My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia (Bilingual): The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Winner (Awards))
The Theater Loop (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Off-Broadway show celebrating the late Celia Cruz is coming to Chicago. Briefly. "Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz" will play the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave., from Mar. 18-21. Tickets for the six performances go on...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN) and the International Latino Cultural Center (ILCC) are pleased to announce the arrival of the riveting Off-Broadway musical "Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz," to the Midwest for a limited, one-week engagement at the Athenaeum Theatre, located at 2936 N. Southport, in Chicago. Opening Night is set...
Cool-Mo-Dee (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Nice latin groove here! I was listening to this today and thought that it would be a good share so enjoy! Link
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
News: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Soul Power on 26th January 2010. Featuring musical legends James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz and a host of others, Soul Power documents three-night ...
IGN (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... peak of their musical powers, featured artists include James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers and Celia Cruz, among others. Soul Power's bonus features include deleted scenes and a commentary with Director Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and music/festival Producer Stewart Levine. The Blu-ray Disc includes movieIQ featuring the "Soul" Playlist which allows viewers to immediately access real-time...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... the late Ray Charles. Raffles van Exel has produced for The Queen of Salsa - the late and great Celia Cruz, funk pioneer George Clinton, Sisqo, Nick Cannon, Howie Dorough (Founding member of Grammy nominated group, The Backstreet Boys), gangsta rap icon and actor Ice-T, and a host of other artists.
The English Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... the experiences and performances of such musical luminaries as James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, among a host of others. WHAT I THOUGHT I'm not a particular fan of soul music, but I thought Soul Power was brilliant. It's not often that you come out of a film wishing it had been longer. The mixture of concert performances, background footage and local colour works exceptionally...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... a girl have so much trouble shaking her hips since Johnny Castle started teaching Baby the mambo. Celia Cruz was rolling in her grave. Choreographer Who Didn't Do His Dancers Any Favors: Lil C Three points. First, this show has overdone the robbery motif. Second, I don't think it's entirely Latin dancer Ryan's fault that I got bored after 10 seconds of this piece. And third, giving...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... the experiences and performances of such musical luminaries as James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, Miriam Makeba, among a host of others. At the peak of their talents and the height of their careers, these artists were inspired by this return to their African roots, as well as the enthusiasm of the Zairian audience, to give the performances of their lives. The concert...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Celia Cruzs mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx looks downright homey. Colorful plants flank a modest walkway, and clear side windows let visitors peer inside, where family photos, a rosary and a Cuban flag rest atop the singers tomb, along with a framed magazine clipping about The 10 Unbelievable Wigs of Celia Cruz...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Fans make their way steadily to Celia Cruz’s mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, where photographs of the Queen of Salsa change regularly and the space is kept clean.
Literanista (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... include Herman Armour; the Belmont family; Nellie Bly; Vernon and Irene Castle; George M. Cohan; Celia Cruz; Miles Davis; Charles Delmonico; Duke Ellington; Jay Gould; W. C. Handy; Coleman Hawkins; Victor Herbert; Milt Jackson; the Juilliard family; King Oliver; Samuel Kress; Fritz Kreisler; Fiorello LaGuardia; R. H. Macy; Herman Melville; Robert Moses; J. C. Penney; Joseph Pulitzer;...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... Nobel Prize Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993): jazz trumpeter; and, musicians Georg Solti (1912-1997), Celia Cruz (1925?-2003), Manfred Mann (69) and Lee Loughnane (63) Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834): author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Martin Gardner (95): math puzzler Judy Sheindlin (67): TV's Judge Judy Benjamin Netanyahu (60): Israeli PM Kim Kardashian (29): socialite/reality...
