The play, written by Dallas-based Cara Mía Theatre’s David Lozano and Raul Treviño, centers on a story of discrimination against Latino students in south Texas schools during the 1960’s. Students were punished for speaking Spanish, prohibited from participating in varsity sports and discouraged from attending college, simply because they were Mexican-American. 

While Cara Mía has produced Crystal City 1969 five times in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, this is the first time that it will travel to San Antonio to perform.  

“Touring Crystal City 1969 to the Guadalupe is exciting because we are bringing a vital story of Mexican-American civil rights history to San Antonio, the hotbed of the Texas Chicano movement in the 60’s,” said David Lozano, Cara Mía executive artistic director, who is directing the production. “This tour stop allows us to share this important story to people in a different region of Texas. We expect folks will show up not just from San Antonio but from surrounding cities and towns.”  

The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) first proposed the performance in April 2022, after an outdoor staged reading of the play in Austin attracted an in-person audience of over 400 people; hundreds more live-streamed.  San Antonio was chosen as the natural site for a full performance: the Greater San Antonio area is home to tens of thousands of UT-Austin graduates and current students who have had strong ties to CMAS.  

“It’s a wonderful, inspiring story, beautifully told,” said Maggie Rivas–Rodriguez, CMAS director. “San Antonio is the ideal city to showcase the talents of the playwrights and the cast and crew. Of course, the Historic Guadalupe Theater is the perfect setting. We’re so thankful to (Executive Director) Cristina Balli and (Program Director) Jorge Piña and the staff for welcoming the production.” 

On December 9th, 1969, Crystal City High School students Severita Lara, Diana Serna, and Mario Treviño led a historic walkout that gained national attention. The students inspired local Mexican-Americans to run for political office, and won a majority on the school board in 1970. Institutional changes were immediately made to the educational system in Crystal City. For one, all students K-12 were required to learn to read, write, and speak Spanish, which inspired educators across the country to integrate bilingual education in their schools. 

Crystal City 1969 is an example of American Democracy at its best.  

PERFORMANCE DETAILS 

Crystal City 1969 

Written by David Lozano and Raul Treviño 

Directed by David Lozano  

Thursday, January 19, 2023 Student matinee at 10:00 AM  

Friday, January 20, 2023 Senior Citizen matinee at 10:00 AM 

Friday, January 20, 2023 General Admission at 8:00 PM 

Saturday, January 21, 2023 General Admission at 8:00 PM 

Sunday, January 22, 2023 General Admission at 3:00 PM 

TICKETS:

$15 General Admission  

$10 Students 

Ages 60+ FREE, courtesy of Gonzaba Foundation* 

*Patrons ages 60+ receive a complimentary admission courtesy of Gonzaba Foundation; reserve your seat with discount code GONZABA and present valid ID at door.

PURCHASE TICKETS: HERE

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After testing positive for COVID-19, actor and comedian George Lopez was forced to drop out of announcing the list of nominees along with his daughter Mayan Lopez.

Among the nominees are Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas, Mexican actor Diego Luna, Mexican-Puerto Rican Jenna Ortega, for her performance in Wednesday. Luna is the fourth Latino actor to be nominated for best male performance in a television series. Aubrey Plaza was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio has also been nominated for Best Animated Movie.

The 2023 edition of the Golden Globes will return to NBC in January after last year’s controversy over the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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The highlight of those honored at the 2022 NAHP were Latina Publisher of the Year was Evelyn Castro from La Prensa Houston, and the Latino Publisher of the Year was Brian Taylor with La Mega Nota; the Gold Award for Outstanding E-Publication went to El Planeta Boston, Boston, MA-NH-VT, El Planeta; and in Southern California Stay Connected OC wins Bronze Award for best eNewsletter.

