Peggy Robles-Alvarado is a Puerto Rican and Dominican poet, writer, and educator based in New York. From being featured in numerous articles and attending speaking engagements all around New York City, Robles-Alvarado uses her poetry to educate and empower others around her. Her most recent accomplishments are having two self published books....
Transitioning from the academic world to the culinary world, host of ‘Pati’s Mexican Table’, Pati Jinich, gave a food tasting and demonstration on the patio of La Casa Azul Bookstore on Saturday May 4th. The event gathered many eager attendees of all ages and most of them were familiar with her television...
Walking into a gallery, you are presented with the work of an artist that was not created overnight, but was created over decades that told a story. This was the case for Enrique Metinides, a Mexican photographer, who displayed his photos in an art gallery sponsored by Aperture called “101 Tragedies of...
Like the United States, Mexico had changed in the last 30 years politically, demographically, and economically. Author Shannon K O’Neil, writes about these topics in her book Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead, giving an overview about what happened then now and everything in between. The book...
Out of Sight/On the Floor: Unseen Visions in Documentary Film, is an event that happened on March 27, 2013, in conjunction with the current exhibition, Superreal: alternative realities in photography and video at El Museo del Barrio. The event offered conversation and film clips from award winning filmmakers: Christian Ibarra, Frances Negron-Mutaner...
Business expands on a much broader level than just owning a small business or making an exchange of a good and service. When a person is dealing with state, local, federal and international business level, several more issues come up and need to be addressed. The discussion, Doing Business in Brazil, was...
Economics may not be the most interesting thing to talk about on an everyday basis for some people, but to have an author that studied and knows a lot about it, is something different. Author, José Antonio Ocampo, presented his book, The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence on March 14th,...
On February 28, 2013, Hostos Community College presented a conference called Dominican Americans of the Diaspora that wanted way to honor Dominican Heritage Month. The conference was split into four different topics and featured community leaders, government officials, and scholars. These topics included women in government positions, scholar, private sectors, and business....
Sunday Cinema series at La Casa Azul Bookstore, featured movie Before Night Falls
A carnival in February? Yes, that is right. Facing Central Park in New York City at El Museo Del Barrio, is a carnival that can be great for the whole family, but especially for children. This carnival combines both education and entertainment for the family to learn about the diversity of the...
Music, dance, food, and being around family and friends are so important to a lot of people today no matter where you live. Though every once in a while, a celebration, or in this case, a carnival, brings more people closer together for some of the same reasons. The Rio Carnival is...
Based on the story of Cinderella, the book Chemorella by Katy Franco, is about beating breast cancer and seeing your dreams come true. Chemorella is a breast cancer patient overcoming obstacles to dealing with this disease. She tries to stay strong by following her doctors orders and by following her heart. Despite...
Results on the 55th Annual Grammy Awards
Looking for a book club that focuses on Latin American books? Look no further than the La Casa Azul Bookstore at 103rd Street in New York City. This independent bookstore is a small, yet, very specific to the Latino community carrying books in both English and Spanish. The book that was being...
97th Street Greenmarket event on 97th street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, Friday's from 8am to 2pm
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