Michael Sedano

GUEST BLOG MICHAEL SEDANO 3.05.17 “THE DEVIL AND LUIS VALDEZ”

Any comparison between the history-making 1978 production of Zoot Suit with its 2017 retelling would be unfair to the latter. It’s not the same Zoot Suit We are older but the audience is younger. The … [Read more...]

LATINOPIA WORD RAUL SALINAS “HAIL PACHUCO!”

Latinopia Word Raul Salinas Hail Pachuco from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Acclaimed poet and social activist Raul R. Salinas ( 1935-2008) is best known for his poem, "Un Trip Through the Mind Jail." In … [Read more...]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 10.15.17 HURACAN 2

October 15, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

La situación es muy seria; la devastación ha sido extrema y ha de ocupar un largo tiempo antes de que el país retorne al grado de funcionalidad que tenía antes; los huracanes Irma y María, lo dejaron literal y figurativamente en el piso. El sistema de energía eléctrica, que mostró ser frágil con el primero […]

BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE 9.01.17 “HISPANICS, FAKE NEWS, AND THE AMERICAN MEDIA”

October 15, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

It’s not that the American Media is crooked, as Donald Trump rages against it, they’re blind-sided by their perception of America as white despite the fact that the United States has never been a majority country of white people (David Gandolfo, USA Today, Aug 16, 2017). Nevertheless, owing to the corporate structure of American media, […]

CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES WITH MARK GUERRERO – MAX UBALLEZ “THE ROMANCERS”

October 2, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

This month Mark Guerrero returns with his Chicano Music Chronicles, this time showcasing Max Uballez, pioneering songster and leader of the sixties music group The Romancers. Before the Premiers, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and The Blendells, there was The Romancers. The Romancers were the first East L.A. Chicano band to record an album and were […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 10.08.17 “HURACAN”

October 8, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

Ay bendito, pobrecito Puerto Rico; el universo entero parece haberse conflagrado en su contra. Si bien su ubicación tropical es bendecida por un clima cálido , carente virtualmente de cambios de estación, igual confrontamos la mala fortuna o el cruel destino de estar en el curso los huracanes en el Oceano Atlántico. El desastre fiscal […]

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

By Tia Tenopia on March 19, 2013

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]

Category: History, LATINOPIA EVENT

LATINOPIA MUSIC ANGELA ROA “TOCO DESAFINADO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 22, 2014

Angela Roa is a Chilean singer and lyricist residing in Los Angeles, California. Her songs are about the Latino experience in the United States and in Latin America. Here she performs an original song, “Toco Desafinado” (Out of Tune). She is accompanied by Fernando Losada, Rich Silva and Thiago Winterstein..

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

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