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MIRÁNDOLO BIEN WITH EDUARDO DÍAZ 12.10.17 “WHEN HERITAGE TOURISM DOESN’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY”

When I received the email alerting me that there were only a few spots left on the tour, “The Route of Hernán Cortes: The Collision of Two Empires & the Forging of the New World,” I was puzzled … [Read more...]

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December 17, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRANDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DIAZ 9.17.17 “GET IT RIGHT AND SAY IT PLAIN”

“Today, the old oak tree in the courthouse square in Goliad provides welcome shade from the south Texas sun. Once, however, it served another, more sinister, purpose. A historical marker reveals that … [Read more...]

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September 17, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

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

“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 … [Read more...]

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August 6, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 4.09.17 “ARCHITECTURE, THANK THE GREEKS?”

“LOVE ARCHITECTURE? THANK THE GREEKS.” National Geographic Society Advertisement Washington, D.C. Metro Train I’m not one for getting too riled up over commercial advertising. … [Read more...]

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April 9, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 03.05.17

The Sunday after the recent presidential election was particularly special at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C., where I worship. Aside from Easter, I have never seen the church so … [Read more...]

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March 5, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

MIRANDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DIAZ 11.07.16

It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror. —James Baldwin Recently, I visited the San Antonio studio of artist Vincent … [Read more...]

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November 20, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.07.16 “LA PELOTA IS MORE THAN A BALL GAME”

Sports have been a major presence in the lives of Mexican Americans since the early 20th century. This has been particularly true of Mexican Americans in the Midwest, where sports such as baseball … [Read more...]

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August 7, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 6.05.16 “INTERSECTIONALITY: THE EVOLUTION OF HAPA”

“I never knew anyone else like me, going through the things I went through, not fitting in, always having to choose...” Kip Fulbeck, The Hapa Project Hapa is a term that emerges from … [Read more...]

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June 5, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ “JOSÉ MONTOYA’S ABUNDANT HARVEST”

The artist's sacred trinity of life, struggle, and death is not a moralistic tale; it is a representation of the Chicano experience. —Curator Selene Preciado, from the catalogue José Montoya's … [Read more...]

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March 13, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.02.15 “LA MARCHA NO HA TERMINADO”

And what should I say? That I am tired? That the road is long and the end is nowhere in sight? I did not come to sing because I have such a good voice. Nor do I come to cry about my bad … [Read more...]

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August 2, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN WITH EDUARDO DÍAZ 10.06.14

A NEW SHADE OF GREEN: THE ANTHRPOCENE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND LATINOS. "Climate change is a defining issue of our time and there is no time to lose. There is no Plan B because we do not have Planet B," … [Read more...]

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October 6, 2014 by

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 6.16.14 ‘WHOSE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT?”

I recently visited the Brooklyn Museum, eager to see Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties. The exhibition is organized into eight sections and features 103 works by 66 artists. It was … [Read more...]

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June 16, 2014 by

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN WITH EDUARDO DÍAZ 12.22.13 “MIAMI’S HUGE LEAP”

MIAMI’S HUGE LEAP. "Miami is the capitol of Latin America!" I'm hopeful that this boastful statement by Javier Souto, Miami-Dade County Commissioner, resounded clearly with the civic and cultural … [Read more...]

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December 22, 2013 by

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 4.05.15 “THE PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T KIDDING”

"Chicanos are Mexican Americans who aren't kidding!" —Dan Guerrero I love that Dan Guerrero came up with this shorthand definition of Chicano; it succinctly captures both a personal reflection … [Read more...]

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MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 11.10.13 “LATINOS IN ATYPICAL DESTINATIONS”

LATINOS IN ATYPICAL DESTINATIONS. Annually, as the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month dawns, I field around 10 requests to speak on a variety of Latino cultural topics, to groups representing … [Read more...]

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November 10, 2013 by

MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 01.18.15 “THERE, BUT FOR THE MAMBO”

THERE, BUT FOR THE MAMBO, GO I... The Mambo craze had reached an apogee in Los Angeles in the 1940s, when my Mexican parents first met and found love. My parents, now 96, always danced well and … [Read more...]

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January 18, 2015 by

POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 2.09.19 “THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY”

February 9, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

The good, the bad, and the ugly… In the immortal words of Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” Dickens pretty much captures how I’m perceiving the political world around me. It’s an emotional see-saw: […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 2.03.19 “COFINA – CORPORACION del FONDO DE INTERES APREMIANTE

February 3, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

COFINA (Corporacion del Fondo de Interes Apremiante) “Guerra Galáctica” por “Aberración Nefasta” En este espacio irredento, donde lo divino se confunde con lo maldito, el sufrimiento culmina en éxtasis y lo sublime alterna con lo ridículo, nos damos margen amplio para titular nuestras tragedias. Guerra Galáctica y Aberración Nefasta sugieren la magnitud del drama que […]

MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 02.03.19

February 3, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. In this month’s we are pleased to bring you an interview with Mayor Pro-tem, Delia Garza. This former Austin firefighter, turned attorney is slowly climbing the ladder of public service. As the recently elected Mayor Pro-tem on the Austin City Council we expect to see and hear more […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 01.26.19 “SAN SEBASTIAN Y HAMILTON, MIRANDA Y FALLON”

January 26, 2019 By Tia Tenopia

Burundanga de Zocotroco Para iniciar el año vuelven a escena las fiestas en la Calle San Sebastián cerrando el extenso periodo navideño que celebramos acá. Un gentío en modalidad de jolgorio que despliega vibrante una parte de lo que somos, un pueblo fiestero. Sería injusto y prejuiciado adscribir a un solo rasgo pues los pueblos […]

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