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Exclusive: Stowe Story Labs announced the 2024 Stowe Launch Fellows and selected projects, with the support of the National Endowment of the Arts.

The 2024 Fellows are Alexandra Hensley (Hearts and Minds), Arianna Ortiz (The Bastard Children of Javier Ortiz) Sebastien Tobler (Bodies of Water), Brandon Vedder (Miracle Man) and Keith Walker (Greenwood). Read more about them below.

Each Launch participant receives up to one year of ongoing mentoring and program participation, with no fees or travel costs. The goal of the program is to get projects ready for market.

“Projects like Stowe Launch exemplify the creativity and care with which communities are telling their stories, creating connection, and responding to challenges and opportunities in their communities — all through the arts,” said Nea Chair Maria Rosario Jackson. “So many aspects of our communities such as cultural vitality, health and wellbeing, infrastructure, and the economy are advanced and improved through investments in art and design,...

Mexican actor Xavier Ortiz, former member of hit musical group Garibaldi and Patricia Manterola’s ex-husband, passed away today at the age of 48 allegedly due to suicide. His friend and former partner Sergio Mayer confirmed the news. Cause of death has not been revealed.

"Con profunda tristeza y gran dolor, informo del fallecimiento de mi querido hermano y gran compañero del Grupo Garibaldi y actor, Xavier Ortiz.

Mis sinceras condolencias a su familia, amigas y amigos, y la comunidad artística. #Qepd" meaning "With deep sadness and great pain, I report the passing of my dear brother and great colleague of the Garibaldi Group and actor, Xavier Ortiz. My sincere condolences to his family, friends, and the arts community. #Rip"

https://twitter.com/SergioMayerb/status/1303061732412227584

Ortiz sister, Olga Ortiz Ramirez, also confirmed that he committed suicide, depressed by the Covid-19 pandemic situation, as well as a recent separation from his wife...

The Miami Fraternal Order Order of Police announced that it will boycott Beyonce’s April concert in the city at Marlins Stadium. This is in response to Beyonce’s controversial halftime performance at this year’s Super Bowl. Javier Ortiz, the Miami Fob President, explained, “The fact that Beyonce used this year’s Super Bowl to divide Americans by […]

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The Miami Fraternal Order of Police announced that it will boycott Beyonce’s concert in the city in April. The police union voted to boycott her planned show at Marlins Stadium as a result of Beyonce’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. “I salute NYPD Officer Richard Rainey, who succumbed to his injuries on February 16 from being shot by two Black Panthers, who he had pulled over in a traffic stop,” Miami Fop President Javier Ortiz said, per Miami’s ABC 10. “I also salute the dozens of law enforcement officers that have been assassinated by members of.