1979 | El Pachuco Zoot Suits

Longtime Mexican restaurant The Mex in Ellsworth has closed

By Emily Burnham | BDN Staff – BangorDailyNews.com – Photo: Gabor Degre | BDN. Photo: Downtown Ellsworth, Maine. Longtime downtown Ellsworth Mexican eatery The Mex announced on Wednesday that it has closed, effective immediately. According to a post on the...

From the Archives: Cruising Highland in 1979

By Merrie Monteagudo – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Image: September 23, 1979 | The San Diego Union. Participants at a recent lowrider car show in National City, California, got special permission from the city to cruise their cars down Highland Avenue....

Emigdio Vásquez painted Orange County with murals — here’s how to find them

By Jill Replogle – SCPR.org – Image Courtesy: Jessica Bocinski/Chapman University. El Proletariado de Aztlán (The Proletariat of Aztlán, 1979) depicts protagonists of the social and cultural movements afoot during Emigdio Vásquez’s childhood in...

‘Zoot Suit’ still relevant four decades later

By Scott Rappaport – News.ucsc.edu – Photo Kinan Valdez Cesar Chavez and Luis Valdez with Zoot Suit at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, 1979 Read...

‘Zoot Suit’ Draws Crowds and Decked-Out Fans in Los Angeles

By Jennifer Medina – NYTimes.com – Photo Not Credited Los Angeles, California — When “Zoot Suit” made its debut in New York in 1979, it was the first time a Chicano show had made it to Broadway. But the musical, by Luis Valdez, was a distinctly Los Angeles...