Open Plaza 9/18/24 Open Plaza 9/18/24

“Making History Together”

An HTI Open Plaza virtual tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino

Open Plaza 9/4/24 Open Plaza 9/4/24

Toward a North American Indigenized Pastoral Theology

Dr. Marlene Mayra Ferreras presents an adaptation of her 2023 HTI Book Prize lecture

Open Plaza 5/8/24 Open Plaza 5/8/24

Atlas Obscura

Selections from the award-winning guide to the world's most wondrous places

Open Plaza 11/27/23 Open Plaza 11/27/23

Cultivation of Life

Artist Paolo Piscitelli on sustainable spiritual trajectories

Open Plaza 10/30/23 Open Plaza 10/30/23

The Sweetcake Ensō

Dr. Annecy Baez experiences the iconic Zen circle, symbol of presentness in lo cotidiano

Open Plaza 4/3/23 Open Plaza 4/3/23

Far and Near

Rev. Dr. Harold J. Recinos presents excerpts from his latest collection of poetry The Looking Glass

Open Plaza 1/23/23 Open Plaza 1/23/23

Virgin of Altagracia Medallions

Dr. Jennifer A. Baez on how the popular votives helped model black piety and community membership within a hierarchical socioracial order in 18th-century Dominican Republic

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 5/2/22 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 12/6/21 Open Plaza 12/6/21

Nuestra Señora De Las Nieves

Beatriz Terrazas seeks a saint in the heart of a war zone

Open Plaza 11/1/21 Open Plaza 11/1/21

Calavera Images and José Guadalupe Posada

Jim Nikas digs up how the 19th-century Mexican graphic artist popularized the skull imagery associated with Día de Los Muertos