herrick)

Una carta desde Oakland: La falta de árboles en los barrios de bajos ingresos contribuye a la desigualdad

*Read in English OAKLAND, California – El roble es el símbolo de esta ciudad. Pero no todos los barrios de......
Zoom interview with Abel Lopez, Associate Producing Director at GALA Hispanic Theatre

¡Mejora tus habilidades en la sesión de otoño de SPEL!

*Read in English about how to sign up for the fall semester of SPEL! Recruitment for high school and college......
María Gabriela vendiendo tamales en Columbia Heights / María Gabriela selling tamales in Columbia Heights (Foto por/photo by Ana Ugarte)

¿Cómo es vender comida en la calle bajo el calor extremo de D.C.?

*Read in English Cientos de jóvenes, niños y personas mayores caminan a diario la milla y media entre el Columbia......
Fotos de la serie antes y después # 4

Antes y después

Fotos de la serie antes y después # 4...
Sixto Rodríguez cu

Fallece astro musical desconocido

Tributo a Sixto Rodríguez...
Celia Cruz en moneda conmemorativa

Celia Cruz en moneda conmemorativa

Celia Cruz en moneda conmemorativa...
Mural: Washington Amordazado. 2

Vandalismo Corporativo

Mural: Washington Amordazado, vandalismo corporativo...
Daniel Alarcón “El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo”, Alfaguara 2010

“El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo”

RESEÑA: Daniel Alarcón “El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo”, Alfaguara 2010...