After traveling through Europe, Latin America and Asia for 23 years, San Antonio native and Culinary Institute of America graduate Chef Adán Medrano was inspired to write a book about his biggest passion: the food of his home city. Medrano says his cookbook, Truly Texas Mexican, incorporates a written history of 10,000-year-old cooking techniques of Native Texas Indians along with traditional recipes, all while providing a fresh perspective on timeless dishes. “The more you know about your food, the more you will enjoy it,” Medrano says. “I call this ‘intellectually delicious.’” On Thursday (June 19), Nao restaurant, in partnership with the Twig Book Shop…
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Goodbye summer. Welcome, fall.
This week kicks off the premieres of this year’s fall season shows, and the representation of Latino artists is at an all-time high.
More than 20 shows in all major networks will feature at least one Latino actor or actress in lead or supporting roles in both returning and premiering shows.
One show – “Welcome to the Family” starring Justina Machado and Ricardo Chavira alongside Mike O’Malley and Mary McCormack – has five Latino stars leading the way. The series premiere for the ABC show is Oct. 3 at 8:30 p.m….
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Mexican-American Roberto Orci will direct the first “Star Trek” not helmed by filmmaker JJ Abrams.
Paramount chose the screenwriter, who got his start writing for “Xena: Warrior Princess” and “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.” Alex Kurtzman is his longtime writing partner; they co-wrote “Star Trek” and “Star Trek Into Darkness…
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May 17 to July 26, 2014
Opening reception: Saturday, May 17, 4 to 6 p.m.
The late Los Angeles-based photographer and artist Ricardo Valverde (1946-1998) is featured in a career retrospective at VPAM. The exhibition is guest-curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill and highlights more than one hundred artworks spanning a twenty-five-year period of production…
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SAN MATEO, California, Apr 15, 2014 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) — — Integration of Hunt Mobile Ads opens up new possibilities
SAN MATEO, California, April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Opera Mediaworks, the world’s largest mobile ad platform, today announced an expanded reach across the U.S. Hispanic population through the integration of Hunt Mobile Ads, the leading mobile ad network in Latin America. This will make Opera Mediaworks the best mobile network to reach the Hispanic audience across the United States at scale through premium U.S. and Latin American publishers.
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Mexican artist Alfredo Ramos Martínez, who moved to L.A. in 1929, is the subject of an exhibition at Pasadena Museum of California Art. He brought Art Deco distinction to images of workers.
There are many barriers that exist growing up Latino in America, but access to classical music is one that is not often
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For years, Latinos who sat in movie theaters typically saw themselves depicted as ruthless killers, drug dealers or restaurant workers or impoverished dwellers of dilapidated housing projects in grim neighborhoods.
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B Partida – 2013
Page 1. California State University, Northridge Dignity’s Elements: Mexican American Studies’
Transformational Resistance and Hip Hop Manifestations through Counterstorytelling … ix Figures
Page 27 Figure 1-The Mexican American Studies Model: Critically Compassionate …
GAM Esparza
… Nine primary diary keepers – including one second and one third generation Mexican-American
(born in the US) – lived by themselves. … His professional background is in journalism, which he
practiced for 13 years in different news outlets in Mexico, including Siglo 21 in his …
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CB Gil
… parents especially in sensing that we were no longer Mexican like them, that we were becoming,
and in the end, became Mexican American. … As an honest storyteller and professional historian,
I felt obliged to explain that she was referring to the great Mexican Rebellion of 1910 …
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B Chappell – 2012
… Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chappell, Ben, 1971–- Lowrider space :
aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben … x lowrider space come a
professional one, thanks especially to the family of Julio Chulín in Ix- tacomitán, Tabasco; the …
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Los Angeles Times
Like cleaning tripe or boning out whole chickens for ballotines, the preparation of huazontle is clearly best left to professionals. Bizarra Capital is a Mexican-flavored gastropub, the newest project of Ricardo Diaz, who is also behind the sandwich …
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iTWire
Back in December, the Mexican-American stand-up comedian Louis CK did something that was way out of left field. He had one of his shows recorded by professionals and put it online for sale. No big companies involved, no trimmings. And no DRM.
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Fresno Bee
“But that is something we want to change,” she said. Wednesday’s airport reception was aimed at travel and tourism professionals to show off what Mexico has to offer to leisure travelers. “Mexico has architecture, art, food, culture, music.
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RA Santillan, MA Ocegueda, TA Cannon… – 2012
… While some attention is given to the rise of individual professional and major-league players,
the emphasis rests on the celebration of ethnic identity and community solidarity that Mexican
American baseball leagues provided Inland Empire barrios. …
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Houston Chronicle
The Color Stylist, an online beauty magazine celebrates Mexican American actresses Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria, Selena Gomez and Salma Hayek for their long healthy locks. With Cinco De Mayo approaching, the editor of thecolorstylist.com, a hairstylist …
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Washington Post
Cinco de Mayo may be an annual excuse for parties with tequila shots and oversize sombreros, but it’s also a night to sample Mexican cuisine and fancy cocktails; network with Latino professionals over a mariachi band; listen to Spanish-language rock or …
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Exhibitor Online
Presently she is the official representative of Messe Dusseldorf for Mexico and serves various clients in Mexico and Latin America on diverse issues pertaining to international affairs, show management issues and training as well as consulting for …
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MarketWatch (press release)
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Grupo Vidanta, Mexico’s leading developer of resorts, today announced that it is recognized as the top hotel and resort company in the American award known as “2011 Best Companies to Work®” …
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