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April 29, 2024Arte-Art,Exhibitions

Culminó el Artomatic

Artomatic 2024, reseña...

Cover art for season 3 of "The Climate Divide: How to Get a Just Transition"

April 24, 2024Environmental Justice,Community,Hola Cultura,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.......

April 23, 2024Arte-Art,Society & Culture Team,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......

April 22, 2024LEER DC,Literature-Literatura

Asuntos de un Hidalgo disoluto, reseña

Asuntos de un Hidalgo disoluto, resena de novela...

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)

April 16, 2024Community,Environmental Justice,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......

April 15, 2024Literature-Literatura,Poesía-Poetry

Tres variaciones sobre el tema de la paz y la paloma-poema

Poema de Rei Berroa: Tres Variaciones sobre el tema de la Paloma...

Banned books display (photo by John Merriman, courtesy of Blue Mountains Library flickr.com/photos/blue_mountains_library/53282929182)

April 9, 2024Community,Literature-Literatura,Society & Culture Team,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......

April 8, 2024Literature-Literatura,Poesia Visual

Amor en el viento-poema visual

Amor en el viento-poema visual...

Samuel Miranda - Artistas in the Capital

April 2, 2024Poesía-Poetry,Afro-LatinX Experience Team,Hola Cultura,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......

Part of the graphic novel "Miles Morales: Stranger Tides," written by Justin Reynolds and illustrated by Pablo Leon

April 1, 2024Afro-Latino Culture,Film-Video-TV,Literature-Literatura,SPEL Stories

Miles Morales: El impacto y evolución de un fenómeno afrolatino de Marvel

*Read in English. A pesar de su popularidad entre el público, los superhéroes afroamericanos y latinos han sido poco utilizados.......

March 26, 2024Arte-Art,Arts & Humanities Team,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......

Ecuadorian-born visual artist Nando Álvarez

March 25, 2024Arte-Art,Arts & Humanities Team,SPEL Stories

Nando Álvarez: la justicia social a través de su arte

*Read in English. Para Nando Álvarez, artista visual nacido en Ecuador, el arte ha sido una presencia constante desde que......

Dutidú co-founders Marie Claire Vasquez Durán & María Victoria Abreu Lugar - Artistas in the Capital

December 5, 2023Arts & Humanities Team,Hola Cultura,SPEL Stories

In this month’s episode of “Artistas in the Capital,” representation: one puzzle piece at a time

How do you pass down culture? Cook food? Make crafts? Read stories? Two Washington area Latina moms found a fun......

Drain pipe in Anacostia Park (Photo by Isabella Béjar Tjalve)

November 30, 2023Environmental Justice,Hola Cultura,Society & Culture Team,SPEL Stories

This week on “The Climate Divide,” we discuss Kingman Park’s history of contamination and the local activism that led to constructing D.C.’s Northeast Boundary Tunnel

On this week’s episode of “The Climate Divide,” host Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe speaks with Kingman Park activist Frazer Walton Jr. and......

Abel Olivo, executive director and co-founder of Defensores de la Cuenca, standing on a dock with a group of program participants

November 23, 2023Environmental Justice,Hola Cultura,Society & Culture Team,SPEL Stories

This week on “The Climate Divide,” we speak with the co-founder of Defensores de la Cuenca

On this week’s episode of “The Climate Divide,” host Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe speaks to Abel Olivo, executive director and co-founder of......

Magdalena, professional flamenco dancer, dance teacher

November 21, 2023Dance-Baile,Arts & Humanities Team,SPEL Stories

Magdalena’s life journey with the beauty of flamenco

The sounds of feet hitting the ground break the silence in the room. At first, it seems impulsive, but then......

Attendees mingling during our fall fundraiser

November 14, 2023Hola Cultura

Thank you, Hola Cultura community!

To everyone who has supported our 12th anniversary fundraiser, we send our gratitude and appreciation. Last Thursday’s fundraiser at The......

Cover for season 2 of The Climate Divide: Striving Towards Environmental Justice

November 7, 2023Environmental Justice,Hola Cultura,Society & Culture Team

“The Climate Divide” is back!

After many months of interviews, research and recording, we are excited to announce the launch of season 2 of Hola...

November 3, 2023Hola Cultura

Join us on Nov. 9 to celebrate Hola Cultura’s 12th anniversary!

It’s our anniversary! This fall, Hola Cultura is turning 12. Over the course of those years, we’ve developed and examined......

October 31, 2023Dance-Baile,Arts & Humanities Team,Hola Cultura,SPEL Stories

In tomorrow’s episode of “Artistas in the Capital,” Alejandro Góngora’s journey with Corazón Folklórico DC

Originally from San Diego, California, Alejandro Góngora’s inspiration for establishing the nonprofit dance company Corazón Folklórico came from moving to......