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SUMMARY:EXHIBIT - William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming
DESCRIPTION:Explore MACRI’s new traveling exhibit\, William Merriweather Peña: The Father of Architectural Programming. \nWilliam “Willie” Merriweather Peña (1919-2018) was perhaps the most important Mexican American architect of the 20th century\, yet he remains largely unknown outside of the architecture field. Learn more about the life and work of this remarkable trailblazer with MACRI!  \nThis Laredo\, TX native was a proud Aggie\, decorated World War II veteran\, author\, and partner in Caudill\, Rowlett\, Scott\, which grew to become the largest architecture firm in the world. Peña’s groundbreaking work on architectural programming\, which he honed during his first two decades at CRS\, became the basis for a book first published in 1969\, Problem Seeking: New Directions in Architectural Programming\, which he followed with Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer\, now in its fifth edition and considered the classic programming guide for architects and a standard architecture textbook. It also earned Peña the title of “the father of architectural programming.” Peña was one of the leading architects in the nation\, a visionary\, an industry pioneer who was named an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Fellow in 1972 and received multiple awards from AIA Houston. When Peña retired in 1984\, he had directed programming for over 400 projects in 38 states and ten countries while mentoring younger architects and writing and speaking about architectural practices across the globe. \nThe exhibit gallery is open Monday through Friday\, 10 AM—NOON and 1 – 4 PM\, or by appointment. \n🌟 This exhibit was created with support from the Conservation Society of San Antonio. 🌟 \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias!
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/exhibit-william-merriweather-pena-the-father-of-architectural-programming-2/
LOCATION:MACRI Visitor Center\, 2123 Buena Vista St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:FILM - Latina Spring: Femme Frontera Showcase
DESCRIPTION:The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute and MonteVideo celebrate Women’s History Month with Latina Spring\, a curated selection of inspiring films by Latina and Indigenous women directors! Latina Spring is presented in partnership with UNAM San Antonio and Austin Film Society Cinema.  \nThe Latina Spring Film Series begins with the Femme Frontera Showcase. Femme Frontera centers the experiences of women and gender-expansive people within the U.S./Mexico border diaspora\, as well as border regions around the world. The 9th Annual Femme Frontera Showcase includes films from Mexico and the United States. Films will be followed by a Q&A featuring filmmakers Celina Galicia and Bianca Lambert\, and Femme Frontera Co-Director Jackie Barragan! \nThe Femme Frontera Showcase is presented in partnership with the Latino Collection and Resource Center at the San Antonio Public Library.  \n  \n🗓️ Tuesday\, March 3\, 2026  |  Doors open at 6:30 PM; Film begins at 7:00 PM \n📍 UNAM San Antonio\, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way\, San Antonio\, TX 78205 \n🎟️ This program is FREE \n🅿️ Free parking is available after 5 PM at Alamo Lot (418 S Alamo\, San Antonio\, TX 78205) and Martinez Lot (S Alamo & Martinez Street). Paid parking is available at the Hemisfair Garage (623 Hemisfair Blvd).  \n⚠️ Films contain mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages. \n  \nRSVP requested. \n  \n⭐ MACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias! ⭐ \n  \n*** \nAbout the films \nTernura Radical (Radical Tenderness) \nCelina Galicia\, 2025\, Mexico\, 16 min \nIn Ciudad Juárez\, women transform art into a fierce act of resistance\, channeling poetry\, music\, and graphic art to preserve the memory of femicide and disappearance while demanding justice. \nYo mate a Lucca (I killed Lucca) \nAna Moreno Hernandez\, 2023\, Mexico\, 16 min \nCarmen has finally found her soulmate\, Lucía. At the possibility of sharing the most painful moment of her childhood\, Carmen’s conscience\, illustrated by two soccer commentators\, leads her to a panic attack for which she could lose Lucía. \nColor Cielo (The Color of Sky) \nCristal Gonzalez Avila\, 2024\, USA\, 9 min \nThe hope that lingers in the farewell. A meditation on the final moments of a son\, as he says goodbye to his mother in Mexico\, while he prepares to journey to the US. The conflict between desperation\, sacrifice and the potential for survival and success. \nSuper High: A Period Piece \nBianca D. Lambert\, 2024\, USA\, 9 min \nAmanda battles excruciating period pain caused by fibroids. Desperate for relief\, she experiments with a celebrity cannabis brand’s edibles. A dosage mishap catapults her into a surreal\, anxiety-filled journey until she awakens. \nSer bruja (To be a Bruja) \nCarolina Erives\, 2023\, Mexico\, 14 min \nAmanda Montejo is a trans woman\, make-up artist\, Guadalupana and a witch. This documentary portrait explores different facets of her spirituality and fragments of her past\, revealing the duality of her being. \nAt Dusk I Kiss Your Body Burnt \nVictor “Yayo” Meza\, 2024\, Mexico/USA \nA poetic short film that follows a young man as he remembers the touch of his lover against the hyper-militarized and hyper-surveilled U.S.-Mexico borderlands where he grew up. Addressed as a letter to his lost lover\, the film grapples with how queer bodies experience and express desire amidst bordercraft and state violence. \nWherever That May Be \nE.N. Cole\, 2025\, USA\, 12 min \nIn this story\, we follow the journey of Rose\, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her health takes a turn. She moves back in with her outgoing\, fun loving grandmother named Jo. Their dynamic challenges a stereotype of what it means to be healthy and what society typically expects of women their respective ages.
