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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...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

December 2, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Latinopia Cinema, Life is Art, Luis Reyes, Pepe Serna

December 2, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Dr. Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

December 2, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Al Pacino, Latino Actors, Pepe Serna, Scarfae

December 16, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Donald Trump, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

November 25, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Life is Art, Luis Reyes, Pepe Serna, Pepe Serna film credits

December 2, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: EVENT PROFILE, History Tagged With: First Thanksgiving in America, Roberto Vasquez

December 12, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Cuicatcalli House of Song, Ire'ne Lara Silva

April 15, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Galiista Gallery reunion, Gallista Artist reunion, Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

November 24, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater Tagged With: Diane Rodriguez, Latinas in Theater, Perfecta, Rose Portillo

March 22, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Chicano poets, Chispas, Christopher Carmona, No Other Word

November 15, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Dr. Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

November 15, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Amalia Ortíz, Rant Chant Chisme

November 7, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Col. Enrique Cervantes, Latino Veterans, World War Two Latino veterans

May 20, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Bravo Road with Don Felípe Tagged With: Bravo Road with Don Felipe, Dr. Philip De Ortego y Gasca, Ken Burn's The War, World War Two heroes

April 15, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater

January 30, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Charley Trujillo, Mexican Americans during Viet Nam War, Soldados Chicanos in Viet Nam

October 6, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Day of the Dead in San Antonio, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

November 4, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

September 20, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

November 15, 2023 by wpengine

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

May 28, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.02.23

December 2, 2023 By wpengine

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 brilliant eyewitness account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire. Published in 1568 as The True History of the Conquest of […]

TALES OF TORRES TRUMP 11.24.23 TAKE TRUMP AT HIS WORD

November 25, 2023 By wpengine

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 that is Donald J. Trump. He seems to be in hiding, to a degree. Mercifully, we can tune […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.24.23

November 24, 2023 By wpengine

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 art reunion, timing and reliable associations are everything. Latino artists are part of a very mobile sector and are known to relocate […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.16.23

November 15, 2023 By wpengine

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 Valley of Albuquerque. He is one of a few U.S. Latino artists chosen to participate in the La Malinche Exhibit created at the Denver Art […]

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LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

By Tia Tenopia on March 19, 2013

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they  faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]

Category: History, LATINOPIA EVENT

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

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