BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Galeria de la Raza - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Galeria de la Raza REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20260406T193349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T193755Z UID:2639-1776445200-1776463200@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada New Moon Fest 2026 DESCRIPTION:For the past 25 years\, Lunada Literary Lounge has gathered on the full moon to honor spoken word\, poetry\, musica\, and literatura. On its silver anniversary\, Galería will instead gather under the new moon\, holding three seasonal gatherings on April 17\, June 14\, and October 10\, 2026.  \n\n\n\nAlthough shrouded in darkness\, the new moon signifies new beginnings\, limitless possibilities\, and rejuvenation.This lunar phase allows us to set intentions with a blank slate\, and give ourselves and our community moments to re-energize with art and the words of our community during destabilization and high anxiety.  \n\n\n\nEmbrace the new moon. Celebrate creativity. Connect with community. \n\n\n\nThis season we will feature twice the features\, music\, vendors and a stacked open mic.  The 2026 season kick off is on Friday\, April 17th.  Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the remainder of the fest happening Sunday\, June 14th and Saturday\, October 10th.  \n\n\n\nOpen mic sign ups for April 17 are starting now\, visit the link below to claim a spot in the line up. \n\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO SIGN UP\n\n\n\n\nFree admission. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Features \n\n\n\nAndrea Cruz—a.k.a. Diabbla—was born in Chicago\, Illinois\, and possesses deep Mexican roots. She is a multifaceted artist who brings a fresh\, new versatility to the music scene. She inherited her singing talent from her family at a young age and as she grew and honed her vocal skills\, she began to branch out into the world of rap at age 15.  \n\n\n\nSteeped in the “old school” traditions of the genre\, Diabbla draws inspiration from artists such as Cypress Hill\, Control Machete\, Akwid\, West Coast legends\, Molotov\, and many others. Over the years\, she has seamlessly blended rapping with singing\, incorporating elements of R&B\, Jazz\, Boom Bap\, Trap\, Drill\, and more.  \n\n\n\nDiabbla is currently based in San Francisco\, California area where she continues to expand her reach across new horizons\, firmly believing that no border can ever contain her sound or her name. She promises to be an artist who offers far more than just a particular image; her true desire is to leave a lasting legacy through her compositions\, ensuring that listeners can truly feel and connect with every single bar she delivers from her own personal life. \n\n\n\n\n\nKarina Gamez is an emerging writer\, born to Salvadoran immigrants and raised in the Bay Area\, CA. She is a recent graduate of New York University\, where her academic and literary work has been grounded in El Salvador\, exploring themes of state violence\, historical memory\, war\, exile\, migration\, caretaking\, illness\, and love. Her writing has appeared in rhizomag\, Confluence\, among other publications. She is also an organizer with the Bay Area chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-new-moon-fest-2026/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20260324T225732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T230607Z UID:2601-1774724400-1774735200@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Dragiarte DESCRIPTION:✨Get your hairspray\, comb\, and shag ready\, it’s time for another edition of Dragiarte.✨ \n\n\n\nJoin Galería de la Raza and Chillonas on Saturday\, March 28 to celebrate all things queer\, Latine\, and DRAG! Find out how hostesses Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude transform Mission homeboy\, Norman Zelaya into their drag alter ego. You don’t want to miss out! \n\n\n\nGet your presale tickets at the link below for $15 + fees or at the door for $20. This is a 21+ event. \n\n\n\nPlease note: seating is limited. Priority will be given to early arrivals\, elders\, and people with disabilities. \n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/dragiarte-5/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dragiarte-Eventbrite-Banners-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20260103T175057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260228T234729Z UID:2359-1768071600-1768082400@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Dragiarte DESCRIPTION:Celebrate all things queer\, Latine\, and DRAG with hostesses Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude as they transform the one and only Rio Yañez for his first time in drag as the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce! \n\n\n\nBring your dollar bills and join us on Saturday\, January 10 to experience this highly anticipated performance! \n\n\n\nGet your presale tickets at the link below for $15 or at the door for $20. This is a 21+ event. \n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/dragiarte-4/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1173085438_2915805802301_1_original-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251222T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260102T235959 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20251215T221105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T222112Z UID:2327-1766361600-1767398399@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Galería de la Raza Holiday Office Closure DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza will be closed for the winter holiday from Monday\, December 22\, 2025 through Friday\, January 2\, 2026. We will be