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Mexican Novelas Are Fun, But Reinforce Negative Stereotypes

Mary Mata September 7, 2011

 By Wuicho Vargas Mexico is awesome, I will never deny that fact, but one thing that’s particularly Mexican to me is the fact that we like novelas. We love the awesome […]

The First Time You Witness Murder Is The Hardest

Mary Mata

ASCO Exhibit In LA Highlights 1970s Chicano Performance Art

Mary Mata September 6, 2011

“The Debt” Is A Well-Acted, Satisfying Thriller

Mary Mata September 3, 2011

By Jennice Fuentes Courtesy of www.OurTiempo.com Watching John Madden’s taut thriller, “The Debt,” reminded me of a smorgarsbord.  Yes, so much to process, so much to stomach, so little time.  “The […]

Happy Friday From Los Hermanos Flores!

Mary Mata September 2, 2011

Founded originally in 1962, La Orquesta Internacional de Los Hermanos Flores, are world renown and are a huge deal both in El Salvador and generally in Latin America. The group, […]

Latino Artist Creates Own Business Model, Thrives

Mary Mata

To chat with Franco Mondini-Ruiz is to be sucked into his world — art museums, New York City, Mexican mothers, San Antonio art society, gay parties, baroque wedding cakes, 18th […]

Why Isn’t Zoe Saldaña On Any Magazine Covers?

Mary Mata

Zoe Saldaña’s career highlights, and the surprising holes in it, were highlighted this week by Allison Samuels in The Daily Beast. Basically was Samuels says is that, despite Saldaña’s huge […]