Key speakers included Ramiro Cavazos, CEO of the USHCC; Steve Waldman, Report for America President; Todd Stauffer from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia; Ruben Barrales, with Wells Fargo; January Contreras, with the US Department of Health and Human Services; and Mike Coffman, the mayor of Aurora. Event sponsors included Wells Fargo, API, NAHP Media, AdsMoblie, Altura Interactive, Colorado Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Media Project, Corazon Latino, Comcast, Denver Airport, Knight Foundation, Newspack/BlueLena, United Airlines, Visit Denver, and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. During the convention, the most successful in a decade, the board outlined comprehensive new plans and the members voted in new regional representatives. 2023 promises to be a busy year for NAHP members.

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“Guillermo del Toro has been a treasured member of the MoMA family for the last 30 years from the debut of Cronos in New Directors/New Films 1994 to our upcoming exhibition devoted to his latest masterwork, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” said Rajendra Roy, MoMA’s Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film. “We can’t wait to honor the man who loves cinema with his whole heart in front of the Museum’s adoring film community.”

Del Toro has been nominated for six Academy Awards, winning the Best Director and Best Picture awards in 2018 for The Shape of Water (2017). Del Toro’s work has appeared in several of the Museum’s exhibitions, starting in 1994, when his first film, Cronos (1993), was selected for the annual New Directors/New Films festival. Since then, the Museum has screened The Shape of Water (2017) as a part of The Contenders 2017 and Nightmare Alley (2021) as a part of The Contenders 2021.

The gala featured a tribute to the director Jessica Chastain, Richard Jenkins, Finn Wolfhard and Gregory Mann.

Guests were treated to a preview of Guillermo Del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio, an exhibition that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind del Toro’s new film, opening at MoMA on December 11 through April 15, 2023.The exhibition will provide visitors with a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process needed to realize Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022).

Previous MoMA Film Benefit honorees include Penélope Cruz, George Clooney, Laura Dern, Martin Scorsese, Julianne Moore, Tom Hanks, Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, Tilda Swinton, Quentin Tarantino, Pedro Almodóvar, Kathryn Bigelow, Tim Burton, and Baz Luhrmann.

The evening closed with a performance by Academy Award and Grammy winning artist, H.E.R.

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Mexican actor Gael García Bernal has been tapped to play gay amateur wrestler Saul Armendáriz Cassandro in a new Prime Video film.

The first images were just released by Prime Video of Bernal in costume, and leopard print, for his role as professional wrestler.

Armendáriz was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, but also spent a lot of time just across the Mexican border in Juárez, Chihuahua, his family’s native town where he competed at the highest levels in wrestling. In México, Armendáriz learned different techniques from other luchadores. He began his career in 1988..

Cassandro is written and directed by African-American Academy award winner Roger Ross Williams. David Teague and Julián Herbertt are also part of the writing team. The film also stars Roberta Colindrez, Perla De La Rosa, Gerardo Gatica, Joaquín Cosío, and Raúl Castillo.

Cassandro will Prime hit Prime Video in 2023.

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Avatar: The Way of Water is set more than a decade after the events of the first film. It centers on the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure as they strive to protect their home on Pandora. 

Attendees included cast members Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Joel David Moore, Jamie Flatters, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion,Brendan Cowell,Bailey Bass,director/producer/writer/editor James Cameron and producer Jon Landau.

The film opens in theaters on Friday, December 16.

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The Golden Globes are back and getting a little help to jump start the return of the awards show presented by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Comedic father-daughter duo George and Mayan Lopez will present the nominees for the 80th Annual Golden Globe® Awards on Monday, Dec. 12. 

A look at the nominations announcement will air LIVE from 5:35-5:40 a.m. PT/ 8:35-8:40 a.m. ET on “TODAY” on NBC. Nominees will be highlighted across Golden Globes social media accounts as they are announced. The complete list of nominees will be available online at the Golden Globes website (GoldenGlobes.com) immediately following the announcement.

