Category: Culture
Salsa Dance Club Brings “Pure Flavor” to Campus
By Rachel Giles, Courtesy of The Voyager, University of West Florida La Costa Latina PENSACOLA, FL — “One taste is all it takes” is the spicy slogan for Pura Sabrosura, the University of West Florida salsa club. Pura Sabrosura meets Thursday nights at 7 p.m. in the [UWF] Green Room Studio in the Health, Sports, [...]
The Plight of the Miseducated: In Search of the Texan Latino Identity
By Richard G. Santos La Voz de Austin I used to tell my students and now tell audiences when the occasion arises, that U. S. history is written and taught in black and white images from the East Coast and east of the Mississippi. This automatically means that the anti-Spanish, anti-Mediterranean Black Legend is subtlety [...]
New study reaffirms Mexican-American immigrant students do better when Spanish and culture are appreciated at school
LatinaLista — The debate over whether or not a child is better off learning in a bilingual environment has raged before the time when American educators forced thousands of Native American school children into English-speaking boarding schools or punished Mexican-American children for speaking Spanish in school. However, the general consensus these days is that it’s [...]
Lebanese Latina jazz singer combines passion, sultriness and sabor
By José Villa, Senior Editor Hawaii Hispanic News HONOLULU, Hawaii – Saying that Sacha Boutros is a “jazz singer” is like saying a Porsche Turbo Carrera is a “car.” The maternal grandparents of this multilingual singer/ composer/producer – a frequent visitor to Hawaii – were born in Mazatlán and Guadalajara, Mexico. Her mother was born [...]
Latino Art Beat competition winners express Hispanic heritage through art
By Deysi Cuevas, trad. Víctor Flores EXTRA news CHICAGO — Founded in 1998 by Don Rossi Nuccio and Daniel Oscar Cisneros, Latino Art Beat is a not-for profit arts organization aimed at encouraging high school students’ artistic talents. In May of each year, Latino Art Beat holds an art competition for high school students in [...]
Op Ed: San Antonio’s Museo Alameda – saved again by “La Mano Poderosa”
Staff Editorial La Prensa San Antonio San Antonio.- The intent of our city’s art leaders, the Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) and the Cultural Arts Board (CAB), to defund the Museo Alameda is alarming and warrants in-depth analysis. The recommendation, which could devastate one of the few Latino-dedicated visual arts museums in our nation, threatens [...]
Eight locations in Arizona among potential sites to honor César Chávez
By Anna Consie Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Pointing to a small room now filled with boxes and dust, Alfredo Gutierrez joked about the day César Chávez appropriated his office. It was 1972, and Chavez had picked the Santa Rita Center, where Gutierrez worked as a community organizer, as the scene of his fast protesting [...]
Thriving Latino herbal shop or “yerberia” inspires faithful customers
By Yanet Pintor The Venture HOUSTON — Life-sized paintings of saints and angels along the bright-yellow walls of Rosario’s Mistic Yerberia prepare the eyes for what awaits inside. A collection of religious artifacts, herbs, candles, charms and books surround the shop, which at first glance seems to be in complete disarray. Taking in a slower [...]
Commentary: A Mexican cousin’s view of the U.S.
By David Magallanes Amigos805.com It was their 8/25. It doesn’t resonate with us as well as “9/11″ does and always will. The events of August 25, 2011, weren’t of the gasping magnitude of 9/11, but it shook Mexican society to its core nonetheless. That awful day last month was when the narco-criminals firebombed Monterrey’s Casino [...]
Only requirement for new presidential straw poll is to be a comic book fan
LatinaLista — Straw polls are like the heart monitors of political candidates. How a candidate fares in a straw poll usually is a good indication of how much life is left in the campaign according to a select group of voters. The latest group to participate in a straw poll may have some members who [...]
