SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State lawmakers are embracing New Mexico's time-honored culture of transforming customized lowrider cars into rolling canvases of artistic expression and a source of community ...
With bright paint jobs and bouncy hydraulics, the ‘low and slow’ rides are an expression of cultural identity for the city’s Mexican American community Nili Blanck; Photographs by Kristin Bedford - ...
Lowriders aren’t just tricked-out cars. They’re works of art, handcrafted by their owners, and a central part of the Chicano and Latino cultures in San Francisco. Just driving can be an active form of ...
A Smithsonian traveling exhibition maps the family ties and ingenuity behind lowriders—from post-World War II Chicano pride on boulevards to global car shows Aurora Martínez - Staff Contributor On ...
These lovingly customized cars, long embraced as a way to celebrate Mexican American culture and bring families together, are gaining visibility and respect as bouncing, rolling works of art. These ...
NORTHRIDGE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Things will be going "low and slow" at Cal State University, Northridge on June 24. "I'm really excited because I know it's going to be a really good turnout. There's ...
LOS ANGELES — Lowrider cars these days are far more than tricked-out automobiles with gravity-challenged rear suspensions and ear-rattling exhaust systems that seem to cry out for police to ticket the ...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Those classic cars called lowriders are the focus of a summer celebration in Santa Fe. The spotlight on lowrider culture includes exhibitions at the New Mexico History Museum and ...
On most weekends, you can find Sandy Avila driving the streets of California in her 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass lowrider, hydraulics hissing as she makes her car dip down and rise again. “Lowriding for me ...