Checa LA Movie: Latino Stories With A Hollywood Flavor

Checa LA Movie: Latino Stories With A Hollywood Flavor

Mary Mata May 6, 2011

Otra “Historia Latina con Sabor a Hollywood” que quiero compartir con orgullo con todos ustedes. Hablé vía telefónica con Aimee Garcia, la bella protagonista de la cinta próxima a estrenarse […]

Recipe: Carne De Puerco En Chile Colorado

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My favorite dish that my wife, Becky, prepares is Carne de Puerco en Chile Colorado. Suffice it to say that her carrot cake hooked me and this dish reeled me […]

Why Choose Latino Over Hispanic?

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I’m as Hispanic as the Latino next door – so whether I’m one or the other is a matter of definition. That said, it’s hard to  pinpoint one meaning that […]

Girl Scouts Must Recruit Latinas To Survive

Mary Mata May 5, 2011

Girl Scouts in Texas are reaching out specifically to Latinas not only to do outreach, but because if they do not, the organization may not survive. The northeast Texas Girl […]

National Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Proposed for Washington, D.C.

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I haven’t read a truer statement in a long time: “The Mall, more than any other public space in our country does indeed tell the story of America, and yet […]

Anchor Baby SEAL Story Thrives On Social Networks

NewsTaco May 4, 2011

Did you hear that the anchor baby SEAL that shot Osama Bin Laden has been asked to show his birth certificate and talks with a lisp? It’s true, Perez Hilton […]

Jotería Art Project Examines Latino Sexuality With Humor

Mary Mata

Imagine La Malinche as a feminist — or El Valiente as a woman who’s coming out — or better yet, imagine La Rosa as a girl with pink hair. These […]

Happy Cuatro de Mayo!

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Plans for Seis de Mayo? It’s pretty much all the same to me. I don’t mean to be disrespectful, I’ve come to  understand the celebration, although it’s been a slow […]

Checa LA Movie: Lupe Vélez, The Mexican Spitfire

Mary Mata

¿Sabias que antes que Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez y Rita Moreno, una chica originaria de San Luis Potosí conquistó Hollywood ? Me refiero a Lupe Vélez. Por si no sabias […]

What, Exactly, Is Chiflazón?

Mary Mata May 3, 2011

Because my mind works in strange ways, and because I can’t help myself, I usually pepper my English with Spanish even when I’m hanging out with non-Spanish speaking friends. I […]