Friendly House Wants Local Art For 100th Anniversary

Friendly House, a social services organization in La Phoenikera, turned 100 years old last year and couldn’t even get a birthday caravan. So on December 3, 2021, they’re celebrating their centennial as if the world is ending, cuz who...

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La Phoenikera’s iNDIE FILM FEST Wants To Screen Your Film

Filmmakers of La Phoenikera! The iINDIE FILM FEST is now accepting submissions for its 2020 festival taking place in our city during the month of February. Organizers of the festival are looking for entries by storytellers that provide new...

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5 Reasons We’re All Over The Indie Film Fest

La Phoenikera.com was created to elevate the contributions of Latinxs and other people of color to our city's culture scene, as well as to shed light on the immense talent of Phoenikerxs. We will always support independent projects because...

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¡Atención Phoenikerxs! Casting para Los Monólogos de la Vagina

Si entre tus sueños guajiros está ser parte de una obra de teatro, tal vez esta sea tu oportunidad. El 8 y 9 de febrero se presentará una lectura dramática de Los Monólogos de la Vagina completamente en español...

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E-Day is Here!

Tomorrow is the midterm election and if you haven't noticed, the stakes are friggin' high. People from all over the country have come to La Phoenikera to GOTV (Get Out The Vote), taking time off work to help us...

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Your Guide to Halloween and Día de Los Muertos Happenings in La Phoenikera

All Hallow’s Eve is upon us and we’re sure you’re itching to flaunt the costume you’ve been working on for weeks (or a day in the case of the procrastinators). That’s why we decided to put a guide together...

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LA PHNKRA Music Fest

La PHNKRA Music Fest (pronounced La Finikera Music Fest) aims to represent Phoenix's plural identity, which flows through our Valley like the canals that sustain it. We're not binary nor tertiary, we balance the equation, we're 200 percenters. We go...

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Your Guide to Frida Kahlo’s Birthday Bashes in La Phoenikera

This Friday July 6 is Frida Kahlo’s birthday. We know that some Phoenikerxs out there are dying to channel their inner Frida and strut their head dresses and inspired outfits in public. That’s why we put together a list...

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LUCHA’s New Film Documents the Power of Our Community

For decades if not centuries, our stories have been in the hands of others. Whether it’s in textbooks, TV shows or film, the history of people of color has not been told by people of color or worse, it...

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Letter To The Brown People Running For Office

Dear brown people running for office, We’ve known some of you for a long time and we can’t express how proud it makes us to see you thrive in power. We have witnessed the work of some of you for more...

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Trans Queer Pueblo Seeks Artists for Queer Artivismo: A Toda Madre

Trans Queer Pueblo (TQP), an organization that advocates for the immigrant trans cummunity in La Phoenikera, is looking for queer artists for their upcoming event Queer Artivismo: A Toda Madre. Queer Artivismo is a monthly arts event that features visual...

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Anna Flores’ Pocha Theory is a Book You Must Own

A few weeks ago, I ran into an event on Facebook: The release of Pocha Theory by Anna Flores at the Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center (ALAC). I thought it looked interesting and I clicked “going.” Then I...

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