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In Her L.A. Neighborhood, Playwright Josefina Lopez Creates a ‘Casa’ for the Performing Arts
By: RAUL A. REYES, NBC News ~ May 7, 2017 LOS ANGELES — Josefina Lopez has an amazing story: she grew up in a modest neighborhood in the heart of the city's east side and went on to co-write a hit movie that made America Ferrera a star. Since then, she ... -
Eduardo García’s Path: Migrant Worker, Convict, Deportee, Star Chef
By GUY TREBAY, New York Times ~ FEB. 25, 2017 MEXICO CITY — As bad hombre tales go, Eduardo García’s is classic. A border-crossing Mexican immigrant, he moved around the United States through the better part a decade, harvesting the produce that most of us take for granted throughout what might ... -
Rueben Martinez, winner of the Innovator's Award at the L.A. Times Book Prizes
By: Agatha French, Los Angeles Times ~ April 13, 2017 “These were my tickets out of the copper mines,” says Rueben Martinez, sweeping his hand over the books stacked on the coffee table inside his small, sage-colored home. A sign on the lawn announces, “This House is Celebrating its Centennial,” and shaded ... -
Special Film Screening: So near, so far, La Vida de Pablo Menéndez
For the last few years David Sandoval has been traveling to Cuba to put together this documentary on the the life of Pablo Menedez, founder and director of the musical group Mezcla. Floricanto is honored to be able to present this wonderful film entitled, “So Near…So Far, The Life of ... -
Happy March Equinox!
By: Gonzalo Santos, Sociology Professor at CSU Bakersfield ~ March 20, 2017 Spring officially began worldwide this Monday, March 20, at precisely 10:28 UTC (Temps Universel Coordonné, or Coordinated Universal Time), marking the sun's precise halfway point of its six-month journey northward. For us in Bakersfield, Spring arrives Monday at 3:28 AM ... -
Seattle Schools may make ethnic studies mandatory
By ANN DORNFELD, Kuow ~ MAR 9, 2017 The Seattle School Board is considering a proposal from the Seattle-King County NAACP to require ethnic studies at every school — and possibly make the subject a graduation requirement. "In Washington state, it’s mandatory that you have to teach Native American history, but it’s not ... -
Award Has Norma Chinchilla Looking To Future
By Angela Yim, Inside CSULB ~ February 6, 2017 Winning awards is nothing new for Norma Chinchilla, a Sociology and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies professor at CSULB. However, the Julian Samora Distinguished Award was a different type of win, a collaborative effort by those influenced by her, and ultimately ... -
Demian Bichir plays it cool in 'Zoot Suit'
Demian Bichir grew up in a theatrical family. Now known for such movies as "A Better Life" and "The Hateful Eight," he returns to the stage in "Zoot Suit" at the Mark Taper Forum... By Daryl H. Miller L.A. Times ~ February 5, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-demian-bichir-20170205-story.html Demian Bichir is quite attached to his ... -
CSULB Cultural Competence
Dear Campus Community, At Long Beach State we are guided by a laser focus on our students’ success. Student success is measured in a number of ways. Important and fairly easy metrics are persistence across years of study and graduation rates. A bit more complex to measure, but of great ... -
Mexico archaeologists find temple to wind god beneath supermarket
Associated Press in Mexico City ~ Nov. 30, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/30/mexico-temple-wind-god-archaeology-supermarket?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=5b04203837-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-5b04203837-399405073 Archaeologists working in Mexico City have uncovered a circular temple built more than 650 years ago to worship a god of wind. It was excavated at a site discovered two years ago when a mid-20th-century supermarket was demolished. The circular ...