back in the office on Monday\, January 5\, 2026. ¡Felices Fiestas! URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/galeria-de-la-raza-holiday-office-closure/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Artist Conversations,Performance Art,Private Events,Studio 16,Studio 24,Visual Art Exhibitions,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WEb-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251212T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20251126T225249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T225446Z UID:2313-1765566000-1765576800@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Dragiarte DESCRIPTION:Cuándo quieras tu\, divertirte más\, y bailar sin fin\, yo sé de un lugar… its December’s Dragiarte featuring Olga Talamante! \n\n\n\nCelebrate all the Sagittarius birthdays with us at the Winter/Spring season opening of Chillonas Dragiarte. Join Galería and hostesses Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude as they transform living legend Olga Talamante into her drag alter ego. You don’t want to miss out! \n\n\n\nGet your presale tickets at the link below for $15 or at the door for $20. This is a 21+ event. \n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/dragiarte-3/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Dragiarte-Square-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20251126T224341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T224730Z UID:2305-1764961200-1764970200@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Los Nahuatlatos with Nick Gaitan DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza is excited to co-present a performance by San Antonio based\, Los Nahuatlatos\, featuring Houston’s own Nick Gaitan\, at Galería’s Studio 24! \n\n\n\nTejas Roots meets Conjunto Blues in this musical journey through the soundscapes of the Texas frontera and Gulf Coast. A creative partnership over 10 years in the making\, each of the four members front their own musical projects covering everything from Cumbias to Swamp Pop\, Rhythm & Blues to Xicano Souls\, and all stops in between. \n\n\n\nHaving toured throughout the country and recently returned from the American Folk Life Center at the National Library of Congress\, Nick Gaitan\, Nicolás Valdez\, Joaquin Muerte and Luis Gonzalez\, encapsulate a large spectrum of the Xicano diaspora with original songs\, accordion driven grooves\, and inspiring lyricism. This is dancing music for the Movimiento\, so pónte trucha\, Raza\, and bust out them botas and calcos! \n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION! URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/los-nahuatlatos-en-san-francisco/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Los-Nahuatlatos-SF-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250807T233801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T190912Z UID:2049-1764874800-1764883800@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date for Lunada Literary Lounge! 🌕 \n\n\n\nJoin Galería de la Raza on Thursday\, December 4 at Studio 24 to close out the last Lunada Literary Lounge of 2025! Returning to host and curate our Fall lineup is Mission homeboy and writer Norman Zelaya. \n\n\n\nGalería is excited to close this season of Lunada Literary Lounge by spotlighting a special literary project\, Speaking in tongues/ Hablando en lenguas. \n\n\n\nSpeaking in tongues/ Hablando en lenguas emerged in April of 2023 as a literary journey\, wherein Mexican and Chicanx poets embarked on a tour of five Mexican cities: Monterrey\, San Luis Potosí\, Querétaro\, León and Mexico City. Speaking in tongues/ Hablando en lenguas is now presented as a collection of four books that integrate duos of Mexican and Chicanx poets\, who all move between Spanish\, English and Spanglish. These three languages and their speeches declare and manifest themselves on all sides of the Mexico-US border. These eight poetics coincide in themes of migration\, land\, border\, language\, politics\, love\, and more. \n\n\n\nFeaturing Aideed Medina\, hector son of hector\, Josiah Luis Alderete\, and Lourdes Figueroa\, these poets will bring their contributions to this literary project to share with Lunada audience. \n\n\n\nOpen Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. \n\n\n\nFree admission. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE FEATURES \n\n\n\n\nAideed Medina is Pushcart Prize-nominated poet\, award-winning spoken word artist and playwright\, and is the author of 31 Hummingbird: A Suite of Poems (Editorial Xingao\, 2023) and Segmented Bodies (Prickly Pear Press\, 2024). Her poetry and prose have been featured in many publications\, including Fresno State’s Club Austral Literary Magazine\, Chicano Writers and Artists Association Journal\, La Bloga\, Poets Responding\, Split This Rock\, and Nueva York Poetry Review\, among many others\, as well as in compositions for the 559 Mural Project and Fresno Grand Opera’s Opera Remix. She is the 2025-2027 Fresno Poet Laureate. \n\n\n\n\n\nhector son of hector is from Long Beach\, CA and currently lives in Oakland. He is the child of Mexican immigrants\, works in a hospital\, dreams of short stories and writes poetry in secret. \n\n\n\n\n\nJosiah Luis Alderete is a full blooded Pocho spanglish speaking poeta who has been an active part of La Area Bahia’s Spoken Word scene for over twenty years. He was one of the founding members of outspoken word group The Molotov Mouths and is the curator and host of the long running monthly Latinx reading series Speaking Axolotl. His book of poems “Baby Axolotls & Old Pochos” was published in 2021 by Black Freighter Press. Currently he tends the 24th street portal as one of the owners of Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore & Galeria and resides in North Richmond where he is waiting for Quetzalquatl to arrive. \n\n\n\n\n\nLourdes Figueroa is a queer chicanx oral poet & an award winning poetry filmmaker whose work reflects her family’s experiences in el azadón— tilling the soil under the sun\, in Yolo County. Lourdes is the author of the chapbooks yolotl\, Ruidos = To Learn Speak\, and Vuelta (Nomadic Press). Her poem Pieces from yolotl was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2022 by Quite Lightning. She is a recipient of Nomadic Press Bay Area Literature Award for Poetry. Lourdes celebrates your pocha marimachita tongue. A native of limbo nation\, she continues to believe in your lung & your throat. