Thanksgiving leftovers

TALES OF TORRES 12.01.19 “THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS”

Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, leaving lots of leftovers – both actual and metaphorical. Above the din of football game crowds emanating from the nonstop television in the next room, there were … [Read more...]

ROMO DE TEJAS 01.19.20 “LATINOS ALSO INSPIRED BY DR. KING’S DREAM”

January 18, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Latinos Also Inspired by Dr. King’s Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke before 250,000 demonstrators for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August of 1963, the largest protest event in American history. He awakened the nation to its constitutional obligations of fairness and justice for all. While his legacy is secure, there […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 01.19.20 “DRAFT BOARDS AND US…”

January 18, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Draft boards, one of the least visible governmental bodies, have had an immense effect on the Mexican American community over the years. Draft boards oversee the registration and selection of persons of military age in the event of a national “draft,” i.e., compulsory enlistment into the U. S. armed forces, and they grant deferments or […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 01.19.20 “DESASTRES NATURALES”

January 18, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Burundanga de Zocotroco Nos brinda el refranero y la sabiduría popular frases que intentan a veces explicar, a veces brindar alivio. “Mal de muchos, consuelo de pocos.” “No es lo mucho, es lo seguido. ”Las vacas flacas viene juntas.” Todas aplican al momento presente que vive la patria Boricua. La secuencia de desastres que se […]

ROMO DE TEJAS – 01.12.20 – THE BIRTH OF BORDERLAND FOLKLORE

January 12, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Born in 1915, Americo Paredes, rose to become the founder of Mexican American Folklore in America and creator of Mexican American Studies in Texas. In 1937, Paredes published his first poems in La Prensa of San Antonio. Paredes, a native of Brownsville, studied at the local community college and worked as a proofreader at the […]

LATINOPIA MUSIC QUETZAL “CANTO LISO”

By Tia Tenopia on October 27, 2013

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 “Canto Liso,” based on a poem by acclaimed Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, at the Levitt Pavilion nin Pasadena, California.

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA MUSIC LOS FABULOCOS “UNA PURA Y DOS CON SAL”

By Tia Tenopia on January 4, 2015

Delta Groove Music recording artist Los FabuLocos is a Southern California band whose unique sound, “Cali-Mex,”is a fusion of blues, Americana and Chicano soul music. Band members include Jesús Cuevas, accordion and vocals; Rubén Guaderama, guitar,bajo sexto, tres and vocals; James Barrios, bass and vocals; Mike Molina, drums and Kid Ramos, guitar( not in this […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA WORD THELMA REYNA

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Thelma Reyna is the author of the award-winning “The Heavens Weep For Us and Other Stories” and the poetry collections “Breath & Bone” and “Hearts In Common.” Latinopia caught up with Thelma on October 17, 2013 when she read her poems at the public library in Altadena, California.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature