Texas, Houston Chronicle Magazine, October 27, 2002

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above: Guitar students Jose Gonzalez, from left, Eric Kimble and Cesar Gonzalez work with teacher Toyino A. Villalta at Guadalupe Plaza across from Talento Bilingue de Houston, an East Side youth arts organization run by Richard Reyes

above: Actress Ruby Neida Perez left Houston 20 years ago, but she returns regularly, most recently to perform at the center.

above: A few weeks after Tropical Storm Allison flooded the center last year, Itza Garza, left and Reyes were putting together an exhibit of works by Mexican artists.

above: Reyes has performed Pancho Claus, a Chicano version of A Visit From St. Nicholas, before thousands of children and adults over the years.  Here he entertains Head Start students at the Fifth Ward Multi-Purpose Center in 1999.

above: The pace in the hallways of Talento Bilingue begins to pick up when schools let out, with kids flocking in for activities.

above: Reyes insists that Bilingue, and not he, is the star, but some visitors to September's Latino Book & Family Festival wanted his autograph.

above: Mario Jaramillo, center, performs at the Latino Book & Family Festival, while Chris "Colcutz" Gamez, left, Reyes and Rick Camargo smile their approval.  Hip-hop and break dancing have come into their own as art forms, Reyes says.