Art y Culture + California Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 23, 2009
Final Play May Be the Last for Breath of Fire Latina Theater in Santa Ana
November 20, 2009
Patchwork of Cultures: The Sephardic-Latino Connection — Free Education Program Concert for 900 Los Angeles Students
November 10, 2009
Actors, film directors and arts supporters gathered at the Indio Performing Arts Center on Monday to announce the lineup of the inaugural Coachella Valley Latino International Film Festival. – Dec. 4-6, will coincide with the 18th Annual Indio International Tamale Festival
Juan Misael Gonzalez-Montañez, 8, of Sacramento used crayon and watercolors to create his winning entry in an artwork competition sponsored by the government of Mexico. He was one of 15 top winners out of 6,266 entries worldwide for the official 2010 Mexican calendar.
El Dia de Los Muertos at Self Help Graphics in LA
November 2, 2009
SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank
October 28, 2009
Newworldprints.com and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Open Exhibition of Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla Prints
October 27, 2009
Euripides’ Medea, With a Latina Twist – Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble presents the world premiere of The Medea Complex, Oct. 30 – LA
October 26, 2009
Cine+Más SF Debuts San Francisco Latino Film Festival November 5th-25th, 2009 SPOKEN WORD
October 14, 2009
‘Semblanza Latinoamericana,’ October 17 and 18 Only at Los Angeles Theatre Center
October 12, 2009
Scenes from Ana Castillo at UC Berkeley
CAPTURING THE MOMENT AT TÍA CHUCHA’S CAFÉ CULTURAL
Festival de la Familia Announces Poster Contest During National Hispanic Heritage Month – Northern California Artists Are Invited to Submit Entries Through November 30, 2009
October 9, 2009
2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival Poster Competition – Media Arts Center San Diego is now accepting submissions for our new Film Festival Poster Competition! Deadline: 11/25/2009
City of Berkeley Honors Poet & Artist Rafael Jesús González
October 7, 2009
Children’s Readings and Panels at The Latino Book & Family Festival – Los Angeles, October 10-11 CSULA at Greenlee Plaza
October 1, 2009
Latin jazz artist Nestor Torres to mentor Martin County students
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Wednesday at the age of 28, deploying digital tools to draw a younger and less elite audience to classical music.
September 30, 2009
Daniel A. Olivas to moderate author’s panel for Latinos in Lotusland anthology
September 22, 2009
When the Border Lands on Your Front Door – “Visitors Guide to Arivaca” is a powerful, emotional and thought-provoking play at the Alexandria Hotel – LA
September 17, 2009
Armando Molina, co-artistic Director for Company of Angels, directs this September the nationally significant production of “Visitors Guide to Arivaca (Map Not to Scale) ” written by Evangeline Ordaz and produced by Marlene Forte and Xavi Moreno for Company of Angels. The play runs September 11 through October 4th at the Alexandria Hotel, dowtown LA.
September 15, 2009
Oscar Castillo Photography Show. Latino Book Fest. – Los Angeles
September 14, 2009
Inland Empire Latino artists are presenting an exhibition of their work “To Realize the Dream” on display between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 at the County of San Bernardino Government Center.
September 9, 2009
With Culture Clash, nothing is sacred except satire – Latino troupe prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, putting a modern slant on the ancient comedy of Aristophanes.
