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UTOPIAS DESCIFRADAS with JOSÉ E. MURATTI-TORO 7.18.20 CAN HAMILTON PREVAIL IN THE BLM ERA?

Can Hamilton prevail in the BLM Era? The controversy over Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton could not have been anticipated in 2015, especially during the Obama presidency. Black Lives Matter, as a … [Read more...]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 09.17.22 FLACO JIMENEZ MUSIC VIRTUOSO

September 16, 2022 By wpengine

Flaco Jimenez: A South Texas Music Virtuoso Flaco Jimenez’s music journey has been as imposing as a Texas Tornado, as sizzling as a Super Seven Texas sun, and as dramatic as a rocking Rolling Stone. The magical reference in those names reveals different moments that brought Flaco Jimenez added music fame. With over 120 albums […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.03.22 PORFIRIO SALINAS PIONEERING LATINO ARTIST

September 3, 2022 By wpengine

Porfirio Salinas: A Pioneering Latino Artist Texas painter Porfirio Salinas is among the first Mexican American artists to gain national recognition. In 1964 The New York Times described him as “L.B.J.’s Favorite Painter.” The famed bluebonnet painter is also undoubtedly one of the most famous personalities who lived in the Westside barrio of San Antonio, […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 9.03.22 PUERTO RICO’S UNFINISHED JOURNEY

September 3, 2022 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Convaleciendo de mi episodio cardiaco en casas de mi hermana, en solidaridad con mi recuperación, la licenciada en derecho Celina Romany Siaca, tuvo la amabilidad de regalarme su libro: La Verdadera Historia de Roberto Sánchez Vilella/ Puerto Rico’s Unfinished Journey en versión de ingles. Ávido como soy a la […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.10.22 ARMANDO SANCHEZ BORDERLAND ARTIST

September 10, 2022 By wpengine

Armando Sanchez: A Latino Borderland Artist Latino art came to the U.S-Mexico Borderlands in the 17th century with the founding of several missions in Texas by the Franciscan order. In the 1680s, Mestizos, a blend of Spanish and Mexican Indian ethnic groups, constituted the majority population in Mexico. Franciscan friars, assigned to construct the five […]

LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS FABULOCOS “UNA PURA Y DOS CON SAL”

By Tia Tenopia on January 4, 2015

Delta Groove Music recording artist Los FabuLocos is a Southern California band whose unique sound, “Cali-Mex,”is a fusion of blues, Americana and Chicano soul music. Band members include Jesús Cuevas, accordion and vocals; Rubén Guaderama, guitar,bajo sexto, tres and vocals; James Barrios, bass and vocals; Mike Molina, drums and Kid Ramos, guitar( not in this […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

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 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