Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Science Tuesday: Consciousness Through Art
Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Science Tuesday: Consciousness Through Art
By Melissa Carrillo and Marissa Morales, SLC Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Art isn’t something I usually tie together with science experiments, but one such assignment does. Performance artists Marina Abramovic […]
Classical guitarist brings real instruments to Paraguay’s “landfill” children’s orchestra, changes lives
By Kristina Puga, NBCLatino Multi-award winning Berta Rojas is not only one of the top classical guitarists in the world, she is the only woman in the male-dominated field. Her new album “Salsa […]
Hispanic Artist Transforms Gang Graffitis into Works of Art
By EFE/Latin American Herald Tribune CHICAGO – A street artist is dedicated to repainting the graffiti daubed by street-gang members around his Chicago neighborhood, transforming the vandalized walls into naturalistic […]
“Ruda Phat”: Uncovering ‘lonja’ and body image
By Elda Silva, San Antonio Express News Lonja (lóne-hah). The word slips off the tongue, propelled by breathy vowels. In Spanish, it’s commonly used to denote rolls of fat or love […]
LATINA STANDOUT: Meet Mexican-American Piano Prodigy Daniela Liebman
By Hispanically Speaking News You might not know who Daniela Liebman is but to truly appreciate her you must hear her. Liebman is a Mexican-American piano prodigy who at the tender age […]
Latino Comics Expo: Javier Hernandez’s ‘El Muerto’ and beyond
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Ever heard of Weapon Tex-Mex, El Muerto, ManSwamp or Dead Dinosaurio? They are the creations of Javier Hernandez, a Los Angeles comic book artist, one of several dozen who […]
Yet Another Chapter in the History of American Representations of the “Mexican”: “Pancho Villa”
Comic Book Style, From Avon Comics, 1950 {via Steve Lopez’s Blog} From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Click the cover for the link to the full-color story… This article […]
Four great summer reads from Latin American and Latino authors
By Claudio Iván Remeseira , NBCLatino Looking for a really good book to take on vacation, or to while away a few lazy summer afternoons? Here are four great reads: “My […]
Latinos slowly making inroads into literary world
By Julio Morales, Imperial Valley Press The first time Esperanza Zendejas had some of her writing published was when she was in the eighth-grade. Her father knew a newspaper editor […]
Author of book about mass Mexican deportation in the 1930s dies, but legacy continues
By Kristina Puga, NBCLatino Jorge-Mario Cabrera remembers reading about the estimated 1 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans deported or scared into leaving their homes in the U.S. by government officials trying desperately […]
