. Chicano authors

LATINOPIA WORD DANIEL ACOSTA “HOMEBOY 2”

Daniel Acosta is a writer whose short stories have appeared in Nuestro and Lowrider magazines and in Anthologies. Latinopia caught up with Daniel at the 2010 Flor y Canto Literary Festival convened by … [Read more...]

RICKY LUV VIDEO “OFFICE IS…”

Multi-talented author and filmmaker Ricardo Lira Acuña is back on Latinopia this week with his regular monthly video blog, Ricky Luv Video. This video is all about working in an office and how it … [Read more...]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 8.11.18 “LOS JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS Y DEL CARIBE”

August 11, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Una columna que atiende la cultura tiene por obligación que incluir el deporte, que constituye un aspecto esencial en su quehacer y sirve una función vital en la identidad colectiva. Por ser quiénes somos y cómo somos, el deporte tampoco está excento de la controversia pues mucho se discute […]

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 8.05.18 “DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY: AMERICAN HISPANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY”

August 11, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY: AMERICAN HISPANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY–IMPLICATIONS OF MINORITY TO MAJORITY SHIFTS IN SELECT GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS As part of the process of keeping my college freshmen courses relevant and aligned with our Quality Enhancement Program (QEP), I recently added the following choice to the research topics my Freshmen students could select from. […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 7.29.18 “ESTRENO DE UNO A UNO”

July 29, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Uno a Uno es la realización más reciente de Noel Quiñones. Ello presenta la ineludible realidad que abordar en primer término; Noel es mi amigo. Lo es desde el momento en que llegó a los antiguos predios de El Nuevo Día con un proyector y una película que iluminó una pared por un rato. Desde […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 7.22.18 “EFEMERIDES Y PLEITOS”

July 22, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Efemérides y Pleitos El 25 de julio es un día importante en Puerto Rico, es la fecha en que se conmemora la firma de la Constitución del 1952. Visto que es uso y costumbre llamarlo día de las fiestas patria, y que ese concepto tan elemental tiene un significado torcido en la Isla, la conmemoración […]

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

LATINOPIA TEATRO “ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY2”

By Tia Tenopia on December 8, 2014

“Enrique’s Journey” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative by Sonia Nazario about the harrowing experiences of a seventeen-year-old Honduran boy who sets out alone to travel to the United States to find his mother whom he hasn’t seen in more than a dozen years. The riveting true story was adapted for the stage by Anthony J. […]

Category: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 5.27.18 “WORLD WAR TWO GENERATION”

By Breht Burri on April 20, 2014

WW II GENERATION GETS IT DONE! It is beyond ironic that teaching young people about the patriotism of the Mexican American community—e.g., that Mexican Americans/Latinos have earned more Congressional Medals of Honor in proportion to their numbers than any other ethnic group in the U.S. and that Mexican American women played a crucial role in […]

Category: Political Salsa y Más