by Terry Grieve | Oct 20, 2017 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Arturo Conde – NBCNews.com – Photo Arturo Conde. When Latinos today think about Café Bustelo, the plain red and yellow 10 oz. brick envasado al vacío (“vacuum packed”) reminds them of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other Latino origins. But very few people know...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 20, 2017 | Culture, History, Music | 0 Comments
By Andrew Dansby – HoustonChronicle.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Sunny & the Sunliners are considered one of the greatest bands to come out of San Antonio. Through A Fistful of Soul and the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, La...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 19, 2017 | Culture | 0 Comments
By Raymond Pelayo – DailyTitan.com – Photo Gabe Gandara/Daily Titan. Vintage eye-popping cars, hydraulics and Aztec-inspired art are all aspects of Chicano traditions passed down for generations. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Mesa Cooperativa...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 19, 2017 | Culture, Publications | 0 Comments
By Christian Vasquez/Web Editor – TheProspectorDaily.com – Photo Gaby Velasquez. When people ask Kenneth Chacón why he still dresses like a cholo—a Chicano with a bald head and tattoos—as a tenured professor, he tells them, “when a homeboy or a homegirl...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 18, 2017 | Culture, History, Videos | 0 Comments
By Laurel Wentz – AdAge.com – Video Image Not Credited. This year, the five best ideas in the U.S. Hispanic market were driven by clever use of Latin culture, ranging from work that resonates mostly int the U.S. to campaigns that have also become hits on...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 18, 2017 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Carmen George – FresnoBee.com – Photo Carl Crawford/Fresno Bee file. Phillip V. Sanchez, who became the highest-ranking Hispanic official in the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan as a U.S. ambassador and...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 18, 2017 | Culture, Music | 0 Comments
By LearningEnglish.VOANews.com – Photo Not Credited. Selena Quintanilla was known to millions of fans in North and Central America by her first name, Selena. One of the albums had a song called “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” and that is the song that provides the...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 17, 2017 | Culture | 0 Comments
By Monica Rodriguez/Daily Bulletin – DailyBulletin.com – Photo Not Credited. La Verne, California – Information on planning for college, for career and for changes in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy will the part of Saturday’s sixth...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 17, 2017 | Culture | 0 Comments
By Matt Stromberg – TheGuardian.com – Photo Janette Beckman. Photo: Easy riders: an image from Tastemakers & Earthshakers: Notes from Los Angeles Youth Culture, 1943–2016. … Tompkins Rivas organized the exhibition Tastemakers & Earthshakers:...
