Angela Roa is a Chilean singer and lyricist residing in Los Angeles, California. Her songs are about the Latino experience in the United States and in Latin America. Here she performs an original … [Read more...]
On April 30, 2014 the first conference on Latino Science Fiction was convened at the University of California at Riverside. The event, organized by Sherryl Vint with the cooperation of Dr. Melissa … [Read more...]
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD: HOW WE GOT HERE FROM THERE. At the outset let me say that as Chicanos we did not get here by turning the other cheek or by rolling over like good lap dogs for the … [Read more...]
Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El … [Read more...]
CINCO DE MAYO by Francisco X. Alarcón ________________________________ First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not at all the official Mexican Independence Day, nor does it commemorate the … [Read more...]
Latino identity has always been a vexing question. Should we call ourselves Mexican Americans, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Boricuas, Latinos, Hispanics? A historic moment of self-definition took place in … [Read more...]
Gabriel Carmona and Branden Selman are co-founders of Nac Theory Films, an independent film collective based in Nacogdoches, Texas. Both of these creators wear multiple hats, writing, directing, … [Read more...]
Pat Mora is a poet, novelist and author of children's books. Her writings often reflect the conflictive nature of being bilingual and bi-cultural. Here she reads the poem "Legal Alien," which explores … [Read more...]
David Garza is a truly original song writer and singer from Austin, Texas. His songs are sparse, emotive and his lyrics are evocative and full of nuance and meaning. Latinopia filmed him at an outdoor … [Read more...]
In 1974, Chicano poets José Montoya and José Antonio Burciaga traveled to New York to meet with Puerto Rican poets of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. On a street corner in Loisaida (the Lower East Side of … [Read more...]
Texas born Chicano author Sergio Troncoso's autobiographical novel, "From This Wicked Patch of Dust," tells the story of a a multi-generational family from Isleta, Texas that spans decades. The … [Read more...]
Ernest Hogan is a science fiction author of Irish and Mexican descent. His works include the novels "Cortez on Jupiter," "High Aztech," and "Smoking Mirror Blues." In "High Aztech" he envisions a … [Read more...]
IVAN KRIMKER: AS AN IMMIGRANT TO THE U.S., AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN TALKS ABOUT HIS DECISION TO JOIN THE NAVY AND HIS LIFE AFTER WAR. __________________________________________________ Ivan Krimker … [Read more...]
Members of the Fresno-based theater company, Teatro de la Tierra, perform "Libertad," a musical adaptation by Agustín Lira, director of the group. Lead singer Merlinda Espinosa is accompanied by … [Read more...]
Rudy Ch. García is a Colorado author whose works range from science fiction and fantasy to the contemporary Chicano reality. In 2012, he published "The Closet of Discarded Dreams" in which the Chicano … [Read more...]
ANNIHILATE. Genocide is for those who decide There are too many x’s for eyes Bloodstains wash away the memory Bullets bounce from house to house Visiting unannounced Reducing the genetic … [Read more...]
LATINA SCI-FI NERD ASKS: DO LATINOS MAKE IT TO THE FUTURE? I don’t recall, exactly, how it was that I found “Star Trek,” but I remember that it was something I always looked forward to. By the time … [Read more...]
Rudolfo A. Anaya is a pioneering, prolific and renowned Chicano author. His novel, Bless Me Última, is a magical story of a young boy's coming of age in 1940s New Mexico. Set against a background of … [Read more...]
Conjunto Hueyapan is a jarocho musical group made up of two generations of the Herrera family. Founded in 1973 by Fermín Herrera, the group hails from Oxnard, California and are always is in popular … [Read more...]
On April 20, 2012, acclaimed Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya was awarded the Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award by the Los Angeles Times. This award recognizes a lifetime of achievement by a living … [Read more...]