El Centro Cultural De Mexico

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2007 | Best New Theater Troupe

This Santa Ana troupe is unabashedly political, talented and eager to look under rocks most people would prefer untouched, as proven by its inaugural production last year of The Mexican O.C.Culled from interviews with longtime OC residents, the piece was (and is) a triumphant blend of agitprop and studious oral history, anuncompromising examination of some of the more unsavory examples of the prejudice toward migrants that has existed in this county since long before Proposition 187 and... More »

Mare Is the MC

By GABRIEL SAN ROMAN | Thu, May 10, 2012

"I believe music is universal, and it responds to the context in which it was created," says Mare Advertencia Lirika—or Mare, as she's known professionally. "In my case, coming from indigenous roots, my music is the voice that speaks to this conte... More »
El Centro Cultural de Mexico Faces Eviction

By Gabriel San Roman | Fri, June 17, 2011

El Centro Cultural de Mexico, a long standing non-profit in the city of Santa Ana, faces eviction by mid-July. The award-winning organization has been housed for the past five years at the Knights o... More »
She Fights for Your Writes

By | Thu, October 14, 2010

García figured life in Santa Ana—where she grew up during the 1980s—would’ve gotten better for teenagers when she returned in 2008. She had just released her first novel, Las Niñas, a memoir of growing up in one of the most Latino cities in the Un... More »

2007 | Best New Theater Troupe