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VOL. 2 • NUM 6 www.LaPrensaTEXAS.com 10 de Febrero de 2019 For the Love of Music Online About the Del Bravo LAN! is Coming Latinos at the Romance Scams Cover Artist: Record Shop to Texas Center Frank Romero Texas’ Legendary of Government Music Store Shutdown By Jason Meza By Dr. Ricardo Romo By Isa Fernández By Dr. Ricardo Romo By David Conde 2 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 10 de Febrero de 2019 This grass roots publication is the life Let’s Talk About it... source for a community that is not easily afforded viable access to diverse and ac- cessible media. San Antonio and the sur- Valentines Traditions rounding counties have become accustomed By Yvette Tello to relevant news brought to them in both English and Spanish since 1913. Every year on the 14th of Feb- ruary, people celebrate this Steve A Duran Sr. CEO/Publisher day by sending messages of [email protected] love and affection to partners, Ramon Chapa Jr. family, and friends. Couples Co-Publisher send Valentine’s Day cards [email protected] and flowers and spend special Yvette Tello Executive Vice President time together to honor their [email protected] love for each other.What I Roxanne Eguia have never gone without a Editor In Chief Patrick Southard: Donna K Browning Benson: jack up prices. I’ve been [email protected] Valentine. Since I was a little “Married 27 going on 28 “Valentine’s Day is for my married 25 years almost. One Victoria Ward girl, my Daddy always gave years and I think Valentine’s grandkids.” day isn’t going to make a Graphic Designer me a box of chocolates and the [email protected] day is BS. I don’t understand marriage. It’s the sitting in the most beautiful cards. I carry this waiting for a “special “ Michael Suarez: ICU while she visits her dying Steve Walker that tradition with my boys and Ricardo Romo day to show someone you “When you’re together, mother or making sure his shirt Jessica Duran now my Grandbabies. What love them. You should show every day is Valentine’s day. is ironed before a big interview Isa Fernández does this day mean to you if them every day. Valentine’s every day is special. Married or knowing when to give space Contributors [email protected] you are single? What does it is just a commercial holiday for 30 years like some or your or push back. I still like flowers mean if you are in a relation- to guilt people into buying. first year together, cherish and day after chocolate at 50% ship? What are some of your The ultimate peer pressure EVERY day together, you off though.” traditions and why? Let’s talk because if you don’t buy them don’t need a card, balloons or about it… something on this day, you flowers. Just like any day is Barbara Mendoza Mead: must not love them.” good to show extra attention to “It means I can love myself your mate. Hallmark can keep and love others because God Kirk Otto: their mushy cards. I love Amy first loved me. 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La Prensa Texas 210-686-0600 10 de Febrero de 2019 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 3 About the Cover Artist: Frank Romero By Dr. Ricardo Romo “We were getting Frank Romero is involved with considered one of the leading the idea of being pioneers of Chicano and Chicano. I was Latino art. Romero grew up doing protest art... in Boyle Heights, a large We were very much Latino neighborhood in East involved in the Los Angeles, just a short city cultural revolution bus ride from Chinatown. that was happening Romero studied at the Otis at the time.” College of Art and Design In 1974 Los in Los Angeles and earned a Four got their big By Leonard Rodriguez degree in art from California break when the Los This column highlights inspiring stories of Latino leaders. For more State University in Los Angeles County than 500 years, Latino men and women have positively influenced Angeles. At Cal State LA, Museum opened the face of United States society. Let us celebrate these outstanding he made friends with several an exhibit of their hispanics. other East Los Angeles creative work-- the artists, three of whom joined first ever Chicano him in co-founding the art show in a major brilliant colorist and includes collective Los Four. Nearly museum in Los Angeles and bright images of cars, palm thirty years later Romero indeed the entire nation. trees and ordinary people recalled his early days as an Since the momentous years from East Los Angeles in his artist in a story by Carolina of the 1970s, Romero’s paintings. Many of his works Miranda in the Los Angeles paintings and creative have been acquired by major Times (March 2017). When sculptures have been featured museums, including the Miranda asked how Los Four in hundreds of shows and Smithsonian in Washington, came about, he responded: exhibitions. Romero is a DC. Most recently Romero was included in the LAN! Idalis De Leon Exhibition at the University A beautiful woman with an equally beautiful name, MTV of Houston-Downtown Video Jockey Idalis’ name means “wise.” Raised in the Gallery. As noted in my Bronx, Idalis is an accomplished model, actress and dancer. featured article, Romero’s She has appeared as the lead in several off-Broadway silkscreen was one of the 100 productions and performed with sensual dance music trio works by Latinos that my Seduction, which produced two gold singles, “Heart Beat” wife Harriett and I donated and “It takes two.” Proving to be wise indeed, she commented to the University of Houston- that working for MTV is her dream job, and that her greatest Downtown. Read more about satisfaction comes from knowing that, “young Latinas can the exhibition on page 14. finally watch MTV and see a familiar face.” 4 La Prensa Texas SAN ANTONIO 10 de Febrero de 2019 For the Love of Music Del Bravo Record Shop Texas’ Legendary Music Store By Isa Fernández pendent Latin and Tex-Mex tina Trevino, the love of his both trimmed in pastel dress exhibited there which Isa Fernández, MPA is a Legacy music publishing company, life he was married to for 65 turquoise. There are rect- Irma tells me has been bor- Corridor Business Alliance Program Manager at Westside Development San Antonio Music Publish- years. Together, the couple angular soft pink and red rowed by the Smithsonian Corporation, a freelance photographer ers. Search YouTube for had eight children - Irma, signs that read “Del Bravo Museum. There are also and peace and justice advocate. “Chulas Fronteras Salomé Diane, Alma, Mary, Rudy, Record Shop Since 1966 vintage music books for sale Del Bravo Record Shop, Gutierréz” - the cult docu- Arturo, Robert and Javier, - Tejano, Cojunto, Oldies among the collectible items, called “one of the coolest mentary about music from whom they shared their love but Goodies, Guitar Strings, including a gramophone music stores in the United the Texas-Mexico border of music with.