Chicano film legend Luis Valdez was honored to be in El Paso, which he said sits in the corazon of America, on Friday, July 18, at the Plaza Theatre to share stories about his inspiration and work as ...

In Mexican-American literature, "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya is a classic. Anaya's novel, which came out in 1972, has just been turned into a movie. Film critic Kenneth Turan has this review.

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Bless Me, Última, a Mexican-American opera by composer/librettist Héctor Armienta, premiered in Albuquerque, but will have its West Coast premiere in San Jose. The opera, co-produced by Opera ...

Rudolpho Anaya's 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima is a classic of Chicano literature. The story begins for Antonio, 6, when Ultima comes to live with his New Mexico family in 1944. Ultima is called a witch ...