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Marvel Comics Unveils Latino Spider-Man

NewsTaco August 3, 2011

None of us was surprised when Quique, arguably the most gullible of our little band of street urchins, jumped off the roof of his house with a towel tied around his neck, draping down […]

News Taco To Go: Snacks, Slurs, Music, Poetry, And Insurance

Mary Mata

The Top 5 Things You Sneak Into A Movie Theater

Mary Mata August 2, 2011

Alternative Transit Part Of Solution To LA Traffic Woes

Mary Mata

By Kristin Eberhard The most recent PPIC Survey on Californians and the Environment shows that Californians overwhelmingly feel that air pollution is the biggest environmental problem facing California today. Although […]

Book Review: FSG’s 20th Century Latin American Poetry

Mary Mata

I knew the moment I laid my eyes on The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, that I had to have it. The 728-page bilingual anthology not only brings […]

Bien Hecho: Latina Conductor Makes Classical Music Accessible

Mary Mata

Sonia Marie De León de Vega is a Latina conductor in California whose mission it is to bring classical music to the Latino community. She was recently honored by Latina […]

Being An Unstable, 30ish, Single Latina

Mary Mata August 1, 2011

I’m single, I’m almost 30, I’m unstable and currently in the middle of moving from Texas where all my family is, to LA, where I have a few family members […]