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A Spanish-Language Adaptation Of 17th Century Play ‘Fuenteovejuna’ Comes To The East End
OLA of Eastern Long Island (Organización Latino Americana) and Guild Hall in East Hampton are teaming up to launch a historic...
27East
Feb 103 min read
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On the Silver Screen: Latino Film Festival hits the North Fork
North Fork Arts Center in Greenport (Photo credit: Jeremy Garretson) Right in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month, Organización...
Melissa Azofeifa
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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OLA Presents 21st Annual Latino Film Festival Of The Hamptons
A still from the film "Daughter of Rage." Heroism, strength, and resilience form the conceptual and thematic core of three feature-length...
James Lane Post
Sep 18, 20243 min read
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Latino Film Festival Of The Hamptons Shines Light On Heroes, On Big Screen And Off
For the staff behind Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island, their work never gets easier. Wage theft among the Hispanic...
Michelle Trauring
Sep 17, 20244 min read
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OLA Film Festival Expands in Partnership with NFAC
Heroism, strength, and resilience form the conceptual and thematic core of OLA of Eastern Long Island’s annual Latino Film Festival of...
Beth Young
Sep 14, 20243 min read
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OLA’s Pachanga 2024 Features All-Women Performers
OLA of Eastern Long Island (Organización Latino Americana) is changing up its annual Pachanga this year by featuring Lulada Club, a...
27East
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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From Small Beginnings
Southampton Press Editorial Often, great things come from modest beginnings. What started out 20 years ago as a small advisory board to...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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OLA Celebrates 20 Years of Advocacy on the East End
OLA staff members are celebrating 20 years of working for a more equitable East End for Latino immigrants. Here they are pictured at the...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jul 29, 20228 min read
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18th OLA Film Festival Offers A Cultural Bridge
As a nonprofit organization, the primary mission of OLA (Organización Latino Americana) of Eastern Long Island is to advocate for the...
Annette Hinkle
Sep 13, 20216 min read
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SOCIAL SCENE - OLA Opens Benefit Art Show at Southampton Cultural Center
The sky poured streams of water and caused new ponds to form on many Hamptons roads but that didn't stop a crowd from turning out on...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
May 1, 20192 min read
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OLA Film Festival Celebrates 15 Years of Showcasing Latino Films
By Michelle Trauring When Minerva Perez boldly selected “XXY” as the closing night film of the OLA Latino Film Festival, she expected...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Oct 30, 20185 min read
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Serie de Retratos Captura las Caras de una Comunidad Diversa
By Christine Sampson Por Christine Sampson y Ana Kestler Cada persona fotografiada tiene un nombre, por supuesto, pero los sujetos en los...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jun 12, 20184 min read
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Portrait Series Captures the Faces of a Diverse Community
By Christine Sampson Every person pictured has a name, of course, but the subjects in acclaimed photographer Philippe Cheng’s latest...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Jun 11, 20183 min read
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OLA’s 2018 Pachanga Viva La Mujer! To Celebrate Women
By Anastasia Lennon On Friday, April 6, Bay Street Theater and OLA (Organización Latino-Americana) will present Pachanga 2018: Viva La...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Apr 2, 20183 min read
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Latino Film Festival Brings East End Culture Together
By Anisah Abdullah and Eric Schmid The Organización Latino-Americano (OLA) of Eastern Long Island hosted its 13th Annual Latino Film...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Nov 15, 20162 min read
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13th Annual OLA Latino Film Festival Comes To Parrish And Guild Hall
By Nancy Kane The OLA Latino Film Festival turns up the heat in its 13th year of providing cultural diversity awareness through films on...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Nov 7, 20165 min read
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OLA of Eastern LI Presents 13th Annual Latino Film Festival
The Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island (OLA) will be screen independent Spanish language films with English subtitles...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Nov 1, 20162 min read
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OLA Tackles Domestic Violence With 'Soy Maria' At Guild Hall Saturday
By Jaime Zahl Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island, popularly known as OLA, is kicking off its 2016 season of events with...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Mar 27, 20163 min read
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Voice for Latinos in Long Island Reaches Across Cultural Divide
By EMILY J. WEITZ It would be impossible to try to find one voice for the estimated 25,000 Latinos on Long Island’s East End. Some are...
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Feb 25, 20164 min read
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OLA Film Festival Returns to Parrish
By Hamptons Art Hub Staff The OLA Film Festival returns to the Hamptons to present three films over three days at the Parrish Art Museum....
OLA of Eastern Long Island
Sep 11, 20133 min read
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