Latino arts, history and culture
Delta Groove Music recording artist Los FabuLocos is a Southern California band whose unique sound, "Cali-Mex,"is a fusion of blues, Americana and Chicano soul music. Band members include Jesús … [Read more...]
HOW I ENDED UP BEING FERNANDO VALENZUELA’S HOMIE 40 YEARS AGO Wow! How time flies. It’s been 40 years since Los Angeles (and the Chicanada throughout the country) was mesmerized by Fernandomania. … [Read more...]
Aztlán to Magulandia: the Journey of Chicano artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan is a major retrospective on the work of artist and social activist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan (1940-2011). In the 2017 exhibit at the … [Read more...]
Gilbert "Magu" Lujan (October 16, 1940-July 24, 2011) was a much loved and influential Chicano sculptor, muralist and painter. The co-founder of the Los Four art collective, he was one of the first … [Read more...]
Ignacio Gómez is an acclaimed artist, designer and sculptor. His images reflect prideful depictions of the Latino community, especially children and family. On the eve of a monumental lifetime … [Read more...]
Olga García-Echeverría is a narrative writer and poet who was born and raised in East Los Angeles. Her book, "Falling Angels," is split in half between stories and poems, and features a bilingual … [Read more...]
Chicano artist and social activist Gilbet "Magu" Lujan (1940-2011) created a mythical world of spirit animals inhabiting an evocative landscape he called Magulandia. In the 2017 exhibit at the … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Mexican Independence Day “El Grito” Throughout Mexico and in Mexican and Chicano communities in the United States, the 16th of September is celebrated as Mexican Independence Day. It is the day … [Read more...]
On September 15, 1810 Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a village priest in the town of Dolores, near Guanajuato, Mexico, declared that Mexico should be free of Spanish rule and initiated the struggle … [Read more...]
Paul Espinosa and Mark Day are documentary film makers. Paul's credits include "The Hunt for Pancho Villa" and "The Lemon Grove Incident." Mark's credits include "The San Patricios, " which is … [Read more...]
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...]
Irene Díaz is a singer/songwriter who has performed at venues like The Roxy, House of Blues Sunset, and Room 5 Lounge. Recently she performed with friends at the "Espacio 1839" art space in Boyle … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALBERTO RÍOS "HOW TO WRITE A POEM" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Alberto "Tito" Ríos is a celebrated poet and author who has published ten books of poetry, three short story … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Anaya On Poetry from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Rudolfo Anaya is best known as the fiction writer of the acclaimed coming-of-age novel Bless Me Ultima. In 2015, Anaya ventured into … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALARCÓN ON POETRY from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Francisco X. Alarcón is a poet, educator and social activist who resides in the San Francisco Bay area. His collection of poems, … [Read more...]
Martha Gonzalez is a musician, composer, leader singer of the music group Quetzal. She is also a scholar and the author of Chicana/o Artivistas: Music, Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los … [Read more...]
In 2019 the city of Pomona commission East Los Streetscapers David Botello and Wayne Healy to paint a mural honoring the memory of celebrated artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. The work, titled "Magulandia" … [Read more...]
Renowned Arizona poet Alberto "Tito" Rios, whose body of work includes numerous poetry collections and chapbooks, short story collections as well as a memoir, was born and raised in Nogales, Arizona, … [Read more...]
The term Aztlán is used throughout the barrios of the Southwest to refer to the ancient homeland of the Mexica people--the ancestors of today's Mexicans and Mexican Americans. But what exactly is … [Read more...]
Around the year 1325 A.D. the Mexica people settled in the Valley of Mexico and founded what we know as the Aztec empire. According to the Codex Boturini, an Aztec pictograph scroll, the Mexicas … [Read more...]
