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.

Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et de musique La Bruja) was the profile of an article in Latino Rebels. The article mentions that she is celebrating her 20th anniversary as La Bruja in April 2016. To read the article, click here.

Danny García booked a guest-starring role on the television series "Odd Mom Out" (Bravo).

Indio Meléndez performed his solo show Someday A Father Be (directed by Dudley Findlay, Jr.) at the 16th annual Horowitz Cultural Insights Forum (subtitled Content Matters: Race, Diversity, and Media) on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at the Edison Ballroom in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here. In addition, he is continuing his run of the same show in March at Teatro Círculo (in Manhattan's East Village) on a bill with writer-performers A.B. Lugo (Manchild Machismo; directed by Omar Pérez) and Omar Pérez (Rhapsodia; directed by Mino Lora). For more information on the Teatro Círculo run, click here.

José Roldán, Jr., shown at left, was interviewed by Louis Perego Moreno (Tío Louie) for the national industry online publication Latin Heat, where the two spoke about his award-winning, self-penned solo show, Father Forgive Me For I Have Sinned (created by Roldán and Dante Albertie, directed by Rosie Berrido), which is running in March at the Nuyorican Poets' Café (located in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood). For more information on the show, click here. The interview is a continuation of the interview he conducted with Roldán in El Blog de HOLA, which you can read by clicking here. To read the blog in Latin Heat, 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?