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1) Jack Goes Boating

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Academy-Award®-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman directs, produces, and stars alongside Academy-Award®-nominee Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, and Daphne Rubin-Vega in this unconventional romantic comedy about the prevailing grace of the human spirit.

2) Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror show: the new Broadway cast recording

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O'Brien, Richard, 1942-

3) Allswell in New York

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Rodriguez, Elizabeth

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A heartfelt dramedy set in the bustling streets of New York City, this film follows a trio of Latina women grappling with love, loss, and the chaotic demands of family. Struggling to rebuild after past traumas, the women find themselves torn between the lives they've built and the families they left behind. With poignant performances by Elizabeth Rodriguez, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Daphne Rubin-Vega, this ensemble piece captures the complexity of modern...

4) In the Heights

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The likeable, magnetic, bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. Meanwhile, his tight-knit community faces the challenge of gentrification, losing their homes while trying to better themselves and hold on to their cultures.

5) Once Upon a Quinceanera

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Alvarez, Julia

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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a “phenomenal, indispensable” (USA Today) exploration of the Latina “sweet fifteen” celebration, by the bestselling author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies.
The quinceañera, a celebration of a Latina girl’s fifteenth birthday, has become a uniquely American trend. This...

6) The white hot: a novel

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Hudes, Quiara Alegría

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"April is a young mother raising her daughter in an intergenerational house of unspoken secrets and loud arguments. Her only refuge is to hide away in a locked bathroom, her ears plugged into an ambient soundscape, and a mantra on her lips: dead inside. That is, until one day, as she finds herself spiraling toward the volcanic rage she calls the white hot, a voice inside her tells her to just...walk away. She wanders to a bus station and asks for...