September 3, 2009
‘LOL! Latina on the Loose’ Opens September 25 at Los Angeles Theatre Center; World Premiere Comedy
Award-winning Latino Playwright Coming to SoCal
Controversial play “Miss Lebron” arrives in Orange County on September 4, 2009 – René Solivan
August 24, 2009
Voices from VONA: E-interview with Vickie Vértiz – Every summer the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) brings renowned writers from around the country to the University of San Francisco to nurture developing writers of color
August 18, 2009
Cultura Latina: LA’s longest standing Latino bookstore
Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway
August 16, 2009
Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Seeks Volunteers – Learn the film Industry by volunteering with the 13th annuall LALIFF team
In Los Angeles, Songs Without Borders – In clubs, bars, swap meets and concert halls, from car radios and ringing cellphones, you will hear corridos, old-time folk ballads in the banda and norteño styles
August 13, 2009
Los Angeles-based artist Ronald Llanos
July 28, 2009
Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets
June 24, 2009
Marlene Forte puts on a new hat as the creative director of the famed theater group Company of Angels
Los Angeles Accordion Festival takes you on a musical journey from 1920’s Paris to Mexico and Louisiana
June 3, 2009
Hermilda Escobar Gaviria es la figura central de la obra Una vieja muy berraca, que los grupos de teatro Ta’yer y Sinergia ponen en escena desde este fin de semana en el Teatro Frida Khalo de Los Ángeles.
June 2, 2009
Teatro Vision celebrates past and future at anniversary event – San Jose
June 1, 2009
This looks awesome :: Sunday, June 7, 8:30 pm in Los Angeles, Gregorio Luke at the Ford, Life Size Murals will be at the Ford Amphitheatre’s outdoor stage featuring Diego Rivera (watch him talk a little about it)
May 28, 2009
San Jose’s Chicano theater troupe Teatro Visió marks 25 years of community creativity
March 14, 2009
2009 San Diego Latino Film Festival is a quick trip around the world
March 3, 2009
With over 200 pieces of work from the 1930s-70s, “Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda” at UCLA’s Fowler Museum is a stunning retrospective and the first for the famed silversmith.
February 16, 2009
It’s a Bird, It’s a Chupacabra, It’s Lucha Va Voom! – Los Angeles
January 28, 2009
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will begin their first season together with a free concert at the Hollywood Bowl to introduce classical music’s current it-boy to the city.
December 23, 2008
La ciudad invitada de la FIL de Guadalajara 2009 es Los Ángeles – Estados Unidos es ya un país hispanoparlante
December 15, 2008
New Santa Cruz gallery features Latino folk art – Malintzi
December 10, 2008
My Abuelita was One Talented Mujer – Multi-Cultural Chicano musical history in Southern California with classical music Indianist composer and Chicana pianists in LA
December 2, 2008
Dia de Los Muertos may have come and gone this year, but the spirit of the holiday lives on at the Autry National Center of the American West as part of the “Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas” exhibition – Los Angeles
Western Union Honors Los Angeles Hispanic Community, Unveils Artistic Mural
November 6, 2008
The Museum of Latin American Art Inaugurates The Lexus Gallery with Photo-Based Art from the Permanent Collection – Long Beach, California
The San Diego Latino Film Festival’s final installment of their “Cinema en tu Idioma” series starts November 14. The series showcases the most celebrated Latino films from international film festivals. The last part of the series will feature screenings of “El Violin,” “XX” and “El Baño del Papa.”
November 5, 2008
12th San Francisco International Latino Film Festival brings back ‘El Norte’ for the film’s 25th anniversary – (starts this Friday)
November 3, 2008
Latino vibe at UCLA’s Fowler Museum
The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts celebrates this year’s Day of the Dead with a show, Muerte sin Fronteras/ Death without Borders – San Francisco
September 15, 2008
Film series is a tribute to mastery of Gabriel Figueroa – Oxnard celebration to include Mexican cinematic treasures
The Western Stage will continue its 2008 season with La Llorona – The Weeping Woman, a hauntingly beautiful world premiere musical by San Francisco composer and lyricist Hector Armienta. – Salinas, California
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz headed to San Francisco Bay Area
September 10, 2008
Art thief in L.A swipes Diego Rivera work and others worth millions
September 9, 2008
El Sereno instrument-maker carves out a niche – Cesar Augusto Castro Gonzalez started learning folkloric music and making the instruments as a youth in his native Veracruz, Mexico.
