In the 2011 Latin Grammy Awards, City College Latin American Studies instructor Greg Landau was nominated in the Best Instrumental Music category for producing Omar Sosa’s album “Calma.”

Nearly 50 years after Patsy Cline made “San Antonio Rose” famous, a very different female music act is blooming and booming in Texas.

Access to a wide variety of films is just one of the advantages of living in the Bay Area. Whether retrospectives or circuits of directors in museums, debut films being shown at festivals or Hollywood and Indiewood-style premieres, there are cinematic jewels in various languages and genres just waiting to be discovered like hidden treasures.

Here you will find a summary, incomplete like they all are, of what happened in the world of alternative Latin music in the Mission and beyond, a testament that music continues to grow more than ever.

Cesar Chavez Elementary School hosted a community haircut event last month called “Free Cuts.”