Latino arts, history and culture
Hispanic Heritage Month Highlights Latino Artists in Exciting Venues October is one of the preeminent months for showcasing the works of Latino artists. Many art museums and galleries across … [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...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco El asunto no es nuevo, no por ello deja de ser relevante, particularmente en un mar de incertidumbre en que la Isla navega al garete, sin un norte que dirija, sin … [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...]
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...]
Latino Artists Display Borderland Themes at Chicano Park Museum The Son de Allá y Son de Acá exhibit at Chicano Park Museum in San Diego opens at a moment when United States immigration … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre La Universidad de Puerto Rico, en particular la inestabilidad en la gobernanza del Recinto de Ciencias Médicas ocupa los titulares de prensa y … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Joao Quiroz’s first art lessons came from visiting the churches in the surrounding towns of his home in Zacatecas, Mexico. Church art had many facets notably religious statues, wall paintings, and … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Political cults are evil… “I’m not crying because of you … I’m crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.” – Steve Maraboli Author, motivational … [Read more...]
Richard Arredondo: Latino Artist Captures Tejano History in His Art By RICARDO ROMO, PH.D Richard Arredondo’s art gained international visibility following a commission by the City of San … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco Julio es un mes especial en Borinquén. Se conmemoran el 4 (Independencia de EU en 1776) y el 25 (establecimiento del Estado Libre Asociado en 1952.) como las efemérides … [Read more...]
Women and Labor… Labor Day is nigh upon us, and there’ll be a plethora of postings exalting workers, unions, etc. I thought I’d get a leg up and comment on a topic that deserves our … [Read more...]
