THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 5.15.26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: LUIS TORRES ON THE ERASURE OF CESAR CHAVEZ, RICARDO ROMO ON MISTURA A PERUVIAN DRAMA, LOUIE PEREZ ON ORIGINS OF LOS LOBOS, AND LIZ GONZALEZ'S "CONFESSIONS OF A … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 05.15.26 LOS LOBOS AND CÉSAR CHÁVEZ ERASURE
Cesar Chávez and the Question of Historical Erasure By Luis R. Torres Last Friday I was pleased to attend a screening of a just completed documentary film about the iconic musical … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 05.15.26 MISTURA A PERUVIAN DRAMA
Mistura is a 1960s Peruvian drama about Norma (Bárbara Mori), a privileged French-Peruvian woman whose life falls apart when her husband Roberto runs off with a woman half his age. What follows is the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC LOUIE PÉREZ “LOS LOBOS”
Los Lobos is the premiere band of East Los Angeles. Formed in 1973, the band has won three Grammys and an international following. Latinopia asked the group's drummer and songwriter, Louie Pérez, how … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD LIZ GONZALEZ “CONFESSIONS OF A PSEUDO CHICANA”
Liz González is a poet, fiction writer and creative writing instructor whose poetry collection Beneath Bones (Manifest Press) was published in 2000. Her most recent work is the poetry collection, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT THE COMPLETE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY
Ernesto Galarza (August 15, 1905 – June 22, 1984) was a Chicano labor organizer, activist, professor, poet, writer, storyteller, and a key figure in the history of immigrant farm workers in … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 05.11.26 DELILAH MONTOYA ACTIVATING CHICANA RESISTANCE
The Delilah Montoya: Activating Chicana Resistance exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum was a once-in-a-generation art masterpiece of photography, printmaking, and large-scale installation. This major … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ ON BORDERLANDS
Latinopia Art Martínez on Borderlands from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Icons and Symbols of the Borderlands is an art exhibit at the Centro de Artes Museum in San Antonio, Texas. The Borderlands art … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES 05.11.26 – NANCY SANCHEZ
https://youtu.be/wOY5pt3I77Q?si=sbwCoD4ohQh0_-dV Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter Nancy Sanchez, whose music is bilingual, English and Spanish. The genres of her recordings range from … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET GARCIA’S CHICANO HORROR STORY#1 (PART ONE)
Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Southern California poet and short story writer from Whittier California. Her latest collection of short stories is titled Chicana Noir and Other Stories. She reads here … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET GARCIA’S CHICANO HORROR STORY#1 (PART TWO)
Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Southern California poet and short story writer from Whittier California. Her latest collection of short stories is titled Chicana Noir and Other Stories. She reads here … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 4.30.26 A POSTMODERNIST SAYS ¿QUE?
The Centro de Artes, located in San Antonio’s Market Square, recently opened its new exhibition titled “A Postmodernist Says ¿Qué?” that brings together Latino artists exploring identity through humor … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA 04.30.26 – 113 DICHOS (SAYINGS)
For the past forty years, my wife, Jo Emma, has been compiling some of her own dichos y refranes (sayings and proverbs), and they are all originals. Depending on the occasion or the circumstances at … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC QUETZAL “MIGRA”
Quetzal is an East Los Angeles Chican@ band whose music reflects the social, political and cultural struggles of Latinos in the United States and Latin America. Founded in 1994 by Quetzal Flores, the … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 04.23.26 – TREVIÑO, GONZALEZ AND LUNA AT THE BLANTON
Latino Artists Treviño, Gonzalez, and Luna, Featured at UT Austin’s Blanton Museum Latino Artists Treviño, Gonzalez, and Luna, Featured at UT Austin’s Blanton Museum The UT Austin’s Blanton Museum … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUESADA NOS DICE 4.23.26 – ON CALÓ AND BARRIO SLANG
I would like to share with you some of the slang Spanish words that I heard while growing up in the Barrio El Azteca in Laredo, Texas during the 1940s thru the 1960s. When I was growing up in the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD RAUL SALINAS “HAIL PACHUCO!”
Latinopia Word Raul Salinas Hail Pachuco from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Acclaimed poet and social activist Raul R. Salinas ( 1935-2008) is best known for his poem, "Un Trip Through the Mind Jail." In … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA ON PACHUCOS
Latinopia History Montoya on Pachucos from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In this excerpt from the documentary Visions of Aztlán, acclaimed poet and artist José Montoya recalls the scapegoating of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA “GRAFT”
Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Southern California poet and narrative writer whose collection of short stories, Graft, centers on the lives of Latinos residing in Whittier and surrounding Orange County … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA ON HORROR AND LONELINESS
Many of the stories to be found in Margaret Elysia Garcia's new short story collection, Graft, deal with themes of urban horror and loneliness in her hometown, Whittier, and adjacent Orange County … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 04.17.26 MAGO GÁNDARA’S MUJER MODERNA EXHIBIT
El Paso’s new Mexican American Cultural Center’s (MACC) exhibit, Mujer Moderna: The Life and Artwork of Mago Gándara, opened in the fall of 2025. Curated by Ramon Cardenas, the exhibition honors … [Read more...]