September 8, 2008
4 generations of El Teatro Campesino actors -bilingual theater troupe, El Teatro Campesino, in San Juan Bautista, California
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels opens its doors to mariachi camp – Los Angeles
September 5, 2008
Poet and author Pat Mora will receive the 2008 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature at the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival on Saturday, September 27. Sponsored by UC Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Book Council, the annual award will be presented at a 3:30 p.m. ceremony in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Main Library.
August 28, 2008
CHULA VISTA: San Diego Latino Film Festival and Otay Ranch Town Center are showing Spanish-language shorts and feature films this September at the second annual Que Viva! Cine Latino 2008.
August 20, 2008
Latino Ceramists at The Folk Tree – The exhibit is a cross section of work created by Los Angeles area latino artists in varying stages of their careers.
August 17, 2008
Gregorio Luke takes Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture post
Korean Mexicans learn more of their Asian roots on visit to Southern California – descendants of Koreans lured to the Yucatan Peninsula a century ago
August 11, 2008
A group of college students in San Jose, California, is using interactive theatre to teach immigrants what to do to avoid being arrested by immigration agents.
August 4, 2008
Alfred Arteaga, a UC Berkeley professor of Chicano and ethnic studies, died July 4 in Santa Clara of a heart attack. He was 58.
July 30, 2008
Mexican Nostalgia Takes Over Los Angeles With ‘100 Years of Mexican Music’
July 23, 2008
Thanks to Frida Kahlo, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Finally Draws Latino Crowd
July 22, 2008
LAXART Presents the Debut of Miguel Angel Rios’ Video Crudo
July 17, 2008
Spanish adaptation of ‘Wizard of Oz’ comes to Lynwood High – Los Angeles
July 14, 2008
TelAranaTelAranaTelA by ANA T. FERNANDEZ – Art show in San Francisco
July 10, 2008
East L.A. art center will need a new home
June 30, 2008
On the trail of California’s Mexican past
June 24, 2008
Bridging History and Culture with Flor y Canto en el Barrio: A Celebration of Latino Poetry – San Francisco
June 19, 2008
Luis Alberto Urrea to Speak at Santa Barbara Writers Conference
June 17, 2008
Cheech Marin’s Chicano art at LACMA – Los Angeles
June 12, 2008
Cubans Wifredo Lam and Carlos Luna showcased at Museum of Latin American Art – Los Angeles
June 9, 2008
Mexican artists enrich, inspire Bay Area
June 2, 2008
“Zocaloc Productions: An Arts and Music Movement”
‘Conscientious Projector: Photographs by Maria Teresa Fernandez’ – The Armory Center for the Arts at Pasadena exhibition focuses on the U.S.-Mexico border fence.
Chino Hills artist Abel Izaguirre creates tiny tributes to his old home: South L.A. – The man who watched his brothers fall victim to the streets found refuge in art. Many of his Locsters — such as ‘Tattoo Tony’ — are real people depicted as toys.
Fresno Poet Luis Omar Salinas dies at 70
May 28, 2008
Latino dance group turns 15 – Tonatiuh in Salinas, California
May 27, 2008
South L.A. backyards are becoming barnyards – Once predominantly African American, the area has seen an influx of Latino immigrants, along with their roosters, chickens and other barnyard beasts not typically part of the urban scene.
May 21, 2008
Ismael Cazarez Art Reception – Oxnard, California
Lola Montes, 90; influential head of Spanish dance company – Los Angeles
May 20, 2008
Laguna Hills woman pens book about her Mexican American roots – Sarah Rafael Garcia’s first book “Las Niñas: A Collection of Childhood Memories”
May 14, 2008
Water & Power by Richard Montoya, featuring Herbert Siguenza of Culture Clash, directed by Sam Woodhouse, Oct. 21-Nov. 16. – San Diego REPertory Theatre
May 6, 2008
A Latino institution struggles to stay open – Rueben Martinez, owner of Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery in Santa Ana, might have to close his shop by year’s end despite the store’s renown as one of the nation’s largest Latino-themed bookstores.
