by Terry Grieve | Jul 3, 2018 | Culture, History, Museums | 0 Comments
By Sentinel & Enterprise – SentinelAndEnterprise.com – Photo: AP Photo/Reed Saxon. Photo: In this June 13, 2008, file photo, Cheech Marin poses with “Early Hawaiians, 1983,” by Carlos Almaraz in Los Angeles. Just months after California...
by Terry Grieve | Jul 3, 2018 | Culture, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Hector Levya and Christal Zeledon – LowRider.com – Photo Not Credited. When a lowrider is building his cars, choosing color schemes, striping patterns, interior lines, and body designs, he is thinking about the final result as a masterpiece worthy of...
by Terry Grieve | Jun 29, 2018 | Culture, History, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Edgar Hoill and LRA Staff – Lowrider.com – Image: Julian Mendoza. Julian Mendoza is a Southern California artist that was born and raised in the Los Angeles Harbor/South Bay area, and he’s lived on the same block for well over 50 years. As a graduate of...
by Terry Grieve | Jun 28, 2018 | Culture, History, Museums | 0 Comments
By Ryan Hagen | rhagen@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise – PE.com – Photo: Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG. Photo: Actor, comedian and art collector Cheech Marin reacts during a Thursday, June 7, interview at Altura Credit Union in Riverside....
by Terry Grieve | Jun 28, 2018 | Culture, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Emily Guerra – DRWG.org – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Eddie’s cars – Imperials Car Club Las Cruces, New Mexico – On this edition of PUENTES, bridges to the community, host Emily Guerra met with two lowrider owners, Imperials Car Club member,...
by Terry Grieve | Jun 27, 2018 | Culture, History, Music | 0 Comments
Posted By Chris Conde – SACurrent.com – Photo: Facebook | The Royal Jesters. My attitude towards the album changed after it was brought to my attention that Mr. West dipped into a stream from San Antonio’s musical past and sampled a song from none other...
by Terry Grieve | Jun 27, 2018 | Culture, Music | 0 Comments
By Jon Solomon – WestWord.com – Photo Courtesy of Su Teatro. Photo: Last year’s Chicano Music Hall of Fame induction concert. Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center has put out a call for nominees to be inducted into the Chicano Music Hall of...
by Terry Grieve | Jun 26, 2018 | Culture, LowRiders | 0 Comments
Written by JJ O’Donoghue | CNN – CNN.com – Photo: Hisashi Ushida. Parked in a row, their undersides almost glancing the asphalt, these ornate and outsized American cars stand out in a sea of Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans and Subarus. A gold-colored 1954...
by Terry Grieve | Jun 26, 2018 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments
By Ji Suk Yi | @oh_em_ji_CST – Chicago.SunTimes.com – Photo: Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times. Photo: A man jogs past a Major League Soccer mural by Sam Kirk near 18th Street and Ashland Avenue in Pilsen. The Pilsen neighborhood is 4.5 miles from downtown Chicago...
