Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen To Promote New Film

Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen To Promote New Film

Mary Mata July 29, 2011

Emilio Estevez and his father Martin Sheen are set to criss-cross the country on a promotional tour for their new film “The Way.” Estevez wrote, produced and directed the film […]

Latino Artist Gilbert “Magu” Lujan Dies At 70

Mary Mata July 27, 2011

Latino artist Gilbert “Magu” Lujan died this week at the age of 70 after battling cancer for several years. His loss is being felt all over the Latino arts community as […]

“Captain America,” A Good, Disney-esque Action Movie

Mary Mata July 23, 2011

Steve Rogers is an asthmatic orphan attempting to be all he can be during World War II in “Captain America: The First Avenger” starring Chris Evans playing as the lead […]

Latino Artists Re-Do Opera “Carmen” In 1989 San Antonio

Mary Mata July 13, 2011

[Editor’s note: The following is a press release from ColectivaSA.] ColectivaSA is proud to present this new Latino Musical written by nationally recognized and award winning poet and performer Amalia […]

Book Review: “Down & Delirious In Mexico City”

Mary Mata July 7, 2011

And today, an interesting discussion about Daniel Hernández’s “Down & Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty First Century,” which in Adolfo Guzmán-Lopez’s estimation is a “pull-you-by-the-hand-otherwise-you’ll-get-swallowed-by-the-mosh-pit account […]

Today Is Frida Kahlo’s Birthday

Mary Mata July 6, 2011

If you grew up Latino in the U.S., then you have to know who Frida Kahlo is — it’s like a law. I remember, from the time I was young, […]

Making Poetry Out Of Fútbol (Soccer)

Mary Mata July 5, 2011

Odas a Futbolistas/Odes to Footballers is a cycle of odes written by Yago S. Cura and Abel Folgar to commemorate the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The odes laud […]

Fall Fashion: Geometry, Earrings & Bright Colors

Mary Mata June 30, 2011

July is almost here, and, you guessed it, that means the fashion world is about to start whipping out their fall items soon. Let’s take a look at what that’ll […]

Self-Help Graphics Settles Into New LA Home

Mary Mata June 29, 2011

Perhaps you have never visited Self-Help Graphics in Los Angeles, but if you had, you would have never forgotten the experience. It was a really cool place where really cool […]

Book Review: “High Pink,” Latino, Pocho, Gay And Human

Mary Mata June 28, 2011

The first thing that happens when you begin reading Franco Mondini-Ruiz’s book “High Pink: Texas-Mex Fairy Tales,” is that you lose yourself in the stories the artist and former attorney […]