by Bill Teck | Oct 3, 2024 | Blog
“We’re the only ethnic group that fought in every single war America ever had: 500,000 of us fought in World War II. We have over 60 Medal of Honor recipients, the largest of any ethnic group. And our contributions are endless…” says John Legiuzamo in his...
by Bill Teck | Oct 1, 2024 | Blog
We at ñ fell in love with artist Luis Gispert’s feature film Cajita when we first saw it – we can’t quite talk about our love for it without giving away too much, but you’ve got a chance to see for yourself at the free screening at PAMM....
by Bill Teck | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog
Last time we saw Dolores Huerta at the movies she was played by Rosario Dawson – in actor Diego Luna’s 2nd feature film as a director, Ceasar Chavez. Dolores stood side by side with Chavez during his struggles for justice, and now – director Gregory Nava...
by Bill Teck | Sep 27, 2024 | Blog
How Manny Portuondo Kept it Real, Brought it Back, Never Gave Up… this is the story of La Tropical. This is what the story of Pride – in the best way… looks like. From Forbes Magazine. Miami’s newest brewery, Cervecería La Tropical, has brought a piece of Cuba’s...
by Bill Teck | Sep 26, 2024 | Blog
Gael Garcia Bernal stars in but its not the kind of thing one usually sees a Latino/LatinX/Latine/Hispanic… ay Dios mio , what do we call ourselves now? – actor in. Wait a minute. Digression below. (i think we always called ourselves Latino – pero...
by Bill Teck | Sep 25, 2024 | Blog
Today’s Mix Tape Diary Entry is Wilfredo Vargas “El Jardinero”. it’s like no song ever recorded – Hip Hop meets Merengue for the first time here – and… although you may have forgotten how brain melting this thing was in in 1984...
by Bill Teck | Sep 24, 2024 | Blog
El Puerto Riceño known as “Peruchin” played for a lotta teams but chances are you know him as a San Francisco Giant – he passed away recently and this beautiful and moving obituary by Julio Pabon, does him justice. The Baby Bull’s place in...
by Bill Teck | Sep 23, 2024 | Blog, Slide
Last year at this time, there was a story that caught our eye – still thinkin’ bout how unique it is – want to share it with you( pic below is credited to NBC News; Getty Images; Paul Ratje for NBC News) ‘Fronterizos’ have a different...
by Bill Teck | Jan 23, 2024 | Blog
The brilliant Alejandro Rios returns with his Ciclo de Cine Cubano, we’ve missed you! This week celebrating El Super from león Ichaso y Orlando Jiménez Leal and Manuel Arce which screens on January , Friday the 26th, details below. Future screenings include the great...
by Bill Teck | Jan 9, 2024 | generation ñ, Ñ Miami
ñ spoke to the wonderful Manuel Arce, co-writer and Producer of El Super and Crossover Dreams on the newest ep of the ñ podcast – its a talk not to be missed with the incredibly talented Mr. Arce – we speak about Leon Ichaso’s work – which is...
