As an American holiday, Cinco de Mayo can often feel inexact. Bandleader and accordionist Johnny Degollado long ensured that this wasn’t the case in Austin, that the day had its own character, its own ...

Cinco de Mayo is right on the horizon. The Mexican holiday celebrates the day a small Mexican army defeated a much larger French Army in the Battle of Puebla. But over the years, it's also become a ...

Don’t get me wrong. Margaritas, chips and queso, and mariachi music are wonderful—but they’re not required for celebrating Cinco de Mayo. The holiday memorializing the Battle of Puebla has become, for ...

Cinco de Mayo falls on a Monday this year, but that’s not stopping the party. Three South Florida venues are keeping the fiesta going with some lit Cinco de Mayo bashes that will have you fluent in ...

Sunday marks the 162nd anniversary of Cinco de Mayo. While it's a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, the annual fiesta is an excuse in the United States to indulge in margaritas, cervezas (beer), ...

Cinco de Mayo has become a day to celebrate Mexican heritage, especially in the United States, but before Cinco de Mayo became associated with tacos and margaritas, the day served as a reminder of ...