May 5, 2008
The Mayan Way – in Oakland
April 28, 2008
Exhibit explores Latin arts’ meaning – The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts – San Francisco
A rediscovering of East L.A.’s core – Latino artists help revamp a place where the community (and freeways) intersects.
Lost Art Of The OC and The Lemon Street Murals – Fullerton, California
April 25, 2008
A three-day conference honoring the late Guillermo Hernández, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA and a leading scholar of Mexican narrative ballads, will take place at the University of California, Santa Barbara in May. “The Sixth International Corrido (Mexican Narrative Ballad) Conference” will also celebrate the work and memory of composer and vocalist Lalo Guerrero.
April 21, 2008
Painting over O.C.’s Latino past – A move in Fullerton to obliterate Chicano murals is typical for Orange County.
April 16, 2008
Of Mice and Men Laborers Will Be Latino in Pasadena Playhouse’s Fresh Look at Classic
April 7, 2008
Exhibition “The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?” at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (San Francisco), April 18 – May 24, 2008
Chicano art, beyond rebellion – ‘Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement’ provides a rare showcase at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
April 1, 2008
LACMA Exhibition Showcases Provocative Artworks Created After the Chicano Movement
March 31, 2008
LA Chicano Muralist George Yepes to Speak at VC April 17 – Ventura College
March 20, 2008
Gisela Colón: Kinetic Light Opening at LS Contemporary
March 18, 2008
‘Zoot Suit’ cast of county teens dramatize barrio history – Monterey County, California
March 11, 2008
Tomás Rivera Conference Honors Painter, Poet – Alfredo Arreguín and author Lauro Flores
March 5, 2008
15 years of películas Latinas – What a long, strange trip it’s been for the Latino Film Fest’s founder, Ethan van Thillo – San Diego
February 25, 2008
Exhibit captures a culture within – The lens of African-American photographer Tony Gleaton always focuses on people no one else photographs. – San Diego
Carrying on the Valdez heritage – FATHER AND SON COLLABORATE ON ‘MUMMIFIED DEER’ AT SJSU
February 21, 2008
Club tries to keep Mexican folklore alive – Cal State Fullerton introduces a new organization on campus — Ballet Folklorico de CSUF.
February 19, 2008
La Bloga: Oedipus the Pinto
RECEPTION TUESDAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS – Luis Cancel fought eviction of artists and loss of artist’s space in New York City – San Francisco
February 18, 2008
Traditional music of Mexico casts spell on new generation
February 14, 2008
Museum exhibits explore heritage of Afro-Mexicans – California African American Museum in Los Angeles.
February 11, 2008
The Search for a Civic Voice: California Latino Politics – Book Review
February 6, 2008
Playing to Latino audiences – First-class theaters are planned for inner-city areas – Los Angeles
February 5, 2008
UC Berkeley music professor and renowned composer Jorge Liderman (Argentinian) committed suicide Sunday morning by jumping in front of a BART train
January 30, 2008
Latino Street Fiction Hits L.A. – Urbano Publishing signs local author David Bueno Hill
January 28, 2008
Mexican Museum still searching for a home – San Francisco
January 23, 2008
Chicano/Chicana Life Across America Exhibition at the Muzeo Museum in Anaheim « THE LOS ANGELES EASTSIDE SCENE
January 16, 2008
Chicano Art Panel at the Getty – Los Angeles
January 10, 2008
Maintaining a vibrant passion amid lackluster sales of crafts – the Folk Tree in Pasadena
January 8, 2008
‘Sin Limites,’ The National Association of Latino Independent Producers Examines Surprising Trends in Pan-Latino Cinema
January 7, 2008
End of Mexican-American War to be marked – Los Angeles
Moms teach Hispanic culture to children – Livermore, California
January 4, 2008
The New Americana – David Gonzales and his Homies pay a visit to the Pasadena Museum of California Art – Pasadena
January 3, 2008
Latin choral group mirrors San Francisco community
Tamara Alvarado resigns from MACLA
January 2, 2008
Laura Aguilar & Delilah Montoya, Natural Forces: Against Type
December 10, 2007
Marcos Loya has gone from a rough childhood to a magic career – A kid marked for prison or grunt work surprised everyone by becoming a world-class composer and the musical force behind SCR’s ‘La Posada Mágica.’
December 9, 2007
Latino theater a first for Soledad – Salinas, CA
November 28, 2007
Hot and spicy films, Latino style – the 11th International Latino Film Festival in Marin, California
November 26, 2007
Latin American art exhibit opens Saturday in Monterey – California
November 25, 2007
Rebel with many cause – After nearly four decades, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin remains an artist for justice – Pasadena
Lowrider culture gets high profile – L.A. museum’s exhibition looks at cars’ beauty and significance – “La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels.”
It’s rough times for Latino art galleries in San Diego and Tijuana
November 13, 2007
International Latino Film Festival Comes to Sacramento
November 5, 2007
Dearly departed return in spirit at Dia de los Muertos festivities – Los Angeles
Bay Area’s 11th International Latino Film Festival kicks off
November 1, 2007
San Francisco Latino Film Festival
October 29, 2007
A cross-cultural fiesta: Area teachers create bilingual children’s book – “La Fiesta y el Mariachi” – Marta Arroyo – Carlsbad, California
Oakland Museum of California: Ancient Roots/Urban Journeys: Expressions for Días de los Muertos
Day of the Dead draws thousands to Fruitvale – Oakland
October 20, 2007
Latino character: Professor talks chicanery, writing craft at Napa Valley College – Daniel Chacón
October 17, 2007
Latino Film Festival To Open Two Films – San Diego Latino Film Festival
October 16, 2007
Bolivian Troupe’s En Un Sol Amarillo to Rise in Los Angeles
October 14, 2007
Raza exhibit worth a look at San Jose library
October 10, 2007
Long Beach groups help preserve Mexico’s dancing traditions
October 4, 2007
Chicano Secret Service at Highways – Santa Monica
September 26, 2007
Viva Frida! – Picture This Gallery’s 100th birthday celebration for Frida Kahlo in Long Beach
September 25, 2007
Latina Conductor Brings Music to the Masses – Sonia Marie de León de Vega
September 24, 2007
Prof Patricia Zavella coedits new book on women and migration
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival Partners with Home Media Magazine to Host Premier Industry Event Oct. 9
September 17, 2007
Now Starring as Cesar Chavez – Actor and singer Danny Bolero playing to standing room only houses at the NOHO Arts Center through November 4
September 9, 2007
Exhibit reflects on how the Latin West was won – Los Angeles County Museum of Art – epic-size exhibition “The Arts in Latin America: 1492-1820.”
Latina Dance Project offers politically aware ‘Coyolxauhqui’ – Los Angeles
Mexican pianist, Jorge Federico Osorio, wins over San Jose crowds – California
August 21, 2007
Cine Latinoamericano: Celebraci ón de Fin de Semana en LACMA – Viernes, 24 de agosto al domingo, 26 de agosto – Los Angeles
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts turns 30 – San Francisco
July 30, 2007
El Pachuco is back – Playwright’s son, Kinan Valdez, directs revival of iconic `Zoot Suit’
July 27, 2007
Fading Away to Nada – Orange County’s lost Chicano murals
July 26, 2007
Ricardo Favela, 62; helped create Chicano art group, was longtime professor
Tony Plana Stars in Havana Bourgeois August 10
Spanish Eyes at the L. A. Opera
July 23, 2007
Culture Clash’s ‘Zorro in Hell’ gives Montalbán Theatre a shot in the arm. – Los Angeles
July 17, 2007
La Bloga: GRONK and MAX BENAVIDEZ at CARNEGIE ART MUSEUM
11th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) – October 7-14, 2007 € ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, CA
July 12, 2007
Race and Rhythm’s “Frida” @ The Frida Kahlo Theater, Los Angeles
July 2, 2007
Painted Tortillas Open Doors for Artist: Artist Joe Bravo paints the Virgen de Guadalupe and other iconic Latino and pop culture figures on large flour tortillas.
