by Terry Grieve | Nov 11, 2019 | Culture, Festivals | 0 Comments
Felicia Brunson – CommunityNewspapers.com – Image Not Credited. During National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) we recognize the contributions made and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 11, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Emily Burnham | BDN Staff – BangorDailyNews.com – Photo: Gabor Degre | BDN. Photo: Downtown Ellsworth, Maine. Longtime downtown Ellsworth Mexican eatery The Mex announced on Wednesday that it has closed, effective immediately. According to a post on the...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 8, 2019 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By St. Croix Source Staff – StCroixSource.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Students and teachers who took part in the “Masks and Bigheads” workshop. Students enrolled in St. Croix Central High School’s foreign languages and fine arts programs enjoyed...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 8, 2019 | Culture | 0 Comments
By Terry Blas – Vox.com – Image: Terry Blas. “Latinx”, the gender-neutral term that’s supposed to be for everyone, well, isn’t. Part of Issue #7 of The Highlight, our home for ambitious stories that explain our world. Read...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 8, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture | 0 Comments
By East Bay Express – EastBayExpress.com – Photo: Jim Stead CC. Latino street vendors are such a huge part of California’s culture, few people give them a second thought. Rocío Rosales, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine, wanted to explore what...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 7, 2019 | Culture, History, Sports | 0 Comments
By La Vida Baseball – LaVidaBaseball.com – Video Capture: La Vida Baseball. Adrian Burgos Jr. went to Cooperstown in search of artifacts from the first Latino player to appear in the World Series. Before some of this generation’s Latino stars take the...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 7, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture, Festivals, Music | 0 Comments
By Erika Wells – AugustaChronicle.com – Photo: Erika Wells | The Columbia County News-Times. Photo: The Herencia Latina dance company performs at the 27th annual Hispanic Festival at Evans Towne Center. Rosa Colon, of Evans, Georgia, did not let rain wash...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 7, 2019 | Culture, Festivals, Music | 0 Comments
By The Scene Star – TheSceneStar.Typepad.com – Image: TropicáliaFestival.com. They’re making room, Scenestar readers. The SOLD OUT Tropicália Music & Taco Festival is moving the third edition of this festival to the Fairplex in Pomona,...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 6, 2019 | Culture, Festivals, History, Museums, Videos | 0 Comments
By Elise Mahon – DailyTarheel.com – Photo courtesy of María Lopez. Photo: A still from the short film “La Astucia y la Fuerza” by Francisco Novick. María López had worked with the Chicago Latino Film Festival for the last 10 years, but her...
