by Terry Grieve | Sep 23, 2019 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Sara Alvarez Kleinsmith – RD.com – Photo: Pixabay. A teacher in Galicia, Spain, Ángela Ruiz Robles invented the first mechanical book way back in 1949. She was looking for a way to allow her students to carry fewer books to and from classes, so she...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 23, 2019 | Culture, Festivals, Music | 0 Comments
By Javier Rojas – WeAreMitu.com – Image Credit: @TROPICALIA_FEST | Twitter. Tropicalia Festival, day one, features more of Latin American legacy performers like Los Tigres del Norte, Enanitos Verdes, Hombres G, Caifanes and Paquita la del Barrio. Day two...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 20, 2019 | Culture, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Phil Gordon | Words – Motortrend.com – Photo: 1977 Cadillac Coupe Deville Passenger Side Rear View 02. Rogelio Zermeno and the Reyes family completed this Cadillac lowrider build with teamwork. He takes pride in his vehicles and only trusted the best to...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 20, 2019 | Culture, Murals | 0 Comments
By Monica Rhor – HoustonChronicle.com – Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle | Staff photographer. A detail of new mural titled “Mexican-American History & Culture in 20th Century Houston” by artists Jesse Sifuentes and Laura Lopez Cano in Sam...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 20, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture, Festivals, Music | 0 Comments
By Madison Amirehteshami and Arianna Burns – DailyTitan.com – Photo: Madison Amirehteshami | Daily Titan. The first performance of Canto de Anaheim was at Pearson Park Amphitheatre in Anaheim, California. The show featured music from Pacific Symphony and...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 19, 2019 | Culture, Pachuco | 0 Comments
By Rob Harris – TimeBulletin.com – Image: Google. Today’s animated Google Doodle celebrates the actor, singer, and comedian Tin Tan’s 104th Birthday who got his beginning in the nightclubs of Ciudad Juarez, only south of the Rio Grande and proceeded to...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 19, 2019 | Culture, Festivals, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Hart Van Denburg – CPR.org – Photo: Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite. Photo: Mikey Bartolo’s Denver-themed low rider is parked at Barnum Park after a cruise down Federal Boulevard. One big Federal Boulevard cruise recently marked a new era for a Chicano...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 19, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture, Festivals, Music | 0 Comments
By Hispanic Outreach of Goodhue County – PostBulletin.com – Submitted photo. Photo: The 2019 Hispanic Festival in Red Wing, Minnesota’s Central Park. The Heritage Festival has grown tremendously with food trucks, demonstrations, dancers, musicians,...
by Terry Grieve | Sep 18, 2019 | Culture, History, Museums, Music, Publications | 0 Comments
By Brittanie Shey – HoustoniaMag.com – Image: Courtesy Of Houston Public Library. Photo: Alonzo y sus Rancheros. The Pan-America Ballroom was an essential social venue for Houston’s Mexican American community. On any given weekend, people from Magnolia...
