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Braided [Un]Be-Longing by Rosanna Alvarez #ModernLatinaBookClub
Braided [Un]Be-Longing is the long-anticipated debut collection from the sincere and thought-provoking poet Rosanna Alvarez. A braided cultural journey across space and time, the heart-felt collection intricately weaves together the most unanticipated spaces of poetic legacy found in the everyday and in everybody. The poems read like a complicated love letter to community, family, and […]
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Our Otherness Is Our Strength: Wisdom from the Boogie Down Bronx by Andrea Navedo #ModernLatinaBookClub
We are excited to announce our next reading Our Otherness Is Our Strength: Wisdom from the Boogie Down Bronx by Andrea Navedo. Actress Andrea Navedo, best known for her role as Xiomara, Jane’s mother, on The CW’s Jane the Virgin shares hard-earned wisdom from the boogie down Bronx. Andrea didn’t get to see many positive […]
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Gallery 1202 presents Flamin’ Hot Exhibition through August 12, 2023
It was a Flamin’ Hot Cheetos weekend for my family, and they ate up every moment. We started with watching the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), who, as a Frito Lay janitor, disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an […]
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Family Movie Night: Flamin’ Hot
Flamin’ Hot is the inspiring true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), who as a Frito Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon. Eva Longoria captures Richard’s inspirational story in her feature directorial debut. In […]
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Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories by Ana Castillo #ModernLatinaBookClub
Looking for the first summer read, join the Modern Latina Book Club read Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories by Ana Castillo starting 6/5/23. Literary legend Ana Castillo explores the secrets that are kept within households and the women they impact the most in this breakout collection that cements her place as a leading voice in feminist fiction.
