Latino arts, history and culture
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY WITH VALENTINES ON MARS! MARTHA GONZALEZ'S LOVE SONG, TODO LO QUE TENGO LATINOPIA HERO ISAAC RUIZ, RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON ART AT THE SAN ANTONIO … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word How to Grow Old from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Andrea Gutierrez is a poet and short story writer. Her works have been published in Mujeres de Maiz, Bitch and make/shift. Here she reads … [Read more...]
A New Latino Mural, “Sacrificios,” Honors Migrants’ Lives In June 2022, fifty-three migrants from Mexico and Central America were found dead inside a large locked trailer in southwest San … [Read more...]
Ramón García is a poet whose two volumes of poetry include Other Countries (2010) and The Chronicles (2015). He spoke to Latinopia about his passion for poetry and how important the rhythm and spacing … [Read more...]
They ought to be ashamed… They (immigrants) are poisoning the blood of our country … They (political opponents) are vermin. Donald J. Trump 2024 Donald J. Trump has come out in the open. Parroting … [Read more...]
Ramón García is a poet whose poetry includes the collections, Other Countries (2010) and The Chronicles (2015). He spoke to Latinopia about his passion for poetry and the themes he writes about. … [Read more...]
Raul Servin: Artistic Chronicler of Mexican Rural Life and Chicano History and Culture Raul Servin came to San Antonio from Acapulco, Mexico in 1968 as an artist hired to decorate the large … [Read more...]
‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade, by Nicholas Confessore, New York Times | January 20, 2024 This attack against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is a totally … [Read more...]
Author Carmen Tafolla has been named the winner of the Texas Institute of Letters’ prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. This is the highest honor given by the TIL, which was established in 1936 to … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO ROMO REVIEWS A YEAR IN PHOTOS, ALFREDO SANTOS ON THIS MONTH IN TEXAS, LATINOPIA FOOD ON LA ROSCA AND THE POETRY OF MARIA R. BERUMEN--STILL READING AND WRITING POETRY … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO ROMO ON THE ART THREATENED BY THE PALISADES AND ALTADENA FIRES, RICHARD YÑIGUEZ ON THE DEADLY TOWER, SAL BALDENEGRO ON TRUMP'S DEPORTATION ACTIONS AND LUIS R. TORRES ON … [Read more...]
Acclaimed poet Ramón García's collection of poems Other Countries reflects themes of the immigrant experience and his experiences growing up in Modesto, California. Here he reads two selections from … [Read more...]
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Featured in Art at the Centro Cultural Aztlan February 2 is the anniversary of the end of the U.S.-Mexico War of 1846 and marks the signing of the peace treaty … [Read more...]
Oscar Castillo: Photographer, Teacher, and Documentor of Chicano Experience Oscar Castillo is one of the premier Latino photographers in the United States. His inclusion in three early exhibits … [Read more...]
Saluting a Master Photographer I have known Oscar Castillo for well over fifty years and I couldn’t resist adding to Dr, Ricardo Romo’s appreciation of Oscar and his work. Oscar and I first met in … [Read more...]
Oscar Castillo is an accomplished photo-journalist who has chronicled the events and personalities of the Chicano movement for more than forty years. In 2010, the Latino Museum of Los Angeles mounted … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Tafolla on The Literary Canon from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American … [Read more...]
Ramón Hernández: Premier Tejano and Latino Musicologist, Author, and Photographer In 2018, the Wittliff Collection at Texas State University acquired San Antonio native Ramón Hernández’s vast … [Read more...]
David Trujillo is a playwright and poet whose latest poetry collection is titled Neighborhood Interruptions. Trujillo spoke to Latinopia about what motivates his poetry and how his background as a … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Dancingin the Santa Ana Winds from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Liz González is a poet, fiction writer and creative writing instructor whose poetry collection Beneath Bones (Manifest … [Read more...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRmGZmRRcw This week Mark Guerrero's East LA Music Stories interviews Joe Espinosa, bassist, who was a member of Marcy & the Imperials and The Village Callers … [Read more...]
