Achy Obejas

Each year, the Arts & Entertainment staff chooses individuals in the arts who have made significant contributions to their community in the last 12 months. The end of the century...

Chris Mazza, the author of the critically acclaimed "Dog People" (Coffee House Press, 1998) and six other novels, is the solitary Illinois recipient of a 1999 Creative Writing Fellowship from...

The music, heavy and hateful, pulsated through the shadowy auditorium at Malcolm X College. You think you've seen the Holocaust? You ain't seen nothin' yet. Six million lies will not...

FOR FAMOUS DOOR THEATER, the summer of 1999 turned dramatic. The 12-year-old group had a successful winter with its off-Broadway production of the coming-of-age drama "Beautiful Thing" and another big...

Various artists Onda Sonora (Red Hot Organization) "Onda Sonora" means sound waves and in this terrific collection offered by the Red Hot Organization -- the folks who have raised millions...

Well, for the last few weeks, six of the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles charts have been by Latino artists -- seven if you count Latino wannabe Lou...

Various artists Passion Planet: Songs of Love from Around the World (Juna) It's hard to imagine a worse title for this collection--hardcore world music lovers might turn away expecting drippy...

Various artists Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World Various Artists (World Music Network) With interest in unplugged sounds way up, "Unwired" is a timely reminder that in most of...

Beny More La Coleccion Cubana Beny More (Music Collection International) Beny More, who died in 1963 at the age of 44, might have been a juggernaut. That's because More, a...

Marc Anthony Marc Anthony (Columbia) Consider the possibility of a male Mariah Carey -- that'll give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from Marc Anthony's big ticket...