Most of what I’ve learned about Chile has come from reading novels by Chilean writers, studying the country’s political fortunes since the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende’s government, and the long ...

On a Saturday evening earlier this year, Cal State L.A. professor Ericka Verba and her former bandmates took the stage at Santa Monica’s Church in Ocean Park to perform a tribute to the mid-20th ...

The prize-winning biopic spotlights the legacy and tumultuous life of Chilean musician and folklorist Violeta Parra. By Justin Lowe World Dramatic Competition Parra came to prominence for her ...

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of ...