HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members or Friends of HOLA who are getting acting, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.

Doris Lola Mártir, shown at right, will play Madame Lucía in The Heights Players production of West Side Story. Written by Leonard Bernstein (music), Arthur Laurents (book) and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) and directed by Thomas N. Tyler, the musical will have a May run in The Heights Players Theater located in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. For more information about the production, click here or here.

Edvin Ortega can be seen guest-starring in an episode of "Blue Bloods" (CBS).

Laura Patalano and Harmony Rose Santana star in You're Dead To Me (written by Adelina Anthony and directed by Wu Tsang). The short film has been hitting the film festival circuit; its next screening will be in May at the Inside Out LGBT Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information, click here, here or here.

The Steve Vega-helmed film short On The Run will be screened on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at The DL, located in Manhattan's Loísaida's neighborhood. The film stars Vega, Giovanni Olivera, Keke Lebrón, Félix Hiciano and Sabrina Sangiacomo. For more information, click here.

Víctor Cruz can be seen guest-starring in an episode of "The Blacklist" (NBC).

An article written by Ángel Fajardo was published in the Los Angeles-based Brooklyn & Boyle newspaper (Volume 2, Issue 1). The article, called "Remembering Phillip Seymour Hoffman", is a tribute to the late Academy Award-winning actor-director. To read the article, click here (in e-zine form) or in blog form by clicking here.

Marisol Carrere's I Am Julia, the film she co-produced (with Gloria Zelaya), co-starred in and wrote, is being screened on Sunday, May 11, 2014 at La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña. For more information about the short film (directed by David Capurso), click here.

Gladys K. Nilsen is Miss Hawaiʻi Senior America 2014. She will represent The Aloha State in the Miss Senior America pageant, scheduled to take place October 28-30, 2014 at Resorts in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?