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LATINOPIA WORD ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON LAS MADRES

Esmeralda Santiago is the Puerto Rican born author of a trilogy of novels that include When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and The Turkish Lover. Her latest novel, Las Madres, examines the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: ALmost a Woman, Esmeralda Santiago, Las Madres, The Turkish Lover, When I was Puerto Rican

September 30, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON CREATING THE CHARACTER OF LUZ

In Esmeralda Santiago's latest novel, Las Madres, a principal character, Luz, has been left permanently damaged. She suffers from black outs after which she cannot remember what  has transpired. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: ALmost a Woman, Esmeralda Santiago, Las Madres, The Turkish Lover, When I was Puerto Rican

September 30, 2023 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.22.23 LATINOS CELEBRATE DIEZ-Y-SEIS

Latinos Celebrate Mexican Independence, Diez y Seis, With San Antonio Philharmonic Orchestra September has been an amazing month for Lanier High School as it celebrated its 100th … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Dr. Ricardo Romo, Lanier High School, Rainel Joubert, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report, San Antonio Philharmonic

September 22, 2023 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.06.23 “SON DE ALLA Y SON DE ACA”

Chicano Park Museum in San Diego Opens Exhibit Son de Allá y Son de Acá with Forty-Five Latino Artists An exciting new exhibition, Son de Allá y Son de Acá, [They are from there and they are from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Chicano Park, Chicano Park Museum, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

October 6, 2023 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.30.23

Latino Artist Carlos Rosales-Silva Creates Gateway Museum Mural The San Antonio Museum of Art [SAMA] has a new bright mural in its spacious Great Hall that serves as the main entrance to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Carlos Rosales-Silva, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

September 30, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “EL LOUIE”

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and political activist. Here he reads from his celebrated bilingual poem, "El Louie," a reading that took place at Occidental College in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Jose Montoya, Jose Montoya dead at 81, Passing of a Chicano icon

February 20, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA CINEMA ON TWO FRONTS

LATINOPIA CINEMA ON TWO FRONTS from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Mylene Moreno is an award-winning documentary producer and director whose credits include Episode One of the acclaimed four-part PBS … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Chicano anti-war Movement, Films about Latinos in War, Latinos in Vietnam, Mylene Moreno

September 20, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA TEATRO DIANE ON LATINO THEATRE

Diane Rodriguez is an actress, stage director and theater administrator who is Associate Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Center Theater Group. She has been involved in Chicano and Latino theater … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater Tagged With: Diane Rodriguez, Latino Theater Commons, Teatro Nacional de Aztlan, TENAZ

May 11, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled "Pachuco Portfolio" which pays homage to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Jose Monotya, Jose Monotya dies at 81 years, Passing of a Chicano legend, What's New

June 12, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

100 YEARS OF LATINO THEATRE

100 YEARS OF LATINO THEATER IN AMERICA 1900 In Ybor City and Tampa, Florida, Cuban mutual aid societies like El Centro Español de West Tampa, Círculo Cubano and other self-help civic organizations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Theater, TIMELINES

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POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 9.15.23

Barrio Mistress of the Words… No writer can be the ‘Master of the Words’ without loving them! Mehmet Murat Ildan, Turkish playwright and novelist Per the opening quote above, Silviana (aka Silvia) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Political Salsa y Más Tagged With: La Quinta Soledad, Political Salsa y Mas with Sal Baldenegro, Salomon Baldenegro, Silviana Wood

September 15, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS FABULOCOS “UNA PURA Y DOS CON SAL”

Delta Groove Music recording artist Los FabuLocos is a Southern California band whose unique sound, "Cali-Mex,"is a fusion of blues, Americana and Chicano soul music. Band members include Jesús … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

January 4, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.15.23 SAN ANTONIO’S FOTOSEPTIEMBRE FESTIVAL

Latino Artists Featured in San Antonio’s FotoSeptiembre Festival Michael Mehl, the founder and director of the photography festival FOTOSEPTIEMBRE-SAFOTO, describes himself as a composer, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Anthony Garcia, Carlos Limas, Francisco Cortes, Jorge Sandoval, Michael Mehl, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

September 15, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD ALBERTO RIOS “THE THEATER OF NIGHT”

Alberto "Tito" Ríos is an Arizona poet whose works include ten books of poetry, three collections of short stories and a memoir. He reads here the title poem from his collection "The Theater of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

May 22, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD IR’ENE LARA SILVA reads EATERS OF FLOWERS

Ir'ene Lara Silva is a Texas-based poet whose collections include furia (Mouthfeel Press, 2010), Blood Sugar Canto (Saddle Road Press, 2016) and Cuicacalli House of Song ( Saddle Road Press, 2023). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

May 5, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA HERO BILL RICHARDSON

THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS MOURNS THE PASSING OF BILL RICHARDSON Washington, DC - LULAC is deeply saddened by the passing of Bill Richardson, a loyal and trusted leader whose … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA HERO, THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Bill Richardson, Latinopia Hero, This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

September 9, 2023 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMOS TEJANO REPORT 9.09.23 AL RENDON’S 50 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE

A Photographer of Latino Culture: Al Rendon’s 50-Year Retrospective Exhibit Al Rendon’s retrospective exhibit at the Witte Museum in San Antonio is both illuminating and fascinating. It is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Al Rendon, Dr. Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report, San Antonio photographers

September 9, 2023 by wpengine

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 9.15.23

Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. Empezamos by calling to your attention the cover for September. I saw this young man on American’s Got Talent a few weeks ago and man did he make an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Mis Pensamientos Tagged With: Alfredo Santos, Mis Pensamientos

September 15, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD JOHN MARTINEZ “THE ROAD NEVER ENDS”

John Martinez is a musician and poet who studied Creative Writing under the late Philip Levine. At a recent Florycanto gathering at the home of author and fellow poet Thelma Reyna, John read the poem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

September 9, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: 1966 Peregrinacion, 1966 United farm Workers march, Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers Union, What's New

March 19, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES A CHICANO SHOT AT BEETLEMANIA 9.01.23

Chicanos have been carrying metaphorical pitchforks and flaming torches for years—demonstrating and complaining that Hollywood just doesn’t make enough movies by and about Latinos, especially … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Blue Beetle, Luis R.. Torres, Review of Blue Bettle, Tales of Torres

September 1, 2023 by wpengine

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December 9, 2023 By wpengine

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 of a new spiritual era in the Americas. With the visitation of the Virgin, natives who had resisted Catholicism turned to the Brown Madonna […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.02.23

December 2, 2023 By wpengine

Andres de Tapia Wrote An Eyewitness Account of the Conquest in Mexico in 1519 Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a soldier of fortune who served under Hernan Cortes in the conquest of Mexico, provided a brilliant eyewitness account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire. Published in 1568 as The True History of the Conquest of […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 12.09.23

December 9, 2023 By wpengine

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 decia un doctor, “the top part of your heart was not talking to the bottom part of your […]

TALES OF TORRES TRUMP 11.24.23 TAKE TRUMP AT HIS WORD

November 25, 2023 By wpengine

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 that is Donald J. Trump. He seems to be in hiding, to a degree. Mercifully, we can tune […]

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José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

By Tia Tenopia on March 19, 2013

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they  faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]

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By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

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