Speak out. Speak up. Toma la ventaja del momento – Take advantage of the moment

p>Who speaks for Chicago’s Latinos and what are they saying? And who is telling their story? That’s what we talked about the other day at our gathering of Chicago’s Latino press and community organizations. We met at the National Museum of Mexican Art and there was very good news  on top of the talk. The [...]

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Written by on November 19, 2009

These stories connect us

Every so often you come a story that makes you stop.  Your eyes are stuck. You go back over the beginning and you keep reading. You read because the words are powerful or the scenery is so strong or the message is so overwhelming. I was scanning the stories in Extra when I came across [...]

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Written by on November 13, 2009

Changing to survive

Nelson Guadrado runs his hands over the front page. He has a new plan, a new strategy for business and he feels very proud about it. It is not just ready yet but he is sure it will do well. Like everything else has. He feels good, indeed, about his newspaper, La Prensa. Four years [...]

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Written by on November 12, 2009

Breathing life into hidden culture through language and voice: An interview with Yasmin Levy

Israeli born artist Yasmin Levy is someone who could not deviate from her destiny as an international star of world music, being the daughter of the late Isaac Levy. In her latest album Mano Suave, at times she commands her voice through soft tragic tales of love and tragedy to a full dynamic range that [...]

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Written by on November 11, 2009

We sing your music here from over there, a concert at the Old Town School of Music

Out comes the singer and her group. Large black eyes. Flowing black hair. One musician behind her is from Ghana and another from Armenia and two, like her, from Israel. She embraces the audience with her eyes, the band begins and it’s not her I hear first, but an older man on the end of [...]

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Written by on November 7, 2009

The Sounds of Chicago’s Flamenco: An interview with Chiara Mangiameli of Idilio

Flamenco is a cultural phenomenon with its roots in the migration and experiences of peoples. On this program of Chicago is the World, we interview Chiara Mangiameli and learn more about the artist, her group Idilio and the beauty that is known as Flamenco.

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Written by on November 4, 2009

Stories we like and stories we'd to see more of #101

Have you noticed the growing number Latino oriented  ads on television and in the newspapers and magazine? Well there’s a good reason and its great news for the Latino news media. This story from adweek explains:   The Hispanic Market Is Set to Soar The 2010 Census will radically alter the demographic map and the rules of [...]

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Written by on November 2, 2009