George and Mayan Lopez, creators and stars of the new NBC comedy Lopez vs Lopez, will present the five nominees for each of the 27 award categories at the Beverly Hilton. George and Mayan star in the heartwarming comedy about a working-class old-school Latino who moves in with his modern Gen Z daughter. Lopez vs Lopez airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on NBC, streaming the next day on Peacock. George serves as an Executive Producer and Mayan both writes and produces for the series. 

Film categories for the 2023 Golden Globe Awards include: Best Motion Picture (Drama); Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy); Best Motion Picture (Animated); Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language); Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama); Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama); Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy); Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy); Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture; Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture; Best Director; Best Screenplay; Best Original Score; and Best Original Song.

Television categories for the 2023 Golden Globe Awards include: Best Television Series (Drama); Best Television Series (Musical or Comedy); Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television; Best Performance by an Actress i

n a Television Series (Drama); Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Drama); Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy); Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy); Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television; and Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television. 

Four new television category awards were introduced earlier this year and will be awarded for the first time at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards ceremony, which will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, airing LIVE coast-to-coast from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. The new categories include Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical- Comedy or Drama Television Series; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical- Comedy or Drama Television Series; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television; and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. The four new awards will replace the former awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television and Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.

The Golden Globes were one of the first awards show to embrace diversity.  Past Latino Golden Globe winners include Benicio del Toro, America Ferrera, Jimmy Smits, Rita Moreno, Gina Rodriguez, and Mario Moreno “Cantinflas”.  Nominees have included Salma Hayek, Edgar Ramirez, Andy Garcia and others. 

Produced by Dick Clark productions and Jesse Collins Entertainment in association with the HFPA, the Golden Globe Awards are viewed in more than 210 territories worldwide. Helen Hoehne is president of the HFPA. Jesse Collins and Dionne Harmon will serve as executive producers.

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Singer-songwriter Chiquis has reached yet another milestone in her career garnering her first GRAMMY nomination for “Best Regional Mexican Music Album” for Abeja Reina. She is currently nominated to aLatin GRAMMY in the same category she won in 2020 with her album Playlist, becoming the first solo female artist to garner the Best Banda Album Latin GRAMMY.

“I feel very blessed with this amazing news. Thank you so much to the Academy, all of the industry colleagues that voted, my production and work team for making this possible. Abeja Reina is the culmination of tw years of dedication and passion,” Chiquis expressed.

Chiquis’ fourth album Abeja Reina was released in May,representing a new chapter in the artist’s career. Most of the album’s tracks are banda and Chiquis also includes some cumbia, R&B and rap-style fusions, in Spanish with some English, reflecting her 200 percent essence and culture, as she considers herself 100% Mexican and 100% American. To stream or download Abeja Reina click HERE.

Executive-produced by Janney Marin (Chiquis) and produced by Ulises Lozano El Licenciado, Luciano Luna, Richard Bull and Martin Castro, Abeja Reina has 18 tracks that include 5 songs written by Chiquis (“Abeja Reina”, “Entre Besos y Copas”, “Cualquiera”, “La Ex”, and “A Lo Menso”). The album was recorded at studios in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, California; Mazatlan, Sinaloa; and Brownsville, Texas.

The 2023 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 65th GRAMMY Awards, will air live on Sunday, Feb. 5, from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, and it will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET / 5-8:30 p.m. PT+.

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Matias Desiderio is an Argentinian actor with an extensive career in film and television with more than 30 titles to his credit. He’s been nominated and has won several awards in his country including lead roles in films like Palermo Hollywood (World Cinema – Dramatic, Sundance International Film Festival), El Ultimo Zombie (Official Selection, Sitges Film Festival 2022) and El Hincha, which is currently airing on streaming platform Flow and has broken audience records.
 
“I’m honored to receive this nomination from the prestigious Arpa International Film Festival. Writing, acting and directing this film was a big challenge and it could not have been possible without the support of my amazing team, especially Salvatore di Costanzo who co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred with me. We are all very grateful for the nomination and for the opportunity to share our film with the public,” said Desiderio.

