THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 5.15.26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: LUIS TORRES ON THE ERASURE OF CESAR CHAVEZ, RICARDO ROMO ON MISTURA A PERUVIAN DRAMA, LOUIE PEREZ ON ORIGINS OF LOS LOBOS, AND LIZ GONZALEZ'S "CONFESSIONS OF A … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 05.15.26 LOS LOBOS AND CÉSAR CHÁVEZ ERASURE
Cesar Chávez and the Question of Historical Erasure By Luis R. Torres Last Friday I was pleased to attend a screening of a just completed documentary film about the iconic musical … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 05.15.26 MISTURA A PERUVIAN DRAMA
Mistura is a 1960s Peruvian drama about Norma (Bárbara Mori), a privileged French-Peruvian woman whose life falls apart when her husband Roberto runs off with a woman half his age. What follows is the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT THE COMPLETE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY
Ernesto Galarza (August 15, 1905 – June 22, 1984) was a Chicano labor organizer, activist, professor, poet, writer, storyteller, and a key figure in the history of immigrant farm workers in … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 05.11.26 DELILAH MONTOYA ACTIVATING CHICANA RESISTANCE
The Delilah Montoya: Activating Chicana Resistance exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum was a once-in-a-generation art masterpiece of photography, printmaking, and large-scale installation. This major … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES 05.11.26 – NANCY SANCHEZ
https://youtu.be/wOY5pt3I77Q?si=sbwCoD4ohQh0_-dV Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter Nancy Sanchez, whose music is bilingual, English and Spanish. The genres of her recordings range from … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET GARCIA’S CHICANO HORROR STORY#1 (PART ONE)
Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Southern California poet and short story writer from Whittier California. Her latest collection of short stories is titled Chicana Noir and Other Stories. She reads here … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET GARCIA’S CHICANO HORROR STORY#1 (PART TWO)
Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Southern California poet and short story writer from Whittier California. Her latest collection of short stories is titled Chicana Noir and Other Stories. She reads here … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 4.30.26 A POSTMODERNIST SAYS ¿QUE?
The Centro de Artes, located in San Antonio’s Market Square, recently opened its new exhibition titled “A Postmodernist Says ¿Qué?” that brings together Latino artists exploring identity through humor … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 04.23.26 – TREVIÑO, GONZALEZ AND LUNA AT THE BLANTON
Latino Artists Treviño, Gonzalez, and Luna, Featured at UT Austin’s Blanton Museum Latino Artists Treviño, Gonzalez, and Luna, Featured at UT Austin’s Blanton Museum The UT Austin’s Blanton Museum … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUESADA NOS DICE 4.23.26 – ON CALÓ AND BARRIO SLANG
I would like to share with you some of the slang Spanish words that I heard while growing up in the Barrio El Azteca in Laredo, Texas during the 1940s thru the 1960s. When I was growing up in the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA “GRAFT”
Margaret Elysia Garcia is a Southern California poet and narrative writer whose collection of short stories, Graft, centers on the lives of Latinos residing in Whittier and surrounding Orange County … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA ON HORROR AND LONELINESS
Many of the stories to be found in Margaret Elysia Garcia's new short story collection, Graft, deal with themes of urban horror and loneliness in her hometown, Whittier, and adjacent Orange County … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 04.17.26 MAGO GÁNDARA’S MUJER MODERNA EXHIBIT
El Paso’s new Mexican American Cultural Center’s (MACC) exhibit, Mujer Moderna: The Life and Artwork of Mago Gándara, opened in the fall of 2025. Curated by Ramon Cardenas, the exhibition honors … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – BENNY LOPEZ
https://youtu.be/nJo1ABISGT0?si=93pR_wBgNNx43vfB Mark Guerrero interviews Benny Lopez, bassist for the legendary East L.A. band, Thee Midniters, in the early to mid-60s. Before being in Thee … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON PUERTO RICO TODAY
Esmeralda Santiago is the acclaimed author of several novels about the Puertorican experience both on the island and in New York. In her latest novel Las Madres, she tells of the impact of Hurricane … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO (ENGLISH) 4.10.26 OLIGARCHY AND KAKOCRACY: MONEY TAKS
Oligarchy and Kakocracy Boricua: money talks... Two events currently dominate public attention in Puerto Rico: the legislative views to attend the lobbying firm founded by the current secretary … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 04.10.16 OLIGARQUIA Y KAKOCRACIA BORICUA MONEY TALKS…
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Oligarquía y Kakocracia Boricua: money talks… Dos sucesos dominan actualmente la atención pública en Puerto Rico: las vistas legislativas para atender … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 04.03. 26 RAZA AND OTHERS DEMONSTRATE AT NO KINGS RALLIES
NO KINGS PROTEST RAZA AND OTHERS DEMONSTRATE AT THE NO KINGS RALLIES. My favorite sign – a very succinct and telling placard—at this past weekend’s protest in Pasadena, California read … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 4.10.26 CHICANO PRINTS AT UT AUSTIN’S BLANTON MUSEUM
The UT Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art is currently featuring ten Chicano art prints from the Gilberto Cardenas-Dolores Garcia collection. Among those on exhibit are Carlos Cortez, Leo Limón, and Alma … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 4.17.26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA'S NEW NOVEL "GRAFT," MARGARET GARCIA ON HORROR AND LONELINESS, RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON MAGO GANDARA'S EL PASO EXHIBIT MUJER MODERNA AND MARK … [Read more...]