Have you ever watched a short clip of “La Diva“ Maricela Cornejo training in the ring? It will put a shiver up your spine hearing the sound of sliced air as she throws a right hook. Damn that would hurt,
Andres “Andy” Alvarado laid back on the couch staring straight ahead trying to relax from a long day of work and school. He gets up every morning at 4 a.m. to get ready for a workday that starts at 5
VMA Watch Party at ELA Headquarters Photo Credit Raquel Vasquez Remember years ago there were companies with a fresh vision and offices were beautiful to the eye and made you actually want to go to work? These new age companies
Xavier Mejia from Qtalk Radio hosts “Platica’s” at Plaza de Cultura Photo by Raquel Vasquez Each month there is a ‘Platica” or “talk” with and about interesting people and topics of Los Angeles at The Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Professional Boxer David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez and the kids of The Rock Boxing Gym Photo Credit Lina Baker Super middleweight 22 year old American Boxer David Benavidez took time out of his intense training camp to surprise the youth
Calling all the “hotties.” It’s what 2019 calls a #hotgirlsummer, a phrase used by women (and men) to be “unapologetically themselves,” to have a “good-ass time,” to “hype up friends” and to just “do you,” according to Houston rapper and
At Comic-Con International: San Diego 2019, the crew of the Syfy show Wynonna Earp finally announced the production date for season four (January 2020). The show’s networks Syfy (for U.S.) and Space (for Canada) have shown their support, but the
Cabazon Indian Tribe Photo courtesy of the Cabazon Mission Band of Indians So you pack your favorite bikini, lbd, and some cash, off to the California deserts to party at an Indian reservation Casino. Maybe you’ll take in some casino
Four months ago, a battle cry for “save the turtles” trended across the web as a ‘joke’ but unexpected as memes go, this joke opened the door to kickstarting global awareness on the fight against ocean pollution. to help save
Dan Guerrero at The Bing Theater at LACMA Photo Credit: Luther Orrick-Guzman On a fresh summer night in L.A., there’s always so much going on. This past Thursday Dan Guerrero gave a presentation called “Platica” at the Plaza De Cultura
The psychology involved in the aesthetics Photo courtesy of David Lena and GSA In 2013 the Federal Government announced in a salivating press release that they had indicted 13 people of the Mexican Mafia and the La Familia Drug Cartel.
I was looking for something to watch the other day and I found myself instinctively opening my family’s Amazon Firestick and login for the Netflix app before switching to the Hulu app to see if anything interesting was on there.
Amateur boxers take the Green Belt Challenge at South El Monte High SchoolPhoto Credit: Cecilia Sulaiman Who is the WBC? To many boxers and fight fans it may be the holy grail. To some LA Canvas readers it may be
Pinoe, who is like, THE queer icon when it comes to out footballers, is pretty much the only thing that makes me proud to be an American. She also just launched a new company with Meghan Klingenberg, Christen Press and Tobin Heath,
The Sister of Perpetual Indulgence. Photo by Harrison Pearl @harrisonpearlphoto. People come from far and wide to attend RuPaul’s DragCon. The event has grown from a subculture phenomenon (driven by the rising popularity of RuPaul’s Drag Race), to a huge
As 20GayTeen came to an end, the People bid the successful year of positive representation and support goodbye and carried the energy into the new year, 20BiTeen. The excitement of this momentum spills into the upcoming yearly LGBTQ+ festivities this
In its almost 70-decade long history, Bollywood has seen the female lead take on many forms, from the sacrificing mother, whimpering damsel in distress, to a woman in charge of her own destiny. But the one thing that becomes clear when you
Selling more than 215,000 copies in the three weeks following its American debut, Richard Wright’s 1940 novel, Native Son, successfully captivated readers nationwide. The story of Bigger Thomas—a hardened, murderous black 20-year-old confronting poverty in Depression-era Chicago—thrust audiences into a complicated
Growing up Asian American, I often questioned my own identity. In technical terms, I am Filipino-American. I was born here, I grew up in the United States and have no deep personal connection to any homeland in Asia besides the
Source: Amber Christine Photography Outside of the Watts towers, riots and zoot suiters, what do you know about the city of Watts? Originally Watts was a railroad town with nothing in it. In the 1930’s and 40’s, Watts was an
Ace DTLA. Los Angeles, California. 2014 It’s Women’s History Month 2019, and I’ve just learned about the Scott Lloyd practice of tracking refugee’s menstrual cycles hasn’t ended and what that may mean for their constitutional reproductive rights potentially still being
Boxer Michael “El Calentano” Norato wins by unanimous decision Photo Credit Chris Fu The battle of the Rising Stars was more like the battle of the brutal warriors. This evening served up a platter of black eyes, bruised ribs, with
In the first few moments of Dawn Richard’s new album, New Breed, you are immediately transported back in time and space to New Orleans, where it all began for the singer-songwriter. Richard wistfully retells the stories of her Catholic school days,
Lizzie McGuire Source: Disney Channel It’s the year of 2019. Millennials are the largest population, surpassing the Baby Boomers. Then comes Gen. Z, which often gets mixed into the millennial and Gen. Alpha categorization. Gen. Z is the generation of
