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Resistance is Fertile!

With the slogan of “greening the hood for the common good,” a group of young South Los Angeles teens are taking direct action in their city. Known collectively as “South Central Resistance,” the youth practice guerrilla gardening with seed bombs and spirit. The concept is quite simple. Find a barren plot of land in the [...]

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Don't Sleep on It!

Young and upcoming film maker, Alex Rivera’s first feature length film, Sleep Dealer, hits the theaters this weekend. Not your average science-fiction film, Sleep Dealer is set on the border between the US and Mexico at a time when workers sell their virtual cheap labor across borders without actually crossing them, poor people sell their [...]

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Mic Check: Grrls Aloud!

{Santa Ana’s The Dig performing this weekend at Grrl Fair} If not for the efforts of Adrienne Santellan, International Women’s Day would pass largely unnoticed in Orange County, as it does in much of the nation. For the past seven years, the award-winning youth organizer has marked the occasion with Grrl Fair, an all-day showcase of [...]

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Mexican Cinema Returns to the Yost?

International lecturer Gregorio Luke is returning to Santa Ana’s historic Yost Theater this Saturday with a multimedia presentation on Mexican cinema. The significance of the subject matter the former director of the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach will be delving into this weekend will not be lost on those who are aware [...]

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Pequeño Gigante's "Orange Grove"

A press release today announced that Pequeño Gigante’s latest film “Orange Grove” is already in pre-production. Making it noteworthy, the forthcoming title comes from Salvadoran writer J.E. Ruiz, and will be based on the Latino experience growing up in Orange County. Imagine that! A Latino writer/director scripting a film about Latinos in OC. We can [...]

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