DOC: “Street Punk! Banda Aceh,” where punk rock refuses to die!
WATCH IT IN FULL HERE!! Film Synopsis: Eleven years ago, a massive undersea earthquake triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami, killing 167,000 people in Indonesia’s Aceh Province. Since…
Legendary ‘Los Van Van’ Band Celebrates 50th Anniversary Amidst US-Cuba Tensions
By Maria Bakkalapulo for NPR / WLRN Click here to listen to the radio story The Grammy-winning Cuban band Los Van Van celebrated their 50th anniversary…
Michael Brun delivers a message from Haiti — one summer block party at a time
Michael Brun’s Bayo Block Party takes a celebration of Haiti’s spirit on the road, and he is bringing his friends with him too. By Maria…
Prince Of Salsa Takes On President Of Nicaragua With Protest Anthem ‘Mordaza’
By Maria Bakkalapulo for NPR/ WLRN Click here to listen to the radio story The U.S. just slapped heavier economic sanctions on the Nicaraguan government for…
Forever CELIA, Fifteen Years After Her Death
By: Maria Bakkalapulo for Songlines Magazine Visiting the United States Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay in 1990, Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso walked down the…
The American Dream Miami mall could be an urban planning nightmare for residents
by Maria Bakkalapulo for Marketplace. Click here to hear the Marketplace story American Dream Miami, a $4 billion retail and entertainment complex, won final zoning approval…
Miami’s Little Haiti Fights to Survive
Michael Brun holds his microphone out to the crowd that fills the courtyard of Miami’s Little Haiti Cultural Complex for the Bayo Block Party. The New…
The Florida Everglades: Nature’s Shock Absorber
By Maria Bakkalapulo for Sierra Club Everyone knows the Everglades as a wet place, but there can be too much of a good thing, and excess…
