Happy Friday From Piñata Protest!

Happy Friday From Piñata Protest!

Mary Mata May 27, 2011

Ask Álvaro Del Norte, lead singer and accordion player in the accordion-fitted punk band Piñata Protest why he loves music, and the answer may be hard to come by. “Obviously, […]

New Museum Opens In East LA

Mary Mata

A new museum has opened on the East Los Angeles College campus, courtesy actor Vincent Price, who donated 2,000 works of art to the recently opened Vincent Price Museum of Art […]

San Diego’s Surfing Guadalupe To Be Torn Down

Mary Mata May 25, 2011

She appeared, she saw, and now she’s being conquered. The lovely “Surfing Madonna” mural in Encinitas, California that appeared around Easter is set for removal after the city council decided […]

Happy Friday From Rodrigo Y Gabriela!

Mary Mata May 20, 2011

If you have never heard of the guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, you’re in for a real treat this Friday! This pair, originally metal heads from Mexico City, moved to […]

News Taco To Go: Arnold, Comedy, Chávez, Español, Redistrict

Mary Mata May 19, 2011

Arnold Fathered Child With Latina Comedy Central Taps Latino As Contributor For The Daily Show California Politico: Don’t Name Ship For César Chávez Texas Redistricting “Horrible” For Latino Voters NY […]

Ready To See More Latinos On TV?

Mary Mata May 18, 2011

Television networks and cable channels are seeing green and there’s only one thing they can do — get more Latinos on TV. As Latinos continue to grow as a population, […]

The Top 5 Actors Who Play Latinos In The Movies

Mary Mata May 17, 2011

Now we all know there are few outlets for Latino actors in Hollywood to begin with, but  something that never sat well with me as a  movie watcher is how […]

Bien Hecho: Working To Showcase Latino Film

Mary Mata

Since 2005 John Ramirez has been heading up the Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival in Southern California, an event billed as the only film festival in the world to deal […]

Happy Friday From Ritchie Valens!

Mary Mata May 13, 2011

Man, Ritchie Valens was a hard core rock star! C’mon, you know him, even if you never heard his music, because who hasn’t been forced to watch “La Bamba” at […]

HBO Announces Grant For Latino Documentary Filmmakers

Mary Mata May 12, 2011

HBO is set to offer Latino documentary filmmakers a chance to make their films with a new grant created in part with the National Association of Latino Producers. The $10,000 grant […]