by Terry Grieve | Feb 11, 2020 | Cuisine, Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Amy McCarthy – Houston.Eater.com – Photo: Belly of the Beast | Facebook. Now open at 26510 Border Street in Old Town Spring, Belly of the Beast is a project of chef Thomas Bille and his brother Edward, both of whom originally hail from Los Angeles,...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 11, 2020 | Awards, Culture, Publications | 0 Comments
By Andrea Estrada for UCSB – NoozHawk.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Francisco Cantú. Francisco Cantú, an award-winning author and translator, will receive UC Santa Barbara’s 16th annual Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. A...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 10, 2020 | Culture | 0 Comments
By J. Jennings Moss | Editor-in-Chief and General Manager | Silicon Valley Business Journal – BizJournals.com – Photo: 3 LOPEZ MEDIA. Photo: Several hundred people attended the 2020 State of Latino Entrepreneurship Forum held at Stanford University’s...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 10, 2020 | Awards, Culture, History, Publications | 0 Comments
By Associated Press – ABQJournal.com – Photo: University Of New Mexico. Photo: Levi Romero was chosen as the state’s inaugural poet laureate. Santa Fe – New Mexico has chosen as its first poet laureate a bilingual Spanish-English writer and Chicano studies...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 7, 2020 | Culture | 0 Comments
By Jackie Burrell | Bay Area News Group – MercuryNews.com – Photo: Jackie Burrell | Bay Area News Group. Photo: Folkloric dancers and music add to the atmosphere at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. That Old Town San Diego would have folkloric...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 7, 2020 | Culture, Festivals, Mariachi | 0 Comments
By Amanda Guillen – CBS4Local.com – Video Capture: CBS 4 Local News. Video Capture: Los Gavilanes de Socorro are practicing to defend their state championship in 2020. For the first time in their 24-year history, Los Gavilanes de Socorro will defend a...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 7, 2020 | Culture, Festivals | 0 Comments
By Cassidy Kendall | The Sentinel-Record – HotSR.com – Cheech Marin | Submitted photo. Photo: Cheech Marin. Actor and comedian Richard “Cheech” Marin will be the celebrity grand marshal at the First Ever 17th Annual World’s Shortest St....
by Terry Grieve | Feb 6, 2020 | Culture, Fashion, Festivals, Health, Music, Pachuco | 0 Comments
By TV News Desk – BroadwayWorld.com – Image Not Credited. Lalo Guerrero’s “Los Chucos Suaves” is perhaps the definitive recording of the the short-lived Pachuco music sub-genre from Los Angeles, the late-1940s sound of Mexican Pachuco...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 6, 2020 | Culture, Festivals, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Mike Garrett – DrivingLine.com – Photo Not Credited. With free give-aways and a huge flea market area full of rare model cars and screamin’ deals that are sure to drain your wallet, it’s not surprising to see that this event has grown every year. One of...
