LATINOPIA SHOWCASE VOCES – ERASMO LÓPEZ
Soñia Escot is a journalism major completing her senior year at the University of Texas at Austin. She participated in the 2012 VOCES Oral History Editing Contest sponsored by the Journalism … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JESÚS SALVADOR TREVIÑO “DIVERSITY ALSO MEANS LATINOS”
“Two nights ago, a group of Mexican Americans picketed the Academy Awards presentation. The picket was in protest over the caricatures and racist representation of Mexicans in motion … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 2.28.16 “PAULINA PAGÁN PICÓ”
El sábado 16 de enero, me sacaron de mi cueva una pareja de seres queridos a quien no puedo negar convites; registro la fecha pues asistimos a un lugar y un evento memorable. La Casa Ruth Hernández es … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD DAGOBERTO GILB ON HUIZACHE
Latinopia Word Dagoberto on Huizache from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Dagoberto Gilb is a celebrated author of novels, short story collections and essays and winner of the PEN Hemingway Prize for … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA MAURICIO MENDOZA ON RESURRECTION BLVD.
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...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA DENNIS LEONI “RESURRECTION BLVD.”
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...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA 2.14.16 “PASION POETICA”
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Pasión Poética/ las coincidencias marcan el camino El tema erótico, que nunca pasa desapercibido, se allega a mis manos en dos lecturas de feliz … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA ESPARZA ON GREGORIO CORTEZ
Latinopia Cinema Esparza on Gregorio Cortez from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Moctesuma Esparza is an award-winning producer of films such as Milagro Beanfield War, Gettysburg and Selena. Here he … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC “BALLAD OF GREGORIO CÓRTEZ”
In 1900, a Texas deputy tried to arrest a Tejano rancher named Gregorio Córtez for horse stealing. Córtez professed his innocence but the deputy fired on Córtez who replied with his own pistol and … [Read more...]
THINKING LATINA with SARA INÉS CALDERÓN “TEXAS RANGERS KILLED MEXICANS NOT HISPANICS.”
Recent coverage of a new exhibit at a Texas museum — with headlines like “The Texas Rangers Killed Hundreds of Hispanic Americans During the Mexican Revolution” (screen capture to left) and “Texas … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE PIER with HERMAN SILLAS 2.21.16 “CAMPAIGN”
The presidential primaries are here and we are reminded daily. As a political junkie I love it. My father was active in the union and had meetings in our house to change the union’s leadership. … [Read more...]
ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK 2.21.16 “LOOKING TO THE EAST”
If this photo is "Looking Toward the East," the question is where are we? … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALEJANDRO MOLINA “SAN VALENTÍN”
Alejandro Molina is a poet and member of "Noches Bohemias," a group of poets from various Latin American countries who meet regularly at the Tia Chucha Cultural Center and bookstore in Sylmar, … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 2.14.16
The stench of political hypocrisy… The contradictions and outright hypocrisy permeating contemporary politics are staggering. Hillary Clinton, for example, is the antithesis of what progressives … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “THIEVES AND LIARS”
Latinopia Showcase Thieves & Liars from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Ricardo Matta and Poli Marichal are producers of the independent motion picture Ladrons y Mentirosos (Thieves and Liars). … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD TREVIÑO READS FROM RETURN TO ARROYO GRANDE
Latinopia Word Trevino Reads Arroyo Grande from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Jesús Salvador Treviño is a pioneering Chicano filmmaker, television director and author. He has created the town of Arroyo … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “MEET JULIAN GONZÁLEZ”
The Voces (Voices) Oral History Project at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, was created by Dr. Maggie Rivas Rodríguez and has now recorded more than 800 oral histories of Latino veterans of … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 2.07.16 “LATINOS, THE ACADEMY AWARDS AND THE CHOTA”
In L.A. in recent days a couple of stories are bouncing around in the news. One is the fact that – oh what a surprise and a shock! – the Academy Awards have overlooked actors and … [Read more...]