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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 ... -
Luis C. Garza, Chicano photographer, showcased in a new documentary about his life and journey
Luis C. Garza hosts its World Premiere screening as part of the Special Shorts Program By Serena Sanchez | Caló News | NOV. 3, 2023 | Photo Courtesy of CauseConnect ... -
‘The Cheech,’ a Game Changer for Chicano Art, Opens in Riverside
As the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture debuts, its founder hopes to inspire a renaissance in a region of California lacking public arts funding. By Patricia Escárcega ... -
A groundbreaking Chicano series, stored 50 years in a garage, reemerges
BY DORANY PINEDA, LA Times, Nov. 7, 2021 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, ... -
Ethnic Studies Redux: Professor Rudy Acuña Still Has Work to Do
By: Jeff Biggers, Common Dreams – March 23, 2021 The pandemic is not an excuse for mediocrity," declared Dr. Rodolfo "Rudy" Acuña, as he worked on another commentary in a rigorous writing ... -
A conversation with La Raza’s Luis Garza
By: Melanie Romo, Assistant Features Editor, The Runner – October 7, 2020 The Latino/a Faculty and Staff Association (LFSA) at CSU Bakersfield hosted an event with guest speaker Luis C. ... -
Half a century after the death of Rubén Salazar by the Police, the controversy survives
By: EFE News, Los Angeles, August 28, 2020 The memory and legacy of Mexican journalist Rubén Salazar are still alive 50 years after his death at the hands of Los Angeles ... -
‘A catalytic moment’ for art and culture
In murals, theater, photography and music, the Chicano Moratorium influenced art of its time and our time too. By carolina miranda, Los Angeles Times – August 23, 2020 It was ... -
Chicana activist soledad ‘Chole’ Alatorre, pioneering for labor organizer, dies at 94
By: Gustavo Arellano ~ Los Angeles Times ~ March 30, 2020 If donning a swimsuit was the best way for Soledad “Chole” Alatorre to organize Latina garment workers, then she ... -
Inside Japan's Chicano Subculture
I grew up with Chicano and Chicana culture in Los Angeles and heard it had spread to Japan. I wondered: Is this cultural appropriation? By Walter Thompson-Hernández, New York Times ...
