"'He had ordered her in,' the novel's opening sentence provokes, like 'take-out Chinese.' A mutual friend has driven Enrique crazy by talking endlessly about this 'extraordinary' woman but failing to define what makes her so special," writes Malena Watrous in The New York Times Book Review... read more
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Rafael Yglesias' "A Happy Marriage"
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Rafael Yglesias
Friday, July 17, 2009
Mexican Diplomat Blasts Botánicas
Mariano Lemus Gas, the consul for Mexico in Las Vegas, characterized owners of these traditional medicinal stores as "charlatans who are committing fraud," and urged members of the local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to tell the community to avoid going to them for health care consultations read more
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Mariano Lemus Gas
New Jersey Democrat Becomes La Voz del Senado
As the only Spanish-language Democrat in the Senate, Bob Menéndez was the mandatory choice for national Hispanic media avid for top-brass commentary on the Sotomayor Hearings...read more
After Four Days of Gruelling Questioning by GOP Senators, Sotomayor Heads For Easy Confirmation Vote
During more than fifteen hours of questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor revealed little about the type of justice she would be and deflected critics' allegations that her public speeches showed a bias based on her sex and ethnicity...read more
More on this issue:
First GOP Senator Voices Support For Sotomayor (The Wall Street Journal Blogs)
Sotomayor Vote Could Hit Senate Floor By Late July (Dow Jones Newswires)
Minority Leader To Vote Against Sotomayor Confirmation (The New York Times)
Court Tapes Show Blunt Sotomayor (Politico)
As City Hall Slush-Fund Scandal Deepens, Politicos and Non-Profits' Links Come Under Scrutiny
How many fraudulent non-profits can be spun on the point of a needle? The answer this day in New York City is, as many as you want, says Huffington Press' Glyn Vincent read more
More on this issue:
Councilwoman Arroyo on Radar on Slush Probe (Daily News)
Slow-Moving Scandal Speeds Up for Council (New York Times)
Two Accused of Embezzling $200,000 From South Bronx Nonprofit Group They Headed (NYTimes)
Political Clan Under Funding Microscope (Daily News)
Council Probe Goes On (Metro International)
Ex edil de Washington Heights culpable de fraude (El Diario La Prensa)
Councilwoman Arroyo on Radar on Slush Probe (Daily News)
Slow-Moving Scandal Speeds Up for Council (New York Times)
Two Accused of Embezzling $200,000 From South Bronx Nonprofit Group They Headed (NYTimes)
Political Clan Under Funding Microscope (Daily News)
Council Probe Goes On (Metro International)
Ex edil de Washington Heights culpable de fraude (El Diario La Prensa)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Former Councilman Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case
Miguel Martinez admitted today to skimming about $100,000 in public money from non-profit organizations and low-income housing; he faces more than five and one-half years in prison when he is sentenced in October read more
Brazilian Film Festival Starts Today at MoMA
Premiere Brazil! 2009, the annual exhibition of contemporary Brazilian cinema organized by The Museum of Modern Art, the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival and the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, opens tonight at MoMA with the screeing of Bruno Barreto's Last Stop 174, a drama based on a real-life bus hijacking occurred in Rio in 2000.
Curated by Jytte Jensen and Ilda Santiago, the current edition of this exciting summer film series (the seventh in a row) will also include recent productions by up-and-coming Brazilian directors and a retrospective of Eduardo Coutinho, one of Brazil's major documentary filmmakers.
The exhibition will run until August 3 and will be complemented by Live Brazilian Music Performances at MoMA's Sculpture Garden. All films are in Portuguese with English subtitles; most first screenings will be introduced by the directors. To see the complete programming, click here. At MoMa, 11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019, (212) 708-9400.
Curated by Jytte Jensen and Ilda Santiago, the current edition of this exciting summer film series (the seventh in a row) will also include recent productions by up-and-coming Brazilian directors and a retrospective of Eduardo Coutinho, one of Brazil's major documentary filmmakers.
The exhibition will run until August 3 and will be complemented by Live Brazilian Music Performances at MoMA's Sculpture Garden. All films are in Portuguese with English subtitles; most first screenings will be introduced by the directors. To see the complete programming, click here. At MoMa, 11 West 53 Street New York, NY 10019, (212) 708-9400.
Also, next July 20 at 6:30 pm, filmmakers Coutinho and Barreto will participate in TropiChat, a series of public conversations co-organized by Cinema Tropical and Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue. This event is free but requires reservation.
El Barrio Roots For Sotomayor
The Sotomayor Hearings: Ricky Ricardo Goes To Washington
"You'll have lots of splainin to do." It was an obvious reference to the broken-English phrase made famous decades ago by Desi Arnaz, the Cuban co-star of I Love Lucy. Given that Sotomayor is about to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, Senator Tom Coburn's choice of words fell flat, says Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez... read more
Espaillat Endorses Ydanis Rodriguez in Washington Heights-Inwood Race
Assemblyman Adrian Espaillat is endorsing Ydanis Rodriguez for the Council seat vacated by Miguel Martinez, but insists this is not a move against his longtime political rival, Guillermo Linares...read more here and here.
Slush Fund Case Complicates Linares Candidacy to City Hall
Guillermo Linares, who resigned Tuesday night as city's Commissioner of Immingrant Affairs to run for the City Council seat left vacant by the disgraced Miguel Martinez, has his own scandal to worry about, says the Daily News...read more.
Also on this issue:
Commissioner Resigns to Seek his Old Council Seat (The New York Times)
Bloomberg Likely to Support Linares (again) (Daily News)
DR-Born, New York Commissioner Calls It Quits (Caribworldnews)
Last-Minute Candidate (Gotham Gazette)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Junot Diaz Talks About Immigration, Identity, and the Origins of a Novel’s Title Character
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao isn’t merely a continuation of the immigrant family saga, says Adriana V. Lopez; it’s a reworking of it in the language of a diaspora community still coming into its own...read more
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Adriana V. Lopez,
Guernica magazine,
Junot Diaz
Univision Buys New York Times Classical Music Radio Station in $45 Million
Aimed at enhancing its service to the growing New York Hispanic demographic, the Spanish-language media conglomerate will transition its current WCAA 105.9 FM frequency to 96.3 FM...read more
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Univision Radio,
WCAA 105.9 FM,
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Sotomayor Puts "Temperament Problem" To Rest
Judge Sotomayor arrived at Tuesday’s proceedings with a reputation for too much feeling; her task was to demonstrate restraint. She did...read more
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Under Cloud of Accusations, Martínez Resigns to City Council
City Councilman Miguel Martinez submitted his letter of resignation today as federal prosecutors are preparing to file charges against him stemming from an investigation into a nonprofit group he funded in northern Manhattan... read more
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