Latino arts, history and culture
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...]
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 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.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...]
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: 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: 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: 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: 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...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: SAL BALDENEGRO ON "WHERE IS THE LOVE?" LATINOPIA SPECIAL VOTE FOR HOPE NOW AND ALFREDO SANTOS AND MIS PENSAMIENTOS. What up Latinopians! This week Sal Baldenegro returns … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: JOSÉ UMPIERRE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUERTORICAN CONSTITUTION, CARLOS CALLEJO ON HIS WALK-OUT MURAL, CELEBRATING A LIFETIME OF MAGU: AZTLAN TO MAGULANDIA, THE WORLD OF … [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...]
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...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC OLMECA "NO VENGO SOLO" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Olmeca (David Barragan) is a bilingual rapper whose lyrics evoke powerful imagery about the issues affecting Latinos in … [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...]
