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EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 9.27.25 THE JOVITA IDAR QUARTER

One morning Jo Emma and I went to run some errands close to the house and one of them had to do with stopping at the Dollar Tree to buy some crossword puzzles.  We found only two different types for a … [Read more...]

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September 27, 2025 by wpengine

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 9.13.25 THE REAL LA ADELITA

A very important historical event will occur on Monday, September 8, 2025, which marked the 125th anniversary of the birth of Adela Velarde Pérez, also known as La Adelita.  When I was growing up in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, El Profe Quezada Tagged With: Gilberto Quezada, La Adelita

September 13, 2025 by JT

LE PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 9.05.25 CURANDERISMO IN THE BARRIO

Curanderismo (folk healing) is an integral component of the fabric that is very much a part of the Mexican American cultural, social, and historical heritage.  My paternal grandmother, Doña Emilia, or … [Read more...]

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September 5, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG GILBERTO QUEZADA WHAT’S IN INITIALS FOR THE U.S.?

When Jo Emma and I watch the ten o'clock nightly news in Spanish on Telemundo, I have noticed that the news reporters when they refer to the United States, they say, "Estados Unidos," and on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Gilberto Quezada

August 16, 2025 by wpengine

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE “CON SAFO”

The phrase "Con Safo," often abbreviated as "C/S," carries profound significance within the Mexican American communities of San Antonio and South Texas.  Growing up in the cherished Barrio El Azteca … [Read more...]

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August 22, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 7.25.25 GILBERTO QUEZADA ON LA CANÍCULA

While growing up in my beloved Barrio El Azteca in Laredo, Texas, during the 1940s and 1950s, I would often hear my paternal grandparents mention the term, "La Canícula," during the hot summer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Gilberto Quezada, Latinopia Guest Blog

July 25, 2025 by JT

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG GILBERTO QUEZADA 7.17.25 BASEBALL CARDS MORE THAN COLLECTIBLES

In the 1950s, growing up in Laredo’s Barrio del Azteca, I lived for baseball.  My grandfather, a former umpire in the Mexican League, took me to see the Laredo Apaches play at Washington Park.  The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Americna baseball, Gilberto Quezada, Latino baseball heroes, Ted Williams

July 17, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA BLOG DR. GILBERTO QUEZADA – CELEBRATINIG LAREDO’S 270TH ANNIVERSARY

Celebrating Laredo's 270th Anniversary By Dr. Gilberto Quezada I would like to offer a few comments and a very interesting coincidence about the 270th anniversary of the establishment of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Gilberto Quezada, Latinopia Guest Blog

May 15, 2025 by wpengine

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 8.16.25

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO ROMO'S TEJANO REPORT ON ARTHUR LÓPEZ CONTEMPORARY SANTERO, GILBERTO QUEZADA ON WHAT'S IN A NAME, ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON LAS MADRES AND XOCHITL-JULISA BERMEJO READS FROM … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Esmeralda Santiago, Gilberto Quezada, Ricardo Romo, This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia, Xochitl Julisa Bermejo

August 16, 2025 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.03.25 MEL CASAS AND HUMANSCAPES

October 3, 2025 By wpengine

Mel Casas, a native of El Paso, moved to San Antonio in 1961 to teach art at San Antonio College. Over the next fifty years, until his death in 2014, Casas established himself as one of the nation’s preeminent Chicano artists. His celebrated “Humanscapes” series, which spans 150 works produced between 1965 and 1989 and […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 10.03.25 “VETE POR LA SOMBRITA”

October 3, 2025 By wpengine

In the heart of Mexican culture, certain phrases carry more than just meaning—they carry memory, warmth, and a sense of belonging.  One such phrase is “Vete por la sombrita” or “Te vas por la sombrita,” a gentle farewell that literally means “go through the little shade.”  But for many, especially those like me who grew […]

LATINOPIA BOOK REVIEW LUIS TORRES ON “BORDERS OF CARE”

October 3, 2025 By wpengine

Immigrants, undocumented or not, seek and receive less medical attention than any other population in the country. A new book explains why. The current hostility toward immigrants in the United States is pernicious and shameful. But it’s nothing new.  It began in ominous earnest early in the 19th and 20th centuries and it persists. We […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.27.25 A TRIBUTE TO JUAN GABRIEL

September 27, 2025 By wpengine

A Mexican Independence Tribute to Singer-Songwriter Juan Gabriel by the San Antonio Philharmonic The world premiere of  “Juan Gabriel: A Philharmonic Tribute,” San Antonio Philharmonic’s groundbreaking September 2025 concert, featured the music of legendary Mexican singer Juan Gabriel. The Tribute marked the first time the musician’s estate has authorized the use of his voice and […]

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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.

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LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL JULISA BERMEJO “OUR LADY OF THE WATER GALLONS”

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

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