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MIRÁNDOLO BIEN WITH EDUARDO DÍAZ 12.10.17 “WHEN HERITAGE TOURISM DOESN’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY”

When I received the email alerting me that there were only a few spots left on the tour, “The Route of Hernán Cortes: The Collision of Two Empires & the Forging of the New World,” I was puzzled … [Read more...]

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December 17, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRANDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DIAZ 9.17.17 “GET IT RIGHT AND SAY IT PLAIN”

“Today, the old oak tree in the courthouse square in Goliad provides welcome shade from the south Texas sun. Once, however, it served another, more sinister, purpose. A historical marker reveals that … [Read more...]

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September 17, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN WITH EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.06.17 “LA UVA: LUCHA , OPORTUNIDAD Y FAMILIA”

“Outside Robledo Family Winery, south of Sonoma, on a cool April Sunday, the U.S. and Mexican flags whipped up a stiff salute in the wind blowing off the San Pablo Bay. A third banner bore the winery … [Read more...]

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August 6, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 4.09.17 “ARCHITECTURE, THANK THE GREEKS?”

“LOVE ARCHITECTURE? THANK THE GREEKS.” National Geographic Society Advertisement Washington, D.C. Metro Train I’m not one for getting too riled up over commercial advertising. … [Read more...]

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April 9, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 03.05.17

The Sunday after the recent presidential election was particularly special at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., where I worship. Aside from Easter, I have never seen the church so … [Read more...]

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March 5, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRANDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DIAZ 11.07.16

It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror. —James Baldwin Recently, I visited the San Antonio studio of artist Vincent Valdez. … [Read more...]

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November 20, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.07.16 “LA PELOTA IS MORE THAN A BALL GAME”

Sports have been a major presence in the lives of Mexican Americans since the early 20th century. This has been particularly true of Mexican Americans in the Midwest, where sports such as baseball … [Read more...]

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August 7, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 7.17.16 “WAITING FOR MY JOSE JULIO AND SYLVIA STAMPS”

The mestizo and the queer exist at this time and point on the evolutionary continuum for a purpose. We are a blending that proves that all blood is intricately woven together and that we are spawned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Mirándolo Bien with Eduado Díaz Tagged With: Dan Guerrero, Harvey Milk, Jose Julio Sarria, Latino gay activists, LGBT Latinos, Queer Brown Voices, Sylvia Rivera

July 17, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 6.05.16 “INTERSECTIONALITY: THE EVOLUTION OF HAPA”

“I never knew anyone else like me, going through the things I went through, not fitting in, always having to choose...” Kip Fulbeck, The Hapa Project Hapa is a term that emerges from … [Read more...]

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June 5, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 5.01.16 “HOLLYWOOD’S CAFÉ ON LECHE CONUNDRUM”

Simone was able to conjure glamour in spite of everything the world said about black women who looked like her. And for that she enjoyed a special place in the pantheon of resistance. That fact … [Read more...]

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May 1, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ “JOSÉ MONTOYA’S ABUNDANT HARVEST”

The artist's sacred trinity of life, struggle, and death is not a moralistic tale; it is a representation of the Chicano experience. —Curator Selene Preciado, from the catalogue José Montoya's … [Read more...]

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March 13, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRANDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DIAZ “DÉJÁ VU IN OREGON. NOT EXACTLY.”

In 1598, a defining Spanish expedition, led by conquistador Juan de Oñate, departed Zacatecas, Mexico. The Spaniards and their indigenous servants, following trails previously blazed by Native … [Read more...]

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January 24, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 11.08.15 ‘LATINOS AND THE ADA”

Born to a poor Mexican farmworker family in Southern California, Robert Dávila contracted spinal meningitis at age eight, which rendered him deaf. Medical studies indicate that young children with … [Read more...]

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November 8, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.02.15 “LA MARCHA NO HA TERMINADO”

And what should I say? That I am tired? That the road is long and the end is nowhere in sight? I did not come to sing because I have such a good voice. Nor do I come to cry about my bad … [Read more...]

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August 2, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 5.24.15 “THE STRANGEST FRUIT”

"Texas trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood on the root, Brown bodies swingin' in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hangin' from the pecan trees." Adaptation of "Strange … [Read more...]

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May 23, 2015 by Breht Burri

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 10.26.14 “THE ABC’S AND Ñ”

No hay mal que por bien no venga Translation: There is no bad from which some good doesn't result. Transcreation: The bitterest trials are often blessings in disguise. Jim Estrada uses this … [Read more...]

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October 27, 2014 by

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN WITH EDUARDO DÍAZ 10.06.14

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN: THE ANTHRPOCENE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND LATINOS. "Climate change is a defining issue of our time and there is no time to lose. There is no Plan B because we do not have Planet B," … [Read more...]

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October 6, 2014 by

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.03.14 “THE NUEVO SOUTH”

THE NUEVO SOUTH: A CHANGING LANDSCAPE. Having arrived in Pelham, Alabama, several years ago and establishing a construction business, Joel Rivera walked into a small Mexican grocery store looking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Mirándolo Bien with Eduado Díaz Tagged With: Birmingham Civil Rights, Latino Growth, New South Smithsonian Latino Center, U.S. Civil Rights, US Latino Growth

August 3, 2014 by Breht Burri

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 6.16.14 ‘WHOSE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT?”

I recently visited the Brooklyn Museum, eager to see Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties. The exhibition is organized into eight sections and features 103 works by 66 artists. It was … [Read more...]

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June 16, 2014 by Breht Burri

MIRÁNDOLE BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 4.07.14 “CÉSAR CHÁVEZ REMEMBERED”

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ: AN AMERICAN LEGEND REMEMBERED. “We need a leader, not a martyr!" pleads the brother of beloved labor leader César Chávez in a memorable scene from the film of the same name. The … [Read more...]

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April 7, 2014 by

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 2.02.14 “GALERIA SIN FRONTERAS”

FIRST VOICE, OUR VOICE. I recently attended the opening of Galería Sin Fronteras (Gallery Without Borders), an exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. The show features 92 … [Read more...]

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February 2, 2014 by Breht Burri

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.28.23 CRYSTAL CITY 1969

January 27, 2023 By wpengine

An Inspiring Latino Play: Crystal City 1969 David Lozano and Raul Trevino wrote Crystal City 1969 in 2009, a production which The Dallas Morning News called the “Best New Play” of 2009. Residents from Crystal City learned of its success by word of mouth, but individuals who contributed to the school walkouts that permanently transformed […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.20.23 OSCAR ALVARADO MASTER MOSAIC ARTIST

January 20, 2023 By wpengine

Oscar Alvarado: Latino Master Artist of Tile Mosaic On most days of the year, Oscar Alvarado steps out of the warehouse at his San Antonio Southtown studio, spaces that he shares with his twin brother Robert, to look over sections of nearly two acres filled with sand, tile, rock, glass, and steel. He treasures the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT AL RENDON AN ACCLAIMED LATINO PHOTOGRAPHER

January 14, 2023 By wpengine

Al Rendon: A Highly Acclaimed Latino Photographer Every American City has its favorite photographer who is able to produce revealing imagery that captures the mind and soul of its people, that documents the cultural attributes of its society, and that reveals the historical aspects of the region’s landscape. Large cities with diverse populations count on […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT JOSÉ ESQUIVAL A CHICANO TRAILBLAZER

January 7, 2023 By wpengine

José Esquivel: A Chicano Art Trailblazer José Esquivel, one of the founding members of the Chicano art movement in America, passed away on December 16, 2022. He was 87 years old. A memorial to Esquivel is planned for Tuesday evening, January 3rd at the Centro Cultural Aztlan. Through his paintings Esquivel documented life in his […]

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