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.

Alberto Bonilla, shown at right, is a finalist for a 2016 Backstage Reader's Choice Award in the category of "Favorite On-Camera Teacher (NYC)". The voting process for finalists will open Monday, July 25, 2016 and close Sunday, August 7, 2016, and winners will be announced in Backstage's Thursday, September 1, 2016 print issue. For more information, click here.

Adriana Sananes just finished narrating the audiobook of the Jacqueline Kennedy memoir Jacqueline Kennedy: Conversaciones históricas sobre mi vida con John F. Kennedy (Aguilar) for the Library of Congress.

Vladimir Ríos, shown at left, in collaboration with photographer Lester Blum, have completed their latest documentary photography project. Titled Invisible, it shines a light on everyone who feels “invisible” in today’s society, whether it be caused by age, handicap or disability, mental illness, disease, weight issues, or lifestyle. The project will be photographed along as being  a documentary along with testimonies that the individual would like to share with the viewers. The project will have its first exhibition at the Pride Center of Staten Island/Staten Island LGBT Community Center, located in the Tompkinsville area of Staten Island, with an opening reception scheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2016. For more information, click here or here.                 

Víctor Cruz has been quite busy as of late. He has roles in the films Chronologically Metropolitan (written by Nicholas Schutt and directed by Xavier Manrique), In the Mix (written by Daniel Poliner and Ryan Woodle and directed by Poliner), Crazy Famous (written by Robert Farkas and directed by Paul Jarrett) and Bad Uncle (written by Rob Torres and directed by Torres and Michael L. Walker; the film also stars Caridad de la Luz). For more information, 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?