Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
 

Design: architecture, engineering, interior design, fashion design, furniture design, Aztec temples, Mayan temples, Aztec architecture.
Toronto and Canadian events: Alucine Film Festival, Hispano-American Film Festival, salsa concerts, reggaeton concerts, Hispanic art exhibits, architectural exhibits, music concerts, famous poems readings, dance classes and much more.
Latino Film coverage in Toronto and Canada: Alucine Film Festival, Hispano-American Film Festival, Si-Si Cine, Toronto International Latino Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival.
Cumbia dance steps, Tego Calderon, music notes, reggaeton, salsa bands, merengue songs, tango lessons, and more.
Theatre and dance. Cumbia dance steps, Mexican Hat Dance, Mexican dances, Hispanic theatre, Latino dance schools and more.
Aztec drawings, Picasso blue period, Frida Kahlo, wall murals, Diego Rivera, Cesar Rodriguez, Edward Robin Hoyer, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Diego Velazquez, Toronto Latino art exhibits, photography, illustration, painting, sculpture and graffiti.
Poems, famous poems, poetry contests, lyric poems, book summaries, poetry, love poetry, literature circles, Don Quixote, Toronto Hispanic Festival of Images and Words, Jose Rivera Tosi, Margarita Feliciano, Mario Vargas Llosa, Eduardo Galeano, Andres Burgos, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cervantes, Borges, Octavio Paz, Isabel Allende, and more.
The call of the drum
Colombian percussionist ben*e, leader of Chiva, one of Toronto's premier Latin jazz bands, talks to Mosaico 21 about his violin-to-batá metamorphosis, Benkos Biojó and ethnomusicology. >>>

By Fernando Candelo		 Ruben ben*e Esguerra, the Colombian leader of Toronto's Chiva Latin jazz band. Pictured with his Afro-Colombian drum.
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
 
Tito Gomez. Photograph by Anibal Mancilla. Salsa with two flavours
Born in Puerto Rico, but an adopted son of Colombia, salsa
legend Tito Gomez talks with Mosaico 21 about his
experiences with the legendary band Grupo Nicheand his
love affair with Colombia’s neighbourhoods. >>>
ByLuisa Gomez and Fernando Candelo
 
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
  The reggaeton invasions
Fito Blanko and Sensei are set to conquer North America’s dance floors… and boardrooms. >>>
By Juan Pablo de Dovitiis 		Fito Blanko. Photograph by Anibal Mancilla.
 
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
Johnny fiasco House music nomad
House legend Johnny Fiasco free styles with vinyl and hotel internet connections from Mallorca to Bangkok. >>>
By Raul Vargas		  
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
 
  From Yemaya to cha-cha-cha.
The origins of Cuban music (second part). >>>
By Nelson Maragoto		 Cuban music: From Yemaya to cha-cha-cha.
   
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
  
Luisito Ayala (middle) director of Puerto Rican Power. Courtesy picture.

Puerto Rico’s man of power
In an exclusive interview with Mosaico 21, the director of Puerto Rican Power talks about playing with legendary performers like Celia Cruz and the growing influence of hip hop in Latin music. >>>
By Fernando Candelo and Luisa Gomez

  
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
  Spreading the gospel of house
Mosaico interviews house music great DJ Sneak, who gives us the lowdown
on his long climb to world recognition. >>>
 By Raul Vargas		 DJ Sneak, an innovator of house music. Courtesy picture.
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
Electronica 101: Mosaico brings the novices in the crowd a little orientation on the Electronica 101
Mosaico brings the novices in the crowd a little orientation on the differences between the genres within electronic music. >>>
By Raul Vargas		  
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
 

Mimi Ibarra: The Woman Behind the Music
Composer for salsa greats Oscar D'Leon and Tito Rojas talks singing, men and "the business". >>>
By Fernando Candelo

 Salsa singer Mimi Ibarra talks about her experiences as a performer, writing lyrics for salsa's biggest names like Tito Rojas and Oscar D'Leon and surviving the difficulties of the music industry.
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.
Nelson Maragoto--- It was a long journey for the music notes of salsa to be recognized worldwide. Step back in time to find out about the roots of this island nation’s soul: its music. Cuba's sound: a journey through time
Step back in time to find out about the roots of this island nation’s soul: its music. >>>
By Nelson Maragoto 		 
Mosaicio 21--- Hispanic arts and culture magazine. Cumbia dance steps, music notes, Picasso blue period, movie reviews, famous poems, Aztec architecture and more.