Culture

Five days that shook the South Bronx into NYC’s Sierra Maestra

December 8, 2016 By Michael Arney

Julio Pabón recounts the story of Fidel Castro’s 1995 visit to the South Bronx in his new book, “Knockout.”

“Loving”: The love that breaks the chains

December 7, 2016 By Michael Berkowitz

The film is the story of the successful challenge to racist laws, a story of courage and deep feelings well told.

For Southern slave masters, preserving bondage was a global cause

December 2, 2016 By Tony Pecinovsky

Matthew Karp’s book, This Vast Southern Empire, shows that the effort to preserve slavery was not just a national, but rather an international affair.

Ode to Fidel Castro

November 30, 2016 By Edward Field

From “Ode to Fidel Castro,” from Edward Field’s book Stand Up, Friend, With Me.

Latinx theatre: the leading edge of L.A. arts scene

November 29, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon

Three recent productions, two of them running until December 18th, touch on Latin American life in Uruguay, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and the U.S.