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In The Heights Nominated for 13 TONY Awards

13:22 H — Maegan la Mala

I've been wanting to see the Broadway musical, In The Heights since it opened, but now with 13, count 'em 13 TONY Award nominations, I want to see it even more. “In the Heights,” a rap, hip-hop and salsa flavored... Read more »

Topics: Music - New York City - Theatre

Hillary Clinton on SNL : My Supporters Are Racist

11:35 H — Maegan la Mala

She (well the actress playing her) said it, not me. Via / Mamalicious ... Read more »

Topics: Funny - Race - TV - US Presidential Race 2008

Latino Book Month, Martes May 13 Pick : Me llamo Gabriela by Monica Brown. Illustrated by John Parra

10:23 H — Maegan la Mala

I haven't included any children's books in my Latino book suggestions until today. Me Llamo Gabriela: My Name is Gabriela by Monica Brown and illustrated by John Parra, is a beautiful book about the Chilean Nobel Prize winning poeta Gabriela... Read more »

Topics: Bilingualism - Books - Children - Chile - History - Literature - Women

Spanish President Warns Chavez to Behave

07:01 H — Jennifer

Spanish president Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has warned Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez against disrespecting his government during the Latin American-European Summit to be held in Lima this week:...he reiterated to Hugo Chavez that he must respect Spanish institutions, after he... Read more »

Topics: Controversia - Latin America - Politics - Spain - Venezuela - World

Grandmothers Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

05:57 H — Jennifer

Las Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo, an Argentine activist group fighting for justice in the disappearance cases of hundreds of Argentine citizens -- many children and pregnant women -- during the country's "Dirty War" have been nominated for a... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Argentina - Justice - Latin America - Society