A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico Thursday. The earthquake struck about 60 miles northwest of Acapulco, according to Reuters. The quake shook Mexico City, which is located 190 miles northeast of the quake's epicenter. The quake's epicenter was in the western Mexican state of Guerrero at a depth of 14.9 miles inland from the Pacific Coast.
On May 10, the Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season comes to a close with many historical performances and highlights that will be hard to forget. The following is a look at the season's big highlights and Latin Post's favorite moments of the year.
Opolais has four more performances of the role at the Met this season and there should be no doubt that like her sensational performance on Friday, she will only get better and better as the run progresses. Her Butterfly is arguably one of the best of modern times and will leave the viewer emotionally exhausted due to its visceral nature. Anthony Minghella's glorious production, which is usually one of the main draws for a revival of this wonderful work, is the icing on the cake.
Throughout the 2013-14 season, the Metropolitan Opera has revived the works of Richard Strauss. Despite being one of the undisputed kings of the operatic repertoire, his works have not been a permanent fixture every single season. This year, the Met brought back his ever popular "Der Rosenkavalier" as well as the rarely performed "Die Frau Ohne Schatten." For its final dose of Strauss, the house revived "Arabella" for the first time since 2001 when Renee Fleming took on the title role. The revival featured the Otto Schenk production was a truly satisfying rendition of the final collaboration between Strauss and his long-time librettist Hugo von Hoffmansthal.
Kim Kardashian puts an end to all the recent rumors claiming that she has already married her rapper fiancé Kanye West, with their highly anticipated wedding now being less than three weeks away.
Globalization, and its exchange of ideas about norms, culture, and industry among global peers, could be the key to saving us all, according to the creator of the interculturally conscious virtual community Via Pangaea. Liesa M. Wise, a registered pro-bono investment advisor, with a complex background that includes everything from paralegal certification to TEFL certification, launched the website in July 2013 with the intention of creating a dialogue among "people of all stripes and persuasions, getting along through their version of life."
The Beverly Hills Hotel is at the center of protests this week as prominent figures such as Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres lead a celebrity boycott against its current owner Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, over anti-gay legislation recently signed into law.
Brazilian Angelica Dass launched an investigation of identity, culture and skin color simply by lifting her camera. The granddaughter of black and native Brazilians and the daughter of a black father raised by white adoptive parents, Dass created the Humanae Project with the intention of recording and cataloging all possible human skin tones, highlighting true tones rather than clichéd colors. The 2000 image-strong initiative is a series of portraits, all with the exact Pantone® tone of the subject pronounced in the background; the color extracted from an 11x11 pixel sample of the subject's face.
The vulgar fast food employee Bon Qui Qui is just one of the instruments from observational comic Anjelah Johnson's comedic toolbox. The Mexican/Native American funnywoman, who launched her career on "MADTv", has kept audiences laughing for years with her colorful impressions and animated retellings, appearing in films, on stage, and in numerous television series. But, funny enough, the former NFL cheerleader never had the desire to be a comedian.
Cardinal Gerhard Mueller has reprimanded officers of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious for their unwillingness to cooperate as they move forward with their plans to honor feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson who had been previously criticized by U.S. bishops.
