A Claimed Space

Mexic-Arte blazed a trail in Texas by making a place for Mexican culture in a museum

"...in Austin and Central Texas and declaring, "Mexican and Mexican-American art and culture has value, has meaning, and must..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

From the Ground Up

Dagoberto Gilb on Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature

"...Foundation/PEN (Poets/Playwrights, Essayists, Editors, Novelists) Award winner. He's also Mexican-American, and he's had it with seeing the same sliver..."

June 29, 2007 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Lesly Reynaga Seeks Mariachi's Modern Moment With Valerosa

Austin singer outfits Mexican folklórico with Linda Ronstadt's pop heft

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Ladrones

Comic Mexican caper draws weight from its historical slant

"...provide the historical backdrop of Ladrones. While gardening, a Mexican-American woman discovers the original land grant deeds her ancestor..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Machete

Robert Rodriguez fulfills his early promise with this Mexploitation action film that also catapults Danny Trejo into full-fledged superhero status.

"...have it: Rodriguez and co-director Maniquis have turned this Mexican-American with the fearsome face into the new Charles Bronson,..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eastside Vibes: Come Experience the Culture

Celebrations, food joints, & moves to make on the Eastside this summer

"...of Highway 35 – a place where African-Americans and Mexican-Americans were once forced to live. Austin’s Black and Latino..."

May 24, 2017 Chronolog Post by Montinique Monroe

From Prada to Nada

Former Spy Kid Alexa Vega co-stars in this comedy that provides a Hispanic spin on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

"...forced to abandon the lifestyle of the rich and Mexican-American and move in with their wise old Aunt Aurelia..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: Santa Anna’s Leg, Illinois State Military Museum

Mexican general’s prosthesis is a bit of Texas history in the North

"...During the Mexican-American War, in 1847, Santa Anna's fortifications were overrun at..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Día de los Muertos Events in Austin 2019

Austin's best live events to celebrate the dead

Oct. 23, 2019 Events Post by Addie Costello

Pachanga Announces Line-up

Julieta Venegas headlines pared-down May fiesta

"...Gardens on Saturday, May 10, scored all right. In Mexican-American pop princess Julieta Venegas, the 7th annual convergence lands..."

Feb. 13, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez

Why a top-ranked boxer, jailed once and deported twice, became the subject of a documentary and a Fighter for the American Dream

"...and the Showtime series Resurrection Blvd., which features a Mexican-American family with boxing as its backdrop -- indicate that..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Between Worlds

Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema

"...on Sat, Apr 22, 7pm, at the Center for Mexican-American Cultural Arts, 600 River, and back-to-back on Sat, Apr..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

The Road to 10-1: NAAO Forum, or …

How do you fit three dozen candidates into two hours?

July 26, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Life in Portrait Format in Snapchat Docuseries Lago Vista

Show set in the Austin commuter belt gives a selfie-eye's view of being American teen

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Feature by Avery Wohleb

Between Worlds

Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema

"...and Fishes" screens Mon, Apr 24, 7pm, at the Mexican-American Cultural Center, 600 River...."

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

Between Worlds

Cine las Americas Festival of New Latin American Cinema

April 21, 2000 Screens Feature

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...Garcias were not familiar with growing up in overwhelmingly Mexican-American South Texas. They found a town filled with discrimination..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Numerous and Curious Tongues

What two new books -- Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America by Jacqueline Barnitz and Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico by Olivier Debroise -- arrive at, like the most chaotic of the Mexican murals, is a body of work that is crammed full of dissonant faces and lives while telling a seductive tale in numerous and curious tongues.

March 16, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

The Death of Brad Will

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

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Outlaw Onda

If Tejano music isn't on the radio, does it still exist?

"...scene from the movie Giant, spoke volumes about the Mexican-American experience in South Texas with few words. Strachwitz did..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Not Boxed In

Although filmmaker Carlos Avila grew up in Echo Park, only 10 miles from Hollywood, it couldn't have seemed farther away. With Price of Glory, Avila has finally arrived.

"...all, he grew up in East L.A., the veritable Mexican-American/Chicano homeland -- if you believe the few high-profile Hollywood..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Fantastic Fest Interview: Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiro

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South-of-the-Border Speculation

Three Messages and a Warning presents a broad swath of Mexican SF

Jan. 20, 2012 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Imagined Mexico

A personal guide to three exhibits on Mexico through one bifurcated perspective

"...accompanied me to the exhibit and who is also Mexican-American remarked, "the dark light ... sort of that noonday..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...of Chicano soul bands to the route of the Mexican-American migrant workers across the United States as well as..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tales from the Valley

Author David Rice Interviewed

"...If you're going to inter- view a Mexican-American author," David Rice said to me on the phone..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

El Chicano

A new superhero for the Latinx community (and everyone else)

"...the drug cartels as an invading force. As a “Mexican-AMERICAN” – with the second word always fully capitalized in..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Films Without Borders

Cine Las Americas

"...Bolivian, Puerto Rican, and Brazilian Associations, Austin's long-standing Mexican, Mexican-American, and Chicano communities, not to mention the exploding film..."

April 24, 1998 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Dialogue of Poets

Conjunto Aztlan's Movimiento Music

"...movement led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, this Mexican-American movement of empowerment reached from urban barrios to college..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Chronicle Kills Poster Art

"...as a Frenchman, a Spaniard, a Romanian, or a Mexican-American. So why is the pot calling the kettle black,..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Column

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