MTV Tr3s and five-time LATIN GRAMMY winners CALLE 13 are teaming to give fans a triple dose of exclusive and first-ever experiences in anticipation of the duo's new album, "Los de Atras Vienen Conmigo" ('The Ones Left Behind Are Coming With Me'), set to drop on October 7th. Declared "the most musically adventurous group in Latin hip-hop, maybe in hip-hop, period" by The Los Angeles Times, Calle ...

In the coming weeks, nearly five million public school students in Texas will head back to school and embark on another year of growth and opportunity. Unfortunately, many others will choose to discontinue their education before earning a diploma. Every year, 1 in 3 Texas students leave before graduating from high school, limiting their ability to prosper in tomorrow’s workforce. According to the ...

Latinos have emerged in this presidential campaign as one of the most sought-after voting "blocs" in the battleground states of Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. But earning their vote is no easy task. The social and political diversity within the ethnic group is forcing campaigns to employ different and perhaps unfamiliar strategies. "Campaigning among Hispanics is basically a new science," ...

If we know anything about modern schools, it is that teachers increasingly play the role of traffic cop, personal counselor and social worker alongside being an educator. Not surprisingly, the duties can overwhelm the most seasoned instructors. And they force teachers to become de facto parents, which isn't a role they should have to play. So, as a new school year begins this week in Dallas and ...

Two years after Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu took the year-end awards circuits by storm with "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Babel," and a year after they inked a $100 million deal with Universal to produce five films under their Cha Cha Cha banner, opportunities for other Latino filmmakers -- both veterans and those relatively new to the scene -- have been on the rise...

Call him a comedian, an artist, a philanthropist, a Mexican Amercian or just CHEECH. Cheech Marin has been entertaining Chicanos, Latinos and Americans for over 40yrs and is still going strong. He has created, produced and toured the country with his Chicano art show, which has showcase Chicano artists as well as his own work. He was in Dallas as the host of the Tejano National Convention, which w...

Since 1991, Elida Reyna has enjoyed success as one of Texas’ best Tejano singers. She has won numerous awards and has toured the country as one of the “Three Divas”. She is now embarking on a new business venture with Artistry Company. Elida is launching Elida Cosmetics, which debuted at the The National Tejano Convention this past weekend in Dallas. I got a chance to speak to Elida about her cosm...

Hanna Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3-D ConcertIt’s two times the talent as Miley Cyrus performs as herself and her pop star alter ego Hannah Montana for the first time ever in the same blockbuster show! Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3-D Concert pulls out all the stops, with awesome sets, unforgettable music and off-the-hook dancing choreographed by Kenny O...

Change is necessary for forward movement and growth …and this September that movement means survival as Rickey Smiley, Mayor Pro-Tem Dwaine Caraway, KBFB 97.9 The Beat, The City of Dallas and The MLK, Jr. Family Clinic launch an initiative throughout the Metroplex with an event to educate the community on the epidemic of HIV/AIDS.  These businesses and organizations will be presenting The Fir...

Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) is reporting that the number of Hispanics living with HIV/AIDS in the in the Dallas Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA) rose from 1,497 cases in 2002 to 2,342 cases in 2006 representing a 57% increase over the four year time span. The Dallas EMA includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. Even more troublin...

In a unanimous vote, the Trinity River Project Committee made a combined motion to rename Industrial Blvd. to Riverfront Blvd. and recommended that Ross Ave. be renamed Cesar Chavez Ave. in honor of the civil rights leader. From the TRP committee the recommendation must survive impact studies and further public input before facing a vote of the full City Council in the coming months. "The Task F...

The nation’s top Tejano (Tex-Mex) recording artists will headline the 2008 Dodge Ram Tejano Music National Convention hosted by actor/comedian Cheech Marin.  The three-day event will be held in Dallas, Texas, and is scheduled from August 15-17 at the Dallas Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel at Reunion.  The Convention will celebrate its 5th Anniversary with a Texas Homecoming aft...

MIAMI (Billboard) - Ballad singer Luis Fonsi looked for songs for 18 months. He looked for them from within, writing like a maniac; he looked for them by writing with others; he listened to whatever was sent his way. "I wrote some 100 to 120 songs for this album," Fonsi says of "Palabras del Silencio," due August 26 on Universal Latino. "I listened to 25 songs a day." The album is Fonsi's sevent...

SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — AIDS rates in the nation’s Latino community are increasing and, with little notice, have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis. Though Hispanics comprise about 14 percent of the U.S. population, they represented 22 percent of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses tallied by federal officials in 2006. According to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Hisp...

DALLAS, TX – The nation's top Tejano (Tex-Mex) recording artists will headline the 2008 Dodge Ram Tejano Music National Convention hosted by actor/comedian Cheech Marin.  The three-day event will be held in Dallas, Texas, and is scheduled from August 15-17 at the Dallas Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel at Reunion.  The Convention will celebrate its 5th Anniversary with a Texas H...

AUSTIN — Texas' new secretary of state, Esperanza "Hope" Andrade of San Antonio, said this past Wednesday that she feels a particular responsibility to do "an exceptional job" because her appointment is a first for a Hispanic woman. "I'm honored. I'm humbled. It's been an emotional period for me because we made history today as the first Latina," said Andrade, 58, and a longtime businesswoman and...

The Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Bank of America will present Viva Dallas Consumer, Health and Green Expo from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 9 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 10 at Dallas Market Hall. More than 300 exhibitors and an expanded health and wellness pavilion are expected to attract more than 25,000 Hispanics. The free expo will offer information in English and Spanis...

No, Eva Longoria Parker is not snubbing the Alma Awards!Well, you can imagine what people thought when the rumor was confirmed that Eva Longoria Parker took her name out of the running for this year's Alma Awards, which recognize the best achievement of Latino performers. How do you say "diva" in Spanish? As if Eva Longoria Parker didn't have reason enough to act all uppity after "Desperate Ho...

Mexican singer-songwriter Ximena Sarinana possesses a crafty intelligence that belies her 22 years. Her new album, "Mediocre" (Warner Latina), is far from that - in fact, it's an extremely clever piece of subversive pop that is as uncategorizable as Sarinana herself. Using a fairly conventional singer-songwriter format, Sarinana presents herself as an enigmatic hipster who's hopelessly square at h...

MIAMI - Mexico's music from the hotlands -- better-known by its Spanish term, "musica de tierra caliente" -- has long played second fiddle to its more popular cousin, duranguense. But in the last several months, tierra caliente seems to have found its groove, with a new generation of acts increasingly populating the Billboard sales and airplay charts. At the helm of this new wave of tierra calie...

In the small town of Carbondale lies the Colorado Rocky Mountain School where Latino students from around the area attend three weeks of workshops to express their personal and cultural beliefs through filmmaking. Now in its sixth year, the Latino Youth Filmmaking Project not only allows student filmmakers to learn the basics in short film production (such as script writing and operation of filmma...

The 2008 Mayor’s “Back-to-School” Fair is scheduled for Thursday, August 7th, 2008 at Fair Park’s Automobile and Centennial Hall Buildings To get your family registered for the Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair call 214-671-8520. You have to meet the poverty guidelines to qualify for more info call the number above Here are some locations where you can register in person Women’s Museum at Fai...

Hi everyone This is Mauri from The Homies i'm sure everyone is wondering what's going on? Well, We Are Homies and you deserve to know the truth! (so here it is LOCO ) July 14th Monday Morning about 10:30 in the Morning.. Me and Lisa Lisa got a phone call from the CASA secretary , she told us to come to the office because The General Manager from the Radio station and The lady in charge of HR wan...

From Latin Jazz and Mambo to Salsa, Tejano, Chicano Rock, Latin pop, and Reggaeton, Latin Music USA tells the story of the rise of new American music forged from powerful Latin roots and reveals the often overlooked influence of Latin music on Jazz, Hip Hop, Rhythm and Blues and Rock and Roll - and on all of American culture. It's a fresh take on our musical history, reaching across time and acros...

John McCain and Barack Obama both gave speeches at the League of United Latin American Citizens convention in Washington, and in the 4,600 words they spoke between them didn't mention assimilation once. Never mind that assimilation is the key to the historic success of American immigration. We all know how it classically works: An immigrant group comes to the United States with low levels of edu...