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.

Mike Smith Rivera and Tony Chiroldes, shown at right from left to right, booked the roles of William Harris and Dr. Makepeace, respectively in the film The Wailing through an HOLA casting notice. The film is produced by Latin Horror and La Sayona Productions and boasts Edwin Pagán as producer and director of photography, Ydaiber Orozco as associate producer and casting director and Leonardo Rodríguez as producer and director. Filming will begin in mid-January 2012 in and around New York City.

Caridad De La Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et musique La Bruja) will be performing Bobby Sanábria and Quarteto Aché in Salsa Poe. A fundraiser for the Bronx County Historical Society, it is an evening of celebrating the work of Edgar Allan Poe, set to poetry and a Latin jazz beat. (Note: Poe was a Bronx resident and his cottage is a museum in the Bronx.) The event will take place on Friday, December 9, 2011 at the National Arts Club overlooking Gramercy Park in Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Mario Barreiro is doing a stint where he will be singing tangos and milongas (along with guest artists) at Café y Restaurante La Nueva in the Jackson Heights section of Queens in December.

Yanelba Ferreira e-mailed us to let us know that she booked the lead role in the short film The Day That Was (written and directed by Edgar De La Vega).

Artistas Españolas Nueva York-El Puente (Spanish Artists in New York) is presenting Wearing Lorca's Bowtie. Presented with the support of the Consulate General of Spain in New York and the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C., it is a multidisciplinary piece inspired by Spanish poet/playwright Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York. With a story by Josh Hecht and Mar Gómez Glez and text by Gómez Glez and Judith Goudsmit, it is directed by Josh Hecht and Ignacio García Bustelo. It is scheduled for a December run at The Duke on 42nd Street in the theater district in midtown Manhattan and features Benita Benéitez, Adela María Bolet, Freia Canals, María Cuartero, Beatriz de la Cruz, Sebastián Gálvez, Carlos Lobo, Puela Lunaris, Javier Moreno, Pep Muñoz, Soraya Padrao, Amara C. Pérez, Nuria Rabanillo, Rodrigo Recabarren, Carlos Renedo, David Riley and Yago Vázquez in the cast. For more information, or to buy tickets, click here or here.

A.B. Lugo was a featured model in Luis Carle's photographic exhibition Santos in a Bag, which was featured in an eight-page spread of Issue 4 of the bilingual (English and Spanish) magazine Ars Atelier City (headquartered in Paris, France and Guttenberg, New Jersey, USA, respectively). For more information on Luis Carle, click here. To see a preview of the magazine, click here.

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