Jazz de México
Jazz de México
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The week in a nutshell: snow in Denver, brush fires in California. Whaaaat? As you try to figure that one out…might as well listen to some […]
Richard Montoya’s Federal Jazz Project Hits a Strong Note for San Diego
By Victor Payan San Diego-born playwright Richard Montoya has been on a prolific hot streak for the past several years. His expert mix of weight and whimsy have made him […]
San Antonio Missions Seek Designation as World Heritage Site
By John Michaelson, Public News Service SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The years-long effort to secure a World Heritage Site designation for the Alamo and the other San Antonio Missions could be […]
Mexican Origin Latinos in the United States
PRESS RELEASE A record 33.7 million Hispanics of Mexican origin resided in the United States in 2012, according to anew analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center. This estimate includes […]
Nezahual coyotl Was not An Aztec!
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco One of the reasons I love doing what I do is that it gives me the chance to make things better. Case in point: a post […]
Forget “Where’s Waldo”…. Try, “Where’s the Mexican?”
Spot the Scary Mexicans and the Saucy Latina Femme Fatales! ‘The Scalphunters’ Edition! From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Hit the image, a scandalous movie poster for The Scalphunters, and see […]
Marvel Has Big Plans For Latino Cyborg Victor Mancha
By Victor Garcia, Fox News Latino Marvel Comics continues to shake up the pages of their publications with diverse characters that intrigue readers. Currently, their “Age of Ultron” story line has […]
Al Madrigal: Another Comic Springs Out of ‘The Daily Show’
By Don Steinberg, Wall Street Journal When Al Madrigal did his first segment on “The Daily Show” in May 2011, the make-believe TV news program introduced him as its Senior […]
Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit Celebrates Latin Music Influence
By Michael J. Fressola, silive.com Ordinary people who like popular music (but aren’t musicologists or scholars) trust their ears. But even when they know what they’re hearing, can they detect the […]
Mexican American Honored as WWII Vet and Holocaust Survivor
By Vanessa A. Alvarez, NBCLatino Anthony Acevedo is one of the World War II veterans being honored today at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 20th Anniversary Tribute in Washington, D.C. But unlike his fellow honorees, […]
