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The DePaulia

Arte y vida

Bad Bunny presenta un popurrí en el escenario de la 65a entrega anual de los premios Grammy el domingo 5 de febrero de 2023 en Los Ángeles.

A Love Letter to my Not So “Little” Island: Puerto Rico

Laura Vázquez David, La DePaulia Social Media Editor January 27, 2025

"I can't forget you, I can't erase you," sings Bad Bunny –Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – in his song “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”. That's how I feel about my little island, which isn’t so “little”...

Bad Bunny presenta un popurrí en el escenario de la 65a entrega anual de los premios Grammy el domingo 5 de febrero de 2023 en Los Ángeles.

Una carta de amor a mi islita no tan “ita”: Puerto Rico

Laura Vázquez David, La DePaulia Social Media Editor January 27, 2025

“No te puedo olvidar, no te puedo borrar”, canta Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) en su canción “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”.   Así me siento con mi pequeña isla, que para mí no es tan...

Reina Marcelle, owner of Reina's Cakes, frosts a cake during a cake decorating class at her shop in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood on September. 28, 2024. Marcelle teaches cake decorating classes to kids and adults in addition to selling cakes.

Humboldt Park woman turned her cake shop into a community gathering place

Sofia Joseph, La DePaulia Contributing Writer January 19, 2025

There is nothing more important than community to Reina Marcelle, known as the “Cake Lady” of Humboldt Park.  Marcelle, 52,  began selling cakes from a cart in the spring of 2021, but is now the...

Reina Marcelle, propietaria de Reina's Cakes, posa dentro de su pastelería en el vecindario de Humboldt Park en Chicago, el domingo 22 de septiembre de 2024. Marcelle dijo que está tratando de obtener una subvención para ampliar su cocina.

Mujer de Humboldt Park convirtió su pastelería en un lugar de encuentro comunitario

Sofia Joseph, Contributing Writer January 19, 2025

No hay nada más importante que la comunidad para Reina Marcelle, conocida como la "Dama del Pastel" de Humboldt Park. Marcelle, de 52 años, comenzó vendiendo pasteles desde un carrito en la primavera...

Latrenda Day se sienta en los escalones de su antigua escuela primaria, Francis Scott Key, para un retrato que forma parte del proyecto La (Des)Educación de Chicago de Austin Pope. La escuela fue cerrada en 2013 junto con otras 50 escuelas públicas de Chicago.

‘Una Comunidad Demolida’: Fotógrafo Captura los Fantasmas de los Cierres Escolares de Chicago en 2013

Emily Diaz and Riley Sommers December 5, 2024

El fotógrafo Austin Pope ha estado capturando los recuerdos de las escuelas públicas vacías de Chicago durante más de cuatro años. Cada escuela fotografiada fue cerrada como parte de los esfuerzos...

Solomon Bobo, son of former CPS educator Darnell Bobo, stands in front of map artwork, part of the vacant Betsy Ross Elementary school. Both Bobos are subjects of Austin Pope's 'The (Mis)Education of Chicago' portrait series, which focuses on nearly 50 Chicago public schools shut down in 2013.

‘A Community Demolished’: Photographer Captures the Ghosts of Chicago’s 2013 School Closures

Emily Diaz and Riley Sommers December 5, 2024

Photographer Austin Pope has been capturing the memories of vacant Chicago Public Schools for over four years.  Each school photographed was shut down as a part of Rahm Emanuel’s efforts to close...

Jassiel Serna observa la obra de arte de Teresita Carson en la exposición desde afuera en La Villita, el 12 de octubre de 2024. Carson ayudó a escribir el guion de 'Ask a Punk', que será proyectada por Full Spectrum Features en el Gene Siskel Film Center.

Exposición de Arte y Nueva Película Iluminan la Escena Punk en la comunidad Latina

Nupur Bosmiya, La DePaulia Managing Editor October 18, 2024

Para quienes conocen la escena punk latina, Los Crudos no podrían pasar desapercibidos. La banda de hardcore punk de habla hispana comenzó a tocar en Chicago a principios de los años 90. Sus canciones...

Maya Ortiz Saucedo explains local artist AWXEL's work at desde afuera, a Little Village exhibition on Oct. 12, 2024. They are the curator of this exhibit.

Art Exhibit and New Film by Latine Artists Shine Light on Punk Scene in Little Village

Nupur Bosmiya, La DePaulia Managing Editor October 18, 2024

For those who know the Latine punk scene, Los Crudos will not have escaped their notice.  The Spanish-language hardcore punk band began playing in Chicago in the early ‘90s. Their songs grappled...

La cantante Nicole Nicolalde baila en el centro del escenario durante su concierto el 26 de septiembre de 2024 en Haus Caliber de Chicago. Ella y su banda de fusión latina coreografían sus propias actuaciones de baile.

Cantante de Chicago lleva la música tradicional latina a nuevas alturas

Emily Diaz, La DePaulia Arts and Life Editor October 7, 2024

Dejando que el ritmo se apodere de su cuerpo, Nicole Nicolalde a menudo se encuentra ensayando sus actuaciones de salsa y cantando con pistas de karaoke en su cocina. Para ella, la salsa no es solo una...

Latin-fusion musician Nicole Nicolalde dances left stage at a performance on September 26, 2024 at Haus Caliber in Chicago. Her bandmate plays saxophone beside her and he is one of eight other instrumentalists in the group.

Chicago Musician Takes Traditional Latin Music to New Heights

Emily Diaz, La DePaulia Arts and Life Editor October 7, 2024

Letting the rhythm take over her body, Nicole Nicolalde often finds herself jamming out to karaoke tracks and rehearsing salsa performances in her kitchen. For her, salsa isn’t just a rich mixture of...

A couple dances at the Latinx Cultural Center's third “Feria” on Thursday Sept. 26, 2024 at DePaul's Lincoln Park Campus Welcome Center's parking lot.

A Feria at DePaul celebrates Hispanic Heritage, uplifts Latine presence in a predominately white institution

Alondra M. Castañeda, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2024

Hundreds of DePaul students and community members patiently waited in line for their free sopes, esquites, aguas frescas and other Mexican delights at DePaul University’s Latinx Cultural Center’s third...

Wendy Lopez Aguilar poses beside one of her hand-embroidered mantas, or decorative serving napkins, on display at Casa de Cultura in the Bordando Esperanza exhibit in Chicago on Sept. 21, 2024. The exhibit is curated by Artisans Beyond Borders, an organization providing resources to migrants.

Exhibit in Chicago Shows How Migrant Women Embroider Their Way to New Lives, ‘Poco a Poco.’

Riley Sommers, La DePaulia Contributing Writer September 30, 2024

In a shelter in Nogales, México, Wendy López Aguilar couldn't sleep one night. Concerned with her young son in the hospital, she directed her emotional turmoil into stitching mermaid scales onto a manta,...

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