May
24
2017
It's awesome that the Crescent Ballroom and the promoters that work with them are bringing alternative Latinx acts to its stage, and we're particularly excited about this band and the possibility of others that are equally as good!
WHEN: 05/27...
May
19
2017
Mario Zapién's Mala Sangre produced by Teatro Meshico will take the stage at the Helen K Mason Center this weekend. We're letting you know just in case you wanted to soak in drama.
WHERE: Helen K Mason Center for the...
May
18
2017
“The universe is not made out of atoms. It is made out of stories,” said Muriel Rukeyser in her Speed of Darkness poem. We know storytelling is one of humans' most basic and effective ways of communicating and that...
Apr
28
2017
Whoever has a vision of their future and wants to materialize it, doesn't have it easy. If you start your own bidness, often times you'll want to throw in the towel, you'll have to make concessions, reevaluate your views,...
Apr
12
2017
There is a demand for accessible events that celebrate the rise of La Phoenikera's culture, but how do we show support? Sometimes we just share shit on social media with a rally-cry that gets lost in the ether of...
Apr
07
2017
Phoenikerx cinephiles rejoice! Today the Phoenix International Film Festival starts and it has massively grown since I covered it for the newspaper during my Limbolandian years. This festival is to local cinephiles what VIVA PHX or FORM is to...
Apr
06
2017
Queen Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Khaaliq, two local visual anthropologists have made it their mission to demystify preconceived notions about black and indigenous communities around the globe.
This is no easy feat since they're against a historical propensity to blaze...
Apr
01
2017
We're hella excited that our beloved Rita Indiana returns to the music scene with “El Castigador,” a politically charged jam that's pure faya. We'd given up on the idea of her return as a musician and thought she'd continue...
Mar
09
2017
Somebody recently asked me if I knew a place with a killer mole in La Phoenikera; you know, the kind that pleasures your tongue as if it were a one night stand. I couldn't make a suggestion, luckily enlightenment...
Mar
07
2017
What's up with La Phoenikera not having awesome Spanish language bands transmitting new sounds, influences and sensations? The music scene is way too nostalgic and yesteryear seems repetitive to us. We understand nostalgia, we get it, it's nice, but...
Feb
24
2017
La compañía Black Theatre Troupe presenta Broke-ology, una obra que aborda temáticas universales en comunidades afectadas por la pobreza y explora las dinámicas familiares que se dan a consecuencia.
Qué: Obra sobre dinámicas familiares que se dan como consecuencia...
Feb
24
2017
More often than not you can find poetry readings in Spanish, new voices emerge and that's a good thing for all the lyricism that's constantly created in La Phoenikera. Yes please, we want more of this! This 25th Palabras...