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The Tertulia Lives On

by Carolina Gonzalez

January 06, 2009

Even before the economic downturn, many of the city’s independent bookstores have been going under due to the combination of online shopping and rising real estate prices. But East Harlem is defyin....

Framing AIDS

by Carolina Gonzalez

November 30, 2008

At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s, activists started a commemoration called "A Day Without Art." Museums and galleries closed, and pieces of art were shrouded in black. It marked t....

New York's 21st Century Explorers

by Carolina Gonzalez

October 12, 2008

In Latin America, October 12 is called "El Día de la Raza," Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Many of the estimated 300,000 people of Mexican descent living in New York have indigenous roots. Artist Felipe....

Art and Life Come to Together at El Museo del Barrio

by Carolina Gonzalez

May 10, 2008

El Museo Del Barrio is closing its doors for a major renovation later this month. But there's still time to see an international exhibition that explores the history of political performance art by ....