Tag Archives: latino

IN THE HEIGHTS Musical ~ Home, Family & Finding Where You Belong

8 Jun

Disclaimer: Qué Means What received three free tickets to the opening of IN THE HEIGHTS at the Woodlawn Theater.   The Tony Award-winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS is about home, family and finding where you belong. This Latino-based musical has just made it’s premiere in San Antonio, TX at the historic Woodlawn Theater. In this musical, the [...]

“Yo soy”, I am Latino/Chicano/Mexicano

14 Mar

  I would like to thank Ms. QueMeansWhat for hosting me this past month, and you dear readers for tuning in. I have had fun sharing my thoughts and reflections on aspects of my identity. If you missed, you can read about me being a “maestro”, about me being an “aguacate”, and how I like [...]

Bless Me, Ultima ~ Movie Review

22 Feb

BLESS ME, ULTIMA is based on Chicano writer, Rudolfo Anya’s classic novel. The movie will be released in select cities across the nation FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd. In my previous post, I mentioned two particular hopes I had for the movie: The universal coming-of-age story will resonate with everyone. The Latino culture ties will remind us [...]

Bless Me Ultima ~ Win Tickets

14 Feb

I recently heard Patsy Torres Lucero, Ph.D. discuss the findings of her dissertation on a sense of purpose. In summary,  her conclusion is that our sense of purpose is tied to our beliefs in spirituality and faith. What stuck out was that she said ‘spirituality’ not religion. Sense of purpose greatly ties in to our personal [...]

Twitter Chats ~ All Things Latino

11 Feb

One of my favorite social media platforms is still … Twitter. One of the reasons I enjoy it is because I have developed some precious friendships via Twitter. In addition, most of my news comes from Twitter because I can seek out the topics I want to learn about. It is one place I found [...]