Latino arts, history and culture
“Barrio Dreams” A while back I wrote about “La plebe de John Spring,” a group of 1950s junior high-school classmates from different Tucson barrios who formed inter-barrio friendships at John Spring … [Read more...]
GROWING OLD IN AMERICA: MEMORY AND THE GERIATRIC UNIVERSE Growing old in America is no easy matter. Worse still when age ravages one’s memory with Alzheimer’s disease or other memory … [Read more...]
Jorge Guillen is a poet, artist and activist from Lamont, California. The son of immigrant parents from Michoacan, Mexico, he attended a rally in Bakersfield on August 14, 2013. The rally, part of a … [Read more...]
Rudy Anaya’s new poetry collection, Poems from the Rio Grande, shares the language, imagery and landscape of his classic coming-of-age novel Bless Me Ultima and his more recent novels Randy Lopez Goes … [Read more...]
Not only can you, you should go home again. But it will never be the same. That’s part of the take-away from Jésus Salvador Treviño’s stories about raza kids who leave their extraordinary hometown to … [Read more...]
The Latest Pendejada from Donald Trump Donald Trompa is at it again. This time his pendejada has to do with a moronic plan to round up immigrants and ship them out of the country. In a typically … [Read more...]
Latinopia Showcase Aguruphobia from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Latinopia is proud to present the trailer for the new independently produced comedy Aguruphobia. The film stars Pepe Serna and Jade Puga, … [Read more...]
En medio del desasosiego de estos tiempos difíciles, del 19 al 25 de octubre la ciudad de San Juan de Puerto Rico se hace escenario del la sexta edición del Festival de la Palabra, con el tema de … [Read more...]
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...]
One day I found myself in my neighbor's garden checking out their Magnolia Tree blooms. Continuing from my Instagram series (http://Instagram.com/amosart). … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro Chris Franco from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Chris Franco is well known as a founding member of the comedy group Latins Anonymous. Besides being a comedy writer Chris is also a … [Read more...]
Red Dots On a rainy day drive through Silverlake. Continuing from my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart). … [Read more...]
We moved! The first day two “packers” came and put our possessions into boxes, but ran out of boxes. The packers assured us the “haulers” would bring boxes the next day. The “haulers” arrived with … [Read more...]
Ya Era Tiempo: Chicano Art at the Museum of Latin American Art A new exhibition has opened at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California. And it signals a shift in the … [Read more...]
We’ve been priced out of higher education… In the recent Democratic Presidential Debate, self-proclaimed “Democratic Socialist” Sen. Bernie Sanders reiterated his call for free college tuition. … [Read more...]
The Pond. I enjoy hanging around our home pond. Continuing from my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart). … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Phillippe Diederich "Sofrito" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Phillippe Diederich's novel, Sofrito, is an allegorical look at the Cuban American experience in America. In the novel … [Read more...]
The border between Mexico and the United States is a hot issue in contemporary politics and public opinion; it has been the subject of several movies and TV series, a few have been very good, the rest … [Read more...]
Latinopia Cinema Aguruphobia from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Richard Montes and Jade Puga are a husband and wife producing team whose latest project is the comedy Aguruphobia which stars Pepe Serna … [Read more...]
