HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

Laura Riveros is amongst the cast of Persona Performa. A site-specific performances, the show was created by Ming Wong, co-presented with Performa for the Performa 11 biennial and is set to perform in November in the Museum of the Moving Image in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. For more information, click here.

Caridad De La Luz (also known by her nom de poésie La Bruja) is scheduled to be a featured poet (along with Víctor Thirstin Howl DeJesús) at the True Sound Lounge poetry series in November. The event is curated by Christopher Chilo Vargas, hosted by John Chance Acevedo, with sounds by DJ Mystro and takes place at True's lounge located in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. For more information, click here.

Iván Camilo, Maité Bonilla and Rosie Berrido appear in the film Under My Nails. The film will be screened in November at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in Manhattan's Gramercy district as part of Teatro SEA's Borimix Puerto Rico Festival. For more information, click here. In addition, it is an official selection of the Festival de Cine de La Habana/Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, to take place in December in Havana, Cuba. The film is written by Kisha Tikina Burgos, directed by Ari Maniel Cruz and also features Burgos, Marilú Acosta, Dolores Pedro, Enrique Juliá, Miranda Purcell and Antonio Pantojas in the cast. For more information on that screening, click here.

Teatro Coronado is presenting Liberados de sus redes. Written by Dinorah Coronado and directed by Héctor Palacios, the show is scheduled for an October run at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en los Estados Unidos in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood and features Coronado, Edison Carrera, Olga Fernández, Digna Carvajal and Enrique Suárez Olmos in the cast.

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