An Oldie But a Goodie! Dolores del Rio and María Félix

Honoring San Diego Documentary Film Makers: August 1, 2010 @ 2pm

Olga Guillot, RIP

Thanks to Daphne Strassmann for the link.

Ry Cooder on Arizona!

Cool Chicana Art by Sabrina...

more here...

Watching the Waters Rise and Recede in Laredo, Texas

Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, from the climax ending of LADY FROM SHANGHAI

The UFW on Colbert...

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The Mexicans Aren't Coming! The Mexicans Aren't Coming! Douglas Massey on Mexican Immigration

Thanks to my sage, Sage carnal John Paul Gutierrez for the linkaso....

The New York Times on Arizona, the U.S. Justice Department, and Immigration

Cruz Medina on the Six Million Peso Man Pendejada on Adult Swim

...more by Cruz Medina here.

Chicano Moratorium: 40 Years Later... in the LA TIMES

Thanks to John Paul Gutierrez (y su Mamá) for the recuerdoLINK.

I may well be Nostradamus...

Tex[t]-Mex talks about this anime eye-craze back in the day, back in 2007 when it was sweeping Japan.... Life imitating Art--an old theme! Hit the image for the story.

Remedios Varo, Frida Kahlo, and Cristina Rivera-Garza: Painter/Diarist/Novelist in Front of the Seductive Mirror--Wed., July 7, 2010 in San Diego

The Third Biennial International Conference of the Contemporary Women's Writing Network in collaboration with San Diego State University, the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, and other sponsoring departments is going to take place July 7-9, 2010 at the Hilton Gaslamp with over 170 delegates from six continents and across the US.

Confirmed Featured Speakers include Susan Stanford Friedman, Thadious M. Davis, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Caroline Bergvall, Rae Armantrout, Cristina Rivera-Garza, Anna Joy Springer and Elizabeth Willis.

I am going to be busy on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, delivering a paper, "Remedios Varo, Frida Kahlo, and Cristina Rivera-Garza: Painter/Diarist/Novelist in Front of the Seductive Mirror," chairing a panel, and introducing Caroline Bergvall. The entire conference lineup is here. My panels are highlighted on the graphic opposite.


UPDATE

Just in case there is a computer handy in the conference tomorrow, I am uploading a graphic that complements my presentation.

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