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The Plight of the Tortured (as Opposed to the Torturers for a Change) Gets Big Screen Due

Hollywood's awards season has plopped onto red carpets many stars and players from films and television shows (think Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland) that glorify CIA agents, with director Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker follow-up drawing the most controversy for its scenes of American-endorsed t ... More >>

Franco's Pasta Cucina: Food Court Done Right

[Hole In the Wall] This Irvine stall serves Italian classics quickly and wonderfully

Death's Door Gin, Our Drink of the Week!

Have I ever written about my best friend, Art? Actually, we have: he was one of the guys I name-checked in my infamous story about how porn kept my friends and us off the mean streets of Anacrime, and managing editor Nick Schou once profiled him when Art was seriously considering working in Colombia ... More >>

Juanes with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra- Hollywood Bowl - 8/17/12

See Also:*Puerto Rican and Mexican Cultural Traditions Come Together for the Weekend's Bombazo Fandango! - Santa Ana - 8/16/12*Café Tacuba - The Observatory - 8/13/12* Mexican Institue of Sound - Segerstrom Center for the Arts - 1/23/12Juanes with the Hollywood Bowl OrchestraThe Hollywood Bowl ... More >>

Ondatropica Combines Generations in the Name of Cumbia

Press your ear against Ondatropica's wall of classic, polyrhythmic Colombian sound and chances are you'll pick up on more than a few styles at work. But the eclecticism is more than cultural, it's also generational. The core 12-piece band of Cumbia musicians playing Sunday at the Mayan Theater (pres ... More >>

Bomba Estéreo

Observatory

Latin American Famiy Festival

Bowers Museum

New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup

Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010​South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>

International Indigenous Film and Video Festival

Cal State Fullerton Titan Student Union

Chicano Activist Carlos Montes Makes His Case in Anaheim Ahead of Next Court Date

Montes​At the invitation of the Orange County Peace Coalition, longtime Chicano activist Carlos Montes spoke about the serious legal charges he now faces to an audience gathered at the Unitarian Univeralist Church in Anaheim. "I was really happy to be invited to share my issue and support their wo ... More >>

On the Line: Gloria Mogollon of Franco's Pasta Cucina, Part One

Photo by Meranda Carter​It will be soon be October, and while researching subjects, I was introduced to a sudden influx of female chefs. So we're unofficially dedicating this month to the ladies. And to kick it off, we seek the impossible: tasty Italian in a food court. Gloria Mogollon of Franco's ... More >>

Velorio Mix Up Their Sound

The Bakersfield band inject all their influences, from Nirvana to norteno, into their music

Festival Colombiano O.C. Gets Its Empanada On

¡Co-lom-BIA!​Celebration of Colombia's Independence Day officially kicked off ten days early on Sunday at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim with the Festival Colombiano O.C. The day-long event featured food & drink stands, gift booths, musical stylings, and more sombreros volteados than you could s ... More >>

Legalize Pot, Say Geniuses at Global Commission on Drug Policy

​The Los Angeles Times, and just about every other newspaper that covers world news, is reporting today that the Global Commission on Drug Policy, an influential think-tank made up of world leaders, has just issued a report calling the war on drugs "a costly failure" and calling on the United Stat ... More >>

Duff Beer--It Exists! (But Only in Latin America)

It's real! ​"Duff Beer for me, Duff Beer for you . . ." The Miami Herald has discovered the famous fictional lager at real-life bars in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile. The bottles, sold for about $5.50 each, bear the same logo as the ice cold brew chugged nightly by Homer and friends a ... More >>

A Latin Alternative Music Guide to Coachella

chilango.com​ Although the Latin Alternative offerings of this year's Coachella Music & Arts Festival are few and far between, the acts that did make it onto the roster of performing artists are diverse and definitely worthy of attention. Of course, the biggest draw is the highly touted Caifa ... More >>

Five Words That Signify a Foodstuff in One Latin American Country, But a Crude Term for 'Vagina' in Another

Flickr user neoliminalStarbucks' original logo: Perhaps the most-graphic American corporate example of vagina-as-sweet-food EVER​Ya gotta love Latinos. Even though we share the same language (except for those retrograde Brazilians and pinche indios), regional variations lead to more than a few sni ... More >>

Colombian Cuisine Back In OC!

