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Gustavo Arellano, the Original “Mexican” Columnist, Answers Questions About...
Updated April 18, 2012 — I had a chance this month to chat with Gustavo Arellano, the original “¡Ask a Mexican!” columnist and now OC Weekly editor, about Mexican food in the U.S., the subject of his...
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Gabrielle Burton Examines the Struggles of Women Like Herself
In the 1970s, when her own brood of five girls was growing up, author Gabrielle Burton became fascinated with Tamsen Donner, the matriarch of one of the families of the Donner Party, the doomed group...
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A Cinco de Mayo Ditty
Music has always been part of the festivities in the 150 years that Cinco de Mayo has been celebrated in Southern California. But among the archives at the Autry is a popular song that could have been...
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A Los Angeles Tourist Guide for the 99 Percent
Consider taking a tour of Los Angeles, and you might think of a star map to the mansions in Beverly Hills or a walk down Hollywood and Vine, or even, if you’re a little adventurous, maybe an excursion...
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A Long Line of Scholars, and an Even Longer One of Immigrants
California Senator Carol Liu, who is Chinese-American, acknowledges her father and grandfather did not have to endure the ordeal of thousands of Asians and Pacific Islanders who entered the United...
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A Welcome Reversal: Recording Academy Reinstates Latin Jazz GRAMMY
Some of us here might be inclined to think the decision was made just in time to coincide with The Autry’s Sizzling Summer Nights series, which starts in July. Well, no, but even so, musicians across...
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Josefina Quezada: A Lifetime of Fighting for Public Art
A Mexican artist who was responsible for starting the drive to restore David Alfaro Siqueiros’ downtown Los Angeles mural América Tropical was honored Monday, June 11, in perhaps the best way...
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Russell Means, Native American Rights Activist
Russell Means, the often controversial Native American rights activist and Oglala Sioux leader who in later years portrayed Native elders in Hollywood movies, died Monday of complications from cancer...
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Honoring Hidden Stories: The Gay and Lesbian Rodeo Heritage Foundation...
By Marva Felchlin Autry Director of Libraries and Archives The Autry National Center is the proud recipient of the Gay and Lesbian Rodeo Heritage Foundation’s first annual Paladin Award. The Gay and...
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A Politician Mouths Off, and a Play Is Born
It was a bit of cowboy swagger from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that drove Tuscarora playwright Vickie Ramirez to write her latest play, Stand-Off at HWY #37, part of the First Look series being...
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