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MACLA

MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana is an inclusive contemporary arts space grounded in the Chicano/Latino experience that incubates new visual, literary and performance art in order to engage people in civic dialogue and community transformation. Founded in 1989 as the result of a broad community mobilization in the City of San Jose and nationwide on behalf of multicultural arts, MACLA has promoted, since its inception, a vision of arts programming as a vehicle for civic dialogue and social equity.

A hybrid urban arts space located in downtown San Jose and rooted in the Chicano/Latino experience, it intersects many communities, cultures, and aesthetic approaches. The patrons, audiences, and participants are 70% Latino and 30% non-Latino. A large part of the programs are geared towards creating opportunities for interaction between traditional audiences and new art forms and emerging artists.

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  MACLA

  510 S. 1st Street
  San Jose, CA 95113

  Phone: 408-998-2783

  Fax: 408-998-2817

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NOTE: We do our best to ensure all information is accurate, however it's a good idea to visit the website or call the venue to verify the information.

• Upcoming Events

  12/05/09	The 408 Sessions - Youth Slam Poetry League Open Mic
  02/04/10- 02/28/10	Persimmons in Winter - World Premiere
  04/15/10- 04/18/10	Arclight One Act Festival

• Past Events

  11/04/09	Literary Event with Gustavo Arellano
  10/23/09- 10/25/09	Imperial Silence - Una Ópera Muerta
  10/15/09	Artists' Talk at MACLA
  09/27/09	Comedy for the People Starring Marga Gomez
  09/04/09	20th Anniversary Block Party Celebration
  09/03/09- 10/24/09	La Reconquista
  06/05/09- 06/06/09	Summer Slumberfest '09 - 24-Hour International Open-Mic
  05/29/09	From Chains to Change
  04/29/09	How We Look at Art & Collecting 101
  04/23/09	Reading and Q&A with Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  04/22/09- 05/16/09	11th Annual Latino Art Auction & Exhibition
  04/16/09- 04/18/09	Robert Karimi - Performance Artist In Residence
  03/27/09- 04/03/09	Youth Poetry Slam
  03/27/09	Youth Poetry Slam
  03/21/09	Who Does She Think She Is? - Documentary Film Screening
  02/11/09	Film Screening: Arusi Persian Wedding
  02/06/09	Los Palabristas - Spoken Word Performance
  01/31/09	Joshua Walters - Madhouse Rhythm
  01/26/09	Youth Poetry Workshop with Joshua Walters
  01/26/09- 05/25/09	San Jose Poetry Slam
  01/23/09- 04/24/09	Youth Poetry Class
  10/30/08	Ama - The Memory of Time, A Documentary
  10/09/08- 10/10/08	Cabaret Unkempt
  09/06/08- 09/07/08	Summer Slunberfest Oh Eight
  09/05/08- 10/25/08	The Art of Style
  08/24/08	Sha Sha Higby performs In a Cloud of Glass
  04/03/08- 04/27/08	Hero
  03/01/08- 03/22/08	Pluft, The Little Ghost
  02/13/08	History Makers Series 2008
  02/01/08- 03/22/08	Beyond Child's Play
  12/28/07	Open Mic - Lucia Misch
  12/22/07- 12/23/07	Open Mic - Mike McGee, A 24-Hour Solo Solstice Reading
  11/30/07	Open Mic - Elijiah Rios
  11/30/07- 01/19/08	Shifting Dreams, Migrating Realities
  10/25/07	Quinteto Latino featuring Jose Luis Hurtado
