Carolina Gonzalez

In the little more than a week since the Cesar Chavez movie came out, there have been as many complaints as kudos for the handling of the complex story about the Mexican-American union organizer and civil rights leader. Some pointed out that Filipinos were left out of the ...

Ever since actress Lupita Nyong'o first exploded all over the media, many interviewers and fans alike have stumbled and fretted over how to pronounce her last name. (Go here for a wonderful lesson from Nyong'o herself). But for some of us, it was her first name that sounded an ...

Our Friday series Seven Sins: The Deadly Medley continues with a look at how the deadly sins have shaped music from a variety of genres. Today: Envy. Our guests include two music critics: Jon Caramanica, who writes about pop, hip hop and country for the New York Times, and Carolina ...

Your partner may have good looks, a sparkling personality, and an amorous streak. So what's with the Michael Bolton CDs? Today we look at the role music and taste play in relationships. Guests include Sam Gosling, author of the book "Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You," music writer Carolina ...

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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 defying the odds, becoming a hotbed for book lovers. In the past year and ...

New York Daily News reporter Carolina Gonzalez discusses the best of 2008 in Latin Music.

View Carolina Gonzalez's list for the best Latin music of 2008

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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 the memory of the many visual and performing artists taken by ...

Buena Vista Social Club is the biggest-selling world music album ever, with 8 million copies sold. Their 1998 Carnegie Hall debut is just now being released as a double CD. Ry Cooder joins us today. Then, Latin music writer Carolina Gonzalez talks about the impact of the Buena Vista phenomenon ...

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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 Galindo, a regular illustrator for The New Yorker magazine, imagines these immigrants ...

Political performance art by Latino and Latin American artists is reviewed.

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The music that plays as part of a popular underground party scene in Buenos Aires has been making its way around the world – and it’s landing in NY on Monday night. Carolina Gonzalez shares her thoughts on the newest twist on an old latin ...

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Once a year, a group of teens in Washington Heights gets to behave badly. Cultural critic Carolina Gonzalez shares her thoughts on a Dominican carnival taking place this weekend.

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The Queens Museum of Art's newest exhibition features eight artists who are members of the "1.5" generation, including works never before exhibited in New York. Arts and culture writer Carolina Gonzalez has a review.

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Cesar Fuentes, executive director of the Food Vendors Committee of Red Hook, Carolina Gonzalez, freelance writer and co-author of Nueva York: the Complete Guide to Latino Life in the Five Boroughs and Henry Stern, former New York City Parks commissioner, look at why the Red Hook "Soccer Tacos" might disappear ...