Thank You for Donating to the Guadalupe

Anai Ramirez — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:55:56 +0000

¡GRACIAS!

Thank you for donating to the Guadalupe! Your contributions helps cultivate, promote and preserve traditional and contemporary Chicano, Latino and Native American arts and culture through multidisciplinary programming.

Holiday Saxophones

Anai Ramirez — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:05:16 +0000

HOLIDAY SAXOPHONES 2021

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s 38th Annual Holiday Saxophones concert, returns to the Guadalupe Theater on Sunday, December 12, 2021, from 7:00-10:00pm. Doors open at 6:00pm. This year’s line-up for the concert is a stellar showcase including founder, music director and master bassist George Prado with his son and pianist Aaron Prado; saxophonists Frank Rodarte, Joe Posada and Will Owen Gage; and special guest singer MiChelle Garibay-Carey.

In addition to a variety of jazz, R&B and popular favorites, the performance will include a special memorial for three passing musicians Richard Garcia, Kyle Keener and Morgan King.

View Holiday Sax 2021 schedule.

Teatro Salon

Anai Ramirez — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:28:22 +0000

TEATRO SALON TABLE READING SERIES AT THE LATINO BOOKSTORE (1300 GUADALUPE)
August 8, 2026 & August 15, 2026| 2 PM

Experience new works in the making!

Join the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for the 2026 Teatro Salón Table Readers Series—two afternoons of powerful storytelling, live readings, and conversation with the artists behind the work.

Aug 8 & 15 | 2 PM
Guadalupe Latino Bookstore
FREE + post-reading Q&A

Don’t miss these bold new voices from South Texas.
Learn more: guadalupeculturalarts.org.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS

If I Could Turn Back Time by Gerry Rodriguez

Date & Time: Saturday, August 8, 2026, at 2:00 PM

Directed by: Marisela Barrera

Synopsis: After the sudden death of their sister, Julio returns to their family home in the South Texas borderlands for the funeral. Once there, Julio must navigate grief while confronting an estranged family that disapproves of their involvement in the drag community. Encouraged by their late sister’s spirit, Julio summons strength by stepping into their drag persona, Sharona, for the remainder of the visit. As Sharona, she builds unexpected connections, heals old wounds, and finds a way to let go of past pain while accepting her sister’s passing.

About the Playwright: Gerry Rodriguez is a poet and playwright from Mission, Texas, holding an MFA in Creative Writing from UTRGV. She teaches college-level English Composition and Rhetoric, serves as the founder and Artistic Director of the Rio Grande Valley Playwrights Circle, and is VP of Operations for Palabrandar Theatre Company.

About the Director: Marisela Barrera (BFA, MA, MFA) is an award-winning Tejana teatrista—writer, actor, stage director, cultural activist, and border goth storyteller whose genre-bending work bridges the Tex-Mex frontera, the classroom, and radical Chicana/Latina arts spaces.

Welcome to the Neighborhood by Marissa Castañón-Hernández

Date & Time: Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 2:00 PM

Directed by: Clint Taylor

Synopsis: Set in a suburban Texas community, Welcome to the Neighborhood explores the mounting tensions among neighbors as personal beliefs collide with contemporary social and political divisions. When a conflict escalates to a dangerous breaking point, the Virgen de Guadalupe appears in a miraculous moment. In the aftermath, as the community awaits her return, the neighbors begin to confront their differences and discover a shared capacity for forgiveness, understanding, and acceptance.

About the Playwright: Marissa Castañón-Hernández is an Austin-based educator, writer, and award-winning playwright whose work—featured in the Austin American-Statesman and on stages from Repertorio Español to the Vortex Theatre—champions educational justice and amplifies the voices of historically marginalized communities.

About the Director: Clint George Taylor is the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Theater Arts Program Assistant and a multifaceted San Antonio-based artist, educator, and community leader, active with Jump-Start Performance Co. and co-creator of Better Butter the Show, using performance, writing, and production to champion arts education and marginalized voices.

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Dia de los Muertos 2021

Anai Ramirez — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:57:16 +0000

Día de los Muertos Altar Exhibition,
Tuesday – Saturday, 12:00 – 6:00 pm
Progreso Community Building, 1300 Guadalupe St

Altars will be on view through Saturday, December 11.

In case you missed it! Watch La Vida de los Muertos, an incredible, bilingual and culturally-enriching presentation showcasing life after death featuring the Guadalupe Dance Company, and the Guadalupe Dance and Music Academy.

Guadalupe Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop

Anai Ramirez — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:55:43 +0000

LATINO BOOKSTORE HOSTS: NARRATIVES OF GANG LIFE IN SAN ANTONIO
BOOK PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION
Friday, August 28, 6:30 pm, at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore (1300 Guadalupe St.).

Join us for an evening of powerful storytelling and conversation.

