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.

Teresa Yenque and Alicia Kaplan, second and fourth from left, respectively, in the photo at right, were featured in New York's Impacto Latin News as part of International Women's Month. They were recognized by the Galo Plaza International Committee with the Gabriela Mistral-Frida Kahlo-Julia De Burgos Award  for their work in elevating the presence of and promoting Latino/Hispanic art and culture in New York. The awards, named after three talented Latina artists, were presented in a ceremony that took place on Thursday, March 5, 2015. To read the article, which is in Spanish, click on the image at right.

Raquel Almazán's play La Paloma Prisoner will be produced by Columbia Stages in April. Directed by Charlotte Braithwaite and produced by Aaron Simms, performances will take place at the Ford Studio at the Pershing Square Signature Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Daphne Rubin-Vega, shown at left, was cast in the NBC drama pilot "The Curse of the Fuentes Women" (written and executive produced by Silvio Horta, directed by Jason Ensler). She will star opposite Christina Vidal, Rachel Ticotin, Adan Canto and Katie Sarife. For more information, click here.

The feature film H.O.M.E. (written by Daniel Maldonado and Héctor Carosso and directed by Maldonado) has wrapped up production. Produced by Vanessa Verduga, the film stars Jeremy Ray Valdez, Jesús Ochoa, Angela Lin, Carlo Alban and Karen Lynn Gorney and will be exhibited in April at the Videoteca industry film market at the 30th annual Guadalajara International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. For more information, click here or here.

Jeannie Sol, shown at right, will be co-hosting (along with New York City radio personality Noel "Speedy" Mercado) at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life fundraiser on Monday, April 20, 2015 at Applebee's Restaurant in the Queens Center Mall in the Elmhurst section of Queens. For more information, click here.

Caridad del Valle and Ivonne Martínez will star in the Teatro Vanguardia USA production of El barco ébrio. Written by Jorge Dávila Vázquez and directed by Iván L. Argudo, the play will also star Paul Montoya, George Riverón, Ana Montero, Laura Spalding and Fior Marte and run in May at the Producers' Club Theaters, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Rhina Valentín, shown at left, has a very busy March ahead of her. For Women's History Month, she will speak and perform her spoken word poetry at an event for the Omega Phi Beta (ΩΦΒ) sorority at the Campus Center Ballroom at the State University of New York's University at Albany on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She will then follow this up with being a panelist at a Women of Tomorrow conference at Microsoft New York (located in the Times Square area of Manhattan) on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Finally, she will host an event at the Mommy To Bee Expo, scheduled to take place at the Villa María Academy in the Country Club area of the Bronx. For more information on all things Rhina, click here.

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?