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...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 6, 2020 | Culture, Museums | 0 Comments
By Kelly Merka Nelson – SACurrent.com – Photo: Al Rendon. Photo: Portrait of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto and his partner Dudley Brooks. Photographer Al Rendon may be best known to San Antonians for his iconic photos of Tejano queen Selena Quintanilla, but those...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 5, 2020 | Culture | 0 Comments
By Rick Parra – Abasto.com – Photo Not Credited. Since the generation of the Baby Boomers, the most outstanding characteristic of the Latin generations in the United States is its vertiginous growth, said Tribeca Marketing Group. Generation Z is already...
by Terry Grieve | Feb 5, 2020 | Culture, History, Museums | 0 Comments
By Maria Ramos, Contributor – TheProspectorDaily.com – Photo: Maria Ramos. Photo: Artists Robert Dozal outside of his art gallery that is located in Placita Madrid, Dozal is an artist specializing in portraits. A quiet and peaceful place full of history,...
