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MEDIA: "Chicano Males Stare Down Stereotypes"

April 25, 2013
Harry Gamboa Jr.'s photographic series "Chicano Male Unbonded" was the subject of a "Picture Show" story on the National Public Radio blog.
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MEDIA: "One-Woman Performance Addresses Faith, Sexuality"

April 24, 2013

The Daily Bruin featured a preview of "Catholic School Daze" by Karen Anzoategui, the artist's one-woman show about faith, sexuality, and trauma. Anzoategui will perform the show in the CSRC Library on April 24 at 3:30 p.m.

The Daily Bruin, April 24, 2013

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COMMENTARY: Write Your Own History - Sal Castro's Legacy

April 23, 2013
By Carlos M. Haro, CSRC Assistant DIrector EMERITUS

Haro pays tribute to his friend, mentor, and civil rights activist Sal Castro, who passed away April 15, 2013. Castro was 79.

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Aztlán Assistant Editor Reviews "Guacamelee!" for UCLA Game Lab

April 22, 2013
David O'Grady, a doctoral candidate in Cinema and Media Studies and the assistant editor of "Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies," reviewed the video game "Gaucamelee" on the UCLA Game Lab blog.
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Rededication of restored "El Gran Teatro de la Luna" to take place May 14

April 19, 2013
The restoration of Rafael Ferrer's "El Gran Teatro de la Luna" in Philadelphia's Fairhill Square is now complete.
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MEDIA: "Luxury, Interrupted at UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library"

April 19, 2013
The CSRC library exhibition "Ramiro Gomez: Luxury, Interrupted" was featured on the Mex and the City blog.
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LES Research Team Presents Project Outcomes at UCLA-CPRA Symposium

April 10, 2013

On March 21, 2013, the Latinos & Economic Security (LES) research team composed of CSRC director Chon A. Noriega, Kathleen Wilber, Max Benavidez, and Zach Gassoumis, presented outcomes and policy recommendations based on of eight years of research and analysis at a symposium, "Aging in a Majority-Minority Nation: Interracial and Intergenerational Tensions & Opportunities," marking the 15th anniversary of the UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging.

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MEDIA: "Building Bridges Between Mexican and Mexican American Art"

April 6, 2013
As an example of increased cultural exchange between U.S. and Mexico, the Los Angeles Times discussed the exhibition "Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective (1972-1987)," now on view at MUAC Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the first large-scale exhibition of a Chicano collective to be presented in Mexico.
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MEDIA: Noriega Editorials Praised on MALCS Blog

April 2, 2013
Two editorials by CSRC director Chon A. Noriega and published in the Huffington Post were reposted on the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) / Women Active in Letters and Social Change blog. His piece on the omission of actress Lupe Ontiveros from the Oscars' "In Memoriam" presentation was declared by MALCS as a "must read."
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MEDIA: "Cecilia Preciaga Burciaga, Presente!"

April 1, 2013
CSRC director Chon A. Noriega paid tribute to his mentor, the late Cecilia Preciaga Burciaga, on the Huffington Post.
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