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Cheech Marin Chicano art museum gets $10,000 gift

By Staff Report | The Press-Enterprise – PE.com – Photo: Courtesy Of Charter Communications. Photo: Representatives from Charter Communications present the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry with a $10,000 donation as part of the...

Fiesta Navideña Has Fashion, Mariachis and Cultural Displays

By Aurora Diaz – ABC30.com – Video Capture: ABC 30 Action News. Fresno, California (KFSN) — Mariachis and models will take center stage at Fiesta Navideña. The annual fundraising event organized by the Fresno County League of Mexican-American Women...

Mitla Cafe: The Route 66 institution

By Atlas Obscura – AtlasObscura.com – Photo: Mitla Cafe | Paul Narvaez | Flickr. Yes, Glen Bell stole Cafe Mitla’s taco recipe in building his Taco Bell fast-food empire, and no, they did not receive credit for it. To end the story there, however, is an...

Artist Sergio O’Cadiz’s Memory Lives on in Cypress Exhibition

By Richard Chang – VoiceOfOC.org – Photo: Richard Chang. Photo: A view of Sergio O’Cadiz’s “Library Mural” from the center of Cypress College’s campus. Back in July, a Santa Ana, California, mural by Mexican American artist...

Mural’s restoration preserves the work and memory of the late Michael Schnorr

By Andrea Lopez-Villafaña – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Photo: John Gibbins | The San Diego Union-Tribune. Photo: Muralist Mario Chacon worked on restoring a mural painted by fellow muralist Michael Schnorr in 1980 at the San Ysidro health clinic. Schnorr...