A conversation with Cheech Marin and his art permanently at “The Cheech” in Riverside. Lillian Vasquez talks with art collector, actor and comedian Cheech Marin as they look back at the opening of The ...

SAN DIEGO - APRIL 22: Guillermo Rosette, a dancer with Toltecas en Aztlan(CQ) dance group, blows into a conch shell during a dance performance at the Chicano Park Heritage Festival April 22, 2006 in ...

On an almost six feet tall sculpture made up of produce boxes, there’s a full body sketch of a man in ink and charcoal. The boxes, wearing recognizable brands like Chiquita and Sunkist, are stacked up ...

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For many, Cheech Marin is a household name. The comedian and actor is best known as part of the countercultural duo Cheech and Chong, but he’s also an avid collector of Chicano art and opened the ...

It was 54 years ago, on Aug. 29, 1970, when we marched for justice at the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles. It was 122 years after the end of the U.S.- Mexico War, and an estimated 40,000 Chicano/as ...

Community historian Ruben Molina's discovery of 1950s rhythm & blues records with handwritten tags inspired "The Dreamy Side, ...

SXSW: The revolutionary Chicano art group gets its due in Travis Gutiérrez Senger's generously researched documentary, executive-produced by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna. The decades-spanning art ...

An image of the El Alacrán Newsletter at UT Arlington from 1972. The newsletter provided a voice for the Chicano community on campus. Courtesy UTA Association of Mexican-American Students Records, ...

Chicano tattooing has an undeniable power in American imagery. “I feel like how far it’s gained traction shows how popular and accepted Chicano culture has grown across the country and globally,” says ...