James Garcia

Resolution Guide: Manifesto -- Local Creatives and Their Words of Wisdom

Jay Bennett's Phoenix Music Manifesto

In early 2012, Jackalope Ranch began inviting creative types around town to write a manifesto -- a personal list of 10 hard-and-fast rules of life or pieces of advice. Each manifesto was paired with a local designer who illustrated one lesson/rule in poster form. We loved the Manifesto series so m ... More >>

Once Upon A Time in Mexico

Big Brain Awards 2012: Meet This Year's Finalists

Claire Lawton on How the Mural Scene Boomed but Some Galleries Went Bust

Nativity Ploy

Beyond Borders

Latino Arts and Culture Get Six Weeks in the Spotlight, Thanks to the CALA Alliance

Teaching Spanish to White Kids Is All the Rage -- Even in Mexican-Bashing Arizona

Mexican-American Birth Rate Drives U.S. Latino Population Higher

​The Latino population has risen significantly in the United States in the past decade, but not  just because of immigration. Actually, a higher birth rate among Hispanic women is now the dominant factor in the rise, according to a new study.The driving force for this surge: Mexican-Amer ... More >>

Russell Pearce Bashes Immigrants While Hispanics Are Saving Arizona's Economy

Senate President Russell Pearce claims illegal immigration costs taxpayers beaucoup cash; in reality Hispanics, legal and illegal, are aiding the state's economy.A boom in Arizona's Latino population has resulted in a powerful purchasing bloc that could help save the state's struggling economy.This, ... More >>

Undocumented Youth Blocked from Entering the U.S. Workforce Are Starting Their Own Businesses to Survive

SB 1070 Has Been Bad for Arizona and Worse for Mexicans, But It Inspired a Year's Worth of Great Art

Russell Pearce Electrocutes Self in Bathtub, Goes Straight to Hell (Um, in New Play)

davidhorowitztv.com Imagine this man with a deep, dark permanent tan... Damn, I love James Garcia. The Phoenix playwright seems hell-bent on fulfilling my fantasies in his annual American Pastorela productions. Last year, the villain was Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who keels over of a heart atta ... More >>

Air Time

Infamous radio personality stars in play about his career

The Expurgated Mexico

Pancho Villa, we hardly knew ye

Stay Comm

Join the American Latino Renaissance

Big Brains: Check Out the Talented Finalists for Our First-Ever Awards for Emerging Creatives

Catch James Garcia's Dream Act Play for Free, One Night Only, Guaranteed to Make Nativists' Heads Explode

Catch James Garcia's play for free, one night only...The DREAM Act should be a no-brainer for even those anti-immigration types out there. Why shouldn't we try to keep smart, law-abiding kids here in the U.S. after we've educated them? Talk about model citizens and patriots! Many of these young men ... More >>

Sheriff Joe’s Tortured in Hades, and Will Arizona’s New U.S. Attorney Follow El Diablo’s Lead?

El Diablo Made Him Do It

Joe Arpaio inks a deal with the Devil in topical seasonal tale

Miner Miracle

James Garcia's New Play Tears of Lives a Hit: Four More Shows Added This Weekend

​Good news for those who missed watching local playwright James Garcia's newest play: Due to overwhelming popularity, Tears of Lives will have four more shows this weekend. Ripped from the headlines of stories about recent raids and deportations, the play adds a third dimension to the much-re ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, Paul Chagolla and the Veil of Fear in The Tears of Lives

courtesy of Salvador Reza Andrew Valenzuela (standing) as Captain Montoya, with Masavi Perea as jornalero Regino Ortega I don't know if playwright James Garcia modeled the character Captain Montoya from his new play The Tears of Lives on Deputy Chief Paul Chagolla of the Maricopa County Sheri ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's War on the Immigrant Kids of Royal Paper Employees, and The Tears of Lives

When will the Valley's immigrant children be free of Arpaio's insidious raids? (Contact Respect/Respeto to help.)​Lorena learned about her mom's arrest during the MCSO raid at Royal Paper Converting Company in South Phoenix when her uncle called to tell her about it. Lorena's mother had ... More >>

The Tao of Sheriff Joe

Mister Arpaio finally inspires something awesome

World Premier of Play "Tears of Lives" this Friday to Help Save Phoenix Day Labor Center

​Macehualli Day Labor Center Director Salvador Reza is in a pinch: Despite valiant fund raising efforts, the 6-year-old day labor center is in imminent danger of closing due to financial woes. The story could easily be the subject of local writer James Garcia's plays, so it's only appropria ... More >>

The Voiceover of His Generation

The Taco Bell Chihuahua hits The Comedy Spot

Moving Violations

Troupe uses choreography to underscore refugees’ plight

Curtains: New Carpa Theater's A Boy Named César at Herberger Lunch Time and Beyond

Yuyi MoralesSince 2002, the Herberger's Lunch Time Theater program has been a place for emerging companies and artists to stretch their wings and give downtowners a mental mini-break in the work week. Every season, several quite different troupes present a short play for two or three weeks each. Wr ... More >>

Trolley Jolly Christmas

Take a holiday from the usual holiday fare with New Carpa farce

Mr. Ambassador: The Life and Times of Raul H. Castro

James Garcia's Dream Act puts the spotlight on the obstacles immigrant children face in the fight for citizenship

In Living Colores

Apocalypse now -- in Ahwatukee

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 31, 2007

Off the Reservation

If you think the Heard Museum is all about dusty old pots and Indian blankets, you haven't been there lately

Whores Truly

Desert Stages musical puts the 'ho in hoedown

Play-by-Play

Playwrights strut and fret their work on the ASU stage

Open Borders

Mending Wall illustrates dangers of emigration

Culture Hub

There's plenty of variety at this festival

See Worthy

Crave the wave at Caribbean culture fest

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Pursuit of Happiness

Felix Pire's show at the Herberger is part of a local surge in Latino theater