by Terry Grieve | Sep 15, 2018 | Culture, Videos | 0 Comments
By Kristen Lopez – Remezcla.com – Photo: ©1987 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures. Photo: Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens in Luis Valdez’s ‘La Bamba.’ Ritchie Valens and the hit single...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 15, 2018 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments
By Dalia Espinosa | Los Angeles Daily News – DailyNews.com – Photo: Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG. This mural, La Bamba, by Hector Ponce is on Van Nuys Boulevard and Amboy Avenue. An unveiling of the Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway will take...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 15, 2018 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Lucie Levine – 6sqft.com – Photo: Wiki Commons. Photo: New Amsterdam in 1671 New York is the largest Latino city in the United States. Over 2.4 million New Yorkers, or nearly one third of the population, identify as Hispanic or Latino. The city’s...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 14, 2018 | Culture, Festivals, Music | 0 Comments
By Andy Kahn – Jambase.com – Image Not Credited. The 2018 Tropicalia Fest will take place November 3 – 4 at the Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, California. Organizers Goldenvoice announced the lineup for this year’s two-day event. Headlining the...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 14, 2018 | Culture, History, Murals, Museums | 0 Comments
10News.com – Image Not Credited. Image: Chicano Park Mural Closeup 082112 San Diego, California (CNS) – The San Diego City Council today unanimously approved a 20-year lease that will pave the way for a museum and community center at a city-owned property...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 14, 2018 | Culture, Festivals | 0 Comments
Submitted by TourismOhio Staff – Ohio.org – Photo Not Credited. Produced by CAPA for the past 10 years, Festival Latino has become the largest Latin event in Ohio, celebrating family and community with two days of music, food, children’s activities,...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 12, 2018 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments
By Michelle Oliver – ClickOnDetroit.com – Video Capture: WDIV ClickOnDetroit. When driving around Southwest Detroit you’ll most likely see murals in several locations – on businesses as advertising and some that have a deep cultural meeting....
by Terry Grieve | Sep 12, 2018 | Museums, Music, Plays | 0 Comments
By KT Hawbaker | Chicago Tribune – ChicagoTribune.com – Photo: Roberto Ricciuti. Photo: The North American premiere of “Acéléré” by Colombian circus troupe Circolombia will run Oct. 23–Nov. 4 at The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 12, 2018 | Culture, Festivals | 0 Comments
By Ashley Dean – Denverite.com – Photo: Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite. Santa Fe Drive: historic, diverse, artsy, big-boxy and industrial. It’s both a Main Street and highway, connecting downtown Denver with the southwest suburbs and crossing through a variety...
