by Terry Grieve | Apr 1, 2020 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments
By El Paso Inc – ElPasoInc.com – Photo: Jorge Salgado. Mural: Fray Garcia de San Francisco by Jesus “Cimi” Alvarado | Martin “Blast” Zubia – El Paso, Texas. Jesus “Cimi” Alvarado has left his mark across the city, particularly...
by Terry Grieve | Apr 1, 2020 | Culture | 0 Comments
By Mina Bloom – BlockClubChicago.org – Photo: GOOGLEMAPS. Photo: A nine-story affordable housing complex is being proposed for a long-vacant lot in Humboldt Park. Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois — A nine-story affordable housing complex is being proposed...
by Terry Grieve | Apr 1, 2020 | Cuisine, Culture, Health | 0 Comments
By Erick Galindo – LAist.com – Photo: Chava Sanchez | LAist. Photo: Full shelves at a corner store in Boyle Heights. Ivetter Serrano spent part of last Friday morning working the register at the Vallarta in Sylmar, California, the Latino supermarket...
by Terry Grieve | Mar 31, 2020 | Culture, Festivals, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Tyler Duffy – GearPatrol.com – Photo Not Credited. If this insane camper looks like something you’d see at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Association show in Las Vegas, Nevada, there’s a good reason for that. Iowa-based River City Rods built...
by Terry Grieve | Mar 31, 2020 | Culture, Sports | 0 Comments
By Charean Williams – ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com – Image Not Credited. Image: Los Angeles Chargers new logo. The Chargers introduced their new logo Tuesday, a day after their Los Angeles stadium partner, the Rams, did the same. Unlike the Rams, the...
by Terry Grieve | Mar 31, 2020 | Cuisine, Culture | 0 Comments
By Erika Adams – NY.Eater.com – Photo: Taim [Official]. Photo: Taïm Falafel’s cauliflower pita. Chef Einat Admony’s Taïm Falafel is still open, adjusting operating hours and beefing up the delivery and takeout menu, to try and stay in business. And Mexicue...
by Terry Grieve | Mar 30, 2020 | Culture, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Paul MacCracken – HotCars.com – Photo Not Credited. While the Syclone was a mean street racing machine disguised as a lowrider pickup, it had many restrictions that were untypical of its siblings. The ’90s were a wild time to be alive. The...
by Terry Grieve | Mar 30, 2020 | Culture, History, Music | 0 Comments
By Joe Nick Patoski – CowboysIndians.com – Image Not Credited. Image: Record Cover For Lydia Mendoza. Tejano trailblazers Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martinez, and Bruno Villarreal were among the first Mexican-Americans in Texas to make records. Mendoza, a...
by Terry Grieve | Mar 30, 2020 | Culture, Museums | 0 Comments
By Martina Schmitschek | Writer – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Image: John Valadez. Image: John Valadez’s “Pool Party” is featured in “To Tame a Wild Tongue: Art After Chicanismo” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California. More than two dozen...
