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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

November 7, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 03.13.25

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: TREVIÑO AND MURRAY GUEST BLOG: IS TRUMP PRESIDENCY THE NEW TWILIGHT ZONE? BURUNDANGA BORICUA ON PUERTORICAN INDEPENDENCE BY A TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER? RICARDO ROMO ON MUJERES DE … [Read more...]

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

March 13, 2025 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD ANDREA GUTÍERREZ ON “HOW TO GROW OLD”

Latinopia Word How to Grow Old from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Andrea Gutierrez is a poet and short story writer. Her works have been published in Mujeres de Maiz, Bitch and make/shift. Here she reads … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Andrea Guttierez, Chicana authors, How to Grow Old, Huizache, Latina Writers

July 23, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART OSCAR CASTILLO

Oscar Castillo is an accomplished photo-journalist who has chronicled the events and personalities of the Chicano movement for more than forty years. In 2010, the Latino Museum of Los Angeles mounted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

October 10, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD TAFOLLA ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY CANON

Latinopia Word Tafolla on The Literary Canon from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Carmen Tafolla, Texas Institute of Letters, The American literary canon

May 10, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD LIZ GONZÁLEZ “DANCING IN THE SANTA ANA WINDS”

Latinopia Word Dancingin the Santa Ana Winds from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Liz González is a poet, fiction writer and creative writing instructor whose poetry collection Beneath Bones (Manifest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds, Liz Gonzalez

December 8, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 1

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist, muralist and print maker. The daughter of Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero, she has boldly set out on her own artistic trajectory. Her art includes stunning prints, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART

October 7, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART CHICANO MURALS

Today, murals painted by Chicanos  are to be found throughout the United States.  From Bellevue, Washington, to San Anontio, Texas to Chicago, Illinois the mural movement that began in the 1960s has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicano Art, Chicano murals, United States murals

January 21, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART JUDY BACA ON THE GREAT WALL

Judy Baca is an acclaimed artist and muralist and founder of SPARC (The Social and Public Art Resource Center). She is perhaps best known for designing and painting, with the help of many assistants, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: East Los Angeles Murals, Judy Baca, The Great Mural

March 27, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

ARNIE AND PORFI with SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ 12.23.23 “THE NEW YEAR”

  This cartoon was originally published on Latinopia on January 3, 2016. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arnie & Porfi, Blogs

January 3, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC ANGELA ROA “WE FACE THE STORM”

Angela Roa is a Chilean-born lyricist and singer. Her songs reflect the struggle of Latinos in the United States and Latin America. She sings here an original composition, "Se Enfrenta La Tempestad," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Angela Roa, Latin American singers, Nueva Cancion en los Estados Unidos, Se Enfrenta La Tempestad, We Face The Storm

April 20, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

ARNIE AND PORFI with SERGIO HERNANDEZ 12.20.15 “CHRISTMAS”

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Filed Under: Arnie & Porfi, Blogs Tagged With: Arnie and Porfi, Arnie and Porfi cartoon strip, Christmas 2015 cartoons, Sergio Hernandez

December 20, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC CANNIBAL AND THE HEADHUNTERS

Hector Gonzalez is owner of Rampart Records, the vintage record label founded by legendary music producer Eddie Davis. In the 1960s, Davis recorded Chicano bands from E.L.A. such as the Blendells, The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

July 31, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

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

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

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 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

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

LATINOPIA ART “DAY OF THE DEAD”

On November 2nd of each year, Latinos throughout Mexico and the United States celebrate El Día de los Muertos, or The Day of the Dead. It is a time to remember and honor our beloved ones who have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Day of the Dead celerbations, The meaning of Day of the Dead, What is Dead of the Dead

October 30, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC TEATRO DE LA TIERRA “LIBERTAD”

Members of the Fresno-based theater company, Teatro de la Tierra, perform "Libertad," a musical adaptation by Agustín Lira, director of the group.  Lead singer Merlinda Espinosa is accompanied by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

April 30, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA EVENT 2012 AMÉRICA TROPICAL PRESERVATION

After forty years of painstaking effort, the mural titled "America Tropical, originally painted in 1932 by Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, and later whitewashed, has been preserved with a new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: America Tropical, David Alfaro Siquieros, Getty Conservation Institute Projects, Leslie Rainer, Mural Restoration, Susan MacDonald

October 8, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 06.27.25 SANTA BARRRAZA AND KATHY VARGAS AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS

June 26, 2025 By wpengine

Latina Artists Santa Barraza and Kathy Vargas Honored with Prestigious Latinx Artist Fellowships. The Latinx Artist Fellowship announced this week an award of $50,000 each to a multi-generational cohort of 15 Latinx visual artists. Administered by the US Latinx Art Forum in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts and supported by the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 6.20.25 REMEMBERING JESUS MOROLES

June 20, 2025 By wpengine

Latino Sculptor Jesús Moroles Remembered Born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1950, Jesús Bautista Moroles, the renowned Mexican American artist and sculptor, created a name for himself through his brilliant monumental abstract granite works. At the time of his sudden and tragic death in 2014, Moroles had completed more than 2,000 granite sculptures worldwide which […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 06.13.24

June 13, 2025 By wpengine

Latina Artists Take Texas Culture to New York City The Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery in New York City presents Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters, a group exhibition that includes works by Marta Sánchez , Eva Marengo Sánchez , and Ethel Shipton. The exhibit will be on view at the gallery from June 12 to August […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 06.13.25

June 13, 2025 By wpengine

Bienvenidos a La Voz Newspaper. As you know, there are so many things going on all around us today. The Trump administration is moving quickly to remake America into a vision that he believes will take us into the future, but the real question is who is “us”? The Make America Great Again movement doesn’t […]

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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.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

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 WORD XOCHITL JULISA BERMEJO “OUR LADY OF THE WATER GALLONS”

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

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