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LATINOPIA TEATRO CARMEN TAFOLLA “TERE”

Latinopia Teatro Carmen Tafolla - Tere4 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Carmen Tafolla is an acclaimed poet and playwright who was named Poet Laureate for the CIty of San Antonio, Texas in 2012. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater Tagged With: Carmen Tafolla, growing up Hispanic, growing up Latino, Latina authors

February 4, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 11.18.12

EL SERENO AND AN OPPORTUNITY When I was seventeen my mom got a job working as a cashier at the Home Depot in Alhambra. It was quite a drive for her each morning and she often complained of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: Chicano Literature, growing up Hispanic, Mexican Zombie

November 18, 2012 by JT

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 5.05.13

CAMP HASCAWALLA “Listen up! Everything you are going to learn in the next few weeks is a matter of life and death. YOUR life and death. We’ll soon be heading for the Oñate compound --pay attention … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Zombie Mex Diaries Tagged With: Chicano zombies, growing up Chicano, growing up Hispanic, Latino zombies, Mexican Zombie, Zombies

May 5, 2013 by JT

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 04.17.26 MAGO GÁNDARA’S MUJER MODERNA EXHIBIT

April 17, 2026 By wpengine

El Paso’s new Mexican American Cultural Center’s (MACC) exhibit, Mujer Moderna: The Life and Artwork of Mago Gándara, opened in the fall of 2025. Curated by Ramon Cardenas, the exhibition honors Margarita “Mago” Orona Gándara (1929–2018), celebrated as the first Chicana Modernist artist and the first female muralist and sculptor of the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands. On view […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO (ENGLISH) 4.10.26 OLIGARCHY AND KAKOCRACY: MONEY TAKS

April 10, 2026 By wpengine

Oligarchy and Kakocracy Boricua: money talks… Two events currently dominate public attention in Puerto Rico: the legislative views to attend the lobbying firm founded by the current secretary of the governorship and the Esencia megaproject, a residential development in the southwest of the island. They grab attention for the large sums of money they handle, […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 04.10.16 OLIGARQUIA Y KAKOCRACIA BORICUA MONEY TALKS…

April 10, 2026 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Oligarquía y Kakocracia Boricua: money talks… Dos sucesos dominan actualmente la atención pública en Puerto Rico: las vistas legislativas para atender la firma de cabildeo que fundó el hoy secretario de la gobernación y el megaproyecto Esencia, un desarrollo residencial en el suroeste de la Isla. Acaparan la atención […]

TALES OF TORRES 04.03. 26 RAZA AND OTHERS DEMONSTRATE AT NO KINGS RALLIES

April 3, 2026 By wpengine

NO KINGS PROTEST RAZA AND OTHERS DEMONSTRATE AT THE NO KINGS RALLIES.           My favorite sign – a very succinct and telling placard—at this past weekend’s protest in Pasadena, California read simply: “Arrogant, Depraved Racist.” The protest sign appeared above photos of Donald Trump and Stephan Miller, the diabolical architect of Trump’s immigration […]

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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

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