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DON QUIXOTE STILL LIVES
Sep 01, 2009; ... It may come as a surprise to many, but Don Quixote is still alive, and in a most unlikely place. Don Quixote is now living in Tucumán, my hometown in Northern Argentina. He is not dressed with body armor but rather, despite usually scorching temperatures, with suit and tie. He will ...
WOMEN CHARACTERS OF ALICIA YÁNEZ COSSÍO
Sep 01, 2009; ... Considered one of the best known Ecuadoran writers both in and out of the country, Alicia Yánez Cossio published works in all of the literary genres: novel, short story, poetry, essay, theater, and even children's books. She is a numerary member of the Ecuadoran Academy of Language. Her works ...
PATH OF THE PANAMANIAN DRUMS
Sep 01, 2009; ... Drums have always seemed magical to me. Three years ago at the Jazz Festival in Panama, I felt that magic as I watched an eight-year-old girl move her hands over the drums so skillfully that what emerged was a deep and moving rhythmic conversation. The beauty of that moment could not have been ...
AN AROMA OF MYSTERY
Sep 01, 2009; ... The recipe for Angostura aromatic bitters is so closely guarded that it is practically a synonym for "secret," says Suraj Bachan, a taxi driver in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. "When you dont want to tell somebody something, you say, 'Go ask Angostura what they put in the bitters, ...
THE BEST OF TIMES IS NOW
Sep 01, 2009; ... Since its beginnings in 1976, GALA Hispanic Theatre has had two primary goals: to bring Spanish and Latin American theater to the attention of Spanish-speaking people in Washington, DC; and to make the Englishspeaking public aware of the richness and variety of Hispanic culture. A "theater with ...