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...]

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...]

WHO YOU TALKIN’ TO FANNY? 6.22.14 “CHAS CROSLIN”

June 22, 2014 By Fanny Garcia 26350Leave a Comment2014-06-22+17%3A16%3A16Fanny+Garcia

CHAS CROSLIN: MAKING ART WITH MUSIC, THEATER AND PUPPETS AT EL TEATRO CAMPESINO In the process of doing this interview with my dear friend Chas Croslin, it occurred to me that I am advocating and promoting the art of conversation. Although this interview with Chas was done via email, he and I have continued a […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 7.20.14 “TRUE PATRIOTS”

July 20, 2014 By salomon 26555Leave a Comment2014-07-20+22%3A25%3A42salomon

TRUE PATRIOTS PRACTICE THE CONSTITUTION! The perversion of what is a “patriot” by right-wingers and racists is breathtaking. Case in point: is it “patriotic” to aim loaded guns and rifles at federal agents and threaten to kill them, as the supporters of Cliven Bundy did in April of this year in Nevada? Bundy—an avowed racist […]

ARNIE AND PORFI with SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ 7.20.14 “WORLD IS READY FOR SUICIDE?”

July 20, 2014 By Serg Hernandez 26566Leave a Comment2014-07-20+22%3A25%3A11Serg+Hernandez

ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 7.20.14 “ON A DRIVE”

July 20, 2014 By angela ortiz 26569Leave a Comment2014-07-20+22%3A26%3A12angela+ortiz

On a Drive Driving north on Olive towards downtown Los Angeles. One of my many drives on my way home. Continuing from my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart).

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 ANGELA ROA “TOCO DESAFINADO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 22, 2014

Angela Roa is a Chilean singer and lyricist residing in Los Angeles, California. Her songs are about the Latino experience in the United States and in Latin America. Here she performs an original song, “Toco Desafinado” (Out of Tune). She is accompanied by Fernando Losada, Rich Silva and Thiago Winterstein..

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATION

By Tia Tenopia on September 16, 2013

Robert Francis Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. The brother of President John F. Kennedy, Robert had just been nominated by the California Democratic Party as their choice to run for President of the United States. Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the United Farm […]

Category: History, LATINOPIA EVENT

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