ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK “A SUNSET”

March 31, 2013 by

A Sunset

Sometimes all you can say is, WOW!

Continuing from my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart).

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JESÚS TREVIÑO “TRUMP ADMITS EARTH REVOLVES AROUND SUN”

September 19, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

Following the surprising concession by Donald Trump that President Barack Obama was indeed born in the United States of America (a fact embraced by most Americans during his two-term presidency) Trump went on to admit to other empirical facts he has long contested The most welcome of these was his reluctant acknowledgment that the earth […]

THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 9.18.16 “SUCCESS IS ABOUT “WE” NOT “ME.”

September 18, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

I always think that,together, we can do bigger things than we can as separate individuals. I believe this is the core of my being. All ofmy professional choices have been made in this vein, with the idea that, if I can work hard to work with others, together we can make a lot more change […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 9.11.16 “HYPOCRISY ALIVE AND WELL”

September 12, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

During the political season, politicos and others wail and whine about low voter turnout among Mexican Americans. The same laments are made about Native Americans. The implication is that we, and the Native Americans, are lazy, etc. Truth be told, the hypocrisy manifested in the following examples has much to do with people being turned […]

TALES OF TORRES 8.18.16 “IS HISTORY MORE THAN AN AGREED UPON MYTH?”

September 18, 2016 By Tia Tenopia

IS HISTORY MORE THAN JUST A MYTH AGREED UPON? Recent political chingazos about the teaching of history in our public schools got me to recalling a crazy comment a woman in Texas made a few years ago. She may have been a wacko church lady or some member of a city council. Anyway, there was […]

LATINOPIA MUSIC RUBÉN MARTÍNEZ “IN THE SHADOWS OF BLACK MESA”

By Tia Tenopia on July 28, 2013

Rubén Martínez is a journalist, author and musician whose recent book “Desert America” chronicles, among other things, the high rate of heroin addiction among Hispanos in New Mexico’s rural communities. While living in Velarde, New Mexico Rubén was able to witness the destructive force of addiction in the lives of his two neighbors, José and […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

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

LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS FABULOCOS “UNA PURA Y DOS CON SAL”

By Tia Tenopia on January 4, 2015

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 Cuevas, accordion and vocals; Rubén Guaderama, guitar,bajo sexto, tres and vocals; James Barrios, bass and vocals; Mike Molina, drums and Kid Ramos, guitar( not in this […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

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ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK “A SUNSET”