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-12/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20251024T210826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251025T180200Z UID:2189-1763233200-1763244000@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:ReGen Artist Fund: Queer Fandanguito Series by Evelyn Donají Arellano DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza is excited to present the Queer Fandanguito Series led by ReGen Artist Fund grantee Evelyn Donají Arellano with the Son Jarocho group Corazón de Cedro.  \n\n\n\nSon Jarocho is a lyrical-musical tradition from México’s Sotavento region with deep African\, Indigenous and Arab-Andalusian influences. The Fandango\, where Son Jarocho is played\, is a communal musical celebration rooted in resistance and collective liberation. Like many oral and folk traditions\, it passes down ancestral histories and knowledge while offering a structure for recording our own experiences.  \n\n\n\nOutside of México\, the Fandango has become a way for migrant communities to find and support one another. In the San Francisco Bay Area\, the melodies and rhythms of different diasporic musical traditions have become intertwined\, offering a common language for cross-cultural connection.  \n\n\n\nThe Queer Fandanguito Series invites us to queer the Fandango and imagine a tarima free of heteronormativity\, where queer dance expressions are celebrated. This musical series aims to foster meaningful connection\, cultural preservation\, and cross-border solidarities for our diasporic\, queer\, and femme communities.  \n\n\n\nJoin us Saturday\, November 15 in celebrating queer musical expressions while remaining rooted in the folk traditions of our homelands. May our traditions continue to restore our spirits and strengthen our fight for our peoples’ collective liberation. \n\n\n\nBring your instruments and dancing shoes and join us on the tarima. All levels of musical experience are welcomed! URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/regen-artist-fund-queer-fandanguito-series-by-evelyn-donaji-arellano-2/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/fandangoresized.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250807T233536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T200138Z UID:2045-1762369200-1762378200@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date for Lunada Literary Lounge! 🌕 \n\n\n\nJoin Galería de la Raza on Wednesday\, November 5 at Studio 24 for the third installment of Lunada Literary Lounge this season! Returning to host and curate our Fall lineup is Mission homeboy and writer Norman Zelaya. \n\n\n\nThis month we will be featuring former Fresno Poet Laureate (2023-2025)\, Joseph Rios! \n\n\n\nOpen Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. \n\n\n\nFree admission. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Feature \n\n\n\nJoseph Rios\, a former poet laureate of Fresno (2023-2025) and a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Standford University. Rios is the author of Shadowboxing: Poems & Impersonations\, which won the American Book Award in 2018. In addition to his accomplishments\, he was a fellow with Macondo\, Canto Mundo\, and the Academy of American Poets. He has also been featured in Poets and Writers magazine\, KVPR\, Forum at KQED\, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Rios currently resides in Fresno. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the DJ \n\n\n\nEryka\, (they/them) originally from Southern California\, has made the Bay Area their home for the past 15 years. Eryka’s musical journey began with their grandfather’s mid-century stereo\, where they were immersed in marimba\, bolero\, mambo\, and classic country. Raised amidst diverse musical influences—from their father’s classic rock to their mother’s Madonna and disco—Eryka absorbed a rich tapestry of sounds.Eryka started DJing at house parties during their teens\, and these days host intimate listening sessions and creating emotion-evoking mixes for events. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-11/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251006T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251006T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250807T233409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T230403Z UID:2043-1759777200-1759786200@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date for Lunada Literary Lounge! 🌕 \n\n\n\nJoin Galería de la Raza on Monday\, October 6 at Studio 24 for the second installment of Lunada Literary Lounge this season! Returning to host and curate our Fall lineup is Mission homeboy and writer Norman Zelaya. \n\n\n\nThis month we are featuring writer Carribean Fragoza! \n\n\n\nOpen Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. \n\n\n\nFree admission. