plays about the immigrant experience

SOUTH BAY COMPASS WITH BARBARA ZARAGOZA 5.17.15 “BORDER CROSSING”

On Friday, May 8th The Front Art and Culture Center in San Ysidro presented a first reading of Raul Castillo’s Border Crossing, a play that explores the nuances of the migrant experience. Micah … [Read more...]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS 11.13.18 “LIBERALS: A STRONG FORCE IN HISTORY”

November 13, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Liberals: a strong force in history… The mid-term elections are over. No more annoying, lying ads. And no more “Friend” emails. For some inexplicable reason, the right-wing Trump cultists—who obviously know nothing about me or my political orientation—consider me a “friend” and a “fellow conservative.” I have no idea how I got on their email […]

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES “ARTURO “ROOSTER” PEREZ

November 13, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

This month music chronicler Mark Guerrero visits with Arturo “Rooster” Perez. He was one of three drummers that played with Redbone during the peak of the recording success in the ’70s. Mark interviews Arturo about his time with Redbone and then Arturo plays and talk about various tracks he recorded with them. He also played […]

TALES OF TORRES 11.03.18 “THE ROAD TO FASCISM IS PAVED WITH PERNICIOUS INTENTIONS”

November 3, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

“I am a nationalist.” That’s what Trump shouted at one of his bullshit rallies recently. All he needed was the brown-shirted “heil” salute. How much clearer could this be? We should understand his latest revealingly dangerous words and actions through the prism of 20th century history. First he locks Latino children in cages. Then he […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 10.19.18 ”INDIGENOUS POLITICAL REPRESENTATION”

October 19, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Indigenous political representation… Arizona recently made history by electing three Indigenous women—Jamescita Peshlakai (Navajo), Victoria Steele (Seneca), and Sally Ann Gonzales (Pascua Yaqui)—to the Arizona Senate. All three won their respective Democratic Primaries, and only one has opposition in the General election (a long-shot write-in opponent). Two Indigenous men—Myron Tsosie, Arlando Teller, both Navajo—also have […]

LATINOPIA WORD “DOÑA JULIA’S CHILDREN”

By Tia Tenopia on November 24, 2013

Latinopia’s blogger Luis R. Torres has recently published a biography of Mexican American education activist Vahac Mardirosian. It was Mardirosian who led the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee, the activist group made up of parents, teachers and students following the 1968 East Los Angeles high school Walk-outs. In later years Mardirosian founded the Parent Institute for […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

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 ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART