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The Smithsonian invites the public to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15) through a series of exhibitions, lectures, family activities and traveling exhibits. All programs are free ...
MEXICO CITY — The moment was historic. For the first time, a descendant of Mexicans who had emigrated north in search of a better life was returning to the lands of his forebears not as a tourist, but ...
EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A group of artists, called 3B Collective, came together to paint a mural in East Los Angeles on Whittier Boulevard to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Chicano ...
Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day.
What propelled the explosion of the vibrant post-war Chicano music culture in America and especially in Los Angeles? Larry Mantle talks with two experts who explore this question, one in print and the ...
"Walk out! Walk out!" This cry rang out throughout the East Los Angeles public high schools beginning on March 1, 1968, and through the first full week of March. Thousands of Chicano high school ...
Every so often, Frank Cruz would walk into his spacious garage in Laguna Niguel and contemplate the boxes filled with things old and unused: tax returns, clothes and paperwork from his days as a ...
LAS VEGAS ( FOX5) — The Latino singer known as Cuco is getting ready to take the Las Vegas stage Saturday. From his bedroom ...
At a recent launch party for Bridges in a Time of Walls: Mexican/Chicano Art from Los Angeles to Mexico – an exhibition that will bring an iconic collection of Chicano art from this city to the Museo ...
A couple of weeks ago, someone sent in a letter for ¡Ask a Mexican! seeking a list of great books about Mexican and Chicano cinema. Rather than answer it in my columna, I thought I'd do so in our Film ...
MEXICO CITY, - In a leafy park in Mexico City, beside colonial era fountains and food stands, Italia Segovia's designs are turning heads, as usual. A pink ruffled dress with white lace and big bow; a ...