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What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez #ModernLatinaBookClub

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez #ModernLatinaBookClub

by Linda Castillo | Sep 28, 2023 | Book Reviews

One cold November day in 1996, 13-year-old Ruthy doesn’t come home from track practice after school. Over a decade later, a woman who looks just like Ruthy appears on reality TV show “Cat Fight,” going by the name Ruby. “What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez,” the compelling...

Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist at the San Jose Museum of Art

by Linda Castillo | Sep 21, 2023 | Art & Culture

Yolanda López, Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe, from the series “Guadalupe,” 1978. Oil pastel and paint on paper, 30 x 22 inches. Courtesy of the Yolanda López Legacy Trust. You don’t want to miss Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist...

Braided [Un]Be-Longing by Rosanna Alvarez #ModernLatinaBookClub

by Linda Castillo | Sep 20, 2023 | Book Reviews, Community

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...

Our Otherness Is Our Strength: Wisdom from the Boogie Down Bronx by Andrea Navedo #ModernLatinaBookClub

by Linda Castillo | Jul 17, 2023 | Book Reviews

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...

Gallery 1202 presents Flamin’ Hot Exhibition through August 12, 2023

by Linda Castillo | Jul 3, 2023 | Art & Culture, Community

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...
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