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Russian Ballet to Perform “Sleeping Beauty” Throughout Mexico
February 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Russian Ballet of St. Petersburg is in Mexico for an 18-city tour that will feature "Sleeping Beauty," with the first performance scheduled for Wednesday in Mexico City, organizers said. continue reading »
Swiss Museum Looks Into the Importance of Windows in Art
January 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A new exhibition at Switzerland's Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne showcases 150 works of art from the 15th century to the present day, analyzing the use of windows to frame landscapes in paintings, transforming a frame and marking the interior and exterior boundaries, or creating a barrier between reality and dreams. continue reading »
Tomb With 1,300 Year Old Remains Discovered in Mexico
October 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican archaeologists discovered the tomb of a person who may have led a region in what is now the southern state of Oaxaca approximately 1,300 years ago, the National Institute of Anthropology and History said. continue reading »
NPR Awarded $1.5 Million Grant to Increase Coverage of Race, Ethnicity, Culture
August 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At the UNITY 2012 Convention, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced it will award NPR a $1.5 million grant to launch a major journalism initiative to deepen coverage of race, ethnicity and culture, and to capture the issues that define an increasingly diverse America. With this expansive effort, NPR will produce compelling stories and present new voices and conversations online and on-air, staffed by a six-person team. continue reading »
Prehistoric Mammoth Remains Found in Mexico
May 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Well-preserved skeletal remains of a mammoth that lived between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago have been discovered in the central Mexican state of Queretaro, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. continue reading »
Ecuador Looking To Recover Antiquities From Washington Museum
May 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than 3,000 Ecuadorian archaeological finds including the most impressive works of the Manteño civilization are kept in the storerooms of a Washington museum, from which the government in Quito said it wants them removed so people can have a better appreciation of Ecuador's history. continue reading »
Nicaragua’s Ernesto Cardenal Wins Poetry Prize in Madrid
May 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nicaragua's Ernesto Cardenal was announced in Madrid Thursday as the winner of the Queen Sofia Ibero American Poetry Prize, presented every year to a living author deemed to have made an important contribution to the cultural legacy of Spain and Latin America. continue reading »
