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 08.13.17 “NEGACIÓN”

August 13, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

De vez en cuando hay que hacer una pausa ,contemplarse a sí mismo sin la fruición cotidiana, examinar el pasado rubro por rubro, etapa por etapa, baldosa por baldosa y no llorarse las mentiras sino cantarse las verdades… Mario Benedetti Mi pensamiento es producto de una formación en las ciencias sociales, y aunque atrás […]

BRAVO ROAD WITH DON FELIPE 8.13.17 “TUSCANY ON THE MIMBRES”

August 13, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

When my wife Gilda suggested a drive to the Esperanza Vineyard in Sherman, New Mexico, just East of Silver City, New Mexico, I readily agreed. It was a perfect sunny day for such a drive and visit. We had met David and Esperanza Gurulé some time before when they were first starting the Winery. Recently, […]

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN WITH EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.06.17 “LA UVA: LUCHA , OPORTUNIDAD Y FAMILIA”

August 6, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

“Outside Robledo Family Winery, south of Sonoma, on a cool April Sunday, the U.S. and Mexican flags whipped up a stiff salute in the wind blowing off the San Pablo Bay. A third banner bore the winery logo. The flags represent three themes central to the lives of Reynaldo Robledo and many other Mexican migrants […]

PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 8.01.17

August 2, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

Bienvenido to another issue of La Voz Newspaper. Here is what’s on my mind. First, it’s hot outside. Casi no salgo en el dia por el calor. In the summers I turn into a night person. Bueno, so much for the weather. Cambiando de tema Someone asked me the other day why I don’t have […]

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

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

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

LATINOPIA WORD RAUL SALINAS “HAIL PACHUCO!”