BRISCOE MUSEUM IN SAN ANTONIO

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.31.26 – BRISCOE MUSEUM IN SAN ANTONIO OPENS NEW TEJANO EXHIBIT

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 07.31.26 FEMINISTS BEFORE THEIR TIMES

July 31, 2026 By wpengine

Feminists before their times… “A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.” — Marge Piercy American poet, novelist As I traverse the twilight period of my life, I often find myself strolling down memory lane and thinking about how things have changed. That happened recently when three […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.31.26 – BRISCOE MUSEUM IN SAN ANTONIO OPENS NEW TEJANO EXHIBIT

July 31, 2026 By wpengine

On July 25, 2026, the Briscoe Museum in San Antonio opened the Tejano Legacy: Another American Origin Story exhibit coinciding with the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The museum describes the exhibit as a landmark bilingual narrative that explores nearly four centuries of “Tejano history, culture, and identity and the enduring influence of Tejanos on […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 07.27.26 MARGARET GARCIA ART AT THE CHEECH MUSEUM

July 27, 2026 By wpengine

Margaret Garcia’s new artwork at the Cheech Museum in Riverside, California, is vibrant in color and bold in concept. The Cheech opened the new show, We the People: Chicano Art in the U.S.A., on May 30, 2026. Curated by artist Benito Huerta with Cheech Marin’s conceptual contributions, the exhibit includes 60 artists and 125 beautiful […]

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ROGELIO SÁENZ 07.17.26 – WHO ARE THE AMERICAN STUDENTS WHO ARE NO LONGER THE MAJORITY?

July 17, 2026 By wpengine

By Rogelio Sáenz I read with great interest the article titled “American students are no longer majority in schools” written by Jayujyoti Mullick which appeared in The American Bazaar last month on June 14. This is an interesting article but there is confusion about who actually are American students who are no longer the majority […]

LATINOPIA FOOD “JALAPEÑO SODA BREAD” RECIPE

By Tia Tenopia on March 14, 2011

Jalapeño Irish Soda Bread The sweetness of traditional Irish soda bread ingredients—raisins, buttermilk, some sugar—are richly complimented by jalapeño heat. Here’s a soda bread recipe from Ireland brought to the USA from Galway by Mary Patricia Reilly Murray and later transformed with her blessing by her daughter, Bobbi Murray, who added jalapeño chile. A real […]

Category: Cooking, Food, LATINOPIA FOOD

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART