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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.19.26 CHICANO/A ARTISTS EXPAND FRIDA’S LEGACY

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 2.19.26 (ENGLISH) FROM PUERTO RICO WITH LOVE, BENITO

February 19, 2026 By wpengine

Since the news broke months ago that Benito Antonio (Bad Bunny) Martinez Ocasio would be in charge of the mid-game entertainment and that the show would take place in Spanish, a controversy arose that has been in the headlines for months, given the atmosphere that prevails around immigration and the relationship with the nations of […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.19.26 CHICANO/A ARTISTS EXPAND FRIDA’S LEGACY

February 19, 2026 By wpengine

The art exhibit, Frida: The Making of an Icon, currently showing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, has been a spectacular success. Gary Tinterow, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, commented that “Frida Kahlo occupies an extraordinary place in the history of Western art of the last century.” In his assessment, […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA 2.19.26 BENITO: DE PUERTO RICO CON AMOR

February 19, 2026 By wpengine

Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre De Puerto Rico con amor: Benito Desde que apareció la noticia meses atrás que Benito Antonio (Bad Bunny) Martinez Ocasio estaría a cargo del entretenimiento de mitad de juego y que el espectáculo se llevaría a cabo en español, se formó un a controversia que lleva meses en titulares, […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 02.14.26 HISTORICAL ROLE REVERSAL

February 14, 2026 By wpengine

“Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they’ve learned.” Dorothy Nolte (1924 – 2005), American poet, writer, and family counselor. Historic role reversal… In my last blog I wrote that my heart soars like a hawk with pride to see young folks confront Donald Trump’s racist ICE thugs. […]

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

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

LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL JULISA BERMEJO “OUR LADY OF THE WATER GALLONS”

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature