Teatro Vivo will be opening its doors for its third annual Austin Latino New Play Festival in conjuction with the Long Center for the Performing Arts and Scriptworks. The festival will last for three evenings, starting today and ending on the 18
Latinitas’ Summer Camp registration is open
By May 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
Registration is now open for the Latinitas’ Summer Camp. This year, the themes are Media is POWER, Cine Chica Camp, and Fashion Forward camp. The Media is POWER Camp will be held June 24 to 28 at El Buen Samaritano. Here, girls will learn to create campaigns for social change using MyLatinitas.com. The Cine Chica [...]
Pablo Berger’s ‘Blancanieves’ takes Snow White to a new perspective
By April 17, 2013 Leave a Comment
The 16th Cine Las America’s International Film Festival opened up on a spectacular note at the Stateside Theatre on April 16 with Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves. Blancanieves is the retelling of the Grimm brother’s classic, Snow White, set in 1920s Spain through a black and white silent film. The film has a very unique take on [...]
Five must see films at the 16th Cine Las Americas Film Festival
By April 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
The 16th Cine Las Americas Film Festival will begins today opening with Blancanieves, the film that represent Spain in the 2012 Academy Awards, at the Stateside Theatre. Film Passes are on sale and individual tickets are available as well. Venues for the film screenings include the Stateside Theatre, Alamo Drafthouse Village, Emma S. Barrientos Mexican [...]
Latinitas to hold 10th annual Foto de Mi Alma photography auction
By April 15, 2013 Leave a Comment
Latinitas will be holding their 10th Annual Foto de Mi Alma Photography Auction event on May 16 to honor film producer and Spy Kids movie franchise creator Elizabeth Avellán. The silent auction event will be hosted by emcee Sandy Avila of The Latino Comedy Project. Works that will be sold in this auction include donated [...]
The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance presents ‘Roots and Wings’
By April 11, 2013 Leave a Comment
The University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance will be presenting a collection of re-staged dance works by renowned choreographers—Paul Taylor, David Justin, Yacov Sharir and Charles O. Anderson—from April 19 to the 21 at the B. Iden Payne Theatre on the University of Texas campus. The headlining performance is The Uncommitted, which is [...]
Cine Las Americas announces opening and closing films for 16th International Film Festival
By April 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
It is the time of the year for the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival to begin. Cine Las Americas has announced their opening and closing night screenings for the 16th film festival which will be running April 16 to 21. The opening film will be Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves which will inaugurate the festival at [...]
Mexic-Arte to hold screening of ‘Santo en la Frontera de Terror’
By April 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Mexic-Arte museum will be holding a screening of the film Santo en la Frontera de Terror on April 3 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Starring in the film is El Santo, a famed Mexican luchador and actor. Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members. Currently the museum is holding two exhibitions until [...]
Latinitas holds Parent-Daughter workshop ‘Makin’ Memes’
By March 24, 2013 Leave a Comment
Latinitas will be presenting “Makin’ Memes: An Empowering Approach to Social Media” as part of their Parent-Daughter Workshop Series starting at noon until 2 p.m. on April 13. The workshop will be for girls, ages 9-15 as well as their parents. The workshop will be focusing on one of the most recent internet crazes known [...]
The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center to present documentary film tribute to Cesar Chavez
By March 7, 2013 Leave a Comment
The Emma S. Barrientos MACC is presenting A Tribute to Cesar Chavez 2013: Civil Rights Documentary Films on Friday and Saturday. The film screenings focus on the struggle of those, like Cesar Chavez, who fought for civil rights. Cesar E. Chavez was a prominent leader and activist in the 20th century in Latino American civil [...]
