Arts & Culture
Línea Abierta At 25: Memorable Conversations.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 PROGRAM # 8810 12:00 PM PT Línea Abierta At 25: Memorable Conversations. This week, Línea Abierta celebrates 25 years on the nation’s public radio airwaves. To mark this milestone, the team compiled memorable segments from Línea’s historical archives, including interviews with US Presidents, authors, scientists and other newsmakers; public forums with political […]
Natalia Toledo: Mexican Zapotec Poet.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 PROGRAM # 8805 12:00 PM PT Natalia Toledo: Mexican Zapotec Poet. The world celebrates International Mother Language Day, a time to raise awareness about treasured languages that are at risk of vanishing. On this occasion, Mexican indigenous poet Natalia Toledo talks about her Zapotec roots, the role of moms and grandmas in […]
Legendary Corridistas Tell Stories of Their Land: New Mexico and Colorado
For decades, what was known of the tragic deaths of activists Antonio Córdova and Rito Canales of Albuquerque was thanks to the lyrics of a song by the famous corridista Roberto Martínez.
(Español) Cancioneros del Valle: “Así como la sangre llama, la música llama también”
(Español) “Quiero que aprendan de sus abuelos, de sus padres, porque un día se van a ir de este mundo y van a pensar: ‘hubiera querido hablar con ellos de esta música'”.
Los Cancioneros del Valle.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 PROGRAM # 8798 12:00 PM PT Los Cancioneros del Valle. Folk musicians from the Rio Arriba area of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado have been passing centuries-old songs and stories from generation to generation through oral tradition. In Antonito, one of the oldest towns in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, a family […]
(Español) “Cantos y Cuentos de Rio Arriba”, crónica musical de la historia de Nuevo México
(Español) “Lo que paso en Tierra Amarilla fue cosa de derechos civiles. Reies López Tijerina quería pelear para la gente indohispana,por su cultura, su idioma y sus tierras… robadas, ¿me entiendes?”
Corridos de Río Arriba.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 PROGRAM # 8792 12:00 PM PT Corridos de Río Arriba. From the raid to a courthouse by a group of insurgents to the death in Viet Nam of a Chicano soldier to the flooding of a small town, corridistas in the Rio Grande del Norte region have for centuries brought the news […]
“Mimi’s Suitcase.” Also, Puerto Rico Quake Emergency.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 PROGRAM # 8782 12:00 PM PT “Mimi’s Suitcase.” A conversation with the author of an autobiographical story of an Iranian woman who returns to war-torn Iran after growing as a child in Barcelona. The humorous, one-woman show raises questions about identity, women’s rights, homeland and the aftermaths of displacement. The show has […]
Ohtli for Martha Cotera.
MONDAY, JANUARY 13 PROGRAM # 8780 12:00 PM PT Ohtli for Martha Cotera. The renowned Chicana feminist historian Martha Cotera was recognized with the Ohtli Award, the highest distinction given by Mexico to those who make outstanding contributions to improve the lives of Mexicans in the US and other countries. In this conversation, Cotera talks […]
Ancestral Songs and Stories Alive in Rio Arriba
Communities in the Rio Grande del Norte area are keeping alive the centuries-old language, customs and beliefs from the time when Spaniards founded Santa Fe, the oldest U.S. state capital, in the region between New Mexico and Colorado.
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