Chicano Science Fiction auithors

LATINOPIA WORD ACEVEDO ON VAMPIRES

Mario Acevedo is a Chicano author based in Denver, Colorado whose series of novels centered on Felix Gómez, a Chicano private detective who also happens to be a vampire, creates a unique Latino take … [Read more...]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 07.14.19 “INCOME INEQUALITY REARS ITS UGLY HEAD”

July 14, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Income inequality rears its ugly head everywhere… Income inequality is pervasive. It rears its ugly head everywhere. We hear much about income inequality from the likes of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (“Bernie”) and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“AOC”). They mention it every chance they get, citing real-life contexts such as the ability (or more accurately, […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 07.14.19 “EL PRESIDENTE NO ES PENDEJO”

July 14, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Using Circus Theory to Understand Trump El Presidente No es Pendejo Most of us know what a circus is. Some of us have been to a circus. The P.T. Barum and Bailey Circus was indeed a spectacle when it rolled into town and paraded to the location where the big tents had been set up. […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA CON EL ZOCOTROCO 07.07/19 ‘PODEROSO CABALLERO ES DON DINERO”

July 7, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

El escándalo más reciente en la vida Boricua es la colaboración del Secretario de Hacienda y Director de la Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto con el FBI, Institución Federal a la que presenta denuncias de una “mafia Institucional” con acceso a información confidencial, a cargo de la venta de influencias, adjudicación fraudulenta de licencias, destrucción […]

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA “THE WAY OF LEO: 5 LESSONS OF ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP”

June 29, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

I have been practicing academic mentorship since I was a 17-year-old freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (many moons ago). Once accepted into UCLA, I started to mentor high school students and my siblings in East Los Angeles to help them pursue higher education. Also, I became the campus leader of the Chicano […]

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 1

By Tia Tenopia on October 7, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist, muralist and print maker. The daughter of Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero, she has boldly set out on her own artistic trajectory. Her art includes stunning prints, canvases and public murals. Latinopia visited Sonia at her studio in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles where she spoke about […]

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

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 ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART