Word: salsas
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...schlepping through caminatas, a kind of political parade that requires candidates to walk through neighborhoods, and hiring the right tumbacocos, trucks loaded with giant speakers that blast campaign propaganda loud enough to knock coconuts out of trees, which is how they got their name. It means producing official campaign salsa and reggaeton songs; Clinton seems particularly proud of her endorsement from salsa legend Willie Colon. "It's never dull," says Metro San Juan magazine editor Philipe Schoene Roura, author of an upcoming book about Puerto Rico politics. "It's not the kind of politics that Americans are used...
...including makeshift rooms over loud, 24-hour racquetball courts in Queens). It's a milieu ripe with characters like a stuttering S&M photographer played with delightful understatement by Golden Globe nominee John Leguizamo (To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar); and a gorgeous street vendor and aspiring salsa singer played by Ana de la Reguera (Jack Black's heartthrob in Nacho Libre...
...shared a diverse array of personal anecdotes about everything from his wife, whom he met in Asia, to his Irish American roots, “where,” the musician joked, “I got my rhythm from.” Hancock also tried his hand at salsa dancing, Asian fan dancing, and African drumming. The range of ethnic dance and song was further illustrated by Harvard Wushu, whose modern rendition of kung fu became a dance, graceful and delicate despite the members’ giant swords and other weaponry. This play fighting popped up again...
...waited eagerly, reminding myself every time I consumed the bland guacamole or the spice-less salsa of Qdoba that my pain would soon be over; the Jedi of Chipotle would rescue me from Darth Insipid...
Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock learned a salsa dance step, played the dundun drum from Mali, and participated in an intertribal Indian social dance as Artist of the Year at the 23rd annual “Cultural Rhythms” show in Sanders Theater on Saturday. The day-long event, presented by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, is a yearly celebration of diversity at Harvard that includes two shows and a food festival. The event stars a range of Harvard’s multicultural performance groups, showcasing songs, dances, and musical instruments from around the world...