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Work begins on restoration of historic San Antonio conjunto club

by Terry Grieve | Jul 24, 2019 | Culture, History | 0 Comments

By Scott Huddleston – ExpressNews.com – Photo: Jerry Lara | Staff photographer. Photo: Conjunto musicologist Juan Tejeda talks about the musicians who performed at Lerma’s Nite Club on the city’s West Side. Juan Tejeda, wearing a straw hat in...

Hispanic hub: Waco Mutualista marks 95 years bringing community together

by Terry Grieve | Jul 24, 2019 | Culture, Festivals, Museums | 0 Comments

By Carl Hoover – WacoTrib.com – Photo: Jerry Larson | Staff Photo. Photo: Mulualista President Louis Fajardo looks over the Waco mutual aid society’s original 1924 banner. Waco, Texas — Waco’s Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana de Jornaleros is...

Cheech Marin Is Saving Chicano Art With An Exciting Art Exhibit

by Terry Grieve | Jul 24, 2019 | Culture, History, Museums | 0 Comments

By César Albarrán Torres – WeAreMitu.com – Photo: TheCheechCenter | Instagram. Cheech told The Orange County Register that he first fell in love with art as a kid when at 11 he would stare at the ceiling at church. He said: “There were all these paintings...

These Latina Tattoo Artists Know How To Give The Best Ink In The Business

by Terry Grieve | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture, Tattoos | 0 Comments

By Samantha Chavarria – WeAreMitu.com – Photo: Instagram | @amandatattoos Tattoo by Amanda Rodriguez. Floral work like this has to be done in bright vivid color and Latina tattooist Amanda Rodriguez knows how to deliver. Working out of Brooklyn as well as...

‘The Lion King’ Was Originally a ‘Cheech and Chong’ Movie

by Terry Grieve | Jul 23, 2019 | Culture, Videos | 0 Comments

By James McClure – Civilized.life – Image Not Credited. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong have starred in 9 films together, and while many are considered stoner comedy classics, not a single one of them has won over critics, who have panned all of the...

Festival Latino celebrates Latin culture in Columbus Aug. 10 & 11

by Terry Grieve | Jul 23, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture, Festivals, History | 0 Comments

Special to Richland Source – RichlandSource.com – Photo: Randall L. Schieber. Photo: Festival Latino taking place in Columbus Aug. 10 & 11, 2019. Columbus, Ohio — Produced by CAPA since 2009 and honored with an Experience Columbus EXPY Award in...

Permanecer Sentados: Disney Resort is Getting More Mexican! [Alt-Disney]

by Terry Grieve | Jul 22, 2019 | Culture, Festivals | 0 Comments

By Gabriel San Román – OCWeekly.com – Photo: Marcos Lozano. Photo: Baile in the streets. Playing the part of Anaheim’s Virgil, I appeared on Américans, a short-lived Telesur show, five years ago and spoke about Disneyland’s relationship with Latinos. The...

Milwaukee’s Latinos prepare to make history – again

by Terry Grieve | Jul 22, 2019 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments

By Sergio M. Gonzalez | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service – OnMilwaukee.com – Photo: Edgar Mendez. Photo: The “Mural of Peace” at 611 W. National Ave. was painted in 1993 by Renaldo Hernandez on the south side of the Esperanza Unida...

Summer exhibit highlights Cheech Marin’s guitars and Mexican-American art

by Terry Grieve | Jul 22, 2019 | Culture, Museums | 0 Comments

By Misericordia.edu – Painting by Philadelphia-based artist Marta Sánchez. The Pauly Friedman Art Gallery will highlight Mexican-American art this summer with the exhibition, “Hope and Memory,” from June 28 to Aug. 9. The exhibit will feature...