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.

Jeannie Sol, Manuel A. Morán and Milteri Tucker were featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (written by Héctor Luis Rivera, also see below), where their participation in the production of La Gloria: A Latin Cabaret was highlighted. Written by Norge Espinosa and produced and directed by Morán, the evening honors the music of Cuba's La Sonora Matancera, and its three singers: Celia Cruz, Myrta Silva, and Daniel Santos. The production has been extended to February 2016 due to popular demand, where it plays at Teatro SEA's eponymous theater, located in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. This production is a collaboration with Cuba's internationally acclaimed puppet theater troupe, Teatro de Las Estaciones. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here. For more information about the production, click here. [Clockwise from above left: Sol, Morán, Tucker.]

Edna Lee Figueroa, shown at left, was also featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (written by Héctor Luis Rivera, also see above and below), where her award-winning performance in the feature film Medardo (written by Julio Ortega and directed by Nitsy Grau) was highlighted. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here.

Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de musique et de poésie La Bruja) is performing a spoken word poetry set on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at the Mental Marginalia + Say Yes Literary Takeover event at Pen + Brush, located in Manhattan's Flatiron District.

Eduardo Leáñez will be starring in the interactive children's show De estrellas a elefantes. Written by Leáñez, the play is based on the poetry of Rubén Darío and directed by Yolanny Rodríguez. The Teatro Las Tablas production will be presented on Saturday afternoon, January 30, 2016 at the Teatro Rafael Villalona at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Susanna Guzmán, Teresa Yenque and Juan Carlos Díaz, shown above, clockwise from top left, were also featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (written by Héctor Luis Rivera, also see above), for their participation in the revival of the award-winning play La Luz de un cigarrillo. Written and directed by Rodríguez, the play stars Guzmán, Arisleyda Lombert, Yenque, and Díaz. The play will have performances in February at the Teatro Rafael Villalona at the Comisionado Dominicano de Cultura en EEUU, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, 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?