Oaxaca Unrest Continues

More of the dirty same in the southern Mexican state, where striking teachers, indigenous groups, students, and leftists have been trying to oust Gov. Ulises Ruiz from power for about the past six months

"...the dirty same in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where striking teachers, indigenous groups, students, and leftists have..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Oaxaca Conflict Flares Back Up

Political tension resurfaces in southern Mexican state

"...Political tension in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca has recently bubbled back up to the surface. On..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Benefit for Oaxaca's MAMAZ Collective

Support contemporary Mexican art and the movement against genetically modified food

"...Mexico's native maize seeds. This exhibit was created by Oaxaca's MAMAZ Collect­ive (Mujeres Artistas y el Maíz), a nonprofit..."

June 11, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Oaxaca bin Hiden

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Column

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

The Girl

David Riker's indie drama stars Abbie Cornish as a Texas woman, who finds maturity while smuggling Mexicans across the border.

"...filmed by Martin Boege in Austin, Nuevo Laredo, and Oaxaca, The Girl tellingly details the three distinctly different environments...."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blossoms of Fire

"...small, sun-soaked city on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Tehuantepec women are already famous -- from..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...officer asked where he was going and he said Oaxaca and the migra said you must be going for..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Flavors of Mexico

Gastronomic Gateways to Cuisine South of the Border

"...tourists are curious about the fabled seven moles of Oaxaca, they thirst for a visit to the Jalisco birthplace..."

May 29, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Oaxacan Turmoil Touches Austin

Oaxacan artist with Austin connections arrested during police sweep in Oaxaca City

"...When Oaxacan artist Gerardo Bonilla told a Mexican writer back in..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy

Genuine students of foodways will be enlightened, challenged, and satisfied by this book for years to come

"...Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

A Letter to Mexico

Oaxacan unrest visits local consulate

"...The original letter was authored by Omar Angel, a Oaxacan organizer living in Austin who is a member of..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...Streets, Bedrooms, & Patios: The Ordinariness of Diversity in Oaxacaby Michael James Higgins and Tanya L. Coen University of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Cross-Border Madness

Family of Los Angeles-area man says he was mistakenly deported to Mexico; and Oaxaca's government apologizes for infamous police raid

"...Corpus, interior secretary of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, made an official apology on behalf of the state's..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Articulations

And Still More Dancing About Architecture

"...Mexic-Arte Museum's "Noche de Oaxaca, a Magical Evening of Art, Music, Dance, and Food,"..."

May 22, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Support Fair Wages and Your Digestion With Mayawell's Tonic

Agave + bubbles = good vibes

"...Shuttlesworth (CEO) and his partner in Oaxaca, Vicente Reyes (COO), were both socially conscious entrepreneurs and..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Return of Lila Downs

‘La Reyna’ makes another rare stop in Austin – tonight

"...Lila Downs: This is Oaxaca, Mexico...."

April 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Happenings

Aug. 2-8

"...OAXACA SOLIDARITY EVENT Learn about the conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...in last year's conflict in the tourist city of Oaxaca and permitted torture and illegal arrests," reports Reuters. José..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...hit the fan in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where after five months of efforts by a combination..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

Food for Thought

Ken Rubin, Culinary Scholar

"...small working-class neighborhood in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca whose name, Colonia Ampliación Dolores, means "Growing Pains," he..."

April 27, 2001 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Snapshot: King Bee Lounge

Mezcal and the meaning of life

"...That ethos was further reinforced by a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, mezcal production's epicenter...."

July 13, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Suerte

I fell in love with a cup of hot corn

"...Swine and Odd Duck with a deep love for Oaxaca, struck out solo, he had his sights set. Suerte..."

July 6, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

An Altar-nate View

Liven up the boo-ring Halloween season with Día de los Muertos celebrations

"...up an ofrenda. Traveling back to Mexico City and Oaxaca over the years, I have amassed a collection of..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Happenings

Nov. 15-21

"...WOMEN OF OAXACA SPEAK Oaxacan activists Melina Hernández Sosa and Julia Feliciana..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

An Ancestral Flavor

Día de los Muertos: The dead can only consume the 'vapors' emitted by our festive foods, so the rest is for us.

"...array of specialties from many regions of Mexico including Oaxaca -- the state with perhaps the widest variety of..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Devilishly Dan Del Santo

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...in the Zocalo the first morning we arrived in Oaxaca City, when a lanky, bearded man walked up and..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Column

An Indomitable Culture

Director Maureen Gosling talks about the Zapotec women of Juchitán and 'Blossoms of Fire,' the documentary she made about them.

"...city, located in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. What was perhaps not expected was that the..."

May 4, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

AMOA and Mexic-Arte Shows Take Us to Personal Places

"...In Octalan, a tiny Oaxacan village in Southern Mexico, life probably hasn't changed much..."

May 22, 1998 Arts Feature

Articulations

Yet More Dancing About Architecture

"...Mexic-Arte Museum is sponsoring "Noche De Oaxaca, a Magical Evening of Art, Music, Dance, and Food,"..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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