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LEAD Padrino de Honor Cheech Marin statue unveiled!
A permanent tribute to actor, comedian, and LEAD Padrino de Honor Cheech Marin was immortalized today with a bronze statue. The bronze statue of Cheech Marin stands outside The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum. The sculpture was commissioned to Ignacio Gomez, a ... -
@the Cheech exhibing Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist
Riverside Art Museum The Cheech EXHIBITION ON VIEW: August 31, 2024 – January 26, 2025 Location: Second floor Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist is the first solo museum presentation of the work of Yolanda López, the pathbreaking Chicana artist and activist whose career in California spanned five decades. The exhibition ... -
Photo Exhibit Tells Untold Story Of The Chicano Movement In 1970s Long Beach
By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | LAist | Apr. 7, 2024 | Photo Courtesy of John (JT) A. Taboada As he was dying of cancer, artist and photographer John Taboada thought of the stories contained in his half century-long photographic archive. “Before he passed [Taboada] was able to scan all of the ... -
Historical Society opens new exhibit celebrating Long Beach’s Chicano history
The exhibit features photos by John A. Taboada which chronicle the work of the East Long Beach Neighborhood Center, or Centro de la Raza, during the 1970s and 80s. By Kristy Hutchings | Press-Telegram | Mar. 29, 2024 | Photo By Howard Freshman The Long Beach Historical Society has opened ... -
LB Historical Society photo exhibit tells story of Chicano movement in Long Beach
By Rich Archbold | Press Telegarm | Mar. 24, 2024 | Photo By Howard Freshman These six civil rights activists may have added a few more gray hairs since they led theway for Latino rights in Long Beach five decades ago — but they haven’t lost theirfighting spirit. They raised ... -
Reflecting on the Chicano Movement and the local people who made significant contributions
By Paula Espinosa | San Diego Union-Tribune | Mar. 14, 2024 | Photo By Eduardo Contreras Celebrating its 31st year, the San Diego Latino Film Festival is back to captivate audiences with a vibrant array of Latino cinema. After enduring the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are thrilled to ... -
CENTRO DE LA RAZA: JOHN A. TABOADA LEGACY PHOTO COLLECTION, 1970-1985
Event Hosted by the Historical Society of Long Beach (HSLB) & The Long Beach Community History Committee Photos Courtesy of the Historical Society of Long Beach The 1960’s saw the largest and fastest growth of the Latino community in Long Beach—a growth of nearly 400%. This, coupled with political and ... -
Proposed Boyle Heights apartment complex to house a Chicano museum
Intended for the historic César Chávez corridor, the project dubbed XOLA is being developed by local investors By Carmen Gonzalez | Boyle Heights Beat | Jan. 18, 2024 | Photo By Andrew Lopez A couple of storefronts away from the controversial Tiao Properties development on the historic César Chávez corridor, a new ... -
Have You Heard Of This Mexican Town Named After A Black Man?
WE OFTEN CENTER THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT GASPAR YANGA GOVERNED WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE FIRST FREE BLACK TOWN IN THE AMERICAS AFTER REVOLTING AGAINST SPANISH COLONIZERS IN MEXICO By "Essence" | Essence | Feb. 24, 2023 | Painting Courtesy of Museo Regional de Palmillas Black people ... -
Child prodigy Adhara Maite Pérez Sánchez has a higher IQ than Albert Einstein
The 11-year-old girl is currently getting her master’s degree in Mexico City By Shirley Gomez | HOLA! USA | MAY 16, 2023 | Photo Courtesy of Getty Images Adhara Maite Pérez Sánchez is a Mexican child prodigy who has been found to have a higher intelligence quotient than the renowned physicist Albert ...
