A Letter from the Founder: ¡Aquí Estamos y No Nos Vamos!
This year is rapidly ending. And as we take a moment to reflect, we realize how much our community has carried us along the way...
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Off The Page
Arts & Culture on the Corner with Gabriel San Román
Spotlighting our local and diverse O.C. communities and global topics that traverse our streets.
- Nov 3
- 7 min
From the River to the Sea: Books that Raise Awareness on Palestine & Its Liberation
The list below is a selection of beloved books that offer another side to the conflict: a raw portrayal of what it means to be Palestinian.
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- Oct 6
- 6 min
Unos Libros Para El Susto: Latinx ~Espooky~ 2023 Books List
~Espooky~ season is upon us! Check out this list if you're a Halloween and/or Dia de Muertos fanatic.
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- Sep 1
- 4 min
Jesus Cortez has always been here, this show is our time to really notice
¿Ya Mero Compa? features the photography of Anaheim's Jesus Cortez — intersecting his life as an artist and immigrant worker.
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- Aug 4
- 4 min
Mapping Our City: How Santa Ana Lives On in the Cyberworld
Whether you’re a Santa Ana native, an OC local, or just a curious lover of all things history, A Storymap of Santa Ana is meant for you.
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- Jul 7
- 6 min
Just Around the Corner: Free POC-Led Art Spaces in Southern California
From Monterey Park to Long Beach, Compton to Santa Ana, we’ve gathered a list of free POC-led art spaces that beckon us home.
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- May 5
- 4 min
Orange County’s Book-Banning Dilemma: Age-Inappropriate Content vs. Literacy Censorship
Our little ones are our future, and their empowerment to read books, whether physically or digitally, shouldn’t be limited...
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- Apr 7
- 5 min
Welcome to the Santa Ana Public Library: A Looking Glass into Tradition & Modernism All in One Space
Santa Ana Public Library offers a quieter, more laid-back alternative to the hustle and bustle of DTSA...
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- Mar 3
- 4 min
From Bookshelves to Literary Arts Festival: A Look into the Books (& their Authors) from Yesteryear
With LibroMobile’s Literary Arts Festival just around the corner,it’s important to celebrate the books (and the authors behind their pages).
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- Feb 3
- 3 min
A Letter to the Comunidad: At the Heart of Art & Culture
Melanie Romero is thrilled to share that she's the incoming featured columnist for LibroMobile’s Arts & Culture “Off the Page”.
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- Jan 6
- 4 min
Silvia Rodriguez Vega Forces Us to Listen to Children of Immigrants in Drawing Deportation
Dr. Rodriguez Vega's debut book published by NYU Press is both an interdisciplinary feat and an account of her professional researcher life.
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 6 min
From the Ground Up: Orange County BIPOC Businesses on the Rise
Although not new to the region, Black,Indigenous and people of color businesses have evolved with a new generation of foodie entrepreneurs.
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- Oct 7, 2022
- 6 min
From One County to the Next, Author and Columnist Gustavo Arellano Oversees a New Horizon in L.A.
Born in Anaheim to Mexican parents, Arellano sought from the get-go to spotlight both the American and Mexican cultures in a divided OC.
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- Sep 2, 2022
- 6 min
From Book to Film: Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is an Anti-War Epic
One of the most anticipated films in September at The Frida is the final cut of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.
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- Aug 5, 2022
- 9 min
A New Chicanx Cohort: Profes in Borderlands, Punk Communities, & Healing Justice
“They are all doing cutting-edge and critical work that goes beyond disciplinary boundaries,” said Dr. Patricia A. Pérez.
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- Jun 3, 2022
- 5 min
Cinematic Experience Series includes Spielberg’s timeless Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Spielberg’s Close Encounters trades in terrifying thrills for tender emotions and awe-inspiring visuals.
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- May 3, 2022
- 5 min
Navigating the In-Between: A Review of Luivette Resto’s “Living on Islands Not Found on Maps”
If you’re seeking a place not found on a map, you need someone who has been there to show you.
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- Apr 8, 2022
- 4 min
OC Youth Poet Laureate Curating a Community Poem For & By Youth
The inaugural OC Youth Poet Laureate, Tina Mai, is culminating her term this summer with a Community Poem For-and-By Youth.
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- Mar 4, 2022
- 5 min
Jodorowsky’s Social Commentary & Surreal Fantasy in “The Holy Mountain” is Still Relevant Today
The Holy Mountain, a recurring favorite at The Frida Cinema will be coming back around on March 18th.
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
A Letter from the Founder: Where we’ve been, where we’re going
Dear Comunidad, This letter should have been written last month for the new year, but we had a lot going on at the beginning of 2022...
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Gabriel San Román is a contributor to Times OC and a former OC Weekly staff writer. Subscribe to his weekly Slingshot! Newsletter. And in case anyone is wondering, he's still the tallest Mexican in OC.
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