Latino arts, history and culture
Latinopia Plática Remembering August 3, 2019 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On August 3, 2019, a deranged gunman fueled by hatred for Mexicans and Mexican Americans opened fire at a Walmart in El … [Read more...]
In the wake of the killing of twenty-three people in El Paso, Texas on August 3, 2019, artist María Natividad built a shrine and painted a image of the Virgin of Guadalupe to honor the fallen victims. … [Read more...]
Resulta penoso contar y difícil de creer el camino pesaroso de una cultura que procura tocar fondo. Los eventos recientes en torno a las primarias de los partidos mayoritarios que se celebraron el … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco Por mediación del buen amigo Kendal Marsh, responsable de mi evolución ideologíca, llega a mi el libro March of Folly: from Troy to Viet Nam de la historiadora Barbara … [Read more...]
Edward Vidaurre is a poet based in McAllen, Texas. His most recent book of poetry, Pandemia & Other Poems, and is published by Aztlán Libre Press. In this Latinopia Plática Edward reads the poems … [Read more...]
Edward Vidaurre's new poetry collection Pandemia & Other Poems addresses the themes of immigration, the pandemic and police brutality. In this Latinopia Plática Edward reminds us that Latinos must … [Read more...]
Latino Parents Worry About Reopening Schools For families across America, mid summer has traditionally been a time to start thinking about the upcoming fall classes. Over 50 million students were … [Read more...]
This month Mark Guerrero Interviews Pete DePoe, a founding member and original drummer of the legendary band Redbone. Mark and Pete talk about and play some of the recordings Pete played on including … [Read more...]
Can Hamilton prevail in the BLM Era? The controversy over Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton could not have been anticipated in 2015, especially during the Obama presidency. Black Lives Matter, as a … [Read more...]
Sister and brother musical team, Jeneda and Clayson Benally , are Sihasin. This musical group from the Navajo (Diné) Nation in Northern Arizona combine bass, drums and original lyrics into songs that … [Read more...]
After leaving the Border Bookstore in Mesilla, New Mexico, the caravan carrying banned books to the children of Tucson heads north to Albuquerque for a meeting with renowned author Rudolfo Anaya. On … [Read more...]
The pandemic and racism… We’re living in dangerous times. Much of that danger is either created or facilitated by Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States, an inveterate liar, virulent … [Read more...]
María Natividad is a fourth generation Tejana whose watercolor renderings of Mexican culture spring from her passion to preserve Mexican traditions in an ever-changing world. Latinopia visited her at … [Read more...]
Rudolfo Anaya (1937-2020) is the acclaimed author of the classic coming of age novel, Bless Mi Última, and many other works including novels, short stories, plays and children's books. In 2016, … [Read more...]
Decir que el rio esta revuelto es faltar grandemente a la verdad. La cosa esta que arde y no anda más encendida porque las protestas en la tierra de los libres han entendido que la violencia es el … [Read more...]
Latino Health in the Time of the Pandemic The June 28, 2020 article “Learning from Hispanic Americans” by New York Times opinion writer Nicholas Kristof got my attention. Kristof explored how … [Read more...]
Dennis Leoni is the creator and Executive Producer of the ground breaking drama series Resurrection Blvd. Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona where his early experiences working in motion picture was … [Read more...]
The Most Marginalized and Impoverished People in the United States and in the Americas has always been and continues to be Native Americans By Dr. Frank Garcia Berumen The recent protests … [Read more...]
This month's Chicano Music Chronicles features the legendary sixties rock group El Chicano. In this podcast, host Mark Guerrero interviews El Chicano's Fred Sanchez (founder, leader, bassist) and … [Read more...]
Rudolfo "Rudy" Anaya, acclaimed author of Bless Me Ultima and the Sonny Baca detective series and recipient of the National Humanities Medal, passed away on June 28, 2020. Anaya was the author of … [Read more...]
Mauricio Mendoza is a stage and screen actor best known for his portrayal of Miguel Santiago, the eldest brother of the Santiago family in the SHOWTIME drama series Resurrection Blvd. Mauricio told … [Read more...]
