10 days ago by El Padrino

Conjunto music, which began at the end of the 19th century, is folk music, similar to blues or old‐style country, and tells the stories of the everyday lives of the working class. It is also dance music, characterized by a strong, unrelenting beat and bright accordion melodies, evidence of the fusio ...

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15 days ago by Duane Campbell

Associate Editor Pia Lopez of the Sacramento Bee wrote an interesting essay, “Canwe find common ground on schools?” on the ideas of Diane Ravitch in the Bee this morning- exceptfor one paragraph where Lopez is substantially wrong. She says, “ In the 1980’s she (Ravitch) helped write a history curric ...

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50 days ago by PatrickSmith

CurryBoy Asked: How much does race matter to you? Do you define yourself by your race solely? Will all the racism you spout be worth it when you're old and dying, on your deathbed will you be saying to yourself "Im really glad at how bigoted i was, i think i gave as good as i got whilst blissfully u ...

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51 days ago by luckygrrr

As much as Domingo Ulloa’s painting Braceros has become a symbol and one of the most admired works in the Autry’s current exhibition Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation, there was a time when its very existence was little more than a theory. Braceros, by Domingo Ulloa, 1960, oil on ...

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65 days ago by margaret e garcia

Solstice Magazine's new issue is out with a story of mine. http://solsticelitmag.org/freak-out-in-a-moonage-suenos-del-dia/

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66 days ago by Manabharana

IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124373/ Wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Anarchy Genres : Crime | Drama Year : 2008 Country: USA Language: English Creator : Kurt Sutter Stars : Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Mark Boone Junior Storyline : Sons of Anarchy, aka SAMCRO, is a motorcycle c ...

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86 days ago by luckygrrr

Probably my favorite artist in the Autry’s show Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation (part of the mammoth Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time) is Roberto Chavez. The six artists show a range of styles from frankly abstract to realist to surrealist. Chavez, 79, falls largely in th ...

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92 days ago by Miguel del Este

Javier Hernandez, the independent comic book creator known for creating EL MUERTO, the Aztec Zombie, will be releasing his newest comic, THE COMA, at GEEKS Comics in Whittier on Saturday, November 19, 2011. Hernandez’s latest comic is THE COMA, which is about…nope, can’t tell you yet. You will get a ...

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103 days ago by El Padrino

“Reuben Garza is no stranger to awards ceremonies, he has been inducted to the Hall of Fame of Conjunto Music in Alice, Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Texas, and he was also a Latin Grammy nominee for best Bajo Sexto player. The Bajo Sexto is a twelve string bass guitar. I sat with him on Wednesday ...

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104 days ago by Duane Campbell

Workshop: Teaching Chicano/ Latino History in Grades 8-12. Curriculum ideas for teaching about César Chávez,Dolores Huerta, Civil Rights Movement, and economic justice. With Duane Campbell, Director of theEducation and Democracy Institute., Sacramento. Dolores Delgado Campbell. Professor. American R ...

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