Happy Friday From Intocable!

Happy Friday From Intocable!

Mary Mata April 1, 2011

By Stace Medellín After fulfilling some obligations with their old record company, Capitol EMI, Intocable comes out swinging with their newest CD, 2011. Recorded on their own Good I Records, Intocable now owns […]

No Habla Español: The Trouble With Not Speaking Spanish

Mary Mata

[Editor’s Note: Yvonne Condes is a blogger in LA, YvonneinLA, and her work is reposted here with permission.] There are so many times when I regret not speaking better Spanish. […]

Documentary: LA Muralist Eloy Torrez

Mary Mata

There’s an interesting new documentary coming out, “Eloy Take Two.” According to the entry on YouTube: Part One of a three part film —Eloy Take Two is a film by […]

Checa LA Movie: The Arrival Of “Hop”

Mary Mata

El tiempo se pasa volando y mañana llega Abril, y aunque la Pascua se celebra a mediados de mes, el popular “Eastern Bunny” se adelanta con una dosis de comicidad, […]

April Fools or Día de Inocentes?

NewsTaco

I’m always on guard on April 1st because my life is filed with pranksters. My natural skepticism is enhanced (it’s a skill I developed over decades as a working journalist). And it’s not easy this year because I […]

The Pain Of Summer Searches For Chores (Shorts)

Mary Mata March 31, 2011

Summer is here, or at least it will be soon, and you know what that means ladies — the ever painful search for chores, or unos chor, or shorts if […]

The Mystique of Cholo Fatalism

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

I was riding on the bus today, on my way to work, when I was accosted by the weirdest solicitor of all time. He was a young man, about 17 […]

Checa LA Movie: The Secret of Luis Guzmán, Now In “Arthur”

Mary Mata

Admiro muchísimo a Luis Guzmán porque aunque parezca trillada la frase: “SI SE PUEDE”. Cuando pienso en el actor de origen puertorriqueño me recuerda una cantidad impresionante de películas recorriendo […]

Latina Says She Invented The Word “Hispanic” And Is Proud

Mary Mata March 29, 2011

Grace Flores-Hughes is a federal employee who says she created the word “Hispanic” for official government use. She’s from South Texas and seems to be  Republican. There’s a long interview […]

Ray High School’s Mariachi Custodian

Mary Mata

The Corpus Christi Caller Times (Texas) did an amazing video documenting local high school custodian Mario Tovar, who has become a fixture at Ray High School for singing mariachi music […]