I sat down with Juan Salgado, the president and CEO of Instituto Del Progreso Latino, a nonprofit educational organization in Pilsen, a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Chicago, to learn what it’s been like for him to oversee two charters that have unionized with AFT. Salgado believes that...
the fragmented image of family, the economic conditions of Latino immigrants, the image of women (as intelligent and complex, not as typically submissive, though sometimes as lonely), the celebration of native landscapes, and the religious and spiritual beliefs of native...
I pulled out the last camera I’d bought–a Fujifilm mirrorless camera. I was surprised to find the battery still had a charge. So I shot a few frames around the house. It felt awkward in my hands. Worse, I’d forgotten all the familiar menu pathways. I couldn’t remember how to m...
But stick with it until the undeniable beauty of “Latino Negro” hits, a song that sounds like what the Portugese wordsaudadedescribes, and things start to click. After multiple listens, Hebden proves to not only be completely right in judging all these disparate ideas far too good to be l...
Georgie's Alibi is one of the largest and oldest gay bars in the Wilton Manors strip of Fort Lauderdale, and the one we suggest you start out at. It's got one room devoted to Latino music and hilarious OTT drag shows, another with a large dancing area, and also a buzzy outdoor pati...
Small plates boast US-Latino flavours, while the mixed drinks and loud, funky tunes shout vacay vibes. Radisson Beach Resort Palm Jumeirah, Palm West Beach, Palm Jumeirah, @blackflamingodxb (04 513 4777). HIGHLY COMMENDED En Fuego Credit: En Fuego. Spicy Mexican restaurant En Fuego at Atlanti...
The camera doesn’t flinch at gelatinous substances tethered to flesh, which slowly decays around it, all tentatively kept alive by little vessels pumped by a muscular mass that could stop at any moment. The film’s existential fascination with anatomy has classic roots. Leonardo Da Vinci to...
Then Noah and I read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe—a YA novel about growing up Latino and gay in the Southwest in the 1980s I highly recommend. While we read, he started to feel ill, so he skipped dinner, which was YaYa’s signature baked macaroni and cheese...
There are numerous historical and textual references to energy-like somatic experiences (ELSEs) from religious traditions, and even a few psychological studies that have documented related phenomena. However, ELSEs remain an understudied effect of medita
Since then, there’s absolutely no way you’ll attend any Latino cookout, wedding, or party without watching everyone run out of their seats to the dancefloor once the opening a cappella—“Suavemente, Bésame/Yo quiero sentir tus labios” or “Kiss me softly, I want to feel your lips”...