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.

Rubén Roberto Gómez, shown at right, is acting opposite his perpetual co-star Lynne Alana Delaney in the feature film Gradation (written and directed by Mike Breyer, who also stars), which is currently in production. For more information, click here.

The William Caballero short film Víctor and Isolina is continuing its run on the film festival circuit. The animated film (which utilized 3D models of its stars) is produced by Elaine Del Valle and Louis Perego Moreno (Tío Louie) and will be presented at the IFC Center in New York, as part of its Short Attention Span Cinema program in an evening titled “Shorts from the Sundance Film Festival” (the short film is playing at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017). The film will run in December and January at the theater, which is located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. For more information, click here.

Raúl Rivera, shown at right, with Karen Espinal, in the photo at left, holding award, received a special award from Academia Karen Espinal in Paterson, New Jersey as a result of his work at the academy where he teaches theater. In addition, the award honored his over thirty-year career as an actor as well as the inauguration of his theater company, Coquí Theater.

Jorge Díaz recently wrapped up a run in the experimental theater piece Moth. Created and directed by Benedetto Cantarella, the two-hander also starred Andrew Weisell and was presented by Spazionaturale in Decemeber at the 440 Studios located in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood.

Luis Salgado, shown at right, was featured in the Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular de Puerto Rico (PRPop) blog, where he was interviewed when he stopped by the organiztion and where he spoke his life and career as an actor-dancer-singer-director-producer-activist, as well as talking about his upcoming projects. To read the interview, which is in Spanish, click here.

The film Twice Upon A Time continues its run on the film festival circuit, and winning awards along the way. The short film, written, co-produced and starring Iliana Guibert, shown at left, and directed by Paul Borghese, won Best Short Film and Best Short Script at the Mindfield Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. For more information on the film, 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?