Tag Archives: Arts & Culture
Live Coverage of Tejano Conjunto Festival: Rick Fuentes and the Brown Express and Interviews
SATURDAY, MAY 19 PROGRAM # 8334 12:00-3:00 PM PT Tejano Conjunto Concert: Day One. Hour 2. This second hour of the special coverage of the opening day of the Tejano Conjunto Festival Concert in San Antonio features the live musical concert by Rick Fuentes and the Brown Express. It also brings interviews by the stage […]
Live Coverage of the Tejano Conjunto Festival: Flavio Longoria and Interviews
SATURDAY, MAY 19 PROGRAM # 8333-8335 12:00-3:00 PM PT Tejano Conjunto Concert: Day One. Hour 1. This first hour of special coverage of the opening day of the Tejano Conjunto Festival Concert in San Antonio features live music by Flavio Longoria y los Conjunto Kingz, a band led by Flavio, who follows on the footsteps […]
(Español) Arrebata Sessions a jueces migratorios poder de cerrar casos de deportación
(Español) Sessions, como procurador general, puede tomar una decisión legal como esta e invalidar precedentes anteriores porque los tribunales de inmigración no son independientes, sino dependen del departamento de justicia.
Chuchito Valdés.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 PROGRAM # 8330 12:00 PM PT ChuchitoValdés. The great piano player and composer from Cuba, Chuchito Valdés, visits California to premiere the AfroLatinx Festival in San Francisco. Valdés, who as master of the AfroCaribbean jazz led world renowned Cuban band Irakere, comes from Mexico with a set entitled Piano Batá con Iyunfa, […]
The New Sound of Son Jarocho (Spanish-Language Talkshow)
Women musicians from California and Mexico convened in San Francisco community festival for a unique series of fandango and son jarocho concert activities where the voice and art of women was headlined and honored. This program in Spanish is hosted by Chelis López, and offers conversations and music by son jarocho women.
“Mexamérica.” Also, “Silence of Spanish Florida.”
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 PROGRAM # 8245 12:00 PM PT “Mexamerica.” Countering the current rhetoric in the US, which casts Mexicans as criminals and job stealers, a “Mexamerican” journalist published a collection of her stories, interviews, and essays with Mexican artists, scientists, businesspeople and political leaders to give a different outlook of the rapidly growing while […]
Mexican-American Studies Prevail in Arizona.
MONDAY, JANUARY 8 PROGRAM # 8238 12:00 PM PT Mexican-American Studies Prevail in Arizona. A US judge blocked for good an ethnic studies ban in Arizona public schools, prohibiting Arizona education officials to enforce the law that eliminated Mexican-American studies programs. The judge cited racism and political gain among motives behind the law. Analysts look […]
Inti Illimani At 50.
MONDAY, JANUARY 1 PROGRAM # 8233 12:00 PM PT Inti Illimani At 50. In this holiday edition, a leader of the legendary folk ensemble Inti Illimani talks about the 50 years of history of the Chilean group. He tells stories about the growth of the New Song movement in Latin America, their years in exile […]
Duranguito.
Wednesday, December 27 PROGRAM # 8230 12:00 PM PT Duranguito. Residents of El Paso are waging a battle against plans to demolish historic buildings and build a sports arena in the Duranguito district, the oldest neighborhood in the downtown area. Advocates blame developers with racist maneuvering and are suing the city for the threats to […]
Cantos de San José (Spanish-Language Talkshow)
In this Spanish-language-talkshow, master musicians tell through singing, dances and storytelling how the neighborhoods of East of San José have changed from the struggling unpaved streets of the barrio Salsipuedes in the 50s to the thriving diverse community nowadays. Chelis Lopez hosts the show.
