YOLANDA LÓPEZ – IN HER OWN WORDS
YOLANDA LÓPEZ - CALIFORNIA ARTIST IN HER OWN WORDS: I did not become aware of our own history until 1968 when there was a call for a strike at San Francisco State, a strike for ethnic studies. I … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 4.03.21 GINA MACIAS: A LATINA HELPING TO FEED TEXANS
Gina Macias: A Latina Helping to Feed Texans On a clear day on April 9th of last year, 10,000 cars filled several lanes of a San Antonio highway leading to Traders Village where the San Antonio … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1994 500 YEARS OF CHICANO HISTORY IN PICTURES PUBLISHED
Betita Martinez is a social activist and author who published 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures in 1994. The book is a compilation of graphics and photos that chronicles Chicano history from … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 6.26.21 DR. MARIO LONGORIA: LATINOS IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Dr. Mario Longoria: Latinos in American Football I recently read an excellent review of a new book by Mario Longoria and Jorge Iber, Latinos in American Football: Pathbreakers on the Gridiron, 1927 … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 6.19.21
Burundanga de Zocotroco El Valor relativo de las cosas Ni santos, ni próceres, ni luz eléctrica Ahora, cuando comenzamos a levantar cabeza y la vida empieza a salir del encierro, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA RAY TELLES THE ROLE OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
Ray Telles is a veteran documentary filmmaker whose credits include numerous PBS documentaries and such landmark films as The Fight in the Fields (1997), The Storm that Swept Mexico (2011) and the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA RAY TELLES ON THE STORM THAT SWEPT MEXICO
Ray Telles is a veteran documentary filmmaker whose credits include the mainstays of public broadcasting Frontline, National Geographic and American Masters. one of his most impressive films is the … [Read more...]
BIOGRAPHY – ELIZABETH “BETITA” MARTÍNEZ
ELIZABETH "BETITA" MARTÍNEZ, POLITICAL ACTIVIST The daughter of a Mexican immigrant, Manuel Guillermo Martinez, who arrived in the United States in 1917 with only $10 in his … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 6.19.21
Honor the historians… “The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom.” Jean Bodin, French political philosopher The observation “What’s past is prologue,” from Shakespeare’s “The … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART “ELSA FLORES 2”
Elsa Flores Almaráz is an accomplished visual artist who works in paint and photography. She is also the widow of the late celebrated Chicano artist Carlos Almaráz (1941-1989). All the time she was … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART ELSA FLORES 1
Elsa Flores Almaráz is the widow of renowned and pioneering Chicano artist Carlos Almaráz (1941-1989). Elsa is also an accomplished artist in her own right. Latinopia asked her how she manages to … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA RUDOLFO “RUDY” ANAYA TO BE HONORED
Belinda Henry is the niece of acclaimed New Mexico author Rudolfo "Rudy" Anaya. In this Latinopia Plática, she shares the good news that a special room or sala at New Mexico's Zimmerman Library will … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART LUIS GARZA ON DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS
Luis Garza is a still photographer and filmmaker who curated the 2017 La Raza Magazine exhibit at the Autry Museum of the American West. In this Latinopia Platica Luis recalls a chance meeting with … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA ARTURO “TUDY” FLORES ON ARNIE AND PORFI
Sergio Hernández, acclaimed artist and cartoonist, recently passed away. Sergio began is art career as the cartoonist for the 1970s literary collective, Con Safos. In this Latinopia Plática, Tudy … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA ARTURO “TUDY” FLORES ON SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ PRESENTE
Arturo "Tudy" Flores is the co-founder of the Con Safos the pioneering literary group of the 1970s. In the wake of the passing of accomplished artist and cartoonist Sergio Hernández, a member of Con … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ
For more than forty years Sergio Hernández has been an accomplished artist and cartoonist. He began his artistic trajectory in the 196os when he met artists and writers who producing the Los … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ PRESENTE
Latinopia grieves the passing of our dear friend and collaborator, accomplished artist and cartoonist Sergio Hernandez. In this Latinopia Plática art historian Isabel Rojas-Williams, author Michael … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS FABULOCOS “EL ORANGUTAN”
Delta Groove Music recording artist Los FabulLocos 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...]
LATINOPIA ART AMADO M. PEÑA JR. ON CON SAFOS
Amado M. Peña Jr. is a celebrated artist whose imagery pays homage to his Mexican and Yaqui ancestry with renderings of indigenous life and New Mexico landscapes. A native of Laredo, Texas, in the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CÉSAR MARTÍNEZ ON CON SAFOS
César Martínez is an accomplished San Antonio artist perhaps best known for his iconic pachuco and bato imagery. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the Con Safos art group. César recalls how he … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 6.05.21 THE CHICANO ART MOVEMENT IN TEXAS
The Chicano Art Movement in Texas The Texas Chicano art movement began approximately 50 years ago. A precise date for the beginning of an art movement is generally difficult because no one … [Read more...]