by the El Reportero’s news service
Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra will offer a concert in Nicaragua on October 20, four years after his previous performance in that nation.
The popular musician and producer will kick off his tour in Nicaragua at the National Stadium of soccer in Managua, as part of ‘Everything Has Su Time Tour’.
Such event is inspired on the homonymous album from which Guerra already won important international awards, in addition to the recognition in Sovereigns Awards in his country.
The tour promotes a repertoire in which the popular artist combines hits of his career like La bilirrubina, ojaje que llueva café, Apuesta su mano and Bachata Rosa, with more current themes like Tus kisses, Everything has its time and El capitan.
Host of three Grammy Awards and 21 Latin Grammies, Juan Luis Guerra has sold over 30 million albums and he is considered one of the most recognized Latin American artists worldwide.
Before being in Nicaragua, the tour ‘Everything Has Its Time Tour’ was enjoyed by over a million people since the beginning in Dominican Republic, Europe, USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Peru, Mexico and Ecuador.
Bolivian Film Dark Skull, Among the Favorites at Fenix Awards
After conquering achievements in festivals at Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Chile and Brazil, Bolivian film Dark Skull or Viejo Calavera, is among the favorites in the fourth version of Fenix Awards, local media reported today.
Dark Skull recognized with jury’s special mention of 69 version of Locarno International Film Festival, obtained bronze statuette for best film in Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, in Colombia.
The film narrates the story of Elder, a youngster who does not have responsibilities and his only option is to substitute his deceased father on Huanuni mines, in the Oruro’s department.
His discontent to such reality and the risks of extracting minerals will take the protagonist through shadow and painful paths.
Some other films pre-selected for the event are April’s Daughter by Michel Franco (Mexico); The Distinguished Citizen by Mariano Cohn (Argentina-Spain); and Bad Influence by Claudia Huaiquimilla (Chile). TV series are also competing in this international event, including Red Eagle (Spain), Ingobernable (Mexico), Feriados (Uruguay), and Magnifica 70 (Brazil).
Founded four years ago, the Ibero-American Fenix Award recognizes and celebrates the work of those who dedicate their lives to filmmaking in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.
The Hispanic network donates 57 works to the Museum of Art. The exhibition Reflections of the Americas: New Acquisitions from the Univision Collection will be included during the Art Basel Miami season at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art at FIU.
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art at FIU announces a significant donation from Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) of 57 works of art from its collection, including screen prints, paintings, and mixed-media pieces by 40 artists and masters from across Latin America and the United States, among them Cundo Bermúdez, Coqui Calderón, Humberto Calzada, Antonia Guzmán, Wifredo Lam, Rafael Soriano, and Fernando de Szyszlo. The artists in the collection hail from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
The museum will feature many of the donated works in the new exhibition Reflections of the Americas: New Acquisitions from the Univision Collection, running from September 23 to January 3, a period that includes the Art Basel Miami season. The inaugural reception is free, and the public is invited on Saturday, September 23, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. The museum is located on the campus of Florida International University, 10975 S.W. 17th Street (directions and map).