June 14, 2007
Five top places to soak up local Latino history in San Jose
June 3, 2007
The Bluebird Art House presents Crossing the Line”¦ Echoes at the Threshold of Abstraction: An Exhibition of Abstract and Figurative Paintings by Pola Lopez. – June 9th, 2007 : July 7th, 2007 – Whittier, California
May 16, 2007
Tortillas are his canvases – Exhibit showing at Cesar Chavez Library in Salinas
May 14, 2007
Seven Year Boycott of San Diego’s Centro Cultural de la Raza Ends – San Diego
May 7, 2007
The power of Chicano art – José Montoya, who has been a leader in promoting Chicano cultural identity through the arts, will speak at Cal Poly and screen a documentary of the art collective he founded
April 23, 2007
Chiori Santiago was a drumbeat of Bay Area arts scene
April 19, 2007
One-on-One With a Chicana Indigena Legend – Playwright Cherrie Moraga visited UC Santa Cruz and spoke with City on a Hill Press
The life of Mexican-American horsemen will be discussed at CV Museum Saturday April 21st, 2007 – Coachella, California
April 18, 2007
Berkeley writer Chiori Santiago dead at 54
San Jose Art Plaza Needs Quick Cash
April 3, 2007
Riverside veteran finds passion for art after pain of war – Simon Gonzalez
March 28, 2007
Major Mexican folkloric dance festival comes to Fresno State March 30-April 1
March 26, 2007
Tortilla art in L.A. – Joe Bravo’s exhibition at an Olvera Street facility is drawing attention. – Los Angeles
March 20, 2007
Renowned author Sandra Cisneros to read at One Book closing event – Escondido, California
March 19, 2007
Latina author shares trailblazing tales – Sylvia Mendoza’s “The Book of Latina Women: 150 Vidas of Passion, Strength and Success.”
March 9, 2007
San Diego Hosts 14th Annual Latino Film Festival
March 5, 2007
Luis J. Rodriguez: Tia Chuchas has Moved — Were not Closed
February 26, 2007
Solano College Theatre Presents The House of Ramon Iglesia
February 22, 2007
14th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival Presents Two Films Celebrating Latino Surfers
January 31, 2007
Chavez artwork finds home
January 30, 2007
Theater Review: Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary – California
January 24, 2007
Tequila Don Julio and The Mexican Museum Present Nuevo Arte: Coleccion Tequila Don Julio – A National Traveling Art Exhibition Featuring Mexican and Mexican-American Artists
January 23, 2007
Escondido residents urged to read The House on Mango Street
January 21, 2007
Luis J. Rodriguez: Updates on Tia Chuchas Move and other Matters
January 17, 2007
At Tijuana Show Opening, Life More Interesting Than Art – Santa Monica Museum of Art
January 10, 2007
La Bloga: Help Tia Chuchas
January 9, 2007
Spanning the Florida Straits: Cuban art exhibit merges island with exile
January 3, 2007
National Association of Latino Independent Producers Announce Conference 8: “Media on the Move: Power for Independents” Held at Marriott Hotel and Spa, Newport Beach, California, March 8 – 11, 2007
December 15, 2006
PASADENA SYMPHONY TO PRESENT LATINO SINFONICA, THANKS TO A $50,000 GRANT FROM THE IRVINE FOUNDATION
Mexican pilgrimage a Fremont tradition
December 12, 2006
San Diego parish empowers Latinas through Guadalupe Art program – Episcopal
December 11, 2006
Lessons from the `maestro’ – Los Angeles
December 8, 2006
Marga Gomez – The Twelve Days of Cochina – San Francisco
December 6, 2006
Bluebird gallery exhibit features works by notable Latino artists – Whittier, California
