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LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicana artists, Chicano Art, MacArthur Park Metro Station murals, Sonia Romero, Urban Oasis, What's New

October 20, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 1

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist, muralist and print maker. The daughter of Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero, she has boldly set out on her own artistic trajectory. Her art includes stunning prints, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Chicana artists, Chicano Art, She Rides the Lion, Sonia Romero, What's New

October 7, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: Color Harmony, El Paso Museum of Art Exhibits, Gaspar Enríquez, Generationsof Attitude, Metaphors of the Barrio, What's New

May 4, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

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. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: 1966 Peregrinacion, 1966 United farm Workers march, Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers Union, What's New

March 19, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA FOOD “JALAPEÑO SODA BREAD” RECIPE

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cooking, Food, LATINOPIA FOOD Tagged With: best Irish soda brad, Irish jalapeno soda bread recipe, Irish soda bread recipe, jalapeno soda bread recipe, What's New

March 14, 2011 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

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

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Delta Groove Music, James Barrios, Jesus Cuevas, Kid Ramos, Los FabuLocos, Mike Molina, Ruben Guaderama, Una Pura y Dos con Sal, What's New

January 4, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD THELMA REYNA

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Chicana Literature, Chicana poetry, Hearts in Common, The Heavens Weep For Us, Thelma Reyna, What's New

October 20, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD MÓNICA TERESA ORTÍZ “HUMAN RESOURCES”

Mónica Teresa Ortíz is a Texas poet representative of a new generation of Latina poets and authors. She is the author of the acclaimed chapbook collection "On a Greyhound Straight from the 915." She … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: "Human Resources, 2014 immigration legislation, Chicana Poets, Immigration debate, Latina literature, Latina poets, Mónica Teresa Ortíz, What's New

February 16, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

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

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Chicana poetry, immigrant deaths in desert, Latina Poetry, No More Deaths, What's New, Xochitl Julisa Bermejo

May 26, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “LOVE IN THE TIME OF ALBINO”

Gabriel Carmona and Branden Selman are the founders of Nac Film Theory, an independent film company based in Nagotchoches, Texas. Both of these talented filmmakers produce, direct, film, edit and act  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: branden Selman, Chicano cinema, Gabriel Carmona, Love in the Time of Albino, Nac Ilm Theory, new wave Chicano Cinema, What's New

April 13, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC RUBÉN MARTÍNEZ “IN THE SHADOWS OF BLACK MESA”

Rubén Martínez is a journalist, author and musician whose recent book “Desert America” chronicles, among other things, the high rate of heroin addiction among Hispanos in New Mexico’s rural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Desert America, heroin addiction in New Meixco, Rubén Martínez, What's New

July 28, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA TEATRO “ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY2”

“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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA TEATRO, Theater Tagged With: Encuentro 2014, Enrique's Journey, Sonia Nazario, Su Teatro, Tony Garcia, What's New

December 8, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD “DOÑA JULIA’S CHILDREN”

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: 1969 East Los Angeles high school walk-outs, Dona Julia's Children, Luis R.. Torres, Mexican American education, Vahac Mardirosian, What's New

November 24, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 5.27.18 “WORLD WAR TWO GENERATION”

WW II GENERATION GETS IT DONE! It is beyond ironic that teaching young people about the patriotism of the Mexican American community—e.g., that Mexican Americans/Latinos have earned more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Political Salsa y Más Tagged With: Mexican Americans in World War Two, Political Salsa y Mas, Salomón R. Baldenegro, What's New, Wordl War Two Latinos

April 20, 2014 by Breht Burri

LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATION

Robert Francis Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. The brother of President John F. Kennedy, Robert had just been nominated by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, LATINOPIA EVENT Tagged With: Dolores Huerta, RFK Assassination, Robert F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Farmworkers, What's New

September 16, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC ANGELA ROA “TOCO DESAFINADO”

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Angela Roa, Nueva Cancion en los Estados Unidos, Toco Desafinado, What's New

June 22, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

RICKY LUV VIDEO “OFFICE IS…”

Multi-talented author and filmmaker Ricardo Lira Acuña is back on Latinopia this week with his regular monthly video blog, Ricky Luv Video. This video is all about working in an office and how it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricky Luv Video Tagged With: . Chicano authors, Chicano Independent cinema, Ricardo Lira Acuna, Ricky Luv Video, urban life, What's New

January 28, 2014 by

LATINOPIA ART JOSÉ RAMÍREZ

Los Angeles-based artist, sculptor and muralist José Ramírez is a Chicano artist in the tradition of the greats of Mexico (Los Tres Grandes) as well as pioneering Chicano artists. Latinopia caught up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: What's New

July 1, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD JUAN FELÍPE ON JOSÉ MONTOYA

Ode for José Montoya (9/29/13) we begin with you with paints desert lands of Escabosa New Mexico trails & morning conversations back in that time we all do not know that early time as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Chicano Literature, Chicano poetry, Jose Montoya, Latino literature, Latino Poetry, Passing of a Chicano legend, What's New

September 29, 2013 by

LATINOPIA ART “ASCO COLLECTIVE

ASCO (Spanish for "nausea") is the celebrated avante garde Chicano art collective founded by Harry Gamboa, Jr., Gronk, Willie Herron and Patssi Valdez in 1972. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s ASCO was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, LATINOPIA ART Tagged With: ASCO, Chicano Art, Collective art groups, Gronk, Harry Gamboa Jr., Patssi Valdez, What's New, Willie Herron

July 14, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

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BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 1.10.21 “CRISIS DE LA ESPERANZA”

January 10, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

Burundanga de Zocotroco Crisis de la Esperanza Completar un ciclo es ocasión de terminar y comenzar, no sin evaluar el que y como ha sido. La ultima vuelta al sol estimo que ira como El Año Catastrófico del 2020. Nos azota una pandemia que amenaza con la muerte como real e inminente y un retroceso […]

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – GILBERT ROCHA

December 27, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

This week Mark Guerrero features musician Gilbert Rocha whose band The Silhouettes included the late great Ritchie Valens.  Rocha later played with the doo wop duo, The Perez Brothers, and Rulie Garcia aka Johnny Chingas, who wrote and recorded both serious and comic songs in a pseudo pachuco style.  In this Mark Guerrero interview, Gilbert […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 12.27.20 “A PARK FOR THE PEOPLE”

December 27, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Giving Life to a Park for the People By Ricardo Romo and Dr. Carlos Orozco Milam Park is a small, historically beautiful gem of the city of San Antonio. The park is located between the old multiethnic farmer’s market and the San Rosa Hospital now known as Children’s Hospital of San Antonio (CHOSA). A large […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 12.12.20 “HISTORY MATTERS…”

December 12, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

History matters… History instructs. History inspires. History matters. Ignoring it is problematic and causes discord. A couple of recent events bring this to mind. One has to do with César Chávez and his hard-line stance in the early 1970s against the importation of Mexican workers to work in the fields. A member of a Listserv […]

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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.

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By Tia Tenopia on October 7, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist, muralist and print maker. The daughter of Chicano art pioneer Frank Romero, she has boldly set out on her own artistic trajectory. Her art includes stunning prints, canvases and public murals. Latinopia visited Sonia at her studio in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles where she spoke about […]

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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 […]

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