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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......
José Agustín (1944–2024), escritor, dramaturgo, ensayista, guionista, profesor y periodista mexicano

José Agustín, in memoriam

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

El abrazo-homenaje a los derechos civiles

The Embrace, escultura a MLK,en Boston...
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......
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...
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......
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Book jacket for "Protection from Erasure" by Sami Miranda

Inspired by his students, Sami Miranda became a poet who honors his raíces

In his visual art and poetry, D.C. artist, writer and teacher Samuel ‘Sami’ Miranda shows off his Puerto Rican raíces......
Julio Valdez

Julio Valdez on art’s duty to capture life’s light and dark currents

Julio Valdez’s passion spills through, even on a Zoom call. He has the playful energy of a father coaching Little......
SPEL professional development/storytelling online meeting in summer 2021.

Seeking D.C. students for the summer semester of SPEL!

Leer en español abajo Join us this summer for our next semester of the Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning (SPEL)! Hola......
Cover of the novel Finding La Negrita on open books

“Finding La Negrita,” a new novel inspired by real life history of powerful Afro Latinas

Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, author of the new novel, “Finding La Negrita,” compares her narrative about powerful African women living in colonial......
Scene from Príncipe Y Príncipe

GALA’s gender-challenging fairy tale is as much for parents as it is for children

The new bilingual play at the GALA Hispanic Theatre is based on a fairy tale but of a modern kind.......

Talking “Climate Divides” with Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe

*This story was originally published in our spring newsletter. Sign up here. Hola Cultura sat down with one of the......
Members of SPEL's new copyediting group receive training from Annemarie Cuccia, a reporter at Street Sense Media

Hola Cultura’s SPEL storytelling program begins spring semester

On January 24, the spring semester of our Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning began. For the next three months, a......
The Oracle by Armando Lopez-Bircann

Interview with Armando Lopez-Bircann

D.C.-based artist Armando Lopez-Bircann grew up in the Dominican Republic, without much access to art museums. But thanks to an......
Group photo after a walking tour led by SPEL interns

New year, new opportunities with Hola Cultura!

Are you a college student or young professional interested in building communication and digital skills, while giving back to the......
Picture of a top and the words top stories 2022

Top stories of 2022 in English

We’ve had a busy year! Here are a few of our top English-language stories of 2022. Click on the headlines......
LO MEJOR DE 2022 EN ESPANOL

Lo Mejor de 2022 en Español 

LO MEJOR DE 2022 EN ESPANOL...
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Frida Khalo y Diego Rivera, exhibición inmersiva

Frida Khalo y Diego Rivera, exhibición inmersiva

Reseña del show: Frida Khalo y Diego Rivera, exhibición inmersiva...
El chamán, Gloria Valdez

Del proverbio y la metáfora III

Dichos y Refranes III. Desde tiempos inmemorables los “DICHOS Y LOS REFRANES” llegaron a ser parte muy importante de la...
Mona de Pola Oloixarac

Cantinflas en VHS y la mini-biblioteca

Peliculas de Cantinflas en VHS en la mini-biblioteca...
We The People Before - exhibición 3

We The People Before – exhibición

We The People Before - exhibición en el Kennedy Center. Tres dias de cultura original...
DC Folk Fest

El Folklife Festival vuelve al National Mall

Smithsonian Folklife Festival después de una ausencia de dos años...
novela Aura, de Carlos Fuentes

El cumpleaños de Aura, reseña

Reseña de la novela Aura, de Carlos Fuentes...
Capital Pride Parade Flag

La marcha arcoíris

Capital Pride Parade: La marcha arcoíris...
People, peace, love NO war

Contra la violencia: relatos visuales

Poesia Visual: People, peace, love NO war...
Julio Valdez, Aquiles: el corazón cayó al mar

Capas de significado, exhibición

Mapeo de las Capas (Mapping the layers), obra de Julio Valdez. Museo de las Americas, OAS...
Nuestro Mundo Muerto, Liliana Colanzi

Nuestro mundo muerto, reseña

Nuestro Mundo Muerto, Liliana Colanzi...
Quemar los libros

Esconder los libros, quemarlos

Esconder la verdad es un acto de censura y nepotismo...