Latino arts, history and culture
Latinos Celebrate Mexican Independence, Diez y Seis, With San Antonio Philharmonic Orchestra September has been an amazing month for Lanier High School as it celebrated its 100th … [Read more...]
Chicano Park Museum in San Diego Opens Exhibit Son de Allá y Son de Acá with Forty-Five Latino Artists An exciting new exhibition, Son de Allá y Son de Acá, [They are from there and they are from … [Read more...]
Latino Artist Carlos Rosales-Silva Creates Gateway Museum Mural The San Antonio Museum of Art [SAMA] has a new bright mural in its spacious Great Hall that serves as the main entrance to the … [Read more...]
Barrio Mistress of the Words… No writer can be the ‘Master of the Words’ without loving them! Mehmet Murat Ildan, Turkish playwright and novelist Per the opening quote above, Silviana (aka Silvia) … [Read more...]
Latino Artists Featured in San Antonio’s FotoSeptiembre Festival Michael Mehl, the founder and director of the photography festival FOTOSEPTIEMBRE-SAFOTO, describes himself as a composer, … [Read more...]
Ir'ene Lara Silva is a Texas-based poet whose collections include furia (Mouthfeel Press, 2010), Blood Sugar Canto (Saddle Road Press, 2016) and Cuicacalli House of Song ( Saddle Road Press, 2023). … [Read more...]
THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS MOURNS THE PASSING OF BILL RICHARDSON Washington, DC - LULAC is deeply saddened by the passing of Bill Richardson, a loyal and trusted leader whose … [Read more...]
A Photographer of Latino Culture: Al Rendon’s 50-Year Retrospective Exhibit Al Rendon’s retrospective exhibit at the Witte Museum in San Antonio is both illuminating and fascinating. It is … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. Empezamos by calling to your attention the cover for September. I saw this young man on American’s Got Talent a few weeks ago and man did he make an … [Read more...]
John Martinez is a musician and poet who studied Creative Writing under the late Philip Levine. At a recent Florycanto gathering at the home of author and fellow poet Thelma Reyna, John read the poem … [Read more...]
Chicanos have been carrying metaphorical pitchforks and flaming torches for years—demonstrating and complaining that Hollywood just doesn’t make enough movies by and about Latinos, especially … [Read more...]
Richard Vargas is the author of several books of poetry including How a Civilization Begins and McLife and Leaving a Tip at the Blue Moon Motel. At a recent floryanto reunion of poets and authors, … [Read more...]
Mexican and Latino Hidden Art Gems in San Antonio Modern art arrived in San Antonio with Marion McNay’s collection of several impressionist paintings in the 1920s by Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, … [Read more...]
Acclaimed actress Julie Carmen is the great-granddaughter of child musical prodigy José Manuel Lico Jiménez who composed and performed in Europe and the Americas during the late 1800s. She speaks … [Read more...]
San Antonio’s Mexican History and Culture: The Modern Process of Recovery and Rebuilding Three hundred years ago, a small band of Spanish friars and Mexican mestizo soldiers with their families … [Read more...]
Photography and Poetry Are Showcased in San Antonio’s Arte Del Pueblo Photographer Frederick Preston and poet Carmen Tafolla deliver a tour-de-force overview of San Antonio’s vast reservoir of … [Read more...]
Richard Vargas is the author of several books of poetry including How a Civilization Begins and McLife. His latest collection is titled Leaving a tip at the Blue Moon Motel. He read the title poem to … [Read more...]
Richard Vargas is the author of several books of poetry including How a Civilization Begins and McLife. His latest collection is titled Leaving a tip at the Blue Moon Motel. He read the poems … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Como la mayoría de los mortales, confieso una inmensa curiosidad por la creación humana, en todas sus manifestaciones, la divina es otro asunto. Ese … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. Para empezarqueremos reconocer que el calor se nos esta llevando . . . . pues ya sabes. Hasta los gatos y perros estan caminado despacio. Y deja tu, las … [Read more...]
