Diversifying Minnesota’s Stages and Books
This week’s edition covers stories from July 13th to July 19th, 2023. Today’s issue is 500 words, a 4-minute read. Isabella and Helene talk the newest show at Minneapolis’s Open Eye Theater and a conversation with”Pelo Bueno” author Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro Good morning, readers. Helene here! I’ve followed the work of the Open Eye theater for a while, but they are one […]
Untangled Roots, Embracing Identity: A Conversation with Afro-Latinx writer Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro
Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro at LatinoLEAD’s ‘AfroLatinidad’. Saturday, July 15th, 2023. 📸 LatinoLEAD by Isabella Silva-Biotti From an early age, Yolanda learned that “pelo bueno” (good hair) was straight hair. Since Kindergarten, every two months, Yolanda would sit at what seemed the finest seat in the house: a stack of boxes. She was too young, too […]
Unveiling Urban Transformations: Cannabis and Gentrification
This week’s edition covers stories from July 6th to July 12th, 2023. Today’s issue is 975 words, a 7.5-minute read. Isabella and Helene talk cannabis bill, commodification and gentrification, and the Confluence Studio on E Lake St. Buenos dias readers, It’s a good week to be part of the Twin Cities. 3 Minneapolis restaurants were named on the top 50 independent restaurants list: Young Joni, […]
All About Affirmative Action and Art
This week’s edition covers stories from June 29th to July 5th, 2023. Today’s issue is 700 words, a 5.5-minute read. Isabella and Helene talk the death of affirmative action in higher education and insights from MIA’s Latin American Art Curatoron how to transform the narrative Good morning, NewPrensa readers! Helene here. I’m back from two weekends in a row of traveling, but I […]
MIA’s Valéria Piccoli: Reshaping the Narrative of Latin American Art and Culture
MIA Latin American art curator Valéria Piccoli next to the set of “casta” paintings, portrayals of colonial-era Mexico,, by Francisco Clapera 📸 Isabella Silva-Biotti | NewPrensa By Isabella Silva-Biotti In a world where museums have long been gatekeepers of history and culture, Valéria Piccoli, the Latin American art curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), […]
Allyship or Marketing?: Monthly Baiting Culture and Vernacular Appropriation
This week’s edition covers stories from June 16th to June 28th, 2023. Today’s issue is 813 words, a 6-minute read. Today Isabella speaks Allyship or Marketing?: monthly baiting culture and vernacular appropriation Good morning, readers. For this week’s edition, it’ll only be yours truly, Isabella, while Helene is adventuring abroad. Last weekend I visited the Twin Cities 25th Jazz Fest at Mears Park, in St. Paul. An […]
The DOJ reports on MPD
This week’s edition covers stories from June 15th to June 21st, 2023. Today’s issue is 752 words, a 5.8–minute read. In today’s edition: Isabella and Helene talk the DOJ report on MPD and a linguistics phenomena! Good morning, readers! Helene here. It’s officially summer now, and there’s no shortage of activity in the Twin Cities these days. This past Monday, June 19th, was Juneteenth. […]
Cultural Inferno: A Blazing Revolt
This week’s edition covers stories from June 8th to June 14th, 2023. Today’s issue is 850 words, a 6.5–minute read. In today’s edition: Isabella and Helene talk ReVisión at the MIA and the importance of proper cultural representation, and the effects of the Canadian Wildfires. Buenos días readers, It’s a smoky hot summer but I’ve been spending my time away by the lake. In these […]
Building Community, Embracing Heritage 🌎
This week’s edition covers stories from June 1st to June 7th, 2023. Today’s issue is 870 words, a 6.7–minute read. In today’s edition, Isabella and Helene talk community building, Serpentina Arts,and Immigrant Heritage Month. Good morning, readers! Helene here. I was trying out my novice hand at the grill with a good friend the other night and was feeling all the normal blessings […]
The Alchemy of Immigrants: Forging a Golden Future through Waves of Transformative Innovation
“If my friends could see me now” 1991. Acrylic, painted canvas, gold yarn on stitched and padded canvas. 📸 Photo courtesy of the Pacita Abad Art Estate | currently on exhibit at The Walker Museum by Isabella Silva-Biotti The first time I ever saw Marco cry was after the sudden realization that he might never […]