For many, Cheech Marin’s hit 1987 film “Born in East L.A.” was the first time they came into contact with Chicano culture.
For many, Cheech Marin’s hit 1987 film “Born in East L.A.” was the first time they came into contact with Chicano culture.
Los Angeles seemed closer than ever Monday evening when several hundred young literati gathered before a big screen to see science fiction writer Ray Bradbury sip wine, reminisce with his biographer, and take live questions from adulatory Tapatios at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL).
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa urged U.S. politicians to "take their heads out of the sand" during a visit to the FIL.
Mark Dean Veca has created a site specific work at the Instituto Cultural Cabañas that opened to the public November 27.
The 23rd Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) - a humongous nine-day celebration of literature and culture - kicked off last weekend with the presentation of the FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages, the opening of the Los Angeles pavilion and the presentation of a new book by Orhan Pamuk, the 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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