In June Santa Calrita native, poet and community builder Alma Rosa Rivera, along with her husband Rich, opened a community space in Downtown San Bernardino for art, poetry and culture called Barrio Fuerza. Brian Dunlap interviewed Rivera about Barrio Fuerza and how Rosa and Rich are using it to build creative community in San Bernardino. Continue reading A New Poetry and Arts Space Opens in San Bernardino
By Alex Espinoza
FROM: L.A. Times
As the president issues the first veto of his tenure after Congress rejected his declaration of a national emergency to fund his wall, it’s hard to imagine that the dynamics along the U.S.-Mexico border were once different, when people shuttled back and forth between the two nations. Facundo Bernal marks such a moment in “Palos de Ciego,” his manuscript of poetry translated to English for the first time by Anthony Seidman as “A Stab in the Dark” for the Los Angeles Review of Books.
The band’s founding member reflects on growing up Chicano & being an artist.
by Catalina Maria Johnson
From: Billboard
About 40 years ago, four musicians in a high school rock band decided to learn the Mexican standard “Las Mañanitas” to regale one of the band member’s moms on her birthday. Daunted by how difficult that proved to be — they had underestimated the complexity of their musical culture — the young East LA born-and-bred Chicanos decided to frame their Mexican roots music in rock ‘n’ roll and R&B grooves. And so, the iconic, multi-Grammy-winning band Los Lobos was born.
Continue reading “Los Lobos’ Louie Perez Talks Musical Memoir ‘Good Morning Aztlan’: Exclusive”
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