After a sweet two-hour open bar at the House of Blues on Sunset (and really the only way to tolerate the $15 parking!) I recently…

With influences that go from Daft Punk to The White Stripes, electronica to post-punk, Los Dynamite is one of the most talked-about rock bands coming…

How will history look at Michelle Bachelet 40 years from now? Who tells the stories today, of those who disappeared during the South American dictatorships…

Remezcla sits down with Puro Pedo magazine Jake Prendez to talk comedy, gentrification, identity, and more.

Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad) is José Padilha’s first fiction feature-length after his critically acclaimed documentary Ónibus 174 (Bus 174,  2002). Acquired by The Weinstein…

First conceived by her husband Sergio Bizzio as a short story titled Cinismo, Lucía Puenzo’s first feature film tells the dramatic story of Alex, a…

Back when capoeira mestre Paulo “Paulão Ceará” Sales Neto fell in love with the sport in the early ’70’s, his fellow Brazilians didn’t have much…

The ninth annual edition of the Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY), which runs this year from April 10th to the 18th , will show…

Ollin (se pronuncia Olin or Oh-leen) is an 8-piece punk-rock-folk collective that’s been owning East LA for more than 15 years. Amantes del punk-rock since…

One of the hottest scenes in South America has found an unlikely offshoot in Northern California, thanks to some enthusiastic gringo DJs-cum-cumbia aficionados who are…

Name: Samuel Torres
Age: 31

Roots: Colombia. My family is from an area called Nariño, in the mountains close to the border with Ecuador, but…

-Name: Isabel González Toro aka Isa GT [pronounced en ingles Gee Teeh]
-Age: better not to go there…
-Roots: Medellín, Colombian now London resident
-Are…

Franziska and I went to see Fuerzabruta, the new production by the creators of De La Guarda, and we were left with some questions. In…

Name: Luna Bella Avila

Occupation: Arts Programs Associate of the Lower Eastside Girls Club and La Tiendita Manager

Age: 26

Barrio: Lower East Side

Roots:…

As many of you already know, Carlitos Café y Galeria is closing this month due to the end of its five year lease. Sadly, gentrification has made…