Mexican-Americans

Los Mora Arriaga are just one of the many hidden gems found at Homestead-Miami Mariachi Conservatory, Florida's sole mariachi school. Since 2015, the program, an offshoot of the nonprofit Mexican American Council, has improved the lives of local farmworker children through the arts, bridged cultural gaps in the area's Mexican-American families, and revived the underrepresented genre in South Florida.

A new art exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami is examining what it means to be a Chicano, an ethnic identity commonly used by Mexican-Americans in the U.S. West. “Nobody knows the story of immigration and of the immigrant better than Miami does," said curator Gilbert Vicario.

Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican-American poet, novelist and essayist. He’ll be at the Miami Book Fair on Sunday on a panel about powerful historical fiction–– presenting his latest book 'Good Night, Irene.'

The songs are part of the catalog belonging to the family's record label. Producers were able to digitally update Selena's voice in her teen songs to sound exactly as she did before her death in 1995.

The polls are open in Palm Beach and Broward Counties. We meet a border writer who is in the Latino Literature Hall of Fame. Plus, what if local businesses could influence local laws simply by filing lawsuits?

COMMENTARYIn 2001, there was no bigger fan of Colombian megastar Shakira than my 12-year-old Venezuelan niece Andrea. That summer she was here in Miami…

Religiously, there’s nothing more Mexican than la posada, the December street procession that re-enacts the Virgin Mary’s search for a place to give birth…

South Florida’s best known Christmas traditions involve food. La caja china. Hallacas. But one of the richest customs involves street theater – plus a…