Archives: Projects
Teatro Esperanza
Teatro Esperanza is a multi-generational mujerista circle of teatristas, a community writing and performance group. We come from different backgrounds and generations to share stories that matter to them. We […]
Lerma’s Live Conjunto Music Venue
After more than a decade of community-led efforts to prevent demolition and raise the funds needed for preservation, Lerma’s Nite Club proudly reopened to the public on July 23, 2023 […]
Mi Barrio No Se Vende
El Westside de San Antonio is both a defined geographic place and a state of mind that has been symbolically represented by artists in songs, paintings, poems, stories and film. […]
Museo del Westside
Visit the Museo’s new website at www.museodelwestside.org Coming Soon – a community participatory museum inside the historic Ruben’s Ice House! Together we are working to transform the historic Ruben’s […]
Radio Esperanza | 96.5 KEPJ-LPFM-San Antonio
VISION Radio Esperanza, 96.5 KEPJ-LPFM-San Antonio, is a low-powered community radio station dedicated to providing social justice organizing and community expression to our listeners. We provide a platform for local […]
Save La Gloria
In 2002, La Gloria, an iconic Westside dancehall and the first multi-pump gas station on the Westside, was threatened with demolition. A community coalition, including many Esperanza buena gente, stood […]
Las Tesoros de San Antonio
Las Tesoros de San Antonio are a group of elder women performers whose incredible singing careers soared both locally and internationally in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
Westside Preservation Alliance
El Westside de San Antonio is both a defined geographic place and a state of mind that has been symbolically represented by artists in songs, paintings, poems, stories and film. […]
Workshops
The Esperanza provides affordable art and writing workshops, media literacy and cultural/technical skill-building trainings, and cultural tours on a rolling basis throughout the year. We believe that art can and […]
Readings and Platicas
Over the years Esperanza has sponsored dozens of pláticas that have taken many forms through readings, lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and community gatherings. These platicas have included visionary local, national […]