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Feature \n\n\n\nCarribean Fragoza is a fiction and nonfiction writer from South El Monte\, CA. Her collection of stories Eat the Mouth That Feeds You was published by City Lights and was a finalist for a 2022 PEN Award. She has edited two compilations of essays\, Writing the Golden State: The New Literary Terrain of California (Angel City Press) and East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte (Rutgers University Press). She has published in Harper’s Bazaar\, The New York Times\, Zyzzyva\, Alta\, BOMB\, Huizache\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, ArtNews\, and Aperture Magazine. She is the Prose Editor at Huizache Magazine. Fragoza is the founder and co-director of South El Monte Arts Posse\, an interdisciplinary arts collective. She is a Whiting Literary Award recipient and Creative Writing faculty at California Institute of the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the DJ \n\n\n\nMargarita Azucar originally hails from Chicago\, and became a California transplant in her teen years. Eventually she returned to the Midwest to pursue a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan. She’s had brief stints in Mexico City\, Jamaica\, Brazil\, and Paris\, but spent much of the last 20 years in San Francisco. \n\n\n\nShe has a range of musical influences: her older siblings exposed her to everything from hard rock\, metal\, to new wave\, punk\, and reggae when she was a kid; the streets of Chicago brought house music and Caribbean Latin American sounds; while family parties brought the rancheras\, polkas\, and Mexican rockabilly. She looks for lyrics and their meaning\, but also appreciates the music’s ability to bring about spiritual elevation. \n\n\n\nWhen she isn’t curating playlists (she’s evolved from mix tapes and CDs) and radio hosting\, Margarita leads diversity and inclusion strategic initiatives at a local university. She spent most of her career developing trauma-informed interventions for children\, youth\, and families and continues to approach her DJing and work through a lens of social justice and community healing. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-10/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250907T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250907T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250807T192143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T233618Z UID:2033-1757271600-1757280600@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date to welcome the Fall 2025 season of Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕 \n\n\n\nJoin Galería de la Raza on Sunday\, September 7 at Studio 24 for the first installment of Lunada Literary Lounge this season! Returning to host and curate our featured lineup is Mission homeboy and writer Norman Zelaya. \n\n\n\nFeatured literary artists for the season to be announced. \n\n\n\nOpen Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. \n\n\n\nFree admission. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-9/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250906T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250807T185710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T234001Z UID:2018-1757185200-1757196000@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:DRAGIARTE DESCRIPTION:Don’t think that we forgot! Chillonas has rescheduled a new date for another edition of DRAGIARTE at Galería de la Raza Studio 24. \n\n\n\nChillonas is a Latinx+ Queer nightlife event produced by La Chucha Rude and Sally Limón. Birthed in San Francisco\, Chillonas fosters a space centering\, but not exclusive to\, Latinx music\, drag\, and other forms of art. \n\n\n\nHosted by Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude with a special first-time-in-drags performance by artist Melanie Cervantes. \n\n\n\nGet your tickets at the door for $15. Bring cash! \n\n\n\nThis is a 21+ event. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/dragiarte-2/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110 CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Dragiarte-July-Eventbrite-Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250708T233133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250715T175339Z UID:1995-1752951600-1752962400@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED-DRAGIARTE DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. Ticket refunds will be issued through the original payment method. \n\n\n\nGalería de la Raza is partnering with Chillonas to bring DRAGIARTE to Studio 24! \n\n\n\nChillonas is a Latinx+ Queer nightlife event produced by La Chucha Rude and Sally Limón. Birthed in San Francisco\, Chillonas fosters a space centering\, but not exclusive to\, Latinx music\, drag\, and other forms of art. \n\n\n\nHosted by Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude with a special first-time-in-drags performance by artist Melanie Cervantes. \n\n\n\nGet your tickets at the presale price of $10. Tickets at the door are $15 (cash only). \n\n\n\nThis is a 21+ event. \n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/dragiarte/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110 CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 16 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Dragiarte-July-Eventbrite-Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250617T191601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250621T011742Z UID:1915-1750834800-1750888800@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Miss & Mr. Safe Latino 2025 DESCRIPTION:From Left to Right: Mr. Safe Latino 2023 Esteban Cuaya-Muñoz\, Miss Safe Latina 2023 Karla James\, Miss TG Safe Latina 2023 Elly Maldonado. Photos by Alexa Treviño. