ASK TIA TENOPIA 4.06.13
NEW VIDEOS, NEW BLOGS, BUT THE SAME HIGH STANDARDS! What up my Latinopian Peeps! Your Tia Tenopia here with a couple of new videos you’re going to love! In Music we visit again with the … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 4.06.13
KING OF TEXCOCO. The news that Mr. Nez, leader of the La Familia band of zombies, was indeed the legendary Aztec poet King Nezahualcoyotl was stunning. It made Pearl and I devoted students of “The … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 3.24.13
VILLAGE FIRE AND BRACEROS. This week our featured videos are in cinema and literature. In cinema we visit with John Valadez, an accomplished documentary filmmaker who got his start in filmmaking at … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3.24.13
Another View from Griffith Park I enjoy taking a nice hike up to Dante’s Peak in Griffith Park early in the morning—and on my way up, there are beautiful views to enjoy and this is one of them, I … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3.17.13
AY! Like I said before, I love to photograph every chance I get. And a trip to Home Depot is an adventure for me—because I never know what I’ll end up photographing. This cactus seemed to be … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 3.10.13
JAROCHO MUSIC, CUBAN BOXERS, JUDGE SCALIA, SHERIFF ARPAIO Y MUCHO MÁS! Hola Mis Latinopianos! Your Tia Tenopia here welcoming you to another great week of Latinopia. This week we lead with a … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 3.10.13
THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS TO TEMPER THE BAD. First the good… Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio supports my contention that in terms of the attitude of the Tea Party-Republicans who control Arizona … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 3.02.13
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Hola mis queridas compañeras y compañeros. This week Latinopia celebrates International Women’s Day ( March 8, 2013) with several themes related to Latina independence and … [Read more...]
ANGELA PHOTO OF THE WEEK 3.02.13
I enjoy walking around our garden. It’s not a perfect space, there is always something new going on. And one of the things I really love is watching the way the natural light changes throughout the … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 2.17.13
WOULD ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION INCREASE THE LATINO VOTE? A question that burns on every politico’s mind these days is how to engage more Latinos in the electoral process. Although we are 17% of … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 2.17.13
BLESS ME ULTIMA FILM RELEASE, POLITICAL SALSA, OLMECA, ALBERO RIOS AND MORE! Hola mis Latinopians! Big news this week is the release nationwide of the film adaptation of Rudy Anaya’s classic … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 2.10.13
OLVERA UNDERGROUND. No sooner had I stepped through the doorway into Mr. Nez’s cavernous zombie hide-out hidden under Olvera Street than I heard a familiar voice. “Lazaro!” It was Pearl … [Read more...]
BRAVO ROAD WITH DON FELÍPE 2.10.13
The country is beset these days with controversies of opposition—guns, immigration, abortion, national debt, profiling, civil rights, freedom of speech anent book banning, environmental justice, … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 1.27.13
TWO NEW BLOGGERS THIS WEEK! Hola mis queridos señores y señoras, frijoles y frijolas, estudiantes, ancianos, profesionales, artistas, vagos, malcriados, bien merecidos y los que quedan! Lots in … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 1.14.13
THE WATCH The meeting of La Familia, the secret society of Zombies, began with Mrs. Falcón rising from her seat to address the gathering. There were two hundred of us there. She took a moment to … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 1.07.13
WHERE ARE THE LATINO BLOGGERS? I live on the Internet, so, sometimes my perspective on things can be a bit warped. How some people have managed to avoid Facebook and Twitter escapes me, for … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 1.07.13
NEW VIDEOS FOR THE NEW YEAR. Hola Latinopians! We have two cool videos this week, one in literature and one in music. Luis Rodriguez returns to Latinopia with a reading of his poem, “Running to … [Read more...]
