LATINOPIA FOOD LA PELADA
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...]
LATINOPIA FOOD GREEN CHILE RECIPES
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...]
LATINOPIA ART GILBERT “MAGU” LUJAN
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 HERO LUPE ONTIVEROS – A REMEMBRANCE
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 GUEST BLOG JESÚS SALVADOR TREVIÑO “DIVERSITY ALSO MEANS LATINOS”
“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...]
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 TEATRO CRYSTAL CITY 1969
Latinopia Theater Crystal City 1969 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Teatro Cara Mia is a Houston based theater company whose original production Crystal City 1969, celebrates the walk-out by students … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA FOOD “LA ROSCA”
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...]
LATINOPIA FOOD LA TAMALADA
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...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 06.03.23
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: LUIS TORRES ON THE LEGACY OF CHRIST STRACHWITZ, HECTOR GALAN ON WHAT THE FILMMAKER BRINGS TO A DOCUMENTARY, RICARDO ROMO ON THE ART OF OMAR RODRIGUEZ AND MARK GUERRERO'S EAST … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1972 LA RAZA UNIDA CONVENTION
Latinopia Events 1972 Raza Unida Convention from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1969, a third American political party, whose membership was predominantly Mexican American, was founded in Crystal … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS POCHOS “MARGIE”
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...]
BIOGRAPHY – JOSE MARTÍ
José Martí was a world class poet and essayist whose literary works ushered in the modernist literary tradition in Latin American letters. He was also an impassioned revolutionary who spent most of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC MITOTE “LA BRUMA” (THE MIST)
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...]
LATINOPIA WORD – ALBERTO RIOS “RETURNING TO THE CAT”
Latinopia Rios Return to Cat from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA TEATRO RICARDO ACUÑA
Latinopia.com - Latino Theater Ricardo Acuna from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Ricardo Acuña is a Los Angeles based the author of three books of poetry. In 2009 he performed selections from "Greetings … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 L.A. SCHOOL BOARD SIT-IN
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...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 8.14.21
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: SAL BALDENEGRO ON "THE KNOW NOTHINGS ARE BACK," MARTHA GONZALEZ ON THE ROLE OF THE ARTIVISTA, RICARDO ROMO ON SAM CORONADO'S PRINTMAKING AND ALVARO HUERTA REMEMBERING THE YEAR … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 9.05.20
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: MARIO ACEVEDO ON THE UNIVERSITY OF DOOM, RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON A ROMO FAMILY TO THE NEW WORLD, BURUNDANGA BORICUA ON PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 01.26.19
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: EDWARD VIDAURRA'S "REASON I DON'T OWN A GUN," ALVARO HUERTA ON "WE DON'T NEED YOUR STINKIN' WALL," JOSÉ UMPIERRE ON "SAN SEBASTIAN STREET FESTIVAL AND HAMILTON" AND LOUIE PÉREZ … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 10.07.18
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: REMEMBERING VAHAC MARDIROSIAN: HIS EARLY YEARS, SAL CASTRO & THE EICC AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SIT-IN, AND LUIS TORRES ON DONA JULIA'S CHILDREN, THE BIOGRAPHY OF VAHAC … [Read more...]