THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 12.02.23
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO ROMO ON ANDRES DE TAPIA CHRONICLER OF THE CONQUEST, LUIS REYES ON PEPE SERNA DOCUMENTARY LIFE IS ART, PEPE SERNA ON HIS ROLE IN SCARFACE, PEPE SERNA'S LASTING LEGACY, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA LUIS REYES ON LIFE IS ART
Luis Reyes is an author, publicist and director known as the author of the landmark book, Hispanics in Hollywood. His latest project is a ninety-minute documentary on the life and career of character … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.02.23
Andres de Tapia Wrote An Eyewitness Account of the Conquest in Mexico in 1519 Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a soldier of fortune who served under Hernan Cortes in the conquest of Mexico, provided a … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA PEPE SERNA “SCARFACE”
Pepe Serna is an accomplished actor with more than 100 films to his credits and numerous television appearances. One of his most memorable roles was that of "Angel" in the motion picture "Scarface." … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES TRUMP 11.24.23 TAKE TRUMP AT HIS WORD
Trump is a Dangerous Menace and He is Showing What He Is: Take Him at His Word by Luis Torres In the current media landscape we usually hear or read bits and pieces of the human pendejada … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA LUIS REYES ON PEPE SERNA’S LASTING LEGACY
Luis Reyes is the author of the definitive book on Latinos in the Motion Picture and Television industry, Hispanics in Hollywood. He is also the director a ninety-minute documentary on the life and … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT PROFILE – THE FIRST THANKSGIVING IN AMERICA
First Thanksgiving in El Paso Centuries before the first Spanish Explorers ventured into the El Paso region, the "High Plains" and deserts of the Rio Grande valley were the home of the Mansos, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD IRE’NE LARA SILVA what i remembered yesterday
Ire'ne Lara Silva is a poet based in Texas whose latest collection of poems is titled Cuicatcalli House of Song. Along with fellow poets Luivette Resto and Angelina Saenz , she recently read at the … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.24.23
A Reunion of the Gallista Artists at Dock Space Gallery Art reunions can be problematic. They can be especially difficult and challenging if the artists are asked to create new works. In any … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA TEATRO ROSE PORTILLO AS “PERFECTA”
"Perfecta" is a one-act play written by acclaimed playwright, actress and stage director Diane Rodriguez. The play centers on Perfecta, a mother of five who has born children with five different men … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD CHRISTOPHER CARMONA NO OTHER WORD
Christopher Carmona is a novelist and poet. His latest collection of poems is titled Chispas (Sparks) is a survey of the many poems he has written in the previous five years. Here he reveals his … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.16.23
Vicente Telles: A Latino Who Preserves and Redefines New Mexican Art Vicente Telles is an award-winning Santero retablo painter of saints and a highly talented portrait painter from the South … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD AMALIA ORTÍZ “I REMEMBER”
In 2020 Amalia Ortíz was awarded the American Book Award for her book, Cancion Cannibal. In this Latinopia Plática, she reads the poem "I Remember," from her previous poetry collection, Rant, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE VOCES – COL. ENRIQUE CERVANTES
Since 1999, Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rdoriguez has been documenting the history and lives of Latino veterans of World War Tow, Korea and, later, Viet Nam. Each year, Dr. Rivas-Rodriguez conducts an editing … [Read more...]
BRAVE ROAD WITH DON FELIPE 11.11.23 “IN AMERICA’S DEFENSE: MEXICANS AND MEXICAN AMERICANS”
IN AMERICA’S DEFENSE: MEXICANS AND MEXICAN AMERICANS By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca At almost 92, World War II seems like a world and a half ago. I had just turned 17 in 1943 … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA TEATRO JOSEFINA LÓPEZ “REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES”
Josefina López is an accomplished poet, playwright and screenwriter whose play, "Real Women Have Curves," was made into a movie in 2002. Latinopia asked Josefina how she came to write "Real Women Have … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA CHARLEY TRUJILLO ON SOLDADOS: CHICANOS IN VIET NAM
Charley Trujillo is a veteran of the Viet Nam war. In 1990 he wrote a book titled Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam based in part on his experiences during the war. In spite of having no formal film … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMOS TEJANO REPORT 11.04.23
Celebrating Day of the Dead in San Antonio, Texas Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd by Mexicans wherever they live. It is one of Mexico’s most … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE ON TWO FRONTS
Latinopia Showcase On Two Fronts from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On September 22, 2015 PBS will broadcast nationally a new documentary produced and directed by award-winning producer Mylene Moreno. … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 11.16.23
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: CHRISTOPHER CARMONA ON NO OTHER WORD, RICARDO ROMO ON THE TRADITIONAL ART OF VICENTE TELLES, ROSE PORTILLO AS "PERFECTA," AND JOSEFINA LOPEZ ON REAL WOMEN HAVE … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “MEET JULIAN GONZÁLEZ”
The Voces (Voices) Oral History Project at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, was created by Dr. Maggie Rivas Rodríguez and has now recorded more than 800 oral histories of Latino veterans of … [Read more...]