Museo de las Americas exhibit honors Pachuco culture

Museo de las Americas exhibit honors Pachuco culture

By Sonia Gutierrez – 9News.com – Video Capture: 9 News. An exhibit at Museo de las Americas celebrates the unique fashion and language of the Pachuco culture of the 1930s and 1940s.  The “Pachuco y Sieranas exhibit,” which started in February...
Pachuco era helps define search for Chicana identity

Pachuco era helps define search for Chicana identity

By Alexsandra J. Ruiz-Ortiz – MyMetMedia.com – Photo Courtesy Of Antonia Fernandez. Photo: Antonia Fernandez poses with “Peacock,” her life-size portrait of a modern-day pachuca. Fernandez’s exhibit “Pachuco y Sirenas” will be on display at Museo de las...
Apple Blossom Parade highlights familial traditions

Apple Blossom Parade highlights familial traditions

By Katelyn Canon | News-Press Now – NewspressNow.com – Photo: Thomas Huitt-Johnson | News-Press Now. The annual Apple Blossom Parade featured Mexican culture with its theme ‘Viva St. Joseph.’ This year, the parade fell on Cinco de Mayo. The Cancholas and...
Santa Ana Catholic Church rooted in Deming’s Hispanic culture

Santa Ana Catholic Church rooted in Deming’s Hispanic culture

By Bill Armendariz, Deming Headlight – DemingHeadlight.com – Photo: Bill Armendariz – Headlight. Photo: Santa Ana Catholic Church was built in 1918 and housed the first mass on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 of that year. Deming, New Mexico – Parishioners...