Mega arts and cultural events committee articles

  • ‘5 De Mayo’ event showcases Mexican culture

    The Committee to Honor Cesar E. Chavez celebrated the Mexican culture on Friday with its annual "5 De Mayo" celebration.
  • Latine Culture’s Most Overlooked Art Form Is At Our Fingertips

    While images of la Virgen de Guadalupe, el Sagrado Corazón, and the festive, rainbow-bright colors so often associated with Latin America have indeed graced the beauty world’s tiniest canvases, fingernails, today’s Latina influencers are taking more modern, albeit just as exuberant, approaches to nail art. In Miami, Colombian-Ecuadorian nail artist Kro Vargas (@krocaine) emblazons the (long, long) nails of clients like Rosalia with hand-painted gel art. Airbrushed ribbons and sparkles lace...
  • Elon Musk's Tesla earnings call has become a cultural event

    Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Love him or hate him, Elon Musk attracts as much attention as any CEO in memory. The latest example: this week’s Tesla earnings call, an obligatory event that at times seemed to be anticipated as a borderline cultural happening. Of course, a public company with a whopping market cap like Tesla’s will draw plenty of investor interest in its latest numbers. Of course, there were the usual...