Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center

05/02/2025

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Join us this Friday, First Friday, to meet the author.

05/01/2025

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04/30/2025

Tablao La Pinta Flamenca was spectacular this weekend!!! Make sure to keep up with Phoenix World Arts Collective and their upcoming events at our beautiful gallery💃🏻

04/29/2025

ALAC: Arizona's Center for Authentic Latino Arts & Cultural Center.

Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center (ALAC) stands as a unique non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and preserving genuine Mexican arts and Latino culture. ALAC enriches the community through vibrant multicultural performances and places a strong emphasis on promoting educational opportunities for young people. Driven by a mission to help the community, the Center serves as a vital hub for cultural expression, learning, and connection. Book your next event with us www.alacarizona.org

04/27/2025

Join us this Friday, First Friday, to meet the author.

04/26/2025

Flamenco at ALAC tonight!! 8pm show!! Tickets at https://phxworldarts.org/la-pinta-flamenca/

04/24/2025

New Carpa Theater Company presents an evening of new works— "Lost Boys Found" and "The Moment" —at he Kerr Cultural Center June 20-21. For the best ticket price, call the box office at 480–596–2660, Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Or buy tickets online at https://tinyurl.com/2fh4kntt

The Plays

“Lost Boys Found” by Julie Amparano Garcia
Imagine a world where doors open magically, pools of water spiral down porcelain bowls, and metal boxes cook food in minutes. The refugees of Sudan, known as Lost Boys, found that world in the U.S., thousands of miles from their war-torn nation and squalid refugee camps. Lost Boys Found is about the resilience of the human spirit, based on the oral histories of Sudanese refugees who came to Arizona in search of a new life.

“The Moment” by James E. Garcia
Nina and her children, Billy and Kelsey, live quiet lives in the D.C. suburbs. Despite her bookkeeping job at the White House and a 20-year career in government, Nina’s never had much interest in politics, though her mom, Shirley, loves to wax on about her days in the Black Panthers. But the family’s life takes a turn on February 10, 2007—the day an audacious politician with “a funny name” announces his quest to become America’s first Black president. This is the story of one family’s awakening and The Moment that changes the course of their lives and history forever.

Celebrate Juneteenth with two powerful one-act plays exploring resilience, identity, and political awakening—presented by New Carpa Theater Co.

04/17/2025

Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza talks about her new memoir: "La Hija de la Chingada, Chronicles from a Mexican Chef in the U.S.A."

Listen to the Interview here: tinyurl.com/sj7k6n4c

In this episode, host James E. Garcia speaks with Award Winning Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza, the former owner of the iconic Barrio Café in Phoenix, which she operated for more than 20 years.

Her new memoir covers her journey not just as a chef but a mejicana, an immigrants’ daughter, an activist and le***an, navigating the top ranks of the culinary world, which hasn’t always treated her kindly.
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The book is available on Amazon.

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04/13/2025

Tickets on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/54upwhue