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/film-latina-spring-femme-frontera-showcase/
LOCATION:UNAM San Antonio\, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:MACRI TALK - Impossible Identities: Mexican Americans After the Alamo
DESCRIPTION:⚠️ Event update ⚠️ \nDue to unforeseen circumstances\, Dr. Richard Flores is unable to join us on this date. We look forward to welcoming him at a future program and will share new details as soon as they are confirmed. \nWe’re pleased to share that borderlands historian Dr. Raúl Ramos will join us instead to present “Impossible Identities: Mexican Americans After the Alamo.” \nNearly two centuries after the Battle of the Alamo\, Dr. Ramos will examine how national and regional identities were constructed through historical narratives and how those narratives continue to shape how Mexican Americans see themselves and are seen by others. His work invites us to look more closely at the stories we’ve inherited and to consider how history influences our present in ways both visible and subtle. This program is presented by MACRI and the San Antonio Public Library Latino Collection and Resource Center.  \n  \nSaturday\, March 7\, 2026 | 2 PM – 3:30 PM \nBazan Library | 2200 W Commerce Street\, San Antonio\, TX 78207 \n  \nRSVP at https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar/id/baz?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D193708964 \n  \nThis program is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas\, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias! ⭐️ \nAs always\, views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI\, its staff\, board\, or funders. \n 
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/macri-talk-alamo-mythology-and-mexican-american-identity/
LOCATION:Bazan Library\, 2200 W Commerce Street\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:MACRI Talks
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL EVENT - Oral History Training Camp
DESCRIPTION:Due to overwhelming demand\, we are adding a FOURTH workshop! \nWould you like to get involved with MACRI? Would you like to help record and preserve Mexican American civil rights history? Then this event is for YOU! \nJoin us for MACRI’s Oral History Training Camp! Our Executive Director\, Dr. Sarah Zenaida Gould\, will be leading a presentation and workshop on the importance of oral histories and how to conduct them. We will also share how you can become a volunteer oral historian through the MACRI Oral History Corps. Join us! \n  \n🗓 Saturday\, March 21\, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM \n📍 MACRI Visitor Center | 2123 Buena Vista Street\, San Antonio\, Texas 78207 \nWorkshop attendees will receive a guidebook and refreshments.  \n  \nSeating is limited\, so please RSVP below! \n  \nSupported in part by Latinos in Heritage Conservation’s Nuestra Herencia Grant Program\, a sponsored project of the Social Impact Fund and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nThis program is made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas\, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. \n  \nMACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias! ⭐️
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/special-event-oral-history-training-camp-4/
LOCATION:MACRI Visitor Center\, 2123 Buena Vista St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:FILM - Latina Spring: Li Cham
DESCRIPTION:The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute and MonteVideo celebrate Women’s History Month with Latina Spring\, a curated selection of inspiring films by Latina and Indigenous women directors! Latina Spring is presented in partnership with UNAM San Antonio and Austin Film Society Cinema. \n  \nThe Latina Spring Film Series continues with a screening of Li cham (I died). Set in the highlands of Chiapas\, Li cham (I died) follows three Tsotsil women — Juana\, Margarita\, and Faustina — who return to the land to rebuild their lives in the wake of profound personal loss.  \nThis screening of Li Cham is presented in partnership with the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM). \n  \n🗓️ Tuesday\, March 24\, 2026  |  Doors open: 6:30 PM; Film begins: 7 PM \n📍 UNAM San Antonio\, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way\, San Antonio\, TX 78205 \n🎟️ FREE \n🅿️ Free parking is available after 5 PM at Alamo Lot (418 S Alamo\, San Antonio\, TX 78205) and Martinez Lot (S Alamo & Martinez Street). Paid parking is available at the Hemisfair Garage (623 Hemisfair Blvd).  \n  \n⚠️ Watch out for area construction! To get to the Alamo Lot\, enter Hemisfair Blvd. via Cesar Chavez Bldv.  \n  \nRSVP requested. \n  \n⭐ MACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture\, Bexar County\, the Mellon Foundation\, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation\, Spurs Give\, and individual donors like you! Gracias! ⭐ \n  \n*** \nAbout the film \nLi cham (I died) \nDirected by Ana Ts’uyeb 2024\, Mexico\, 74 min \nSet in the highlands of Chiapas\, Li cham (I died) follows three Tsotsil women — Juana\, Margarita\, and Faustina — who return to the land to rebuild their lives in the wake of profound personal loss. Marked by experiences of grief and gender-based violence\, they cultivate coffee\, raise their children\, and reclaim a life defined on their own terms. What emerges is a portrait of strength shaped by ancestral labour and communal care. \nDirected by Ana Ts’uyeb and told entirely in the Tsotsil language\, this lyrical debut traces the subtle influence of Zapatismo\, not as a historical moment but as an ongoing framework for Indigenous self-determination and autonomy. With intimate camerawork\, quiet resilience\, and deep-rooted spirituality\, Li cham honors a way of life that refuses erasure. Rather than dwell in mourning\, the film becomes an act of renewal where memory\, land\, and womanhood intersect in a cycle of survival\, sovereignty\, and radical tenderness.
URL:https://somosmacri.org/event/film-latina-spring-li-cham/
LOCATION:UNAM San Antonio\, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film
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