Latino arts, history and culture
The Jacqueline Becerra Mural by Los Otros In 2014 two of San Antonio’ s outstanding muralists decided to team up and form Los Otros Murals team. Since that time David “Shek” Vega and Nik Soupe … [Read more...]
Little Joe Hernández may be the foremost innovator of Tejano music, taking elements of the conjunto sound of Santiago Jimenez, Narciso Martinez and big band sound of Beto Villa and elaborating an … [Read more...]
Latinopia Art Ave 61 Mural from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1996, Anthony "Eagle" Ortega and Andy Ledesma and other muralists painted "Quetzalcoatl Mural Project: A Sequence of Time and Culture" at … [Read more...]
Latinos Also Inspired by Dr. King’s Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke before 250,000 demonstrators for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August of 1963, the largest protest … [Read more...]
Draft boards, one of the least visible governmental bodies, have had an immense effect on the Mexican American community over the years. Draft boards oversee the registration and selection of persons … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco Nos brinda el refranero y la sabiduría popular frases que intentan a veces explicar, a veces brindar alivio. “Mal de muchos, consuelo de pocos.” “No es lo mucho, es lo … [Read more...]
Quetzal is an East Los Angeles band whose music mirrors the social, political and cultural struggles of Latinos in the United States and Latin America. On August 24, 2013 they performed their song … [Read more...]
Born in 1915, Americo Paredes, rose to become the founder of Mexican American Folklore in America and creator of Mexican American Studies in Texas. In 1937, Paredes published his first poems in La … [Read more...]
Nietzsche warned me about gazing too long into the abyss, but I didn’t listen. It gazed back into me. After spending my early years with extended family in Tijuana (Baja California) and Hollywood … [Read more...]
Latinopia Word Murrati Just For Today from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Jose Muratti Toro is a regular contributor to Latinopia with his blog Utopias Descifradas (Disciphered Utopias). Here he reads a … [Read more...]
Thelma Reyna is the author of the award-winning "The Heavens Weep For Us and Other Stories" and the poetry collections "Breath & Bone" and "Hearts In Common." Latinopia caught up with Thelma on … [Read more...]
César Martínez. César Martínez grew up in Laredo, Texas and attended Texas A&M University at Kingsville. While at the Kingsville campus he formed friendships with several Latino artists who … [Read more...]
This week, composer, musician, singer and archivist Mark Guerrero goes to the roots and reviews the life and music of his father, the granddaddy of Chicano music, the legendary Lalo Guerrero. This … [Read more...]
Introduction to the Draft Blueprint for the Next 50 Years The attached document derives from the panel on Chicanismo in the Americas held November 17, 2018, during the conference commemorating … [Read more...]
Latino Boxing In Southern California By Gene Aguilera Latino Boxing In Southern California is a journey back in time to an incredibly exciting era for boxing aficionados. In terms of size, this … [Read more...]
“Hypocrites chasing windmills…” It’s the Christmas season, and, predictably, the right-wing “war on Christmas” nonsense has begun. Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and other Republicans are … [Read more...]
Why They Leave: A Central American Account In the last decade more immigrants arrived at the U.S. borders from Mexico and Central America than from any other region of the world. The arrival of … [Read more...]
Dr. Alvaro Huerta is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. In his recent book, Defending Latina/o Migrant Communities in the Xenophobic Era … [Read more...]
Se mueve la vida de momento en momento. Hay algunos pocos de exaltación y entusiasmo, cuando todo toma velocidad y empuje, se exacerba la imaginación y se enciende la productividad. Algunos lo llaman … [Read more...]
Louie Perez Good Morning Aztlán from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Louie Perez is a musician and lead songwriter of the music group Los Lobos as well as an artist. His new book Good Morning Aztlán is a … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, leaving lots of leftovers – both actual and metaphorical. Above the din of football game crowds emanating from the nonstop television in the next room, there were … [Read more...]
