Tag Archives: Arts & Culture
Extra Edition: Los San Patricios. (Program Repeat).
THURSDAY, MARCH 17 PROGRAM # 9564 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Los San Patricios. (Program Repeat). Hundreds of mostly Irish immigrants from the United States deserted and fought in the trenches alongside the Mexican army during the 1846-48 US invasion of Mexico. They were known as the San Patricio Battalion or Los Colorados. Many of […]
Reunion of Pioneers of the Latino Movement. This program is a repeat.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10 PROGRAM # 9497 12:00 PM PT Reunion of Pioneers of the Latino Movement. This program is a repeat. Pioneering labor and civil rights leaders Bert Corona and Josefina Fierro, organizers of the National Congress of the Spanish-Speaking People in 1938, reunite in public for the first time in decades to share memories […]
Casa de los Sabores.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30 PROGRAM # 9488 12:00 PM PDT Casa de los Sabores. This is a conversation with Pilar Cabrera, a cultural activist who celebrates the culinary tradition of her native Oaxaca. She learned the family recipes of her cuisine from her grandmother. She works with farmers and local organic producers to recreate those dishes […]
Extra Edition: Eviction Hotspots. Homemade Tamales on Tik Tok. Using Humor to Curb Coronavirus Myths.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28 PROGRAM # 9484 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Eviction Hotspots. While CDC banned most home evictions due to Covid-related hardships, many tenants were still forced to leave. That’s what a news reporter found after reviewing data and talking to people in a four-county area in California’s Central Valley. In this conversation, she […]
Kwanzaa.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27 PROGRAM # 9483 12:00 PM PDT Kwanzaa. On the second day of Kwanzaa, a leading promoter of AfroLatino culture talks about the roots of this African-American celebration and its growing presence in Latino families in the US and Caribbean countries. In this year-end, non-religious ritual, families pledge to honor their ancestors and […]
Mexico Edition. Pozole: A Feast for the Season.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24 PROGRAM # 9482 12:00 PM PDT Mexico Edition. Pozole: A Feast for the Season. Pozole, a traditional hominy-and-pork broth widely popular in the Mexican state of Guerrero, is being served for breakfast, lunch and dinner during the holiday season in many homes. Our correspondent in Mexico City spoke with several restaurant cooks […]
Extra Edition: Coro de Niños Cantores del Valle de Chalco.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 PROGRAM # 9480 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Coro de Niños Cantores del Valle de Chalco. In 1990, the opera singer of Polish nationality Leszched Zabadka was appointed to direct the musical reception to Pope John Paul II, and for this he prepared a group of children who sang to the Supreme […]
The Tradition of Villancicos Navideños.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 PROGRAM # 9481 12:00 PM PDT The Tradition of Villancicos Navideños. Maestro Juan Pedro Gaffney, director of the first chorus ensemble in the US featuring medieval and contemporary songs from Ibero-American baroque and indigenous origins, talks about their then newly-released album dedicated to the celebrations of the feasts of the Nativity cycle. […]
Extra Edition: Inti Illimani. A Repeat.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 PROGRAM # 9466 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Inti Illimani. A Repeat. This is an interview with leading members of the group Inti Illimani, a living legend of the new Chilean song, originally aired on November 11, 1996. The group was formed in 1967 and their song ¡Venceremos ! became the anthem […]
Extra Edition: Eva Ybarra-The Queen of the Accordion ( A Repeat).
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25 PROGRAM # 9452 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Eva Ybarra-The Queen of the Accordion ( A Repeat). In this interview, originally aired on June 13, 1997, leading Texan conjunto figure Eva Ybarra talks about her beginnings in the music and her uphill breakthrough as a master accordionist in a field dominated by […]
