THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 02.16.20
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY WITH ALEJANDRO MOLINA'S LOVE POEM "SAN VALENTÍN," AND SAL BALDENEGRO ON "BRING BACK DECENCY," JOSÉ UMPIERRE ON "LLUEVE Y NO ESCAMPA," JUAN FELÍPE … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALEJANDRO MOLINA “SAN VALENTÍN”
Alejandro Molina is a poet and member of "Noches Bohemias," a group of poets from various Latin American countries who meet regularly at the Tia Chucha Cultural Center and bookstore in Sylmar, … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 02.16.20 “BRING BACK DECENCY!”
Bring back decency! All politics is local. Former House Speaker Tip O’Neill Restoring decency into our politics should be our community’s political priority for 2020. It is a moral imperative to rid … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 02.16.20 “LLUEVE Y NO ESCAMPA”
Llueve y no escampa Entre la crítica, la denucia y la queja Entre los juicios, prejuicios y post juicios que me forman y desforman, acogí la excelencia como aspiración, igual lo hice con la … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC JUAN TEJEDA ON CONJUNTO MUSIC
Juan Tejeda is music director of the San Antonio Conjunto Music Festival held each year and sponsored by the Guadalupe Cultural Center. Now in its 30th year, the festival brings together Conjunto … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – GEORGE LANDA
This month's featured CMC show is George Landa of Los Nawdy Dawgs from Tucson, Arizona. Played and discussed on the show is their 2013 album "Lalo's Town," which features their versions of Lalo … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD JUAN FELÍPE HERRERA “HOW TO BECOME A WARRIOR…”
Juan Felípe Herrera is a poet, performer, educator and activist with more than twenty books to his name. He was appointed California Poet Laureate in 2012. Latinopia was on hand when he read his poem … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC CONJUNTO HUEYAPAN “EL AHUALULCO”
Conjunto Hueyapan is a jarocho musical group made up of two generations of the Herrera family. Founded in 1973 by Fermín Herrera, the group hails from Oxnard, California and are always is in popular … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART JOHN VALADEZ
John Valadez is a pioneering artist and muralist renowned for his photo-realistic rendering of Chicano life in Southern California. His subject matter is marginalized people and he uses his … [Read more...]
ROMO DE TEJAS – THE JACQUELINE BECERRA MURAL
The Jacqueline Becerra Mural by Los Otros In 2014 two of San Antonio’ s outstanding muralists decided to team up and form Los Otros Murals team. Since that time David “Shek” Vega and Nik Soupe … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC LITTLE JOE ON IMPACT OF CHICANO MUSIC
Little Joe Hernández may be the foremost innovator of Tejano music, taking elements of the conjunto sound of Santiago Jimenez, Narciso Martinez and big band sound of Beto Villa and elaborating an … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CHICANO TIME TRIP
Latinopia Art Chicano Time Trip from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Wayne Healy and David Botello have collaborated as a two-man mural team for more than forty years. Working as East Los Streetscapers, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD DAVID BOWLES LORDS OF THE EARTH
Latinopia Word David Bowles Lords of the Earth from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. David Bowles is the author of short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry and children's books. In the science fiction … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD LATINO SCIENCE FICTION 1
On April 30, 2014 the first conference on Latino Science Fiction was convened at the University of California at Riverside. The event, organized by Sherryl Vint with the cooperation of Dr. Melissa … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ACEVEDO ON VAMPIRES
Mario Acevedo is a Chicano author based in Denver, Colorado whose series of novels centered on Felix Gómez, a Chicano private detective who also happens to be a vampire, creates a unique Latino take … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART AVENUE 61 MURAL
Latinopia Art Ave 61 Mural from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1996, Anthony "Eagle" Ortega and Andy Ledesma and other muralists painted "Quetzalcoatl Mural Project: A Sequence of Time and Culture" at … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD LATINO SCIENCE FICTION 2
On April 30, 2014 the first conference on Latino Science Fiction was convened at the University of California at Riverside. The event, organized by Sherryl Vint with the cooperation of Dr. Melissa … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD TREVIÑO READS “ARRULLO”
Latinopia Word Trevino reads Arrullo from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Jesús Salvador Treviño is an author, television director and filmmaker. His short story collection, Return to Arroyo Grande, won … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD RUDY CH. GARCÍA “THE CLOSET OF DISCARDED DREAMS”
Rudy Ch. García is a Colorado author whose works range from science fiction and fantasy to the contemporary Chicano reality. In 2012, he published "The Closet of Discarded Dreams" in which the Chicano … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ERNESTO HOGAN “HIGH AZTECH”
Ernest Hogan is a science fiction author of Irish and Mexican descent. His works include the novels "Cortez on Jupiter," "High Aztech," and "Smoking Mirror Blues." In "High Aztech" he envisions a … [Read more...]