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FLAVIANA SANDOVAL

KING JOHN IN SHINY GOLD CONVERSE AT THE BCA

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted February 13, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

It’s all about symbolism. And if you can get past the Shakespearean speech and structure, it works. 

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: BCA, Daniel Boudreau, Jane Reagan, Kimberly Gaughan, King John, Praxis Stage, shakespeare

“MAKE ELECTIONS FAIR AGAIN”: PROTEST AGAINST BIG MONEY IN POLITICS RETURNS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted February 9, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The easiest way for them to get elected is to go to big donors and get campaign donations. There are favors that are being given to special interests, whether it’s a corporation, a union, or some billionaire."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020 Election, Activism, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, Citizens United, criminal justice, Deval Patrick, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, firearms, gun control, gun rights, guns, immigration, income inequality, Joe Biden, law enforcement, local media, Manchester Divided, Michael Bloomberg, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Rebellion, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, religion, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

“IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING”: GABBARD SUPPORTERS PROTEST CNN TOWN HALL EXCLUSION

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted February 6, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I’m here showing solidarity and support for a candidate who CNN is not letting speak,” said Nitya Pool, a protester wearing one of the recently-made black T-shirts the campaign was selling on site.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, CNN Town Hall, criminal justice, Deval Patrick, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, gun control, guns, immigration, income inequality, Joe Biden, law enforcement, local media, Manchester Divided, Michael Bloomberg, New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, religion, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, Tom Steyer, town halls, Tulsi Gabbard, voter rights

PASS OVER

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted January 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Actors Kadahj Bennett and Hubens "Bobby" Cius play Moses and Kitch in Pass Over, a co-production by SpeakEasy Stage Company and The Front Porch Arts Collective. Photo by Nile Scott Studios.

A theatrical look at race in America

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston Center for the Arts, Front Porch Arts Collective, Pass Over, review, SpeakEasy Stage, theater

LOL ON TRAGEDY

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted January 2, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

A speedy taste of all things Shakespeare

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Abridged, Charlestown Working Theater, parody, review, shakespeare, theater

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM? A HARD LOOK AT SOMERVILLE’S ‘ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’ ZONES

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted December 11, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: development, Housing, opportunity zones, planning, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News Garden, SomerVision

CHIVALRY MEETS TEQUILA

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted December 5, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

At odds with ICE and in search of the Mexican Dulcinea, Quixote Nuevo is reborn as the shining knight of Chicanos

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Flaviana Sandoval, Huntington Theater Company, Quixote Nuevo, review, theater

CHIVALRY MEETS TEQUILA: AT ODDS WITH ICE AND IN SEARCH OF THE MEXICAN DULCINEA, QUIXOTE NUEVO IS REBORN AS THE SHINING KNIGHT OF CHICANOS

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted December 4, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

At odds with ICE and in search of the Mexican Dulcinea, Quixote Nuevo is reborn as the shining knight of Chicanos

 

If at age 15 anyone had told me that Miguel de Cervantes’ celebrated chivalric novel Don Quixote could someday become a poignant social commentary on the reality of 21st-century America, I would have probably laughed in disbelief. 

 

Growing up in ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Emilio Delgado, Gianna DiGregorio Rivera, huntington theatre company, Juan Manuel Amador, KJ Sanchez, Octavio Solis, Sarita Ocón

KIDS MAKE THE DARNDEST DOCS

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted November 13, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction

Student documentary on Merrimack explosions featured at Boston International Kids Film Festival

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction Tagged With: arlington, BIKFF, Boston, Boston International Kids Film Festival, Climate Change, Columbia Gas, Filmmakers Collaborative, fossil fuels, fracking, gas explosions, Merrimack Valley, newton, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Theater

DE-MORONIZING AMERICA: JOHN LEGUIZAMO ON 3,000 YEARS OF LATIN HISTORY

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted November 2, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

"The show is a call to action. Everybody has got to do something every day. You’ve got to call your senators, write to your congressman, run for office, get out and vote, register people to vote, call the networks."

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: John Leguizamo, Latin history for morons, theater

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