  10/22/07- 10/23/07	Quinteto Latino featuring Jose Luis Hurtado - Open Rehearsal and Educational & Community Concert
  10/05/07- 11/10/07	FotoFolio: Youth Amplified
  09/12/07	Baile La Onda; Una noche de rocanrol mexicano de las 60's
  08/23/07	Chicana/o Biennial Performance Art Night
  08/01/07- 09/22/07	The Chicana Chicano Biennial
  07/12/07- 07/13/07	Comedia A Go-Go
  07/08/07	Lecture/Demonstration with artist Kim Jung Hwa
  07/07/07	Variations of Grass, Light, and the Wind
  06/27/07- 07/14/07	Gente, Casas y Barrios
  06/13/07	Rosita
  05/26/07- 05/27/07	Milta Ortiz - Scatter my Red Underwear
  04/19/07	Pablo Neruda: The Poet’s Calling
  02/02/07- 04/07/07	Domestic Alchemy
  12/15/06- 12/16/06	Kristina Wong - Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  12/15/06- 12/16/06	Kristina Wong - Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  12/01/06	Portrait of Artists as Latino Immigrants
  11/12/06	Think Again
  11/10/06	Lalo Guerrero, the Original Chicano
  11/10/06	Madeinusa
  10/25/06- 12/23/06	Culture of Violence: Work by Victor Cartagena
  10/20/06- 10/21/06	Octavio Campos - Luna Del Pinguino
  10/05/06	What Are You Doing Tonight?
  09/27/06	Coca Mama
  09/15/06- 11/17/06	Youth Poetry Workshops
  09/10/06	Think Again
  09/01/06	Interversiones
  08/23/06	Historias del desencanto / Stories of Disenchantment
  08/11/06	Praba Pilar's Computers Are A Girl's Best Friend
  08/07/06- 10/07/06	Frontera Electronica
  07/26/06	Buenos Aires 100Km
  07/07/06- 07/22/06	Our Space- Youth Narratives
  07/06/06	First Annual Frida Kahlo Fundraiser
  07/02/06	A Preview Screening of Transition
  06/27/06- 06/28/06	Cazuza - o tempo não para / Cazuza - Time Doesn't Stop
  06/18/06- 06/18/05	Open Mic at MACLA
  06/18/06	Think Again! Poetry Slam
  05/24/06	Tijuana Jews
  05/13/06	Headrush in the Throwdown
  05/12/06- 06/03/06	The 8th Annual Latino Art Auction
  04/27/06	Palermo Hollywood: A Tale from Buenos Aires
  04/09/06	Open Mic at MACLA
  04/08/06	Butchlalis de Panochtitlan - Teenage Papi: The 2nd Coming of Adolescence
  03/16/06	Maria Elena Gaitan - The Adventures of Connie Chancla
  03/11/06- 03/18/06	Únete pueblo, La tarea de Ciencias Sociales & El espejo 2
  03/10/06- 04/29/06	Tortillas, Chiles and other Border Things: Consuelo Jiménez Underwood
  02/24/06- 02/26/06	New Year's Day: A Multicultural Exploration on New Beginnings
  02/23/06	Maribel Alvarez -Participatory Arts Within the Cultural Ecology of Silicon
  02/12/06	Open Mic Featuring Poet Mike McGee
  02/10/06	Gaytino!
  01/25/06	Low-Rider Special: Films Highlighting Latino Car Culture
  01/25/06	See Us/Los Vemos: La Frontera Asiatica
  01/18/06- 02/25/06	Traces/Rastros: Recent Work by María Magadalena Campos-Pons
  12/07/05	Artists’ Talk
  11/30/05	See Us/Los Vemos
  11/19/05	Community Celebration Day
  11/13/05	The Delivery Room - Jeff Fitzgerald
  11/12/05	9th Annual Int'l Latino Film Festival
  11/11/05- 12/31/05	Intersections: Reflections of Home & Migration
  11/04/05	Latino Author Series - Salvador Plascencia
  10/29/05	Paul Flores Presents: The Rain
  10/28/05	FIYAH!
  10/26/05	See Us / Los Vemos October Film Slam
  10/21/05	Latino Authors Series - Manuel Munoz
  10/19/05	Artists' Talk
  10/16/05	Birth of a NASIAN