The challenge of telling and sharing the diverse stories in America today is the theme of part two of our Radio Palacio interview with José Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director of the Latino Theater Company and the Los Angeles Theatre Center. José Luis Valenzuela is a Distinguished Professor and Head of the MFA Directing program at UCLA’s School…
Lisa C Soto was born in Los Angeles, CA, grew up in New York City and in a small traditional village in the South of Spain, across the waters from Morocco. Soto explains that “Her Caribbean heritage and continuous movements between continents and islands have informed her themes, providing her a unique, global perspective.” Lisa…
Lynn Parotti is a London-based Bahamian artist and one of the artists at the Museum of Latin American Art (molaa) exhibition in Long Beach, Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago. Her art on display, Thirst II, is an update to her first exploration of water and its cost, Thirst I. Using new data,…
Kishan Munroe is one of the artists at the Museum of Latin American Art (molaa) exhibition in Long Beach, Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago. Munroe has painted a picture of a little-known incident involving the navy of the Bahamas and the Cuban armed forces. “The Flamingo Incident, also known as the Cuban…
Artist Lilian Garcia-Roig is one of the artists at the Museum of Latin American Art (molaa) exhibition in Long Beach, Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago. The exhibition, at molaa until February 25, 2018, features over 80 artists with roots in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Aruba, St. Martin, Martinique,…
Artist Nyugen E. Smith is one of the artists at the newest exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art (molaa) in Long Beach, Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago. The exhibition, now at molaa until February 25, 2018, features over 80 artists with roots in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico,…
DanceFest 2016 celebrated the many cultures and voices of Long Beach at the historic Scottish Rite Event Center . The showcase of talent at Homeland Cultural Center at MacArthur Park featured a wide range of performers; from breakdancing to Aztec dance. Homeland Cultural Center offers free classes and drop-in programs in traditional and urban contemporary dance,…
DanceFest 2016, sponsored and organized by Homeland Cultural Center in MacArthur Park, is set for Sunday, July 17, 4-6pm. DanceFest 2016 returns to the Scottish Rite Event Center in Downtown Long Beach, 855 Elm Avenue. Homeland Cultural Center Supervisor Jim Ruggirello gave PalacioMagazine.com a preview of DanceFest 2016. The interview took place in the Manazar Gamboa Theatre…