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGalería de la Raza se complace en apoyar Instituto Familiar de la Raza y Si A La Vida para producir el espectacular concurso Miss & Mr. Safe Latino. Miss & Mr. Safe Latino regresa para celebrar su 30º aniversario el miércoles\, 25 de junio. Presentado por Instituto Familiar de la Raza y Sí A La Vida\, Miss & Mr. Safe Latino es un evento de concientización comunitaria y una celebración de la comunidad LGBTQ+ Latina en San Francisco. Ocho concursantes muestran su talento artístico para promover temas de salud y bienestar que afectan a la comunidad LGBTQ+ Latina. Compiten por uno de tres títulos: Miss Transgénero (TG) Safe Latina\, Miss Safe Latina y Mr. Safe Latino. ¿Quién ganará la corona? ¡Compra tus boletos en el enlace abajo y ven a animar a tu concursante favorito! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGalería de la Raza is excited to support Instituto Familiar de la Raza and Si A La Vida to produce the spectacular Miss & Mr. Safe Latino pageant contest. Miss & Mr. Safe Latino is back again to celebrate its 30th Anniversary on Wednesday\, June 25! Presented by Instituto Familiar de la Raza and Si A La Vida\, Miss & Mr. Safe Latino is a community awareness event and celebration of the LGBTQ+ Latinx community in San Francisco. Eight contestants showcase their artistic talents to promote health and wellness issues affecting the Latinx LGBTQ+ community. They compete for one of three titles: Miss Transgender (TG) Safe Latina\, Miss Safe Latina\, and Mr. Safe Latino. Who will win the crown? Buy your tickets at the link below and come cheer for your favorite contestant! \n\n\n\n\nBoletos | Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConoce A Los Concursantes\n\n\n\nMeet the Contestants\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Jessica Rayas\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alizon Reyes\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andrea Rodriguez\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Juannina Million\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Crystal Morandy\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hilary Rivers\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jair Montoya Flores\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Felipe Flores Martinez\n \n \n \n \n Read More URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/miss-mister-safe-latino-2025/ LOCATION:Herbst Theatre\, 401 Van Ness Ave\, San Francisco\, California\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/MMSL2025_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T200000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250604T015255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251025T182045Z UID:1898-1749922200-1749931200@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:ReGen Artist Fund: Queer Fandanguito Series by Evelyn Donají Arellano DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza is excited to present the Queer Fandanguito Series led by ReGen Artist Fund grantee Evelyn Donají Arellano with the Son Jarocho group Corazón de Cedro.  \n\n\n\nSon Jarocho is a lyrical-musical tradition from México’s Sotavento region with deep African\, Indigenous and Arab-Andalusian influences. The Fandango\, where Son Jarocho is played\, is a communal musical celebration rooted in resistance and collective liberation. Like many oral and folk traditions\, it passes down ancestral histories and knowledge while offering a structure for recording our own experiences.  \n\n\n\nOutside of México\, the Fandango has become a way for migrant communities to find and support one another. In the San Francisco Bay Area\, the melodies and rhythms of different diasporic musical traditions have become intertwined\, offering a common language for cross-cultural connection.  \n\n\n\nThe Queer Fandanguito Series invites us to queer the Fandango and imagine a tarima free of heteronormativity\, where queer dance expressions are celebrated. This musical series aims to foster meaningful connection\, cultural preservation\, and cross-border solidarities for our diasporic\, queer\, and femme communities.  \n\n\n\nJoin us Saturday\, June 14 in celebrating queer musical expressions while remaining rooted in the folk traditions of our homelands. May our traditions continue to restore our spirits and strengthen our fight for our peoples’ collective liberation. \n\n\n\nBring your instruments and dancing shoes and join us on the tarima. All levels of musical experience are welcomed! URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/regen-artist-fund-queer-fandanguito-series-by-evelyn-donaji-arellano/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/REGEN-Cohort2-GranteeAnnouncement-Portrait-2025-Evelyn.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250611T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250611T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250212T215131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250606T174245Z UID:1614-1749668400-1749677400@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date to gather with us under the May full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕 \n\n\n\nJoin Galería de la Raza on Wednesday\, June 11 at Studio 24 for the final installment of Lunada Literary Lounge this Spring 2025! Featuring Jessica Martinez and DJ Mr. 45! Come for the feature\, and stay for the open mic! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. \n\n\n\nFree admission. