Sarita Peralta on Style, Fashion and Family at Viva la Sirena

Sarita Peralta on Style, Fashion and Family at Viva la Sirena

By Mauricio Rocha – WestWord.com – Photo: Courtesy of Museo de las Americas. Photo: Sarita Peralta (left) and one of the models in Viva La Sirena. Creativity runs in the family: Sarita Peralta, a homemaker who dabbles in designing accessories, is the...
Chicano Music Hall of Fame Seeks Nominations

Chicano Music Hall of Fame Seeks Nominations

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...
Pachucos y Sirenas Looks Back at 1940s Chicano Counterculture

Pachucos y Sirenas Looks Back at 1940s Chicano Counterculture

By Eneri Rodriguez – WestWord.com – Photo: Daniel Salazar. Photo: Museo de las Americas new exhibition Pachucos y Sirenas looks at 1940s Mexican-American counterculture in the Southwest. (Daniel Salazar) In the 1930s and 1940s, being brown in the United...
100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Josiah Lee Lopez

100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Josiah Lee Lopez

By Susan Froyd – WestWord.com – Photo: Courtesy of Josiah Lee Lopez. Image: Josiah Lee Lopez, “Pakal,” 2017. I started to draw a lot when I was about ten — in fifth grade, to be exact. I liked Godzilla and monsters and Transformers, and I liked...