Word: quinceanera
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...Sundance's top prizewinner last year, the teen drama Quinceanera, won the John Cassavetes Award for a film shot for less than $500,000. A new award was created in honor of Robert Altman, which starting next year will be given to a director and acting ensemble, an acknowledgement of Altman's knack for corralling sprawling casts...
...opening of “Retrospection Under Duress, Reprise”, the survey of his work currently on display in the main lobby gallery of the Carpenter Center, Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies Stephen Prina joked to me that he describes the evening as his quinceanera, a Spanish term used to describe the traditional coming-of-age ceremony for young women. Joking or not, the description is particularly apt; Prina, a formerly Los Angeles-based artist who was recently tenured by the Visual and Environmental Studies department, certainly seems to be the little darling of Harvard?...
...Quinceanera festivities, which have roots in Aztec and Catholic traditions, have been around Latin America for centuries, but as the number of Latinos in the U.S. has grown (there are currently more than 35 million), such celebrations have become more commercial and more mainstream. Wal-Mart now stocks budget quinceanera gowns in 200 stores in 30 states, and the David's Bridal chain has dresses made exclusively for the market. Royal Caribbean offers seven-day quinceanera cruises out of Miami (at $850 to $1,200 a head), which are booked solid into next year. This fall the company will offer...
...gatherings are spreading outside the Catholic Latino community. Stephen Everett, a pastor at the nondenominational Present Truth Ministries in Cape Coral, Fla., now officiates at the ceremonies at the behest of Latino congregants. Quinceanera planners report that courts increasingly consist of multi-ethnic lineups. So even if you're not Latino, an invitation for your teenager may be in the mail...
With Latina girls dropping out of school at high rates, some critics wonder whether parents should put emphasis on such opulent revelry and are trying to modify the tradition. "We deemphasize the big party," says Graciela Fonseca, who oversees Stay-in-School Quinceanera, a program at the Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho that helps kids finish school. For most participants, however, the event is about much more than the trappings. "It's an opportunity to express your maturity and be thankful," says Marlowe Veloz, a Miami teen who just celebrated her quince aboard a cruise. "Every girl should have that...