15-year-old Latinas are including their love of soccer and dance in quinceañeras
Modern-day Latinas are reclaiming their celebration to match who they are with imaginative themes, choreographed hip-hop routines, and bedazzled sneakers as they step into womanhood in a fashion authentic to their 21st-century lives. Read the full story in English or Spanish.
From the (tiny) desk of NPR’s Felix Contreras
NPR’s Tiny Desk concerts spotlight music’s legends and up-and-coming artists. Chicano journalist Felix Contreras is the man bringing Latino talent to its coveted stage. He and the Globe’s Marcela García talk Latin music — from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show to choosing who’s center stage on “el Tiny.” Read the story either in English or Spanish.
The 2026 ALX100: 100 Latino leaders making a difference across Massachusetts
In time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Globe Magazine presents the 2026 ALX 100 — a list of 100 inspiring latino leaders across the Commonwealth being honored by nonprofit organization We Are ALX.
While Edel Rodriguez is best known for his provocative, politically charged illustrations — such as his TIME magazine covers — his illustrated memoir, Worm: A Cuban-American Odyssey, deeply resonated with me, bridging the gap between historical text and my own family’s Cuban immigration stories. For this issue of Globe Magazine, rather than his signature edgy style, I wanted to see how he could use his smart, incisive approach to convey hope and optimism. Rodriguez’s illustration on a dazzling blue backdrop brings to life, as he describes it, a “Latino hand, reaching and holding on to the hope [of the] American dream, which is symbolized by a white star.”
—Omar Vega, art director
PERSPECTIVE
What bilingual school, ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ and Boston taught me about my two languages
Writer Melissa Trovato arrived in Boston from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to pursue her master’s degree. Her parents preached that her bilingual upbringing made it possible. While she agrees and acknowledges the privilege, she’s found that fluency in both Spanish and English carries its own emotional burden. Read the full story here.
CONNECTIONS
The stories she lived
Onyria Herrera McElroy would drift asleep herself while making up fantastical bedtime stories for her four children. Later, stories around the family dining table were about her real life. From her school days in Cuba, marrying a Navy man, and putting down roots across the world, her daughter – the Globe Magazine’s Lisa Button — never got enough. Read the rest of the story here.
This week’s letter comes in response to Chad Finns’s feature about sportscasters Bob Lobel and Mike Lynch. Find more reader comments on magazine stories here.
“Why can’t we get guys like that?” One of the most endearing and enduring phrases ever uttered in Boston’s world of sports. The delivery of which made it all that more endearing, as Bob said it with that trademark twinkle in his eye. Just a hint of sarcasm, mixed with the perfect hint of humor. My sons and I use it to this day.
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