Archive for September 22nd, 2005
yerbabuena: Good for your Cuerpo
22 Sep 2005
Abuelita always said yerbabuena was good for me like in a tea to calm los nervios for example. In New York City Yerbabuena is good for your ears too. yerbabuena is the name of a New York City based musical collective committed to the musical traditions of Puerto Rico. Tired of hearing musical forms such as bomba and plena labeled as folkloric or watered down by mainstream musicians, this eclectic mix of artists has been keeping it real since 1999. You don’t hear yerbabuena, you feel them. I dare you not to move, sing, clap and engage in the call and response portions, based in the African roots of Puerto Rico, when you experience one of their performances.
If you are in the Nueva York area you can catch yerbabuena every Thursday night , 9:30PM-Midnight at Camaradas el barrio, 2241 First Avenue at 115th Street.
Latinologues Hits Broadway
10:34 am By Maegan La Mala · Arts|Events|New York · Comments Off
22 Sep 2005Latinologues, a comedy show now on Broadway, is a series of monologues based on a Latino’s experience in the USA.
Though this is its first time on Broadway, Latinologues has been around, with specials on Showtime & HBO. They also have 2 DVD’s available.
I have to admit that I have not seen the show, but I have seen and listened to quotes from their website. Here is a little taste of what to expect. This monologue was given by a character Buford Gomez, Border Patrol, giving a special seminar:
Not every single Latino is Mexican, there’s different kind of Mexicans. There’s Colombian Mexicans, Guatemalan Mexicans…Puerto Ricans are legal Mexicans. Cubans are Mexicans with boats. Argentineans, you are not European, I repeat you are not European.
Written by Rick Najera, directed by Cheech Marin, and performed in English, the show runs through Dec 4.
Rican/Latino Power Plays in New York City
8:24 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Politics · Comments Off
22 Sep 2005
Puerto Ricans have been in New York City in substantial numbers since the early 20th century and their political power has been growing. Fernando Ferrer isn’t the first Rican to run for mayor in the Big Apple. Herman Badillo ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City in 1969, 1973, 1977, and 1993. What’s different now in 2005 is that Ferrer may have a fighting chance.
After successfully sidestepping a runoff for the Democratic Party nod, recent polls have Ferrer currently running 14 points behind current Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Rican community has Ferrer’s back though. 1199 SEIU, the largest health care union in New York under the leadership of Dennis Rivera, gave Ferrer their endorsement. And just in case there aren’t enough Ricans in NYC to help Ferrer close the gap between him and Bloomberg, Puerto Ricans on the isla del encanto are on call, maletas in hand. Who said there was a rift between Nuyoricans and island dwellers?
Latinos & TV in the U.S
22 Sep 2005An excellent essay about latinos and TV writted by John Sinclair: From Latin Americans to Latinos: Spanish-language television and its audiences in the United States
Two versions: English | Spanish:
(…) The 1960s – Chicanos, SICC and SIN
Spanish-language television in the US began as early as 1955, but it was not until 1961 that there were the beginnings of a network. In that year, the Spanish International Communication Corporation (SICC) launched its first station in San Antonio, followed by stations in other strategic locations over the next ten years, namely Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Programming was supplied by the Spanish International Network (SIN) from Mexico, the principal in these companies having been the founding father of the Azcárraga dynasty subsequently associated with Televisa in Mexico, although their manager was René Anselmo, a US Hispanic.
(…) Trends in the new millennium
As the situation appears in the last quarter of 2004, there has continued to be internationalization in the US Spanish-language television industry, other main trends being the expansion of the present networks, the diversification of the programming on offer, and the continued concentration of the industry in Miami.
There is further internationalization in the ownership of networks taking place, given that TV Azteca, the competitor to Televisa in Mexico and one-time collaborator with Telemundo in the US, has been seeking to develop a network in the US…
Via TELOS Magazine
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