LATINOPIA HERO DR. ARMANDO VÁSQUEZ-RAMOS
Armando Vázquez-Ramos was born in Mexico City on August 10th, 1949. He passed away at his home in Long Beach, California on August 4th, 2024, six days short of his 75th. birthday. He was … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ERNESTO HOGAN GUERILLA MURAL OF A SIREN’S SONG
Ernesto Hogan is arguably the preeminent Chicano science fiction author whose novels include High Aztech, Smoking Mirror Blues and Cortez on Jupiter, His latest collection of science fiction stories … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 8.17.24
Hypocrisy, thy name is MAGA! When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates The above quote captures perfectly the current situation regarding Donald J. Trump vis a vis … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.31.24
A Latino Art Journal: South Texas 2024 Walking into the University of California Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Library one day in 1970 I saw the first Chicano mural in a higher education … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre De coincidencias se va haciendo la vida y, si se piensa que cada cual escribe su destino, son los encuentros imprevistos los que van apuntando el camino. … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.17.24 TERRY YBAÑEZ ARTIST AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
Terry Ybañez: Latina Artist and Community Activist Terry Ybañez knew at age five, as she drew and painted flowers and plants she saw in her grandmother’s garden, that she wanted to be an artist. … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.09.24 NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
Latino Art at New Mexico National Hispanic Cultural Center The National Hispanic Cultural Center [NHCC] is located in Albuquerque near the banks of the Rio Grande and is adjacent to the historic … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALBERTO RÍOS “HOW TO WRITE A POEM”
LATINOPIA WORD ALBERTO RÍOS "HOW TO WRITE A POEM" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Alberto "Tito" Ríos is a celebrated poet and author who has published ten books of poetry, three short story … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA ELENA MINOR ON WRITING POETRY
Elena Minor is a poet and fiction writer whose book of poetry, TITULADA, was published by Noemi Press in 2014. In this Latinopia Plática, Elena talks about how her writing is exploratory and about her … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD RUDOLFO ANAYA ON POETRY
Latinopia Word Anaya On Poetry from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Rudolfo Anaya is best known as the fiction writer of the acclaimed coming-of-age novel Bless Me Ultima. In 2015, Anaya ventured into … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD FRANCISCO ALARCÓN ON POETRY
LATINOPIA WORD ALARCÓN ON POETRY from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Francisco X. Alarcón is a poet, educator and social activist who resides in the San Francisco Bay area. His collection of poems, … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.03.24 SANTE FE TRADITIONAL SPANISH MARKET
Santa Fe’s Traditional Spanish Market And Contemporary Market Attract Thousands of Art Lovers The 72nd annual Traditional Spanish Market opened last weekend, July 27-28, 2024 attracting an … [Read more...]
MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 08.03.24
Otra vez les damos la bienvenida a todos. Como pueden ver en la portada de este edición de La Voz, temenos a Kamala Harris, quien creemos que va a ser la próxima Presidenta de los Estados Unidos. Su … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – MARTHA GONZALEZ
This week Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter/percussionist/educator Martha Gonzalez of the band Quetzal, who have eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA PLÁTICA MARTHA GONZALEZ ON CHICANA/O ARTIVISTAS
Martha Gonzalez is a musician, composer, leader singer of the music group Quetzal. She is also a scholar and the author of Chicana/o Artivistas: Music, Community and Transborder Tactics in East Los … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.26.24 THE ART MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS
Latinos Featured at Art Museum of South Texas The Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi opened in 1936 as the Centennial Museum. It became Art Museum of South Texas in 1945. In the early … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART GILBERT “MAGU” LUJAN
Latinopia Art Gilbert Lujan from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Gilbert "Magu" Lujan is a pioneer Chicano artist who was a member of the 1970s legendary art collective Los Four, the first Chicanos to … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART MAGU IN POMONA
In 2019 the city of Pomona commission East Los Streetscapers David Botello and Wayne Healy to paint a mural honoring the memory of celebrated artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. The work, titled "Magulandia" … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA “LAST TRAIN TO FORTUNE:
On Books and Expanding the Powers of the Mind: Adam and Michele Rifkin's "Last Train to Fortune" by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin July 10, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART FRANK ROMERO WHAT IS BEAUTY?
Frank Romero is an acclaimed artist whose works encompass paintings, prints, murals, sculptures and even neon art. His use of color has been singled out throughout his career. Latinopia asked Frank a … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART FRANK ROMERO WHAT MAKES ART VALUABLE?
Frank Romero is a multi-disciplined artist whose body of work spans seven decades. His career has followed the path of many successful artists, from selling pieces for a fifty or one hundred dollars … [Read more...]