Tag Archives: Arts & Culture
The Debate Over Cesar Chavez Boulevard.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 PROGRAM # 9952 12:00 PM PT The Debate Over Cesar Chavez Boulevard. After first proposed thirty years ago, Latino groups are renewing efforts to rename a major city road in honor of farmworker and civil rights champion Cesar Chavez in Fresno, the nation’s agricultural capital. While Latino residents welcome the idea, since […]
Extra Edition: “A Ballad of Love and Glory.”
THURSDAY, MARCH 16 PROGRAM # 9946 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “A Ballad of Love and Glory.” In this interview, author Reyna Grande talks about her recent novel A Ballad of Love and Glory, a story inspired by the 1846 US war against Mexico and the dramatic fate of the San Patricios, the Irish soldiers […]
Gabino Palomares. (Repeat)
MONDAY, MARCH 13 PROGRAM # 9942 12:00 PM PT Gabino Palomares. (Repeat) The singer and songwriter Gabino Palomares, a leading, founding figure in Latin America’s New Song movement, is celebrating 50 years of a career dedicated to singing to love and social justice. In this interview, he reflects on his life as a troubadour, his […]
28th Anniversary of Línea Abierta.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 PROGRAM # 9928 12:00 PM PT 28th Anniversary of Línea Abierta. Línea Abierta is the first and only national, live, Spanish-language call-in show in U.S. public broadcasting, and on February 25, it completed its 28th year. Radio Bilingüe launched Línea Abierta in 1995 to fill the void in public and commercial media […]
Gabino Palomares.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 PROGRAM # 9921 12:00 PM PT Gabino Palomares. The singer and songwriter Gabino Palomares, a leading, founding figure in Latin America’s New Song movement, is celebrating 50 years of a career dedicated to singing to love and social justice. In this interview, he reflects on his life as a troubadour, his most […]
Extra Edition: Mexican Miners During the Gold Rush. (Program Repeat.)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 PROGRAM # 9894 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Mexican Miners During the Gold Rush. (Program Repeat.) While Mexican, Chilean and Peruvian miners pioneered gold production in early California, they are hardly recognized in the official narrative about the history of the Golden State. Mexican and Latino mining camps were displaced by fortune […]
Extra Edition: “Canto a Gabriela.” (Program Repeat.)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 PROGRAM # 9880 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “Canto a Gabriela.” (Program Repeat.) This is an archival interview with Chilean-Californian folk and New Song singer and composer Rafael Manríquez. The interview, originally aired on Dec 20, 1996 after his return from a tour in Chile, focuses on his recently released album “Canto […]
Extra Edition: “Delights of Mexican Cuisine” (Program Repeat.)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 PROGRAM # 9876 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “Delights of Mexican Cuisine” (Program Repeat.) In this bilingual cookbook, Maria Luisa Urdaneta tackles diabetes, the growing epidemic in the Mexican-American community, providing over 200 recipes for some of the most popular Mexican dishes, such as guacamole, beans, Spanish rice, chile rellenos, chile con […]
“Dar los días.” (Repeat)
MONDAY, JANUARY 2 PROGRAM # 9872 12:00 AM PT “Dar los días.” (Repeat) Every first of January, musicians from the towns of Río Arriba in New Mexico and Colorado brighten up the first hours of the new year. For centuries, folk troubadours have been heard singing in the cold streets from New Year’s Eve until […]
Extra Edition: “A Ballad of Love and Glory.”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 PROGRAM # 9869 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “A Ballad of Love and Glory.” In this interview, author Reyna Grande talks about her recent novel A Ballad of Love and Glory, a story inspired by the 1846 US war against Mexico and the dramatic fate of the San Patricios, the Irish soldiers […]
