Latino arts, history and culture
Latina Portrait Artist and Muralist Margaret Garcia: Visual Narrator of Los Angeles History I returned to the fabulous art studio of Margaret Garcia in late July of 2025, joined by famed Chicano … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre 25 de julio: El Dia de la Invasión y Constitución El 25 de julio es una fecha importante para los puertorriqueños que prestan alguna atención a … [Read more...]
The Judicial Bench Strikes Back It’s not news that ICE troops have been very busy chasing down and sweeping up brown-skinned people at Home Depot, restaurants and carwashes. Pause for a minute … [Read more...]
Esta semana honramos la memoria de un artista y restaurador de arte Jaime Mejía Servín (8 de julio de 1940 - 22 de mayo de 2025), un visionario creativo cuyo impacto influyó profundamente en la … [Read more...]
This week we honor the memory of an artist and art restorer Jaime Mejía Servín (July 8, 1940 - May 22, 2025), a creative visionary whose impact profoundly influenced the trajectory of Chicano art in … [Read more...]
While growing up in my beloved Barrio El Azteca in Laredo, Texas, during the 1940s and 1950s, I would often hear my paternal grandparents mention the term, "La Canícula," during the hot summer … [Read more...]
Christine Granados is a Texas author whose first book, Brides and Sinners in El Chuco won widespread recognition. In her latest book, Fight Like A Man and other Stories We Tell Our Children, she … [Read more...]
An Art “Quinceanera” in the Borderlands. An exhibition featuring large prints by a talented cohort of borderland artists opened last week [July 12, 2025] at the Centro Cultural Aztlan in San … [Read more...]
Terror and Intimidation Are the Order of the Day The Pendejo-in-Chief got to sign his Big Beautiful Baloney Bill into law. The consequences will be felt for a long time. None of them good, … [Read more...]
Aztlán to Magulandia: the Journey of Chicano artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan is a major retrospective on the work of artist and social activist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan (1940-2011). In the 2017 exhibit at the … [Read more...]
In the 1950s, growing up in Laredo’s Barrio del Azteca, I lived for baseball. My grandfather, a former umpire in the Mexican League, took me to see the Laredo Apaches play at Washington Park. The … [Read more...]
In 2019 the city of Pomona commission East Los Streetscapers David Botello and Wayne Healy to paint a mural honoring the memory of celebrated artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. The work, titled "Magulandia" … [Read more...]
Alligator Alcatraz: A Monument to Cruelty in the Heart of the Everglades by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. It's time to resurrect the term necropolitics, meaning the politics of death wielded by … [Read more...]
Are You Out of Your Mind? Big doings in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles this past week--Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) showed up with military trucks and … [Read more...]
Luis Lopez: Borderlands Artist Looks Forward to His Exhibit in Mexico Borderland artist Luis Lopez moved from Laredo, Texas to San Antonio nearly 50 years ago to pursue his passion for creating … [Read more...]
We've been able to...or not. The signature is on paper and the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) that dictates the domestic policy for President Trump's second administration is the current mandate for … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Nos hemos podido…o no. La firma está sobre el papel y la Gran Bella Ley (Big Beautiful Bill - BBB) que dicta la política interior para la segunda … [Read more...]
It’s hard to keep up—but it’s been another busy week for terrorizing tactics against immigrants and anybody that vaguely resembles one. Around California masked operatives—it’s still not clear if … [Read more...]
The Brilliance of Latino Artist Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz Among the major acquisitions by the prestigious Smithsonian American Art Museum in the 1990s was an Ángel Rodríguez-Diaz painting of famed … [Read more...]
THE NO KINGS PROTEST RALLY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS On a pleasant Saturday afternoon on June 14, 2025, Austin participated in a nationwide ‘NO KINGS” protest rally along with 2,100 other cities and … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Vieques Vieques es la Isla Nena del Archipiélago Borinkano que descansa a diez leguas al este de la Isla Grande; cuenta con 132 kilómetros … [Read more...]
