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.

Kamar de los Reyes has a guest-starring role in an episode of "Reed Between the Lines" (BET).

Joel Luna booked a role in the short film Last Bullet (directed by Rafael Boelter).

Yanelba Ferreira, shown at left, e-mailed us to let us know that she finished filming the short film The Day That Was (written and directed by Edgar De La Vega). In addition, she booked a role in the short film Seizure (written and directed by Loui Terrier) through an HOLA casting referral.

R.Evolución Latina presented An Evening of Celebration. Directed and conceived by Luis Salgado (with musical direction by Zach Dietz and orchestrations by Jaime Lozano), the evening of music and dance featured performances by Andrea Patterson, Charles D'Amato, Doreen Montalvo, Eliseo Román, Taharq, Daniel J. Watts, Olga Merediz and Salgado and took place in December at the Engelman Recital Hall in the Baruch Performing Arts Center in the Gramercy area of Manhattan. Additional performers included Karina Alós, Mónica Delgado, Anthony Michael Martínez, Marisel Polanco, Yvette Quintero, Reza Salazar and Mônica Steuer.

Madres y comadres, the "webnovela" presented by Kmart and starring Loren Escandón and Mafer Rodríguez and directed by Alberto Ferreras, is featured in a Solpersona article by Frankie De Soto.

Marcela Landres wrote "The Latinidad List: Best Latino Books of 2011" on ¡LatinoLA! Under the category of poetry collection, her pick was Me No Habla With Acento (edited by Emanuel Xavier and published by Rebel Satori Press/El Museo Del Barrio), which features the work of A.B. Lugo and Caridad De La Luz. To see who else made the list, click here.

Lucio Fernández premiered his new music video "Choza de amor" off his new collection of tunes, Enamorado (available on iTunes). The video, directed by Lucio and Megan Fernández, was shot on location in Mexico and can be seen below.



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