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LATINOPIA MUSIC QUETZAL “VOCES” (VOICES)

Quetzal is a popular East Los Angeles band whose music reflects the struggles of poor people everywhere. . Their original song, "Voces" (Voices) was inspired by the participation of Latinos in a human … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Chicano Music, Latino music, Martha Gonzalez, Quetxzal Flores, Quetzal

February 9, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – MARTHA GONZALEZ OF QUETZAL

Singer/songwriter/percussionist/educator and founding member of the band Quetzal, who have eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock group, whose music is a mix of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mark GUerrero's ELA Music Stories, Podcasts Tagged With: Mark Guerrero's East L A Music Stories, Martha Gonzalez, Quetzal

June 6, 2026 by wpengine

LATINOPIA MUSIC QUETZAL “TODO LO QUE TENGO”

Quetzal is the renowned East Los Angeles Chicano(a) music group whose distinctive bilingual music tells the story of people in struggle. Martha Gonzalez, lead singer of the group, wrote the love song … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Martha Gonzalez, Quetzal, Quetzal Flores

February 11, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 04.30.26

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: FLORYCANTO! MARGARET ELYSIA GARCIA READS CHICANO HORROR STORY#1,  RICARDO ROMO ON POST MODERN ART AT SAN ANTONIO'S CENTRO DE ARTES, EL PROFE QUEZADA WITH 113 DICHOS AND MARTHA  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Martha Gonzalez, Quetzal, This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

April 30, 2026 by wpengine

LATINOPIA MUSIC QUETZAL “TRAGAFUEGOS” (FIRE BREATHERS)

Quetzal is an East Los Angeles Chican@ band whose music reflects the social, political and cultural struggles of Latinos in the United States and Latin America. On August 24, 2013 they performed their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Chicano Music, East Los Angeles music scene, Fire Breathers, Quetzal, Tragafuegos

September 8, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC QUETZAL “CANTO LISO”

Quetzal is an East Los Angeles band whose music mirrors the social, political and cultural struggles of Latinos in the United States and Latin America.  On August 24, 2013 they performed their song … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Canto Liso, Nicolás Guillén, Quetzal, What's New

October 27, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 7.31.21

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC! MARK GUERRERO WITH "NOBODY TOLD ME," QUETZAL WITH "MIGRA," ANGELA ROA WITH 'WE FACE THE STORM," JULIO MONTERO WITH "LUCHADOR," AND LOS POCHOS WITH "PASO … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Angela Roa, Julio Montero, Mark Guerrero, Martha Gonzalez, Quetzal, This week on Latinopia.com, Tia Tenopia

July 30, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

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 […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 9.04.26 WOMEN AND LABOR

September 4, 2026 By wpengine

  Women and Labor… Labor Day is nigh upon us, and there’ll be a plethora of postings exalting workers, unions, etc. I thought I’d get a leg up and comment on a topic that deserves our attention and respect – women in the labor movement, historically and contemporaneously. [Note: in different contexts, I’ve written about […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.04.26 MY FOTO SEPTIEMBRE

September 4, 2026 By wpengine

The Centro Cultural Aztlán’s upcoming photographic exhibition, which opens on Thursday evening, September 3, 2026, in conjunction with San Antonio’s FotoSeptiembre, offers a powerful celebration of Mexican American life as lived, remembered, and continually reimagined. Curated by historian and documentary photographer Ricardo Romo, this year’s FotoSeptiembre at the Centro features the works of thirteen photographers, […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 9.04.26 ” 9/11 LEST WE FORGET”

September 4, 2026 By wpengine

Lest we Forget.  On the solemnity of this special day–September 11, 2001, twenty-five years ago, this coming September 11, 2026, we cried, America cried, a day that will never be forgotten as we pause to remember those innocent victims, with sorrow in our hearts and a pain that will never be erased, who were incinerated […]

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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

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