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.

Elaine Del Valle was featured in Latin Trends magazine where her role as a co-producer of the popular interactive webseries "Gran'pa Knows Best" was mentioned. Del Valle negotiated an acquisition deal with HBO Latino for the series (in a first of its kind deal for interstitial programming). Created, co-produced, directed, shot and edited by William D. Caballero (shown at right, with Del Valle and "Gran'pa") and based on his award-winning short film How You Doin', Boy? Voicemails From Gran'pa, its star is Caballero's own grandfather Víctor Muriel (who voices the title character, itself a 3D model of Muriel). "Gran'pa Knows Best" (which can also be seen on HBO Go, HBO Now and HBO On Demand, in addition to HBO Latino). To read the article, click on the image at right.

Teatro Círculo is presenting Carlos Ferrari's Los titingós de Juan Bobo. Directed by José Cheo Oliveras, the production will take place in December at Teatro Círculo's namesake theater in the East Village and star Eva Cristina Vázquez, Oliveras, Johary Ramos, Fermín Suárez, Jessica Florí, Jeanette González, Edna Lee Figueroa and Jorge Dieppa. For more information, click here. 

Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et de musique La Bruja), shown at left, at the Day of the Dead festival taking place on Halloween weekend and presented by The American Indian Museum located in the South West area of Washington, District of Columbia. For more information, click here. 

2015 HOLA Award recipients Mario Golden and Andreas Robertz, through their HOLA Award-winning company OneHeart Productions and in collaboration with the Fantastic Experimental Latino Theater (FELT), are presenting the Allen Davis III Playwriting Lab. Named after the playwright, teacher and HOLA Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Allen Davis III,  the workshop will take place for fall, winter and spring sessions at the FELT studio, located in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here or here, or look at a video interview with Mssrs. Golden and Robertz by clicking here or on the image below.

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?