Latino Artist Creates Own Business Model, Thrives
Latino Artist Creates Own Business Model, Thrives
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?
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?
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
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
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”
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”
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!
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
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
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 […]