MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 6.23.13
THE “I” WORD. The Arts and Industries Building is that grand one located just east of the iconic Smithsonian Castle, on the National Mall. It's been shuttered for several years due to some … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 6.16.13
Ol’ Yogi had it right… It’s déjà vu all over again. Forty-three (43) years apart, Tucson’s west side fought the same battle with the same folks—a Democratic Mayor and Council—over basically the … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 6.16.13
FOR ME SUCCESS IS ABOUT “WE,” NOT “ME.” I always think that, together, we can do bigger things than we can as separate individuals. I believe this in the core of my being. All of my professional … [Read more...]
MY FATHER’S DAY-NOT by Lazaro De La Tierra
FATHER’S DAY–NOT. I really dread Father’s Day. Why? Ever since I can remember, all around me kids at school with fathers talking about what gift they’ll get their dad, the great times they’ll have. … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 6.09.13 “Looks Like a Painting”
LOOKS LIKE A PAINTING. Our pond is a source for many wonderful images that I've captured over the years. I hop eyou enjoy it. Continuing in my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart) … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 6.09.13
HISTORIC LEMON GROVE, LOS ANGELES WARD AND MORE NEW BLOGS! Hola Dudes and Dudas! Your Tia Tenopia here with another fab week of Latinopia!. This week we continue in or series on important events … [Read more...]
BRAVO ROAD with DON FELÍPE 6.09.13
EN EL RINCÓN DE UNA BIBLIOTECA In a recent piece for “Pensamientos Literarios” (Somos en Escrito: Latino Literary Online Magazine, May 2013) I wrote: “It occurs to me that most of my life has been … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 5.27.13
WHO GETS TO DEFINE LATINO CULTURE? Last time I wrote a story about how people in my mostly Mexican immigrant neighborhood define me and my culture. This week I wanted to share a story about a band … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 5.27.13
BASIC TRAINING. The last moment of civilized rest any of us zombies got for a while was the Mother’s Day picnic in Joshua Tree. That’s the picnic I didn’t attend because the Oñate zombies had … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 5.26.13
MEMORIAL DAY, WATER FOR IMMIGRANTS AND LATINOS AT THE OSCARS! Hola mis muy queridos señores y señoras, frijoles y frijolas, companeros y companeras, estudiantes, profesores, intelectuales, payasos, … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS WITH SAL BALDENEGRO 5.12.13
MINING TOWN KIDS- WE'RE EVERYWHERE! Small towns are like big barrios. People know and take care of each other. Which is why Arizona’s mining communities impress me greatly. That, and the people … [Read more...]
BRAVO ROAD WITH DON FELÍPE 5.12.13
LIBROS Y MÁS. Every year in the Spring, the New Mexican writer and activist, Denise Chavez holds her Border Book Festival in Mesilla, New Mexico, near Las Cruces; and every year it turns out to be … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 5.05.13
HOW MANY GENERATIONS UNTIL LATINOS BECOME “AMERICAN?” I consider myself Latina, close even to my family’s Mexican culture, bilingual and happily comfortable in that identity. But, more often than … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 4.29.13
OLMECA & FRIENDS AND LOS ANGELES WARD. Greetings and salutations sagacious and savvy Latinopians! This week’s videos are in Music and Cinema. In music we visit again with Olmeca & Friends. … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 4.23.13 “FARMERS MARKET”
At the Famous Farmers Market For those of us who grew-up and live in Los Angeles, the old Farmers Market in the Fairfax area has a soft spot in our hearts. It is now surrounded by bigger and … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 4.15.13
SAL CASTRO & CHICANO AND CHICANA LITERATURE. Hola Latinopians. We began this week talking about how April was a real literary month for Latinos throughout the United States and how Latinopia … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES “JACKIE ROBINSON” 4.06.13
JACKIE ROBINSON. Not long ago something happened that really had me scratching my head. I accompanied a friend of mine who went to Tucson to shoot a little film about the political scene in … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK “A SUNSET”
A Sunset Sometimes all you can say is, WOW! Continuing from my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart). … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3.10.13
In the Neighborhood The wonders of walking and looking. The surprises that you find. And so many are very simple things, like a cactus growing tall towards the skies. Part of my Instagram series. … [Read more...]