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-8/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T230000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250506T234914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T215518Z UID:1813-1748113200-1748127600@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:DRAGIARTE DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza is partnering with Chillonas to bring DRAGIARTE to Studio 24! \n\n\n\nChillonas is a Latinx+ Queer nightlife event produced by La Chucha Rude and Sally Limón. Birthed in San Francisco\, Chillonas fosters a space centering\, but not exclusive to\, Latinx music\, drag\, and other forms of art. \n\n\n\nHosted by Sally Limón and La Chucha Rude with a special first-time-in-drags performance by Yosimar Reyes and beats by DJ mare.e.fresh. \n\n\n\nGet your tickets at the presale price of $10. Tickets at the door are $15 (cash only). \n\n\n\nThis is a 21+ event. \n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/chillonas/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110 CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 16 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Dragiarte-Eventbrite-Banner-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250212T214948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T232621Z UID:1612-1747076400-1747085400@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Join us\, May 12 at Studio 24 for the third installment of Lunada Literary Lounge this season! We’re excited to welcome back artist and performer Praba Pilar to the Galería stage where she will be presenting her new performance on “Artifecal Intelligence”\, Inteligencias Artifecales. Don’t miss this special performance and commentary on our current techno-political world. Hosting is the one and only Norman Zelaya with music by DJ Si.Mon.Güey. \n\n\n\nAbout the Featured ArtistPraba Pilar is a queer diasporic Colombian artist creating interdisciplinary projects that disrupt the cult of the techno-logic. Most recently\, she’s been working internationally on subversive\, playful\, and simultaneously serious ways with AI systems to nixtamalize the technology sector\, creating algorithms\, code\, images\, and songs that challenge data extraction techno-colonialism and offer algorithms of liberation. Her performances and digital artworks have been presented in museums\, galleries\, universities\, festivals and streets around the world. You can learn more about her work at https://www.prabapilar.com/ URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-7/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250503T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250402T233607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251025T181924Z UID:1712-1746298800-1746309600@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:ReGen Artist Fund: Por La Raza by La Doña DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza invites you to attend the presentation of “Por La Raza” \, a show created and produced by La Doña as part of the ReGen Artist Fund. \n\n\n\nPor la Raza is a musical project based in placekeeping\, composition\, mentorship\, and public performance. Born from La Doña’s educational work with youth in San Francisco’s Mission and Bayview districts\, Por la Raza combines interviews\, composition\, mentorship and public performance to identify shared experience and community truths while uplifting young artists of color in their own creative journeys. Generating musical compositions\, recordings\, music direction\, and professional-level presentation\, Por la Raza exemplifies what is possible through multi-generational support and interest at different levels of career. \n\n\n\nFunded by Galería de la Raza’s ReGen Artist Fund and produced by La Doña\, Por la Raza culminates in a free\, all-ages\, one-day festival featuring San Francisco’s emerging talents Mamboleo\, Grupo 415\, Amanda Magaña and La Doña. \n\n\n\nJoin us in the heart of the Mission at Grey Area on Saturday\, May 3rd to witness three generations of Frisco musicians share their music\, originality\, and cultural legacy. \n\n\n\nThis will be a FREE\, ALL AGES show. Ages 18 and under are especially encouraged to reserve a ticket and attend. \n\n\n\nThank you to our partners @grayareaorg for their generosity in hosting this event. \n\n\n\n“Let us come together to share our love for music\, our youth\, our families\, and our community made up of immigrants\, activists\, queer folx and everyone else who built the San Francisco we know and love. This is my gift back to my favorite city in the world- por la raza\, de la raza✊🏽” – LaDoña \n\n\n\nJoin us in the heart of the Mission at Gray Area on Saturday\, May 3\, 2025 to witness three generations of Frisco musicians share their music\, originality\, and cultural legacy.   \n\n\n\nThis is an all ages show\, sliding scale $0-$25. \n\n\n\nVisit Grey Area to reserve your ticket today! URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/regen-artist-fund-por-la-raza-by-la-dona/ LOCATION:Gray Area\, 2665 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/porlaraza_square-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250412T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250412T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250212T214838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T231859Z UID:1610-1744484400-1744493400@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date to gather with us under the April full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕 \n\n\n\nJoin Galería de la Raza on Saturday\, April 12 at Studio 24 for the second installment of Lunada Literary Lounge this season! This month we welcome the author of Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco\, Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa\, Ph.D. Hosted by Mission homeboy\, Norman Zelaya\, you’re in for a good show! \n\n\n\nCome for the feature\, and stay for the open mic! