Julio Medina Serendipity

Julio Medina Salazar has been taking photographs throughout his illustrious acting career. Whether in his native Colombia or some other Latin American country or in the United States, Julio's … [Read more...]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

SERENDIPITY WITH JULIO MEDINA 7.17.16 “BUT YOU CAN’T USE YOUR HANDS!”

SERENDIPITY WITH JULIO MEDINA “SHOW ME YOURS”

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 1.24.16 “THE GIFT”

SERENDIPITY with JULIO MEDINA 12.20.15 “SOLITUDE”

SERENDIPITY WITH JULIO MEDINA 6.07.15

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 3.01.15 “SHADOW ATTACK”

SERENDIPITY with JULIO MEDINA 9.13. 15 “HOMELESS AT 2 AM”

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 01.25.15 “TACTFULLY”

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 12.15.14 “ROMEO AND JULIET”

SERENDIPITY WITH JULIO MEDINA 7.19.15 “RUSH HOUR”

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 6.28.15 “ASSEMBLY, LIMA, PERU, 1966”

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 4.26.15 “THE FUTURE IS SKATING”

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 3.29.15 “SUICIDE”

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 11.30.14 “HER ONLY TOY”