The Caribbean
Dominican Hair Site
There’s an amazing website dedicated to everything about Dominican hair salons. www.roundbrushhair.com serves up the dish on hair products, tips and even testimonials of those who swear by Dominican salons and stylists. You can even find where there is a Dominican salon in your neighborhood! It’s a one stop shop for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Video of Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra recently released a new music video for his song “La Traviesa.” The video was directed by fellow Dominican Taba Blanchard. The music video is visually stunning as its premise focuses on a man’s international search for a woman. The video is mostly comprised of home video footage that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Puerto Rico to Strengthen AIDS Treatment Program
“Puerto Rico’s AIDS treatment program, hit by drug shortages in recent months, will be aggressively revamped to ensure patients in the U.S. territory receive medication without delays, the governor announced Tuesday.
The program aims to provide anti-retroviral drug therapy for thousands of HIV/AIDS sufferer but has faltered recently due to a forced rationing of free medicine [...]
Caribbean Fragrance
The Caribbean is infused with delicious scents. And now all those wonderful perfumes are captured in a bottle.
Those with discerning olfactory senses might already know about Miss Marisa, the signature fragrance from L.A. apothecary Ebba. Their island twist on the classic perfume oil comes in the form of Miss Marisa Tropical, which [...]
The New Yorker features Haitian and Dominican Writers
This month’s New Yorker Out Loud pod cast series, which consists of a New Yorker fiction writer discussing a story from the magazine’s voluminous archives, features the gifted Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat conversing with The New Yorker fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, about talented Dominican writer Junot Díaz’s 1995 short story [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Only Hispanic comedian in Bad Boys of Comedy Season 2 on HBO
Dominican New York comedian-actor Ruperto Vanderpool is on the cusp of greatness. He has a national fan base and an international appeal. In addition, Ruperto has been nominated for the 1st annual American Latino Awards for Favorite American Latino Comedian. On the real, this dude is mad talented, show love and vote for him [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Celia Cruz: The Musical
Celia Cruz: The Musical is scheduled to premiere this fall in New York. The Off-Broadway show will feature the musical career, struggles, and the marriage of Celia Cruz, the first Hispanic singer to be recognized internationally.
According to the School Library Journal, “From its rhythmic opening, the first-person narrative dances readers through Cruz’s youth in [...]
Two Sides of the Dominican Republic
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