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Living Colour, Michael Madsen, and Rhody's new media

Rhode Island has seen its share of media strife in recent years.
The travails of the Providence Journal are the stuff of coffee house and talk radio chatter. And the troubles afflicting the local newscast fill the pages of this week's Phoenix .
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | June 24, 2009

Buns, buns, buns

A Dominican fried treat whomps health-nut-ism
The sunshine yellow trim of the La Bodega Latina, a corner store and deli geared toward Spanish-speaking immigrants, peeks out above the eight-foot-high pile of dirty snow along Congress Street.
By LINDSAY STERLING | February 11, 2009

Juana Molina | Un Día

Domino (2008)
Un Día shows Molina’s music in its weirdest, most mesmerizing, ideal version of itself.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | October 15, 2008

Sharp accents

Forro in the Dark and Marta Topferova talk the talk
Boston has its own vital scene of pan-American jazz and folk (hey, Mili Bermejo, Alex Alvear, Sergio Brandão, and everyone at Ryles on Wednesday nights!).
By JON GARELICK | June 30, 2008

El Chapincito

Hospitality from south of the border
A recent experience at one of the city’s Latin-American restaurants left me with the distinct impression that if I don’t hurry up and learn Spanish, I’m going to be out of the loop.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 30, 2008

Taquería El Amigo

A tasty reunion with a beloved neighborhood friend
Far from Waltham’s downtown restaurant cluster, this 16-seat storefront is a hidden, tiny cash-only gem where every patron is speaking Spanish and lustily devouring bowls of menudo.
By MC SLIM JB | April 30, 2008

Bad-boy cool

‘Street Level’ at the ICA, plus Ranjani Shettar and David Claerbout
“People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access.”
By GREG COOK | March 24, 2008

Politicos Latinos

The growing clout of the Hispanic community
This article originally appeared in the February 22, 1983 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By ALAN LUPO | October 09, 2008

Back to the earth

Mili Bermejo’s aesthetic gravity
‘I didn’t want to be a salsa singer — I wanted to be a singer .’
By JON GARELICK | January 30, 2007

The latinos take it to the next level

More candidates, more challenges, and the quest for clout
The latest US Census data — showing a growing number of immigrants living in the US, including many from Mexico — won’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Rhode Island politics.
By MATTHEW JERZYK | August 29, 2006

JP residents on fearing Fidel

Cuba libre?
The streets of Miami’s Little Havana were bustling with Cubans earlier this month, anxious about Fidel Castro’s sickness and his decision to cede power, at least temporarily, to his younger brother Raul.
By HANNAH VAN SUSTEREN | August 23, 2006

WRIB’s ethnic broadcasting bites the dust

Media
A few decades back, long before the political activation of Rhode Island’s extended Latino community, the Spanish-language programming on WRIB was a vital source of news and information for newcomers to the state.
By IAN DONNIS | July 12, 2006

Today’s illegal-immigrant haters uphold a proud tradition

Angry white men
The “Day Without Immigrants” and Nuestro Himno , the Spanish-language version of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” have prompted lots of gum flapping about whether these gestures would actually reduce support for a more lenient policy on illegal immigration.
By ADAM REILLY | May 17, 2006

The rise of reggaeton

From Daddy Yankee to Tego Calderón, and beyond
That beat you’ve been hearing — the steady boom-ch-boom-chick rattling the trunks of passing cars and moving masses in the club — isn’t just another fleeting hip-hop trend.
By WAYNE MARSHALL | January 19, 2006