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-6/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 16 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250314T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250314T213000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20250212T213217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T210536Z UID:1602-1741978800-1741987800@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date to gather with us under the March full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕 \n\n\n\nJoin Galería on Friday\, March 14 at Studio 24 for the Spring 2025 season opener of Lunada Literary Lounge! This month’s features are Adela Noriega and Xochiquetzal Candelaria! Our open mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work! \n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \n\n\n\nAdela NajarroAdela Najarro is a poet with a social consciousness who serves on the board of directors for Círculo de poetas and Writers and works with the Latinx community nationwide\, promoting the intersection of creative writing and social justice. The Letras Latinas/ Red Hen Collaborative has selected Variations in Blue for publication in 2025. She is the author of four additional poetry collections: Split Geography\, Twice Told Over\, My Childrens\, and Volcanic Interruptions\, a chapbook that includes Janet Trenchard’s artwork.Her extended family left Nicaragua and arrived in San Francisco during the 1940s; after the fall of the Somoza regime\, the last of the family settled in the Los Angeles area. The California Arts Council has recognized her as an established artist for the Central California Region and appointed her as an Individual Artist Fellow. \n\n\n\nXochiquetzal CandelariaXochiquetzal Candelaria is the author of two books of poetry\, Empire (University of Arizona Press) and Show Me the Bells (Tia Chucha Press). Her work has appeared in The Nation\, Colorado Review\, Tin House\, Huizache\, Seneca Review\, and other magazines. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and New York University and is the recipient of awards including an NEA Fellowship in Poetry and grants from Barbara Deming Memorial Fund\, and the LEF Foundation. Her writing has been anthologized\, most recently in Other Musics: New Latina Poetry\, and The Poetry of Capital. She teaches at City College of San Francisco and lives with her partner and two chavalitos. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-5/ LOCATION:Galería de la Raza Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St. Suite A\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241223T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250103T235959 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20241022T202724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T195604Z UID:1057-1734912000-1735948799@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Galería Winter Holiday Office Closure DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza will be closed for the winter holiday from Monday\, Dec. 23rd\, 2024 through Friday\, January 3rd\, 2025. We will be back in the office on Monday\, January 6th\, 2025. Happy New Year! URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/galeria-winter-holiday-office-closure/ LOCATION:Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Advocacy & Policy,Performance Art,Private Events,Studio 16,Studio 24,Visual Art Exhibitions,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Closed-Graphic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T190000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20241015T215153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T230924Z UID:990-1734282000-1734289200@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date to gather with us under the December full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕 \n\n\n\nWe invite you to join Galería Sunday\, December 15 at Studio 16 for this December’s Lunada Literary Lounge! Featured poets and artists to be announced. Come for the feature\, and stay for the open mic lineup! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-4/ LOCATION:Studio 16\, 2840 16th St.\, San Francisco\, California\, 94103\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241127T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241129T235959 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20241015T203105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T230534Z UID:961-1732665600-1732924799@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Galería ThanksTaking Office Closure DESCRIPTION:We will be closed from Wednesday\, Nov. 27th through Friday\, Nov. 29th\, 2024. We will be back in the office on Monday\, Dec. 2\, 2024. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/galeria-office-closure/ LOCATION:Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Advocacy & Policy,Performance Art,Private Events,Studio 16,Studio 24,Visual Art Exhibitions,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Closed-Graphic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T220000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20241023T222220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T002007Z UID:1137-1731787200-1731794400@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:"Cuerpos en Transito" Performance DESCRIPTION:Galería de la Raza is proud to present a preview of Migratory Identities Series: Bodies in Transit by actress and performance artist Violeta Luna. \n\n\n\nMigratory Identities Series: Bodies in Transit/Cuerpos en Transito is a work-in-progress collage of actions\, focused on the complex subject of immigration from the southern border of the U.S.