![[USC] Photo Essay: The Virgin of Guadalupe at Olvera St.](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/screen-shot-2013-11-21-at-1-00-13-am.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Photo Essay: The Virgin of Guadalupe at Olvera St.")
Visit Flickr.com for a photo essay that celebrates images of The Virgin of Guadalupe in all their diversity. Continue reading
![[USC] Latino youth learn leadership at the CASA Institute (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/img_0557.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Latino youth learn leadership at the CASA Institute (+ Video)")
Today in Los Angeles, Latino students from eight cities across the nation are learning to be the leaders of tomorrow — and to be advocates for their communities. Daina Beth Solomon met the students at La Plaza Olvera in downtown L.A. Submitted for professor David Daniel’s “Broadcast” class at the USC Annenberg School for Communication … Continue reading
![[LA Weekly] Feria de los Moles This Weekend: Puebla vs. Oaxaca](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/mole1-thumb-550x402.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Weekly] Feria de los Moles This Weekend: Puebla vs. Oaxaca")
Last year’s Feria de los Moles (or Mole Fair) at L.A.’s Olvera Street drew 30,000 people — and with good reason. The annual event, now in its fifth year and happening Sunday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., celebrates this classic Mexican dish with food, music, dance, workshops, and even a friendly competition. Admission is free. Continue reading
![[Blog] Musings on Olvera St.: Whitewashed or Authentic? | Pensamientos Sobre la Calle Olvera: ¿Whitewashed o Autentico?](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/013.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Blog] Musings on Olvera St.: Whitewashed or Authentic? | Pensamientos Sobre la Calle Olvera: ¿Whitewashed o Autentico?")
Olvera St.: Authentic Mexican enclave? Whitewashed tourist attraction? Olvera St. is not one or the other. It is both, and in that mix represents a fascinating model of what it means to be at the center of such a pluralistic, multi-cultural city as Los Angeles, in the exact spot where its history, present and future intersect…. [read this post in both English and Spanish] Continue reading
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