[Hole In the Wall] Colombian Cuisine at Mitzi's Kountry Kitchen in Laguna Hills reintroduces the hearty South American cuisine to OC stomachs

The Mexican Debated Tom Tancredo, and No Chingazos Were Thrown!

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, why Mexicans should learn how to dance to tropical music

We Need More Colombian Food in OC, Parte Dos

Chuzos, papas, tomates verdes, and the ubiquitous arepa​Okay, we've waited long enough. Turns out the power of suggestion was not sufficient to correct our county's dearth of comida colombiana. (Though Dave Lieberman and I were helpful enough to suggest road trips to Burbank or Hollywood.) Looks l ... More >>

The Crucifixion of Juarez

On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

Shutter to Think at MOLAA

The photographers in 'Changing the Focus' explore the dark side of Latin America, but also its sense of humor

Flier of the Week: Move It or Lose It at Alex's Bar, April 10

​​For those of you who've always wanted  to know what Colombian vallenato music, slick indie rock, tender-hearted folk and a some super-eclectic turntablism would sound like in the same room together, consider your wish granted. 

[Hole in the Wall] Goat Love, Zacatecas-Style, at Birriería Nochistlán

$3 Million Emerald Arrives at Height of Jewelry Heist Season

Palagems.comEl Itoco: object of desire.​In a small room near the front desk of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana rests El Itoco, a 472-carat emerald crystal that is considered one of the finest in the world and valued and is valued at more than $3 million.The emerald that was dug up from black shale ... More >>

For Afro-Colombian Diva Totó la Momposina, the Song Perseveres

Incoming: Autolux, Quantic at Detroit Bar

Remember the Autolux show at Detroit Bar in April? The one Andrew Youssef attended and took some photos at and wrote some words about here? Didn't go? Well, here's your chance to redeem yourself: the LA band is coming back to the very same Costa Mesa venue on September 17. $15 tickets are on sale th ... More >>

Newport Beach Film Fest Ends on Some Strong Notes

UPDATED WITH THE EMOTIONAL LA MILAGROSA Q&A! The final Newport Beach Film Festival entries viewed by yours truly on closing day Thursday were solid efforts. Denied access to former San Clemente resident Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom Tuesday night, Clockwork joined a decent-sized  ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Pinche Redux

High Security Meets High Fashion

Slate follows up on word that Barack Obama wore bullet-proof clothing during his inauguration by noting that a Colombian company, Miguel Caballero, makes bullet-resistant leather jackets, polo shirts, windbreakers and ruffled tuxedo shirts, which range from a few hundred dollars to $7,000 in price. ... More >>

Hasta La Muerte

Vintage thrash metal is back with a vengeance, and it’s speaking Spanish

Letters

'You would have enjoyed the stream of mucus-laden iced tea which spewed forth from my nose when I got to the end of that quip'

the Rise of Carbon

It’s the new plastic, and the military-industrial complex wants it all. That’s bad news for Anaheim’s Anchor Products

Letter From Mazatlan

New Orleans shows were about a single disaster from the Third World

Grace Notes

Joshua Marston on bringing Maria to life

Letters

Letter From the Unknown Soldier

Exit Strategies

Never get into waror romancewithout noting the exits

Pocket Rocket

Uncle Sam's Crude Solution

Summery Judgment

Jim already spent his summer vacation. Now he wants yours

Lets Roll!

Collateral Damage steps out of the shadows

Bring Back the Scabs!

Of dope and frat boys and girls named Stacy

Coffee Crusade

The great Little Saigon coffee inquiry

True Lies?

Ken Bucchi says he was a drug-running spook. The CIA says hes an impostor

The Velvet Voz

Anterciopelados articulate, amorous activism

The Good, the Bad and the Osprey

Jim goes bi-polar

Screaming Bedlam

Horrifying stories ripped from the pages of todays newspapers

Back to Business

OCs Tom Umberg leaves the White House for the Big Bucks