Open Plaza 9/5/22 Open Plaza 9/5/22

Fruit of the Vine

Wine columnist Gus Clemens offers notes on sacramental/altar and kosher, mevushal wines

Open Plaza 7/11/22 Open Plaza 7/11/22

The Needle and the Thread

Victor Mancilla and Jim Nikas on their forthcoming film about the Jumano-Apache people and 17th-century Franciscan nun Sor María de Ágreda

Open Plaza 7/4/22 Open Plaza 7/4/22

37 Weeks and 38 Hours

Elyssa Salinas-Lazarski on pregnancy, labor, and choice as sacred spaces

Open Plaza 6/27/22 Open Plaza 6/27/22

Arena: A House MUSIC-al

Abel Alvarado presents three scenes from the musical about a gay man growing up in a devout Apostolic family in 1990s Los Angeles

Open Plaza 6/20/22 Open Plaza 6/20/22

Phantoms of Fire

Sammie Seamon on growing up within the Apostolic Pentecostal tradition

Open Plaza 6/13/22 Open Plaza 6/13/22

St. Everyday (Part II): Mais Viva!

Dr. Xochitl Alvizo and students ‘heart’ Gabriel García Román’s visit to their Queer Theory class

Open Plaza 6/6/22 Open Plaza 6/6/22

St. Everyday (Part I): Queer Icons

Dr. Xochitl Alvizo profiles artist Gabriel García Román, creator of the QTPOC portrait series

Open Plaza 5/23/22 Open Plaza 5/23/22

Neruda on the Park

Cleyvis Natera presents excerpts from her debut novel

Open Plaza 5/2/22 Open Plaza 5/2/22

…And the Barrio Did Not Devour Me

San Antonio-based Chicano artist José Esquivel highlights a career spanning over 50 years

Open Plaza 4/25/22 Open Plaza 4/25/22

Where the Sidewalks Meet a Time Before Water

Poet Rev. Dr. Harold J. Recinos and photographer Danny R. Peralta present excerpts from their Bronx-inspired books

Open Plaza 4/18/22 Open Plaza 4/18/22

Don’t You Care?

A springtime devotional by Rev. Dr. Loida I. Martell

Open Plaza 4/11/22 Open Plaza 4/11/22

Ars botánica

John Olivares Espinoza presents poems inspired by work as a gardener with his family

Open Plaza 3/28/22 Open Plaza 3/28/22

The Grand Silence, 1929

An excerpt from Song of the Water Saints by Nelly Rosario on the novel’s 20th anniversary

Open Plaza 2/28/22 Open Plaza 2/28/22

Ode to [Elegies]

Poet Robert Carlos García explores the complexities of modern life and death

Open Plaza 2/21/22 Open Plaza 2/21/22

Xitlali Zaragoza, Curandera

Reyes Ramírez presents a story excerpt from his debut collection The Book of Wanderers

Open Plaza 2/7/22 Open Plaza 2/7/22

Dreams of Reversal

Miguel Escobar offers a biblical understanding of money and prosperity from the perspective of his migrant farmworker family experience

Open Plaza 1/31/22 Open Plaza 1/31/22

Return to Padre

Journalist and anthropologist Cecilia Ballí tells a legal and personal history of South Texas

Open Plaza 1/24/22 Open Plaza 1/24/22

On Music, Justice, and Hope

Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. serenades Instituto Nacional de Panamá Class of 1966 alumni: his father Carlos Sánchez, musical artists Basilio Fergus and Rubén Blades

Open Plaza 1/17/22 Open Plaza 1/17/22

After Dark/Nueva Luz

Rev. Dr. Harold J. Recinos presents excerpts from his latest poetry collection / En Foco, Inc. illuminates with photography from their journal archives

Open Plaza 1/10/22 Open Plaza 1/10/22

Buddhism and the Real World

Dr. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. on what the dharma might offer in the domain of social action