\, its extreme politicization\, and gender and institutional violence. \n\n\n\nThese issues are illuminated with testimonies of women who have had to leave their places of origin in Latin America to migrate to the North to reinvent themselves and make this country their new home. \n\n\n\nWomen are the fastest growing demographic of displaced peoples. However\, they remain largely invisible\, or attacked by an extremely dehumanizing misogynistic and anti-immigrant rhetoric\, unprecedented in our contemporary times\, evoking the worst of the Hitlerian discourse of the 20th century. \n\n\n\nBodies in Transit proposes actions to articulate a response to this toxic rhetoric broadcasted by central power with a poetics of resistance from the peripheries\, seeking to affirm collective solidarity\, and our deep and shared humanity. \n\n\n\nCome experience this timely performance and get a sneak peek of this body of work. \n\n\n\nPlease note: the performance begins at Balmy Alley off of 24th Street and is followed by a short procession up to Galería’s Studio 24.  \n\n\n\nEntrance Fee: To support the ongoing work of this project\, suggested donations can be made to the Mujeres Unidas y Activas \n\n\n\nCreative Team \n\n\n\nConcept/performer: Violeta Luna \n\n\n\nDramaturgy: Roberto Varea \n\n\n\nMusic and Sound design: David R. Molina  \n\n\n\nVideo: Vania Muñoz \n\n\n\nVisual art: Juana Inés Luna \n\n\n\nPercussionist: Edwin Ayala \n\n\n\nAcknowledgements: \n\n\n\nWe would like to thank all the women from the Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) organization\, and Casa Refugiados (CDMX)\, who with their testimonies have contributed to and inspired the creation of these actions. \n\n\n\nMujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with the dual mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. Since 1989\, MUA has created a safe haven for Latina immigrant women experiencing domestic violence\, poverty\, and exploitation. With offices in San Francisco and Oakland and a satellite program in Union City\, MUA provides a safe space where women can address basic needs and dismantle barriers of low self-esteem\, domestic violence\, and economic hardship that prevent them from recognizing their own potential to improve their living conditions and circumstances. \n\n\n\nCasa Refugiados A.C. is a secular\, non-partisan\, non-profit civil society organization based in Mexico City\, whose mission is to promote the rights of People on the Move (PEM in its Spanish acronym) displaced by violence (refugees\, asylum seekers\, displaced persons and migrants) with an emphasis on supporting better local integration through humanitarian programs and the animation of respectful and supportive environments\, within the framework of the dissemination of a culture of peace based on respect for Human Rights. URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/violeta-lunas-cuerpos-en-transito-performance/ LOCATION:Balmy Alley\, Balmy St\, San Francisco\, California\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Image-1-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20241015T215110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T002033Z UID:988-1731697200-1731704400@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date to gather with us under the November full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕 \n\n\n\nWe invite you to join Galería de la Raza\, Friday\, November 15 at Studio 24! \n\n\n\nFeatured poet and artist include Matt Sedillo and DJ Nick Derenzi. Come for the feature\, and stay for the open mic lineup! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work. Doors open at 7pm!   URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-3/ LOCATION:Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241017T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20241015T214612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T002740Z UID:977-1729191600-1729198800@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Save the date to gather with us under the October full moon for Lunada Literary Lounge 🌕 \n\n\n\nThis month we are so excited to feature educator\, writer\, curator\, and artist\, Xavi Burgos along with Oakland based DJ Brown Angel! Stay tuned to learn more about our featured artists and join us on Thursday\, October 17. Finish off your night and support the local creatives and vendors\, Medicine For Nightmares\, interdisciplinary artist Amanda Ayala\, and Donaji Ceramics. \n\n\n\nCome for the feature\, and stay for the open mic lineup! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work! Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30pm.   URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge-2/ LOCATION:Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T210000 DTSTAMP:20260523T151036 CREATED:20241015T214422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T002813Z UID:974-1726599600-1726606800@galeriadelaraza.org SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Harvest Moon with us on Tuesday\, September 17 at Lunada Literary Lounge! Hear the work of Oakland based poet\, journalist and producer\, Maria Esquinca\, and boogie with San Francisco DJ\, Juan “Wonway Posibul” Amador. Finish off your night and support the local creatives and vendors\, Medicine For Nightmares\, interdisciplinary artist Amanda Ayala\, and Donaji Ceramics. \n\n\n\nCome for the feature\, and stay for the open mic lineup! Open Mic is available on a first come first serve basis\, sign ups will be at the door. Don’t be shy and share your work! Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30pm.  URL:https://galeriadelaraza.org/calendar/lunada-literary-lounge/ LOCATION:Studio 24\, 2779 Folsom St Ste. A\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance Art,Studio 24 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://galeriadelaraza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lunada2024_SimpleBanner.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR