Archive for September, 2009
Viva Mexico! FCC’s Grito Contest
It takes serious guts to get up on a stage in front of your peers, take a microphone in hand, and call out your best, loudest, longest , most stylized“Viva México!” But Fresno City College students Adriana Vazquez, Mikey, and José Ordaz achieved this feat with flying (red, white, and green) colors during the Grito [...]
Video: Makeup tips from a pro
A few weeks ago, I interviewed Suzi Picaso, CEO of the makeup line Suzi Q Cosmetics. The makeup line, which she launched in 2005, especially targets Latina, Middle Eastern, and Asian women with golden-yellow undertones in their skin. Picaso told me that along with making up celebrities at national awards events (think the Emmys, the [...]
Your last chance to wear white to weekend events…
If you’re still looking for a way to jazz up your Labor Day Weekend, here are two great options. Tonight, Revelación Caribe and Revelació Vallenata will be performing as part of Arte America’s Nights in the Plaza summer music series. After this weekend, there are just three more Friday night concerts at Arte, but this [...]
On the Web: Two sites highlight Valley issues
Vida features a weekly column – “En La Red/On the Web” – that recommends a Web site worth checking out. Today, I’m recommending two sites that shine a spotlight on issues in the Valley. In case you didn’t see this last week, Newsweek published a five-part series on the economic crises in the San Joaquin Valley, [...]
