Latino Artist Creates Own Business Model, Thrives

Latino Artist Creates Own Business Model, Thrives

Mary Mata September 2, 2011

To chat with Franco Mondini-Ruiz is to be sucked into his world — art museums, New York City, Mexican mothers, San Antonio art society, gay parties, baroque wedding cakes, 18th […]

Why Isn’t Zoe Saldaña On Any Magazine Covers?

Mary Mata

Zoe Saldaña’s career highlights, and the surprising holes in it, were highlighted this week by Allison Samuels in The Daily Beast. Basically was Samuels says is that, despite Saldaña’s huge […]

Would A Latino James Bond Alter Stereotypical Perceptions?

Mary Mata September 1, 2011

By Dustin Mendus The idea of an African-American 007 has been tossed around in the past few years, if my memory serves. “Bond 23,” the next installment in the long-running […]

Drag Meets Lucha Libre In San Diego’s “Exótico” Matches

Mary Mata August 30, 2011

The words Mexican wrestling conjure up images of masked burly men, performing acrobatic-like stunts, taking down their opponents in the most theatrical of styles while unabashedly flaunting their masculinity. Take […]

Mural In San Francisco Addresses Plight Of Excluded DREAMers

Mary Mata August 26, 2011

Today a mural in San Francisco, CA was set to be unveiled that addresses the plight of immigrants in general, and their children often caught in the middle as the […]

Be Afraid To Go See “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark”

Mary Mata

By Cali Tamayo Courtesy of www.OurTiempo.com I really, really wanted to like “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark” since any scary movie having the Guillermo del Toro stamp of approval should […]

Book Review: “A Visit from the Goon Squad”

Mary Mata August 23, 2011

Jennifer Egan’s novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, is a sonic, narratively variegated timepiece in which the chapters act as cogs. As the novel progresses and the reader is […]

Happy Friday From Lydia Mendoza!

Mary Mata August 19, 2011

I love Lydia Mendoza because, even in the 1930s recordings I first heard of her music, she’s got sass. She ain’t takin’ nothin’ from nobody and she’s going to let […]

“30 Minutes Or Less” Is 83 Minutes Of Raunchy Fun

Mary Mata

The film industry usually dumps the movies they do not believe in during the months of August and September. However, sometimes you get a surprise hit from the pile of […]

¡Ask a Mexican! The Play To Hit New York

Mary Mata August 17, 2011

The infamous column by Gustavo Arellano of the OC Weeekly, ¡Ask a Mexican!, will be a play in New York, according to a post by Arellano himself this week. The play’s […]