ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3.16.14 “SPECTACULAR”

March 16, 2014 by

Spectacular

The beauty of living in SoCal is the amazing skies we get when we aren’t expecting it.

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 4.29.21 JOE LOPEZ KEEPS LATINO CULTURAL HERITAGE VISIBLE

April 30, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

Joe Lopez Keeps Latino Cultural Heritage Visible When Joe Lopez was growing up, the most popular Spanish language movie theaters located on the western edge of downtown, just west of the San Pedro Creek, featured the latest Mexican films and stars. These cultural architectural landmarks included the Zaragoza, El Nacional, and the Alameda theaters. The […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 4.25.21 “MUCH ADO FOR BILINGUALS”

April 24, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

Burundanga de Zocotroco Much Ado for Bilinguals Me resulta imposible encontrar un término que capture tan explicativa como elocuentemente, la esencia de la relación entre Puerto Rico y los Estados Unidos como la palabra Burundanga. Igual aplica aquello de que cuando una mariposa bate sus alas en Washington aquí se forma una tormenta. Si algún […]

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – CHRIS MONTEZ

August 2, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

This week Mark Guerrero brings Latinopia an interview with rock and roll legend Chris Montez. Born Ezekiel Christopher Montanez in 1943, Chris became a rock and roll star with his recording of “Let’s Dance,” in 1962. It which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. He performed 40 top hits in the 1960s. In 1966, […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 4.18.21 “THE GROWING LATINO PRESENCE IN AMERICA”

April 17, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

The Growing Latino Presence in America The 2020 U.S. Census report, due out this summer, is expected to show increases in the Latino population, which currently numbers 60 million. Significant increases are expected among the youth group under the age of 18, as well as increases among those in the age group between 20 and […]

LATINOPIA FOOD “JALAPEÑO SODA BREAD” RECIPE

By Tia Tenopia on March 14, 2011

Jalapeño Irish Soda Bread The sweetness of traditional Irish soda bread ingredients—raisins, buttermilk, some sugar—are richly complimented by jalapeño heat. Here’s a soda bread recipe from Ireland brought to the USA from Galway by Mary Patricia Reilly Murray and later transformed with her blessing by her daughter, Bobbi Murray, who added jalapeño chile. A real […]

Category: Cooking, Food, LATINOPIA FOOD

LATINOPIA MUSIC ANGELA ROA “TOCO DESAFINADO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 22, 2014

Angela Roa is a Chilean singer and lyricist residing in Los Angeles, California. Her songs are about the Latino experience in the United States and in Latin America. Here she performs an original song, “Toco Desafinado” (Out of Tune). She is accompanied by Fernando Losada, Rich Silva and Thiago Winterstein..

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA WORD RANDY JURADO ERTLL “HOPE IN TIMES OF DARKNESS”

By Tia Tenopia on February 9, 2014

Randy Jurado Ertll is a Salvadoran American author and political activist. He and his family fled the civil war in El Salvador by coming to the United States. He grew up in violence-torn South Central Los Angeles in the 1980s but managed to avoid gang life through the intervention of the A Better Chance Scholarship […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature