![]() ![]() Rael’s research interests connect indigenous and traditional material practices to contemporary technologies and issues. from Mexico and Earth Architecture (2008), a history of building with earth in the modern era to exemplify new, creative uses of the oldest building material on the planet. He is the author of Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary (2017), an illustrated biography and protest of the wall dividing the U.S. Join us on October 7 at 5 PM CDT for a lecture by author and design activist Ronald Rael. Rael holds the Eva Li Memorial Chair in Architecture and a joint appointment in the Department of Architecture and the Department of Art Practice at the University of California, Berkeley. This event is made possible with support from the Center for Texas Music History and the Center for the Study of the Southwest, both at Texas State University. In 2020, Nina celebrates seven years of sobriety and continues to create and connect with her audience through music, art, and life experiences she shares openly. In 2014, Nina began her journey as a solo artist and soon released her debut album The Beat is Dead on Cosmica Records (2016). Three years later Girl in a Coma was signed to Joan Jett's Blackheart Records, thus beginning many years of extensive traveling, creating, and performing for audiences around the world both as a headlining act as well as a direct support for several highly acclaimed artists. Their parents introduced them to their first records and now they are witnessing how their daughters are sharing their music with America.Please join us on October 15 at 6 PM CDT for an on-line performance event with Nina Diaz. Tune in to our Instagram where the event will broadcast on IGTV.Ĭonsidered "one of the two or three most exciting, scary-good vocalists in rock today" (David Brown, KUT/NPR), Nina Diaz began her musical career at the age of thirteen when she co-founded the all female rock group Girl in a Coma (2002–2018). "We are Chicano, we are Latino, we are brown and we are proud to play these records and hold them down as women and be a force to reckon with," said Gitana. ![]() They are LatinX DJ's known as the "Chulita Vinyl Club" with chapters in seven cities across the country. When they put headphones on and spin vinyl they walk in their purpose. They are daughters of Mexican immigrants. Like I'm at a carne asada, or a birthday party, or a quinceaera," said Maryela Perez, DJ of Chulita Vinyl Club.Īll these memories have shaped the lives of Mar, Gitana and Maryela. "In playing these songs, it feels like I'm there. La Musica transports Latinos to their childhood and reminds them of home. Get all the steps down.' Sunday school for us was teaching me how to dance," said Gitana, DJ of Chulita Vinyl Club. "Every Sunday, when I was at my grandpa's house he would say, 'OK I'm going to teach you how to dance merengue, salsa, and cumbia. It was just a part of life every day at home," said Mar Velez, DJ of Chulita Vinyl Club. "On the weekend, I just remember waking up and my mom was already playing Los Bukis or Los Temerarios and she was already cleaning. SAN FRANCISCO - Growing up Latino means growing up to a common beat. Meet the group of Latina DJs who are keeping their traditions alive through music. ![]()
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