(Public Art) – What a treat! Someone from the neighborhood not far from UC Berkeley has a mural outside their home based on prior work and the ideas of local muralist Ernesto Olmos. A native of Oaxaca but also an American citizen, Olmos is well known in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area for … More You Can Find Anything in the Streets of Berkeley. A Mayan Mural, For One Thing.
By Lupita Peimbert. (Theatre) – It is one of those stories many of us remember. A person who in the past had a lot to do with you and you with them; perhaps unfinished business, a broken heart, or a connection still going strong many years after. Entanglement is a five-actor play led by a … More Here Is a Show For Those Who Have a Secret to Tell.
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. -Mahatma Gandhi Wow. How can we not appreciate our planet and our universe? the experience of seeing the Supermoon rising up tonight almost at ‘perigree’ or the closest point to Earth since … More A Few Supermoon Sightings!
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” -Pablo Picasso
By Lupita Peimbert (Culture) – Cities and communities across the United States are celebrating the ‘Day of the Dead’, a Latin American tradition celebrated in Central and Southern Mexico. Marigolds (Cempazuchitl flowers), altars (Ofrendas), candles, Pan de Muerto, sugar skulls, Catrinas and skeletons abound in the streets and places where the festivity is observed each … More Thousands Celebrate the Mexican “Day of the Dead” in the United States of America.
Por Lupita Peimbert (Cultura) – Cada 2 de Noviembre los mexicanos en Estados Unidos celebramos el día de muertos a todo lo que da. Pero la celebración hace tiempo que dejó de ser sólo mexicana; se ha extendido a cualquier persona que aprecia la tradición, y se transforma cada año según lo que el grupo, … More Los Muertos Descansan en Paz. Los Vivos Se Mueren de Miedo | 2016
A beautiful picture by John Sosenko. October 2013.
By Lupita Peimbert. #HHM2016 (Culture) – Part II. Allow me to present Latino/Hispanic key players of the past and present. The intention is to acknowledge their contributions, to inform those of Latino/Hispanic descent of the leadership we derive from, and to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. This article is also intended for anybody who appreciates the … More How Hispanic/Latino is San Francisco? Part II.
(Travel) – Imagine spending days, nights, and weeks navigating the seas. That is what Captain Jose Maria Marco has been doing for decades; that, and traveling all over the world. The youthful 60’s something man born and raised in Sevilla these days spends a large portion of his time scuba diving. I met him … More Scuba Diving in Cozumel.
Healthy to the point of healthy and delicious. ;-)! By Lupita Peimbert @Lupitanews #Lupitanews.
(Culture) – For those of us who grew up in Mexico and other Latin American countries, El Santo, el enmascarado de plata was as familiar as cookies with Café con Leche. The wrestler who always covered his face with a silver mask, and who humanized “Lucha Libre” (wrestling), would have been 99 years old on … More You Got it Google, with “El Santo” Doodle. #HHM2016
The movie AQUARIUS is part of the Mill Valley Film Festival, October 6 to 16, 2016. @MVFilmFest By Lupita Peimbert. (CINEMA) – Sonia Braga looks stunningly beautiful as a widowed and retired music critic. She has lived in the last inhabited apartment of a building designed to be converted into something new, and refuses to move … More AQUARIUS – She Was Facing Eviction, But They Didn’t Know Who They Were Dealing With
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2016! – #HHM2016 By Alberto B. Mendoza Special to Lupitanews.com When I was 14 years old, a group of friends nicknamed me “41”. I didn’t know what that meant nor did I care since I believed they were my friends. But I was wrong, these kids were not my … More Reclaiming My Identity: Soy 41.
By Martha Escutia. Special to Lupitanews.com | Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2016. #HHM2016. (Travel) – The smell of “Tierra Mojada” (wet earth) immediately punched through my nostrils!! It had been decades since I had last smelled that wonderful smell, reminiscent of my family’s ranch in Mexico. Then, I heard the thunder and saw the electrical … More Reminiscences of Michoacan, Mexico.
(Cinema) The 8th San Francisco Latino Film Festival is up and running, bringing audiences a look into Latino life in the United States and elsewhere. Modern, innovative, and community-focus, Cine+Mas is growing each year. It runs September 16 to October 1, 2016, in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Jose. Here is a quick look … More ‘Craving Cuba’ and other Latino Films must watch today.
When you ask someone if you could talk their picture, somehow the photograph tends to be less natural than when you take it impromptu. But it is also great when someone agrees with you, and you capture not only their image but something about their life. And that’s how I learned a little more about … More Fotos con Permiso.
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