The true meaning of Christmas

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 12.22.14 “I LIKE YOUR CHRIST, BUT…”

I like your Christ, but… How things change. When I was growing up, religious folks railed against the commercialization of Christmas. They believed and taught that publicly, Christmas was to be … [Read more...]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.22.25 CULTURA Y COMIDA

February 22, 2025 By wpengine

Latino Representation of Food and Culture in Confluence of Cultures: Nuestra Gente, Cultura y Comida To honor the upcoming 10th anniversary of San Antonio’s World Heritage designation, including a UNESCO Creative Cities Network in gastronomy, the City Arts and Culture Office joined with the local World Heritage team to celebrate “dynamic, diverse, and vibrant cultural […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.14.25 PRINTS AT THE SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART

February 14, 2025 By wpengine

Prints by Chicano/a and Latino Artists at the San Antonio Museum of Art Educate and Delight Ricardo Romo, Ph.D Texas Latino art is in vogue this winter with shows in San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi, and the Dallas metroplex. I rely on my Latino art network to keep me informed on upcoming shows. I also […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.06.25 INSTRUCTIVE HISTORY: THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO

February 6, 2025 By wpengine

Latinos and Chicano/a Artists View History as Instructive to Understanding the Present The 48th annual Segundo de Febrero exhibit opened February 2, 2025 at the Centro Cultural Aztlan to commemorate the 177th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War 1846 to 1848 resulting in the “redistribution […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 2.06.25 LAS ACCIONES TIENEN CONSECUENCIAS

February 6, 2025 By wpengine

Burundaga de Zocotroco Jose M. Umpierre Decir que la vida es cambio no requiere gran sapiencia. Los cambios pueden ser a mejor o a peor y si madura coma perfila, la evidencia apunta al retroceso y deterioro, la vuelta a una condición de vida mas primitiva y la perdida de un sosiego que se ha […]

LATINOPIA TEATRO “ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY2”

By Tia Tenopia on December 8, 2014

“Enrique’s Journey” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative by Sonia Nazario about the harrowing experiences of a seventeen-year-old Honduran boy who sets out alone to travel to the United States to find his mother whom he hasn’t seen in more than a dozen years. The riveting true story was adapted for the stage by Anthony J. […]

Category: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater

LATINOPIA MUSIC ANGELA ROA “TOCO DESAFINADO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 22, 2014

Angela Roa is a Chilean singer and lyricist residing in Los Angeles, California. Her songs are about the Latino experience in the United States and in Latin America. Here she performs an original song, “Toco Desafinado” (Out of Tune). She is accompanied by Fernando Losada, Rich Silva and Thiago Winterstein..

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music

LATINOPIA MUSIC CONJUNTO HUEYAPAN “EL TORO ABAJEÑO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 1, 2014

Conjunto Hueyapan is a jarocho music group from Oxnard, California that was founded by Fermín Herrera in 1973. The jarocho music tradition from Veracruz replies on the interplay between the string instruments of the conjunto ensemble, the harp or harps and the jaranas (small four-string guitars) and the percussive heel-stomping dancing known as the zapateado. […]

Category: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music