Archive for January 27th, 2010
RIP: Howard Zinn
7:39 pm By BiancaLaureano · history|media justice · Comments Off
27 Jan 2010
Earlier this evening our friend Nezua shared on twitter that he saw on wikipedia that Howard Zinn has died today. Shortly after the tweets streamed in there was confirmation that he died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, California at the age of 87.
I know for a fact that the VivirLatino Familia is mourning his death. Yet, as we mourn and remember him, author Sofia Quintero reminds us “coping w/news of Howard Zinn by reminding myself that our generation has some dope intellectuals, too. ” Yes we do!
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Adios Ugly Betty
7:05 pm By BiancaLaureano · TV · 7 Comments
27 Jan 2010
Several of my friends on Twitter have shared that ABC is canceling Ugly Betty and this season, number 4, is going to be the last season. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m pretty devestated. When they moved the television show from Thursday to other evenings I knew there was some trouble brewing.
It was not that long ago that we lost The George Lopez Show, one of the ONLY US national television shows (on a non cable network for folks like me without cable. That conversion has left me with only receiving 3 channels with my rabbit ear antenneas), that showed the Latino family. I don’t even want to think about what was before this show because I’m almost positive it was Chico and the Man. Ugly Betty has filled a part of that void for so many of us.
I just keep remembering I grew up with A Different World, seeing young people of Color who looked like me going to college and graduating. It really formed my perspective of what I can accomplish. It is possible for some Latinos today that Ugly Betty may have done the same: helped someone cope with the passing of the matriarch in their family, help us re-examine how we treat one another, recognize the discrimination many of us face in the workplace, and how to forge and maintain relationships.
NYC : Hispanic Panic Tonite
9:54 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Culture|Events|GLBT|literature|New York City · Comments Off
27 Jan 2010Without a doubt, this is one of the best reading series that I have ever been a part of. If I weren’t hosting the live blog of President Obama’s State of the Union Address tonite, I would be at Nowhere, with a glass of vino and occasionally dancing bomba y plena by the bar.
If you are in the NYC are and aren’t chatting it up with us here tonite, support VivirLatino amigo Charlie Vasquez who works magic by bringing together the most amazing writers.
Charlie Vázquez and NOWHERE are happy to announce the resuming of the monthly LGBT reading series PANIC! after having taken December off. HISPANIC PANIC! kicks into the new year with a fantastic lineup of renegade Latino warriors of the word. Join me and Rob “Simply Rob” Vassilarakis, Yazmin Peña, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Roberto Santiago, Claudia Narvaez-Meza and Carlos Manuel Rivera for an evening of words, laughs, and more. Boogaloo tunes after we’re done. Free, 21+ only. Future readers find me!
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm
Location: Nowhere, NYC, 322 E 14th St (1st/2nd)
VivirLatino’s Live Blogging of President Obama’s State of the Union Address
7:32 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events|Politics · 2 Comments
27 Jan 2010It’s been a minute since we’ve done a liveblogging of an event here at VivirLatino. Since We have covered in depth the Obama presidency from the campaign promises to their fulfullment (or not), I figured that hosting a live chat here would be fun.
So come and join us here tonite at 8:45 EST. The actual State of the Union Address is at 9 pm EST pero we’ll start serving drinks a little earlier to get warmed up.
Invite your friends, please note however that la Mala enforces a strict door policy.
Hola!
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