ASK TIA TENOPIA 8.19.12
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. To Arnie & Porfi that is! Have you been following this cartoon strip? They flew in from the 1970s and landed in Arizona today, `with all its backwards … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 8.12.12
PEPE SERNA ON HOW TO AUDITION! Hola Mis queridos Latinopianos! Before we jump into this week’s videos your Tia wants to give a big applause and congratulate the first ever graduates with doctorate … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERON 7.29.12
Why I Vote. As the 2012 election approaches, all this buzz about “the Latino vote” is starting to amp up. I remember a similar buzz about this voting bloc in 2010. In that election the narrative … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 7.29.12 “MY FIRST CAMPING TRIP”
Several weeks after I joined the Boy Scouts, Mr. Brown, our Scoutmaster, announced that we were going to go on our first week-end camping trip at the Boy Scout camp in Big Bear. My first camping trip … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 7.29.12
QUE TRISTEZA NOS DA. Hola Mijos and mijas, we have very sad news this week. On July 26th we lost a giant of an actress and social activist, the acclaimed and much loved Lupe Ontiveros. Hay que … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 7.22.12
LATINO MEDIACOM EXPO. Oh my what a week! My Tio Braulio came by on Friday morning and said, “Mija, You have to tag along with me there’s really important event happening that I want you to know … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 7.16.12 “WHAT I LEARNED FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC”
I got my first library card at the Benjamin Franklin library on East First Street in Boyle Heights. Then we moved to Lincoln Heights–nearby but a whole new neighborhood. One of the first things I did … [Read more...]
ARNIE AND PORFI with SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ 7.16.12
Sergio Hernández is on vacation this week. The Arnie and Porfi Cartoon strip will continue next week. In the meantime here is a Sergio Hernández favorite from the original Con Safos cartoon … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 7.16.12
A CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE. Hola Latinopians! Here we are with another rollicking week of Latinopia! This week we focus on a legendary civil rights organization of the 1960s, the Crusade for Justice, … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERON 7.08.12
THAT AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN I BECAME A STEREOTYPE. Recently, I was eating bean tacos for dinner when a friend of mine comically pointed out to me: “Sara, you are such a stereotype right now!” The … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 7.02.12 “A ZOMBIE FOURTH OF JULY”
I never really appreciated the Fourth of July until I was 11 years old. That’s when my teacher, Mrs, Rosewell, invited me to her home in South Pasadena for a bar-b-que dinner, to meet her two kids, … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 6.24.12 “MY ZOMBIE ROLE MODEL”
When I was 13 I became acutely aware of the need to have a zombie role model. By then my mom had moved us from the run-down house in Boyle Heights. The house was infested with cockroaches (which I … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERON 6.24.12
NO LATINA IS AN ISLAND. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in life is that, whatever I do in life, everything I do, and am, is the result of the presence of others in my life. Which is to say, … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 6.24.12
Hola my dawgs! So here we are with another week of Latinopia offerings! Y espero que les guste! Before I jump into this weeks videos just let me say to all of you who were so kind as to ask–yes, I … [Read more...]
ARNIE AND PORFI by SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ 6.17.12
Copyright 2012 by Sergio Hernández. All Rights reserved. … [Read more...]
ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 6.03.12 “LUNCH AT SCHOOL”
Pearl González giving me back my dollar bill and telling me that she didn’t need money to be my friend made me realize, in my eight year old mind, that perhaps romance was not out of the … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 6.03.12
Oh my holy, sweet cuchifritos! Before I launch into telling you all about the videos this week, I gotta tell you–have you been reading Zombi Mex Diaries?! Por Dios, this guy Lazaro is killing me, er, … [Read more...]
JUNE EVENTS
LOS ANGELES AREA EVANGELINE: THE QUEEN OF MAKE-BELIEVE MAY 3 THRU MAY 27, 2012 ABOUT PRODUCTIONS AT BOOTLEG THEATER 2220 BEVERLY BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90057 INFO: … [Read more...]
ASK TIA TENOPIA 5.27.12
Hola My Peeps! Welcome to Latinopia! Our videos this week are in Cinema Showcase and Art. We continuing with our commemoration of Memorial Day, with a final VOCES video documentary, this one edited … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN 5.27.12
Why Speaking Spanglish Is Important To Me I find it very difficult in my personal life to complete a conversation without wanting to switch to Spanish, or to English, depending on which language I … [Read more...]