THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 5.31.25
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: CELEBRATING CARTOONIST LALO ALCARAZ, RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON LATINOS INFLUENCING THE NEW YORK ART SCENE, NEW YORK'S MUSEO DEL BARRIO AND MIS PENSAMIENTOS WITH ALFREDO … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA HERO LALO ALCARAZ WINS BIG!
The indefatigable cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz just bagged himself yet another honor on May 22, a pretty big one. He’s already a two-time finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartoons, took home … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.31.25 LATINOS INFLUENCE NEW YORK ART SCENE
Latino Artists Are Influencing the New York City Art Scene. I love New York City [NYC], a city with world-class museums, brilliant theatre, opera and orchestra venues, fabulous art galleries, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
El Museo Del Barrio, founded in 1969, is the first museum in New York to showcase art made by Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in the United States. Latinopia visited the museum and interviewed … [Read more...]
BOBBI MURRAY BLOG A MEMORIAL DAY WITHOUT SUPPORT FOR VETERANS
The week entering Memorial Day started with a little ruckus between the current Commander in Chief and the musician Bruce Springsteen. Seems like the commander got a kind of annoyed with Springsteen … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG DR. MARIO D. LONGORIA REMEMBRANCE OF FALLEN SOLDIERS
Fifty Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Remembrance of the Fallen Warriors By Dr. Mario D. Longoria Upon returning home from the Vietnam War in 1970, I became aware of the high … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 – EMINENT DANGER
In 2012, in Puerto Rico there were 13,000 farms; in the recent agricultural census, between 8 and 10,000 farms are recorded; a substantial decrease in the figure reported for 2012. At present, the … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 MORE ON THE NEED TO GROW
The title of the documentary, The Need to Grow by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick, is suggestive. Its abstract character is enough to apply in a general and also in a particular way. The Need to Grow … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA 5.16.25
"Let Their Works Be Seen—At the City Gate and the Political Sphere" by Angela Valenzuela Please read my tribute for Mother's Day, based on a nuanced re-reading of Proverbs 31 and the writings of … [Read more...]
MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFEDO SANTOS 5.31.25
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. Como pueden veren la portada de este ejemplar, tenemos al maestro de la musica de Mariachi Zeke Castro. As you read his story you will discover the long … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.16.25 PELIGRO INMINENTE
Peligro Inminente En 2012, en Puerto Rico habían 13 mil granjas; en el censo agrícola reciénte se registran entre 8 y 10 mil granjas; una disminución sustantiva de la cifra reportada para 2012. … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA BLOG DR. GILBERTO QUEZADA – CELEBRATINIG LAREDO’S 270TH ANNIVERSARY
Celebrating Laredo's 270th Anniversary By Dr. Gilberto Quezada I would like to offer a few comments and a very interesting coincidence about the 270th anniversary of the establishment of … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.23.25 MAYA BLUE EXHIBIT
Maya Blue Exhibit Incorporates the Artwork of Latino/a Artists A new exhibit, Maya Blue: Ancient Color, New Visions, at the San Antonio Museum of Art [SAMA], brings together for the first time … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1896 TERESA URREA
Dr. David Romo is a borderlands historian with a specialty in the history of El Paso, Texas. one of the little known but important precursors to the Mexican Revolution of 1910 was the faith healer and … [Read more...]
BOBBI MURRAY REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 05.09.25 ALCATRAZ, VENEZUELANS & LAW FIRMS
This week’s stunt of the week from the Trump Administration’s regular array was his vow to reopen Alcatraz, the 19th century military fortress on a 22-acre island San Francisco Bay which was … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 05.09.25
South Texas artist Santa Barraza has been painting for 50 years and seldom allows herself to slow down. She will have some artwork in the upcoming January 2026 exhibit, Frida: The Making of an … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART SANTA BARRAZA “NEPANTLA”
Santa Barraza is a Chicana artist living in Texas whose works incorporate Pre-columbian indigenous imagery in post-modern ways. One of her works titled "Nepantla," explores the world of mestizaje, the … [Read more...]
SANTA BARRAZA – IN HER OWN WORDS
SANTA BARRAZA - TEXAS ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I think that my encounter with the civil rights movement and the struggles of Mexican Americans, I first became aware of it when I was at the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT PROFILE “1862 CINCO DE MAYO”
EL CINCO DE MAYO. Why celebrate an otherwise minor holiday in Mexico in the U.S. (or elsewhere for that matter)? Because El Cinco de Mayo is important to Chicanos and to freedom-loving Americans … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA JESÚS TREVIÑO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The 2025 Latino Film Festival sponsored by the Mexican American Cultural Education Foundation recognized filmmaker, television director, author and social activist Jesús Treviño with the Lifetime … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 05.01.25 TONY ORTEGA’S ARTISTIC JOURNEY
Denver Latino Artist Tony Ortega’s Artistic Journey Tony Ortega, an eminent Denver artist, has been painting for over forty years and teaching art for two decades. His creative work has been in … [Read more...]