Car 24 tells the story of Toto, a mercenary Sicilian man and Walter a Latino assassin, who are hired by a crime boss to kill a trader. They meet for the first time inside a parked car on a sketchy downtown Los Angeles street awaiting orders from the Boss. The two will endure an endless, suspenseful and confrontational, round the clock stand-by until the target eventually shows up, 24 long hours later. While the Boss will try to keep them focused and disciplined, the hitmen will face each other in an unexpected journey full of emotional challenges, personal matters, egotistical behaviors, violent reactions and professional differences. Walter and Toto will encounter many different characters and situations that will ultimately change the entire direction of their mission, leading them to an unpredictable, unusual and violent ending.
 
The intense 90-minute features performances by Matias Desiderio, Salvatore di Costanzo and Lexy Panterra as Angela, Toto’s daughter in the film. Rounding out the cast are Cody Renne Cameron, Tony Panterra, Ciera Foster, Tony Tanelli, and Frank Trenado. Car 24 is written by Matias Desiderio and Salvatore Di Costanzo and produced by Desiderio, Di Costanzo, Sergio Bruna, Tony Pantera, Tony Tanelli Oliver and Antonio Gullo who also served as Director of Photography. Car 24 is currently available for viewing via Arpa’s virtual screening platform Eventive.

For more information about Arpa International Film Festival, please visit: www.arpafilmfestival.com

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Los Angeles — The prolific playwright Josefina López, now celebrating the 20th Anniversary of her Sundance Film Festival award-winning film, Real Women Have Curves, based on her groundbreaking play of the same name, will be expanding her creative palette with her latest collaborative work, the World Premiere of Remembering Boyle Heights: Part 2, an immersive theater piece, created and devised by Josefina López, Corky Dominguez, and the Boyle Heights: Part 2 Ensemble. The new production is the second half of a theatrical celebration inspired by the diverse stories, memories and experiences of Boyle Heights’ history and monumental events shaping the community from the 1940s to present day.

Under the direction Corky Dominguez, who is also a co-writer of the show, the 12 Member Ensemble Cast will include:  Alejandro Bravo, Tricia Cruz, Arianna Evangelia, Melodee Fernández, Oscar Gonzalez, Marcel Licera, Edie Pilar Monroy, Leslie Montoya, Lori Rubio, Raquel Salinas, Adam Torres and Noe Venegas-Lamas.

“This new production picks up where our first production, Remembering Boyle Heights , presented by CASA 0101 Theatre in November 2018, left off,” says Dominguez.

CASA 0101 Theater in partnership with El Centro del Pueblo are proud to co-produce this new production to be presented at CASA 0101 Theater, 2102 East First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA  90033. 

Opening Night is Friday, November 26th, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. Performances will be given on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 3:00 p.m., November 26th – December 18, 2022, with the exception of Black Friday, November 25th, when there will be no performance.

 The production team for the World Premiere production of Remembering Boyle Heights: Part 2, includes:  Emmanuel Deleage (of Silver Lake), Executive Director, CASA 0101 Theater, Show Executive Producer; Sandra Figueroa-Villa (of Los Angeles) Executive Director of El Centro del Pueblo; Edward Padilla (of Boyle Heights) Casting Director; Rosa Navarrete (of El Sereno) Assistant Directors Angeles).

López who is the Founder and Artistic Director of CASA 0101, has more than 100 productions of her plays presented throughout the United States.  Her commitment as the artistic director at CASA 0101 is to teach screenwriting and playwriting and nurture a new generation of Latino artists. López is actively working to create an Artist District in Boyle Heights where theater, arts and music can flourish and create opportunities for the many talented artists who reside in Boyle Heights or grew up in Boyle Heights and want to return to contribute.

This show is recommended for all audiences.  Advance ticket reservations are highly recommended.  Theater Box Office: 323-263-7684, or buy online at www.casa0101.org <http://www.casa0101.org>
 

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