Tag Archives: Arts & Culture
Adolfo Mexiac.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21 PROGRAM # 8226 12:00 PM PT Adolfo Mexiac. An interview with iconic Mexican graphic artist Adolfo Mexiac, a leading figure of Mexico’s printmaking collective known as Taller de Gráfica Popular. For 70 of his 90 years of age, Mexiac has painted on canvass or engraved on metal and wood images of social […]
Inti Illimani At 50.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 8225 12:00 PM PST. Inti Illimani At 50. 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 during the dictatorship, their […]
Eugenia León.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 PROGRAM # 8223 12:00 PM PST. Eugenia León. Mexican singer Eugenia León, known for her years as a leading exponent of Latin American folk music and the new song movement, visited San Francisco for a special Day of the Dead performance with San Francisco’s Symphony Orchestra. In this conversation, she talks about […]
Eating with Gratitude: Jacka Mobile. Also, Eating with Gratitude: Woke Foods.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23 PROGRAM # 8206 12:00 PM PT Eating with Gratitude: Jacka Mobile. An entrepreneurial Mexican family who owns a taco truck is creating a new menu and new food market using as their main ingredient a little-known fruit from India called jacka. They cook jacka with traditional Mexican seasonings, and, with tasty offerings […]
Very Few Latino Professors. Also, Latino Students Facing Barriers. Also, Sounds of East San José.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20 PROGRAM # 8203 12:00 PM PST. Very Few Latino Professors. Latino students are enrolling in growing numbers. Yet, Latino faculty makes up only four percent of faculty in the nation. In California’s San Joaquin Valley, this gap is even worse. Where are the Latino professors? What’s the impact of this shortage on […]
Day of the Dead. Also, Medical Aid in Dying.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 PROGRAM # 8191 12:00 PM PT Day of the Dead. In Mexico City, the Day of the Dead parade is dedicated to the victims of the recent earthquakes while in the city of Washington a procession and an altar are the ways demonstrators remembered those immigrants who died this year in US […]
“My Bolivia.” Also, From Detainee to Advocate. Also, Clash in the Senate on Health Care.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 PROGRAM # 8153 12:00 PM PST. “My Bolivia.” A renowned Latino filmmaker from the US traces the footsteps of his family’s history in Bolivia, his father’s homeland. As he searched for clues in a remote mountain town, he began learning about troubling secrets of the family and gaining insights into dramatic episodes […]
“Chasing the Harvest.” Also, “In the Fields of the North.”
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 PROGRAM # 8073 12:00 PM PST. “Chasing the Harvest.” A new book of oral histories captures the rarely heard voice of farmworkers, the workers who are at the bottom of the US labor ladder. They tell stories of hardship, survival and triumph in the daily life of fieldworkers; they share their dreams, […]
Orquesta Fandango Mixteco.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13 PROGRAM # 8041 12:00 PM PT Orquesta Fandango Mixteco. This is a conversation with maestro Alejandro Vera, a recognized folk mask maker and virtuoso of the traditional chilena songs and the dances of the devils, old traditions of the Mixtec region in Southern Mexico. With his children, he leads the old-time string […]
Low Leaf. Also, Katia Cardenal.
MONDAY, JANUARY 2 PROGRAM # 7966 12:00 PM PST. Low Leaf. A young Filipino-American singer and songwriter born in Los Angeles, Low Leaf creates a signature mix of Filipino folk and modern music, acoustic instruments and electronic beats, traditional and digital sounds. This conversation with Low Leaf was recorded before a live audience at the […]
