THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 1.30.26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: JUAN TEJEDA ON CONJUNTO MUSIC AND THE CONJUNTO AZTLÁN PERFORMS ROSARIO, RICARDO ROMO ON ALEJANDRO DÍAZ AT RUIZ-HEALY GALLERY, JORGE RODRIGUEZ GUEST BLOG "THE KIND ACT OF … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC JUAN TEJEDA ON CONJUNTO MUSIC
Juan Tejeda is music director of the San Antonio Conjunto Music Festival held each year and sponsored by the Guadalupe Cultural Center. Now in its 30th year, the festival brings together Conjunto … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC CONJUNTO AZTLÁN “ROSARIO”
Conjunto Aztlán is a San Antonio-based music group with roots in the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1970s. The group is comprised of Juan Tejeda, J.J. Barrera, Clemencia Zapata, José Flores … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.30.26 ALEJANDRO DÍAZ AT RUIZ-HEALY ART GALLERY
Alejandro Díaz, A Latino Texan-New Yorker Exhibits at Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery. Texas native Alejandro Díaz developed an artistic practice over thirty-five years grounded in the bicultural and visual … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JORGE “COQUI” RODRIGUEZ “THE KIND ACT OF SOLIDARITY”
The Kind Act of Solidarity By Jorge “Coqui”H Rodriguez Renee Nicole Good was the act of kindness all Americans need to follow Renee Nicole Good was a brave soul who’s … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.30.26 NO PORK ON FRIDAYS – A DUAL CULTURAL LEGACY
The Rio Grande has long been more than a river dividing nations; it has been a meeting place of cultures, faiths, and hidden legacies. Along its banks, towns in northern Mexico and South Texas became … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”
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 … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.24.26 TWO MEXICAN FILM GREATS
During the 1940s and 1950s, two of the well-known Mexican actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema that I would see on the big screen at the Cine Azteca in the Barrio El Azteca were Arturo de … [Read more...]
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...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.24.26 CHICANO AND MEXICAN ART AT MCNAY MUSEUM
The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 as Texas’s first modern art museum, occupies Marion Koogler McNay’s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in San Antonio. The museum is situated on 24 landscaped … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2026 RENEE NICOLE GOOD PROTEST
On January 7, 2026, Renee Good, a mother of three, was killed by an Immigration and Custom Enforcement agent. The killing was captured on videotape causing many to declare the event a brazen murder by … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE JOSÉ UMPIERRE’S THE LAND OF BORIKÉN
José Umpierre is a regular contributor to Latinopia, a scholar and a filmmaker. His most recent concerns are about the fact that Puerto Rico, which was once self-sustaining in its food supply, must … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 01.15.2026 NEW LATINO ART AT SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM
The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has nearly 90,000 square feet of gallery space and a permanent collection of over 30,000 objects. SAMA’s collections span over 5,000 years and comprise objects … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – LORENZO MARTINEZ
Mark Guerrero interviews Lorenzo "Lencho" Martinez, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist whose primary instrument is the guitarron. Martinez was a longtime member of the Grammy winning Tejano … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALEJANDRO MORALES THE PLACE OF THE WHITE HERON
Alejandro Morales is a prolific author whose latest work is The Place of the White Heron, an illusion to the mythical Aztlán, the original homeland of the Aztecs. The protagonist of his novel is J.I. … [Read more...]
GUEST BLOG JESÚS TREVIÑO 1.08.26 VENEZUELA – THE PRETEXT BEHIND THE REAL MOTIVE
For Americans focused on the latest football or basketball game scores, the latest with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce and the pressing return and exchange of Christmas gifts, the ouster of Venezuelan … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA DEL ZOCOTROCO 1.08.26 LET THE MAYHEM BEGIN (ENGLISH)
Let the mayhem begin. The fact is resounding and forceful: the US Armed Forces invaded Venezuela and took their president, to be tried as a drug trafficker. The operation was a sequel to a … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 1.08.26 INVASION OF VENEZUELA -THE LATEST PENDEJADA
The Latest Trump Pendejada: the Invasion of Venezuela We’re gonna run Venezuela. That’s the word from the pathological liar, thief and crook who continues to bamboozle this country and sits in … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 01.08.26 Y SE FORMÓ LA PELOTERA
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Y se Formó la Pelotera El hecho es rotundo y contundente: las Fuerzas Armadas Norteamericanas invadieron Venezuela y tomaron a su presidente, a … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.08.26 LATINOS FIND HEALTH IN PARKS AND GARDENS
Latinos Find Health Benefits and Social Interaction in Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces With each new year comes the obligatory “resolutions.” Among the top five resolutions gathered in … [Read more...]
