‘La Bamba’ Added To National Recording Registry

‘La Bamba’ Added To National Recording Registry

By Andrew Flanagan – WBUR.org – Image Not Credited. Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba,” the Chicano rock pioneer’s adaptation of a Mexican folk song, made the young Valens’ legacy just before he died in a plane crash at the age of 17....
STC dance event both competitive and educational

STC dance event both competitive and educational

By Colleen DeGuzman – TheMonitor.com – Photo: Delcia Lopez|The Monitor. Photo: A Ballet Folkorico group performs for the judges during the La Feria STC Folkorico And Dance Competition on Saturday, March,30, 2019 in McAllen, Texas. Adriana Cavazos’ bright...
Exhibit on Latina ‘cholas’ opens in Albuquerque

Exhibit on Latina ‘cholas’ opens in Albuquerque

By Russell Contreras|Associated Press – SantaFeNewMexican.com – Photo: Russell Contreras|Associated Press. Photo: A painting by artist Pola Lopez hangs last week at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque before the opening of a exhibit on the...
Houston’s Arte Público Press Gets a 40th Birthday Present

Houston’s Arte Público Press Gets a 40th Birthday Present

By Cat Cardenas – TexasMonthly.com – Photo Not Credited. By the early seventies, the Latin American Boom was in full swing in the United States. South American, Central American, Mexican, and Caribbean writers like Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes,...
10 New Mexican women who made history

10 New Mexican women who made history

By Isaiah Delgado-Flores and Niveditha Bala|Generation Next – SantaFeNewMexican.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Doña Dolores ‘Lola’ Chávez de Armijo After celebrating International Women’s Day last week, Generation Next felt inspired to...