Latino arts, history and culture
Latinopia Music Mitote La Bruma from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Mitote (the Gathering) is a Texas-based Jarocho music group that includes Estevan Azcona, Alex Chavez, Santiago Guerra and Mincho Jacob. … [Read more...]
Following the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walk-outs, thirteen individuals were indicted and charged with conspiracy to disturb the peace. Sal Castro, a teacher at Lincoln high school was one of … [Read more...]
Latinopia Food La Tamalada from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Every Christmas Diane Velarde Hernández celebrates, as do many Latinos, with the making of tamales. This tradition of friends and family … [Read more...]
Lupe Ontiveros - A Remembrance By Jesús Treviño _______________________________________________ On July 26, 2012, acclaimed actress Lupe Ontiveros passed away, the victim of cancer. She left … [Read more...]
Latinopia Art Gilbert Lujan from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Gilbert "Magu" Lujan is a pioneer Chicano artist who was a member of the 1970s legendary art collective Los Four, the first Chicanos to … [Read more...]
Latinopia Food La Pelada from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In Los Angeles, California each September, Alfredo "Frito" Lascano invites friends and family over to his home to roast and peel green chiles … [Read more...]
Lovers of New Mexico green chile contribute their personal recipes on how to prepare green chile, the recipes range from simple salsa to green Chile souffle. … [Read more...]
I was eight years old when I was became aware that the universe I inhabited in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles included people who were Latino but not Mexican like me. When I asked … [Read more...]
It may seem incongruous to link Robert James Waller and Chicano literature: he of the best-selling novel The Bridges of Madison County; and Chicano literature so unread and so unknown—except to the … [Read more...]
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...]
In the current revival of Luis Valdez’s play Zoot Suit at L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum, the iconic El Pachuco character (played by Demian Bichir) admonishes the rebellious character of Henry Reyna, played … [Read more...]
Mónica Teresa Ortíz is an Austin-based poet whose 2008 chapbook, “On a Greyhound Straight from the 915,” has won critical acclaim. Her literary inspirations range from Gertrude Stein to Gabriel García … [Read more...]
This original video about the traditional making of La Rosca, a Mexican pastry celebrating the January 6th Day of the Three Wise Men, was produced by Alas Media. … [Read more...]
Olmeca No Venda (I am Lot Alone) from Latinopia from Breht Burri on Vimeo. Olmeca (David Barragan) is a bilingual rapper whose lyrics evoke powerful imagery about the issues affecting Latinos in … [Read more...]
Though Conjunto Music originated in Texas, it is by no means limited to that state. In Los Angeles, California the conjunto group Los Pochos carries on the decades-long tradition. The accordionist is … [Read more...]
The best way to start this piece is with a caveat that we’re all writers. Just as we’re all speakers (of whatever language), we’re all writers (of whatever language)—with the exception of those who … [Read more...]
In the United States we name buildings, roads and geographic landmarks after individuals whose accomplishments we, as a society, deem meritorious, beneficial to our society and worthy of recognition. … [Read more...]
“Two nights ago, a group of Mexican Americans picketed the Academy Awards presentation. The picket was in protest over the caricatures and racist representation of Mexicans in motion … [Read more...]
