Monica Ortiz

LATINOPIA WORD MÓNICA TERESA ORTÍZ 9.18.26 “ENLISTMENT PAPERS”

https://vimeo.com/17766476?fl=pl&fe=cm Mónica Teresa Ortíz is an Austin-based poet whose 2008 chapbook, “On a Greyhound Straight from the 915,” has won critical acclaim. Her literary inspirations … [Read more...]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO (ENGLISH) 9.18.26

September 17, 2026 By JT

At the risk of self-promotion criticism, I submit to what is usually my space, the text presented by my friend Jorge Escudero Franceschini in the premiere of the documentary La Tierra de Borikén. The reaction of a farmer in good faith. The reasons why I give up space are best explained in his writing: Seeing […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.18.26 THE ART OF TEJAS: FROM CASTAS TO CHICANOS

September 17, 2026 By wpengine

In 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, Latinos in San Antonio had celebrated 58 years since its settlement. Mexicans from colonial New Spain who settled the region in the 1680s adopted the name Tejas used by the Indigenous tribes. As a Spanish province, Tejas was settled before some of the original […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 9.18.26

September 17, 2026 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre A riesgo de crítica de auto promoción, someto a lo que suele ser mi espacio, el texto que presentó mi amigo Jorge Escudero Franceschini en el estreno del documental La Tierra de Borikén. La reacción de un agricultor de buena fe. Las razones de porque cedo el espacio mejor […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.11.26 DOCK SPACE GALLERY HOSTS FOTOSEPTIEMBRE EXHIBITION

September 12, 2026 By wpengine

In its 32nd year, FotoSeptiembre is part of the Dock Space Gallery exhibitions in San Antonio’s Lone Star District. The opening reception for “Close to Home,” an exhibit of the work of thirteen San Antonio photographers, is Saturday, September 12, from 4- 9 p.m. Curated by Ricardo Romo, the photographers in the exhibit include Lead Artist Monica […]

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 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