by Terry Grieve | Nov 5, 2019 | Culture, Dia de los Muertos, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By David Whiting | Orange County Register – OCRegister.com – Photo courtesy of Deborah Whiting. Photo: Day of the Dead starts early in Whittier, with costumes, face painting, classic lowrider cars and honoring ancestors. Day of the Dead festivities are all...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 4, 2019 | Culture, Murals | 0 Comments
By Frank Gormlie – OBRag.org – Image Not Credited. Image: New mural at People’s Food. It’s not surprising that Ocean Beach, California, has many murals adorning the walls of businesses around the community. But what is surprising is that Ocean Beach now –...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 4, 2019 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Shalina Chatlani – KPBS.org – Photo: Shalina Chatlani. Photo: Dr. Ellen Ochoa visited San Diego State University, so that she could receive an honorary degree in this photo taken on October 2, 2019. The former director of the Johnson Space Center and...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 4, 2019 | Culture, History, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Kinsee Morlan – KPBS.org – Photo: Alan Lilienthal. Photo: A line of lowriders parked on Logan Avenue in Barrio Logan for the La Vuelta cruise on July 17, 2019. La Vuelta is a biweekly car cruise in Barrio Logan that runs through the summer. The event...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 1, 2019 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments
BY Lautaro Grinspan – MiamiHerald.com – Image: Lautaro Grinspan Image: Participants of the Hispanic Heritage Month Neighborhood Tour take photos at the Leah Arts District in Hialeah. Miami, Florida – The purpose of the Neighborhood Tour — a product...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 1, 2019 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Angela Bonilla – CBSAustin.com – Photo: Emma S. Barrientos MACC. The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center will open a new exhibition honoring fallen Latino heroes. The “Honoring Our Fallen Latino Comrades Altar Exhibition”...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 1, 2019 | Culture, History, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Andrea Flores – CBSDenver.com – Video Capture: CBS4 Denver. (CBS4) – Sam Henry is a fifth-generation Coloradan. He owns Sam’s Kustom Hydraulics in Denver. He is working to preserve lowrider culture in Colorado, artifact by artifact. From cars and...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 30, 2019 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments
By Vanessa Ochavillo – PeninsulaPress.com – Photo: Vanessa Ochavillo | Peninsula Press. Photo: One of the six murals that the San Jose Historic Landmarks Commission recently added to the Historic Resources Inventory is painted on the shuttered Guadelajara...
by Terry Grieve | Oct 30, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture, Festivals, Music | 0 Comments
By Tyler Shaun Evains | San Gabriel Valley Tribune – PeninsulaPress.com – Photo from www.pasadenalatinoheritageparade2019.org Photo: The Latino Heritage Parade and Festival is Saturday, Oct. 19 in Pasadena. With three Latina Rose Parade Grand Marshals and...
