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LATINOPIA PLÁTICA MARTHA GONZALEZ ON CHICANA/O ARTIVISTAS

Martha Gonzalez is a musician, composer, leader singer of the music group Quetzal. She is also a scholar and the author of Chicana/o Artivistas: Music, Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los … [Read more...]

Filed Under: INTERVIEWS, LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, Literature, Music

August 6, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA PLÁTICA MARTHA GONZALEZ ON THE ROLE OF THE ARTIVISTA

In her book Chicano/a Artivistas: Music, Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles musician, singer and scholar Martha Gonzalez speaks about the role of the artivista, the social activist … [Read more...]

Filed Under: INTERVIEWS, LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, Literature, Music

August 14, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA PLÁTICA MARTHA GONZALEZ ON PARTICIPATORY MUSIC

In her book Chicano/a Artivistas: Music, Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles, musician, singer and scholar Martha Gonzalez speaks about the need for participatory music as a means of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: INTERVIEWS, LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, Literature, Music Tagged With: Chicanoa Artivistas Music Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles, Martha Gonzalez

August 7, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA PLÁTICA IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MUSIC

The year 2020 was devastating for the creative arts. In this Latinopia Platica musician, singer and songwriter Louie Perez, who is also co-founder of the music group Los Lobos, comments on the impact … [Read more...]

Filed Under: INTERVIEWS, LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, Music Tagged With: Impact of Covid-19 on music, Los Lobos, Louie Pérez

January 3, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA PLÁTICA WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2021 IN MUSIC

The music industry was devastated in 2020 by the Covid-19 virus. Musicians were forced to forego in person performances with large audiences. In this Latinopia Plática, Louie Pérez, musician, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: INTERVIEWS, LATINOPIA PLÁTICA, Literature, Music Tagged With: Covid 19 impact on music, Louie Pérez

January 3, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

LOUIE PÉREZ – IN HIS OWN WORDS

Louie Pérez is a founding member, drummer and song writer of the legendary rock group Los Lobos. The group is one of the longest lasting successful collaborations in music history. They are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: INTERVIEWS, Music

June 16, 2010 by

FLACO JIMÉNEZ – IN HIS OWN WORDS

Flaco Jiménez is one of the most  renowned accordion musicians in the world. H has performed with everyone from Willie Nelson and Ry Cooder to The Rolling Stones and Los Lobos.  Latinopia asked him … [Read more...]

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June 16, 2010 by

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 03.20.26 MAJOR EXHIBITION OF CUBAN MODERNIST WILFREDO LAM

March 20, 2026 By wpengine

“Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream,” the first major U.S. retrospective of the famed Cuban artist, opened in November 2025 and runs through April 11, 2026 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Known for his large-scale paintings, which reference modernistaesthetics and Afro-Cuban imagery, Lam explored themes of social injustice […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 03.20.26 THE COVERING OF MIRRORS

March 20, 2026 By wpengine

During a recent thunderstorm, I was reminiscing about my days growing up in my beloved Barrio El Azteca in Laredo, Texas when my beloved Mamá had the habit of covering all the mirrors.  Her custom shows up in Mexican, Indigenous, and broader folk beliefs.  Mirrors were believed to attract lightning and during times of fear […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 03.15.26 THE IRISH-CHICANO NEXUS

March 15, 2024 By wpengine

Irish-Chicano Nexus “I’m gonna wear the green sneakers I wore last year to a St.Pat’s party.” Mexican American young man, overheard in a grocery store checkout line. Waiting in line at the grocery store recently, I overheard two young (mid-, late-20s) Mexican Americans talking about their plans for St. Patrick’s Day. She said she was […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 3.15.26 MUJERES DE FUERZA WOMEN OF STRENGTH EXHIBIT AT CENTRO CULTURAL AZTLAN

March 15, 2026 By wpengine

  This year’s Centro Cultural Aztlan’s Women Exhibit, Las Mujeres de Aztlan: Mujeres de Fuerza–Women of Strength, celebrated International Women’s Month. Curated by artist Terry Ybanez, the March 6, 2026 opening at the Centro in San Antonio, Texas drew a large crowd of Latina/o art lovers. The art show, which included 38 local artists, was beautiful, […]

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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 […]

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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.

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LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

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