The Guadalupe Latino Bookstore welcomes author Avelardo Valdez for Narratives of Gang Life in San Antonio, celebrating his new book Homeboys Forever.

Friday, Aug 28 | 6:30 PM
Guadalupe Latino Bookstore
FREE | Book signing + refreshments

Don’t miss this important discussion on identity, community, and the long-term impact of gang life.

This public event will feature a reading and an engaging discussion between Valdez and moderator Juan Tejeda of Aztlán Libre Press about the author’s twenty-year study of gang involvement among men from the Westside of San Antonio, Texas. Books will be available on-site for purchase at this free event.

NEW FINDS THIS SUMMER AT THE LATINO BOOKSTORE
Shop and explore our newest offerings and receive a complimentary selection of Chicanx/Latinx zines!

Store Hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 10 AM–4 PM. Stop by and support stories that shape our community.

GUADALUPE LATINO BOOKSTORE & GIFT SHOP

Guadalupe Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop, Visitor Center and Community Gallery

Bookstore Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Progreso Pharmacy Building, 1300 Guadalupe Street

For more information: info@guadalupeculturalarts.org.

Visit during the day and bring home some of our art, history, or culture.

The Guadalupe Cultural Art Center’s Latino Bookstore and Gift Shop is the epicenter of the West Side Art District in San Antonio and an official Visitor Center for the state of Texas.

It is also a foundation for our community’s heart, soul, and voice.

Our selection of books ranges from best sellers and icons to self-published authors from our community. We also have books for children, young adults, and teens in English, Spanish, and Spanglish.

We are not a typical commercial enterprise. The GCAC Latino bookstore is housed on the Guadalupe Cultural Art Center’s complex, across the street from a historic theatre, and inside the legacy Progresso Building. We have an outdoor stage next door and an outdoor plaza across the street from there.

More importantly, even our stories tell stories. Our shelves house a curated selection of writers and books whose art, history, and culture are linked to the 40 year legacy of the GCAC or one of the fields or artists under its umbrella. This ranges from theatre to visual arts, to dance, music, to film. All of which have just as rich a legacy as our literary roots.

Although we focus on Texas Latino writers, Mexican American Studies, Chicano Scholars, and Icons, we go out of our way to showcase the many facets of our Community’s voice. So you will also find representation from the entire Latino family tree, California, New Mexico, New York.

Celebrando 30 Años of the Guadalupe Dance Company

accounts — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:27:03 +0000

VENUE CHANGE: We have moved the performance to the Guadalupe Theater considering the rain chances this weekend.

Join us for a special performance of Celebrando 30 Años featuring the Guadalupe Dance Company and Mariachi Azteca de America on Friday and Saturday, October 1 and 2, 2021 at 8pm at the Guadalupe Theater. In-person tickets are available for both days and a virtual live streaming ticket will be available for Friday, October 1, only.

The evening will commemorate 30 years of the Guadalupe Dance Company’s performances, successes, and evolution with repertoire staples and audience favorites from the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Jalisco, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Sinaloa and Puebla.

The Guadalupe will be limiting seating capacity at 60%, masks are required, hand sanitization stations will be available, and seats will be socially distanced.

Tickets will be $30 in honor of our 30 years. Tables are also available. Please call 210-271-3151 to purchase your tables. Thank you for your support.

Carmen from Mexico

accounts — Tue, 04 May 2021 22:11:51 +0000

CARMEN FROM MEXICO

TICKETS FOR CARMEN FROM MEXICO NOW ON SALE!

The Guadalupe Theater will be limiting capacity at 60%, masks are strongly encouraged, hand sanitization stations will be available, and please note entry will take a bit longer than usual as we will be administering temperature checks.

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Teatro Salon proudly presents the World Premiere of the original solo performance of ‘Carmen From Mexico’ featuring Anna De Luna and directed by Jorge Piña. Scheduled for August 13th & 14th, 2021, Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., San Antonio, TX 78207. Curtain is at 8pm with a general admission of $10.00.

Carmen From Mexico is an original solo multimedia play with live musical accompaniment that reflects the playwright’s own personal family history of her mother’s “illegal” immigration from Mexico to South Texas. Playwright Anna De Luna portrays her mother Carmen (in several stages of her youth) in this powerful true story of survival, struggle and yet sometimes comical experiences of adapting to South Texas racism and prejudices.

Anna De Luna has performed in various leading roles at the Guadalupe Theater and Jump-Start Performance Company.  She also appeared at the Public Theater in Anna In The Tropics for which she received a San Antonio Globe Award for Best Actress.  She has produced her original, solo plays Chicana Atheist, The AIDS Lady and My Arab Fall with sustaining success.  In 2016 Ms. De Luna was selected Creative of the Month by the City of San Antonio Department for Culture and Creative Development.  Carmen from Mexico was first presented as a short 20-minute work-in-progress at the Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival in 2018 and at Jump-Start Performance Company in 2019.

Guadalupe Academy Online Form

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