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February 8, 2013
Erin Aldana reviews and compares "Mapping Another L.A.: The Chicano Art Movement" and "Asco: The Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972-1987" for caa.reviews, a College Art Association publication.
February 7, 2013
A solo show by Puerto Rican-born artist Rafael Ferrer opens February 8 in New York City. Image: "Calor," 1993, oilstick on paper
February 4, 2013
A summary of the latest CSRC news and events, plus a new Library exhibition and Press DVD sale!
January 18, 2013
Over the course of his career, Dr. Stevenson played a crucial role in moving the Americas to a position of central importance in music scholarship.
January 16, 2013
The CSRC LGBT Latina/o Initiative and the January 31 book event featuring Maria Nieto discussing her novel "Pig Behind the Bear" (Floricanto Press/Berkeley Press, 2012) were highlighted in La Bloga.
January 4, 2013
A summary of the latest CSRC news, events, Library collections, and Press publications.
January 3, 2013
The CSRC is very sad to report the passing of Lucille Beserra Roybal on December 23, two weeks before her 96th birthday. Roybal was a pioneering political activist for the Latino community and wife of the late U.S. Senator Edward R. Roybal, whose extensive papers are a cornerstone of the CSRC archives.
December 14, 2012

If you didn’t know who Jenni Rivera was before December 9, 2012, by now you’ve surely heard of the Diva of Banda. You know that in addition to being a singer she was a successful actress who was about to cross over into the living rooms of non-Latino, English-speaking America with a reality TV show on ABC.

December 14, 2012
The Institute of American Cultures (IAC), which oversees the CSRC and the three other ethnic studies centers at UCLA, has posted information on its website concerning fellowships and grants for the 2013-2014 academic year.
December 11, 2012
Agustin Gurza, music journalist and CSRC author, remarks on Jenni Rivera's success as cultural symbol in this story following the Mexican American singer's death.

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