Art – Fiesta de Frida

First Fridays at the Heard Museum presents Fiesta de Frida, a party to celebrate Frida Kahlo's 110th birthday. The event will feature The Phoenix Fridas, a female art collective based in La Phoenikera that is inspired by the Mexican arist. WHEN:...

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Theatre – 1070 A Play By James Garcia

An immigrant family faces life after the passage of Arizona's Senate Bill 1070. The play produced in English explores the social and political fallout of the now infamous law that put Arizona on the map for all of the...

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Festival – Carpa Fest ’17

Carpa Fest is a family event that will feature an art exhibit curated by Francisco "Enuf" Garcia, commemorating SB1070, an Arizona law that criminalizes undocumented immigrants. There will be coffee and snacks provided by Fair Trade Cafe and Mexican eats...

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Festival – The National Council of La Raza’s Latino Family Expo

The NCLR's annual conference is in La Phoenikera this year and they are throwing the house down all weekend. Their National Latino Family Expo is a family event that will have tons of resources for Latino families in La...

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Music – Bolero Para Two

Venezuelan singer/songwriter MV Caldera is coming to La Phoenikera all the way from New York. She'll be sharing classic boleros with the audience in an intimate night of beautiful Spanish music. MV Caldera has collaborated with artists like Marc...

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Music – Selena Summer: A Tribute Show and Cumbia Dance Party

La Phoenikera's hottest cumbia event Clandestino presents Selena Summer: A Tribute Show and Cumbia Dance Party. Show up with your dancing shoes and be ready to party with Selenamos, L.A. based tribute band, aslo from L.A., El Conjunto Nueva Ola and...

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Art – Identity Empowerment

This solo exhibition features the work of painter and muralist Edgar Fernandez. The artwork of the exhibit illustrates the empowering aspects of masks in the Southwest, Mexico and Central America. The first 20 people to arrive at the opening reception...

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A Phoenikerx’s Guide to Cuba

Before traveling to Cuba this month we had tons of questions. A couple of our friends had gone relatively recently so we were able to compile a hodgepodge of answers that helped us through the trip. So you don’t...

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RedMonkey: A Party for the History Books Goes Down This Weekend

For the last few years, the schedule has been set for us on Thanksgiving Day: help mom pick up the last minute things she needs from the store, wait for the family to arrive; stuff our faces with pierna...

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Theatre – Q-Kid Rap

La Phoenikera is home to nationally acclaimed playwright Guillermo Reyes. This week, Rising Youth Theatre and the School of Transborder Studies at ASU are presenting the first public reading of his new play Q-Kid Rap. Directed by Sarah Sullivan,...

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Film – Catching Babies

The film Catching Babies by Barni Axmed Qaasim will be showing this weekend as part of The Sagrado Galleria's experiential exhibit Mujeres del Desierto. The screening will be followed by a talk with Cihuapactli Collective, a group of local...

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Chill – Palabras Bilingual Bookstore Reopening

La Phoenikera's only bilingual bookstore is reopening its doors in a new location. They're celebrating the reopening this weekend along with neighbors Shug's Coffee. Great books, great coffee and other fun things to experience with friends and family! WHEN: Sunday,...

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