RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.09.23
The Virgin de Guadalupe and the Origins of Mexican National Consciousness The apparition of the Virgin de Guadalupe on December 12, 1531 on the hills of Tepeyac, Mexico signaled the beginning … [Read more...]
MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 12.09.23
Bienvenidos al ultimo ejemplar de La Voz para el año 2023. Parece que no, pero este año pasó medio rapido para mi. El el caso mio, me pusieron un pacemaker en enero porque me andaba cayendo. Como … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA PEPE SERNA “SCARFACE”
Pepe Serna is an accomplished actor with more than 100 films to his credits and numerous television appearances. One of his most memorable roles was that of "Angel" in the motion picture "Scarface." … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES TRUMP 11.24.23 TAKE TRUMP AT HIS WORD
Trump is a Dangerous Menace and He is Showing What He Is: Take Him at His Word by Luis Torres In the current media landscape we usually hear or read bits and pieces of the human pendejada … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA LUIS REYES ON PEPE SERNA’S LASTING LEGACY
Luis Reyes is the author of the definitive book on Latinos in the Motion Picture and Television industry, Hispanics in Hollywood. He is also the director a ninety-minute documentary on the life and … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD IRE’NE LARA SILVA what i remembered yesterday
Ire'ne Lara Silva is a poet based in Texas whose latest collection of poems is titled Cuicatcalli House of Song. Along with fellow poets Luivette Resto and Angelina Saenz , she recently read at the … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.24.23
A Reunion of the Gallista Artists at Dock Space Gallery Art reunions can be problematic. They can be especially difficult and challenging if the artists are asked to create new works. In any … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD CHRISTOPHER CARMONA NO OTHER WORD
Christopher Carmona is a novelist and poet. His latest collection of poems is titled Chispas (Sparks) is a survey of the many poems he has written in the previous five years. Here he reveals his … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 11.16.23
Vicente Telles: A Latino Who Preserves and Redefines New Mexican Art Vicente Telles is an award-winning Santero retablo painter of saints and a highly talented portrait painter from the South … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE VOCES – COL. ENRIQUE CERVANTES
Since 1999, Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rdoriguez has been documenting the history and lives of Latino veterans of World War Tow, Korea and, later, Viet Nam. Each year, Dr. Rivas-Rodriguez conducts an editing … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA TEATRO JOSEFINA LÓPEZ “REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES”
Josefina López is an accomplished poet, playwright and screenwriter whose play, "Real Women Have Curves," was made into a movie in 2002. Latinopia asked Josefina how she came to write "Real Women Have … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA CHARLEY TRUJILLO ON SOLDADOS: CHICANOS IN VIET NAM
Charley Trujillo is a veteran of the Viet Nam war. In 1990 he wrote a book titled Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam based in part on his experiences during the war. In spite of having no formal film … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMOS TEJANO REPORT 11.04.23
Celebrating Day of the Dead in San Antonio, Texas Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd by Mexicans wherever they live. It is one of Mexico’s most … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE ON TWO FRONTS
Latinopia Showcase On Two Fronts from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On September 22, 2015 PBS will broadcast nationally a new documentary produced and directed by award-winning producer Mylene Moreno. … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 11.16.23
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: CHRISTOPHER CARMONA ON NO OTHER WORD, RICARDO ROMO ON THE TRADITIONAL ART OF VICENTE TELLES, ROSE PORTILLO AS "PERFECTA," AND JOSEFINA LOPEZ ON REAL WOMEN HAVE … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “MEET JULIAN GONZÁLEZ”
The Voces (Voices) Oral History Project at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, was created by Dr. Maggie Rivas Rodríguez and has now recorded more than 800 oral histories of Latino veterans of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD CHRISTOPHER CARMONA CHISPAS
Christopher Carmona is a novelist and poet whose novel The Road to Llorona Park won the 2016 NACCS Texas Best Fiction Award. He has published three collections of poetry. His fourth and latest is … [Read more...]
CHRISTOPHER CARMONA MÁS CHISPAS
Christopher Carmona is the author of four books of poetry, the latest of which is titled Chispas. Here he reads more poems from his recent collection. … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 10.28.23 “DAY OF THE DEAD”
The Chicanada and the Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead is upon us. Millions of people in Mexico and many Mexican Americans/Chicanos in the United States will be observing the day, an … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART “DAY OF THE DEAD”
On November 2nd of each year, Latinos throughout Mexico and the United States celebrate El Día de los Muertos, or The Day of the Dead. It is a time to remember and honor our beloved ones who have … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 10.28.22 EL ASUNTO NO ES NUEVO
Burundanga de Zocotroco El asunto no es nuevo, no por ello deja de ser relevante, particularmente en un mar de incertidumbre en que la Isla navega al garete, sin un norte que dirija, sin … [Read more...]