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.

Lucio Fernández, shown at right, has been working on numerous projects. Among them is the documentary Bahía de Cochinos: Nuestra Perspectiva. Directed by Fernández and Ricardo Bacallao, it can be bought or streamed via Amazon Prime by clicking here. In addition, the film Vampire in Union City (written by Gerard Karabin from a concept by Fernández, who also directed and produced and starred as the titular character) will be screened on Friday, October 28, 2016 at the Union City Museum/William V. Musto Cultural Center in the West Hoboken area of Union City, New Jersey. For more information, click here or here. Also available, in time for Halloween, for purchase or streaming via Amazon Prime is The Death of April (written and directed by Rubén Rodríguez; co-starring and produced by Fernández). For more information on buying or streaming that film, click here.

Basil Rojas is directing Cindy Lou Johnson's play The Years. The co-production by Sleeping Satellites Productions and Brazen Acorn Productions will star Xandra Leigh Parker, Jesse Corbin, Tamra Paselk, Christina Moran, Jan Kutrzeba, and Jonathan Demar and will take place in October at the 4th Street Theater, located in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here and here.

Modesto Flako Jiménez, shown at left, in rehearsal, will perform his self-penned solo show ¡Oye! For My Dear Brooklyn. Directed by Artem Yatsunov, it will be presented in October at The Performing Garage in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. For more information, click here.

Olga Merediz will be seen on an upcoming episode of "Madam Secretary" (CBS) in a guest-starring role as Congresswoman Elle Vásquez.

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?