By Priscilla Cabral-Pérez Hawaii Hispanic News HONOLULU, Hawaii — The dancers of Samadhi Hawaii will go to great heights to amaze their audience. Their performance at the Hawaii State Museum, Aug. 5, consisted of a colorful and exhilarating celebration of the Hawaiian culture and the jovial spirit of the circus. The dancers showcased their acrobatic [...]
New research shows Latino Millennials are more old-fashioned in morals and attitudes than peers
LatinaLista — What do young Latino adults really want out of life and who are they? It’s a question that takes center stage in a new study published by Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más cable channel titled Death of the Hispanic Adult Demo as We Know It. According to census findings, US-born Hispanics now dominate [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month ends on reminder that HIV impacts too many Latinos
LatinaLista – The last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, October 15, is perhaps one of the most important days of the entire month-long celebration of Latinos — it’s National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). Though a lot of breakthrough has been achieve with treating HIV/AIDS and raising awareness, unfortunately, more needs to be done — especially [...]
UC Santa Barbara conference highlights new Cesar Chavez scholarship and the UFW
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — New research and scholarship that have altered the general understanding of the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement as well as that of labor and civil rights leader César Chávez will be the focus of a daylong conference at UC Santa Barbara on Friday, Oct. 14, the university reported on Tuesday in [...]
Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation
Amigos805.com One city, five exhibitions, more than eighty artists. L.A. Xicano is a unique collaboration between the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and three major Los Angeles museums — the Autry National Center, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, organizers reported in a media release. A set of [...]
When sicarios threatened to kill her, the muralist brought her art to El Paso
By Danielle Urbina, Photography by Ivan Pierre Aguirre Borderzine EL PASO – Her art name means magician and just like a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat, muralist Margarita “Mago” Gandara pulls creativity and rebellion from deep within her soul to produce intricate murals, sculptures and bronze pieces that mirror the Mexican-American culture [...]
