History | El Pachuco Zoot Suits

Albuquerque Sunport debuts exhibit highlighting lowrider culture

By KRQE Media – www.KRQE.com – Video Capture Not Credited. Visitors will get a taste of New Mexico’s rich culture right when they step off the plane. The airport’s new art exhibit includes custom lowrider cars, motorcycles, and bikes located in the...

Self Help Graphics And Art’s Día de los Muertos Legacy Told Through Prints

By Ana Velasco – KCET.org – Image: Courtesy of Self Help Graphics And Art. Image: “Día de Los Muertos” by Leonard Castellanos (1976 Commemorative Dia de Los Muertos Print) The Day of the Dead (or Día de Los Muertos), is undoubtedly one of the better-known...

The Shapeshifting Nature of Días de los Muertos and its Role in Chicanx Culture

By Lara Medina – KCET.org – Photo: AmbarCCPM | Wikicommons. Photo: Day of the Dead altars in Metepec, Mexico. Sixteenth-century Spanish Catholic rituals honoring the dead shared some characteristics with those of indigenous cultures in Latin America....

The once-forgotten greatest generation

By Alfredo Torres Jr. | For the Express-News – MySanAntonio.com – Photo: File Photo. Photo: Veteran Edward Albert Peniche, seen in 2001, wasn’t a citizen when he went to fight in Europe, but he returned a hero. This year marks the 75th anniversary of...

Migra Mouse Turns 25! [Alt-Disney]

By Gabriel San Román – OCWeekly.com – Image Not Credited. There’s one mousey milestone that won’t be marked with a “Get Your Ears On” celebration at Disneyland this year although it endures in Chicano political memory. Back in 1994, California Governor...

Discovering the History of Local Mexican American Baseball at the Center for Sacramento History

By Traci Rockefeller Cusack – SacramentoPress.com – Photo Not Credited. The Center for Sacramento History will present a special Speaker Series event about the history of baseball and the overlooked history of the local Mexican American sports community on...