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...]

THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 01.25.15 “AUSTIN’S GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT”

January 25, 2015 By Sara Inés Calderón 28517Leave a Comment2015-01-25+21%3A54%3A13Sara+In%C3%A9s+Calder%C3%B3n

THE PRICE OF AUSTIN’S ‘GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT’? CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. Recently I was telling a friend about Austin’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” to only allow one Latino and one black city council member to be elected at large at any given time and she exploded. “What?! Sara you have to write about this, you have to expose this, […]

ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 01.25.15 “

January 25, 2015 By angela ortiz 28472Leave a Comment2015-01-25+21%3A31%3A17angela+ortiz

Downtown Los Angeles at Dusk. I just love the colors in this shot. Continuing from my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart).

JULIO MEDINA’S SERENDIPITY 01.25.15 “TACTFULLY”

January 25, 2015 By Julio Medina 28470Leave a Comment2015-01-25+20%3A58%3A24Julio+Medina

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 01.25.15 “EL LIBERADOR”

January 25, 2015 By Jose Umpierre 28445Leave a Comment2015-01-25+21%3A21%3A36Jose+Umpierre

EL LIBERADOR. Simón Bolívar es la figura cimera en la gesta libertaria Sur Americana; por mas de diez ańos lucho mas de cien batallas contra el Imperio Espańol, que conducen a la liberación de Venezuela, Colombia, Panamá, Ecuador, Perú y Bolívia. Una figura épica que bien merece una película que así lo proponga. Alberto Arvelo […]

LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS FABULOCOS “UNA PURA Y DOS CON SAL”

By Tia Tenopia on January 4, 2015

Delta Groove Music recording artist Los FabuLocos is a Southern California band whose unique sound, “Cali-Mex,”is a fusion of blues, Americana and Chicano soul music. Band members include Jesús Cuevas, accordion and vocals; Rubén Guaderama, guitar,bajo sexto, tres and vocals; James Barrios, bass and vocals; Mike Molina, drums and Kid Ramos, guitar( not in this […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

By Tia Tenopia on March 19, 2013

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]

Category: History, LATINOPIA EVENT

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