Well-known Dominican visual artist Jorge Severino passed away on Monday, May 10, 2020. He is most famous for his paintings of grandly attired black Dominican women, striking the poses typical of classic European portrait sitting (see example below). Here is a translation of an article from El Nuevo Diario. Jorge Alberto Severino Contreras was born in Puerto…
In Martinique, the final of the 6th edition of the “Voix des Outre-mer” lyrical singing competition will take place today Wednesday, December 13 in the heart of Cathedral of Saint-Pierre. According to Inès Tresident-Ranguin (La1ere.francetvinfo Martinique) the big evening dedicated to Martinican talents promises to be “a journey from opera to current music.” This year, nine candidates…
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP), its publishing house Editorial ICP, and Ediciones Callejón launched the book Cuentos “completos” Manuel Ramos Otero on December 12, 2023, at the Victoria Espinosa Theater in Santurce (San Juan, Puerto Rico). This edition gathers published and unpublished stories by the author. Here are excerpts from El Adoquín Times.…
Le Nouvelliste announced that Harvard University appointed Claudine Gay as its president, “in the midst of a debate at the Supreme Court on Affirmative Action.” She is the first black president of the institution. Dr. Gay will take office on July 1, 2023, at the university, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Daughter of Haitian immigrants, professor…
Galería Capicú Adentro [located at the Plaza del Mercado (the central marketplace) in Río Piedras] is now showing the projects created by the 10 participants in the Cultural Management course taught by Dr. María de Mater (Marimáter) O’Neill at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. The cultural management students faced the challenge of imagining possible…