In 2022 while going through his archives Andy Alonzo found some recorded tapes of his time with the famed, yet...

In 1988, Southwest Detroit and its Latino community was in the national spotlight. How did that come to be? Those...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary Msgr Clement Kern’s passing in 1983. I was reminded of this...

In the mid 80’s I was the Youth Center Director for LaCasa (Latin Americans Against Substance Abuse) in southwest Detroit....

It was a summer afternoon in the mid 80’s (sorry I forget the exact year) and a little over 100...

Originally published in EL CENTRAL in two parts, December 9 & 16, 2019 Angelo Figueroa, Irma “LaLila” Rivera and Humberto...

I have previously written about Casa de Unidad, often just called “Casa”. During its existence Casa was the premier arts/cultural...

By Ozzie RiveraI ask myself why when I was younger I did not spend more time with the many elders...

By Ozzie Rivera Over the past year, I had a number of conversations with Maria Guadiana to gain a deeper...

By Ozzie Rivera For years I had heard Andy Alonzo’s name mentioned in numerous settings, most recently when I wrote...