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We’re still buzzing from last week’s Spicy Soirée ✨

The night was filled with delicious food and drinks, fantastic people, and stellar performances — all while uplifting immigrant stories and culture ✊

Tag us or let us know your favorite moments in the comments👇

More pics coming soon!

#NoImmigrantsNoSpice #BayAreaEvents #ImmigrantStories #BayAreaEats

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Arte y Pasión, in conjunction with the Beacon at Midtown Gallery & Studios, is delighted to present WILD LIFE. The one-time performance in San Antonio will take place at 7:30 pm on Thursday November 12 2026 at the Beacon Midtown Theater at 1136 W. Woodlawn Avenue, San Antonio TX 78201.
The program is a series of lush vignettes in traditional and contemporary flamenco, that tells the story of the wisdom of the animal kingdom. We underestimate our animal friends; and because of our ignorance, they possess a freedom that we do not. They live alongside us, but even as their lives are affected by ours, they watch us and judge us.
The company is Tamara Adira, Genevieve Obregon, Jose Manuel Tejeda, and Celia Corrales, with special guest Melissa Cruz. Members of the audience are invited to dress as your favorite animal. Following the performance, dancers throughout the community are invited to dance with us. There is a bar and a little celebration. Social hour is 7:30 pm, curtain is 8:00 pm.
For more information on Arte y Pasion, please visit https://www.arte-y-pasion.com. For more information on the event, visit https://fb.me/e/4OzX2nyiS. For more information on the Beacon at Midtown, visit https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Beacon-at-Midtown-61574192342713/. The performance is made possible in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts. Tickets can be found on Ticketleap at https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/arteypasion/arte-y-pasion-wild-life. Student, Military and Senior rates available. Link to tickets in bio. 🦅🐺❤️

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💃🏻🔥🔥🔥 @melicruzrocks @kahonensemble @rhythmixculturalworks

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It’s school assembly day!!! 2 shows back to back with @kahonensemble at @rhythmixculturalworks. @melicruzrocks approves!!

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Arte y Pasión, in conjunction with the Beacon at Midtown Gallery & Studios, is delighted to present WILD LIFE. The one-time performance in San Antonio will take place at 7:30 pm on Thursday November 12 2026 at the Beacon Midtown Theater at 1136 W. Woodlawn Avenue, San Antonio TX 78201.
The program is a series of lush vignettes in traditional and contemporary flamenco, that tells the story of the wisdom of the animal kingdom. We underestimate our animal friends; and because of our ignorance, they possess a freedom that we do not. They live alongside us, but even as their lives are affected by ours, they watch us and judge us.
The company is Tamara Adira, Genevieve Obregon, Jose Manuel Tejeda, and Celia Corrales, with special guest Melissa Cruz. Members of the audience are invited to dress as your favorite animal. Following the performance, dancers throughout the community are invited to dance with us. There is a bar and a little celebration. Social hour is 7:30 pm, curtain is 8:00 pm.
For more information on Arte y Pasion, please visit https://www.arte-y-pasion.com. For more information on the event, visit https://fb.me/e/4OzX2nyiS. For more information on the Beacon at Midtown, visit https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Beacon-at-Midtown-61574192342713/. The performance is made possible in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts. Tickets can be found on Ticketleap at https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/arteypasion/arte-y-pasion-wild-life. Student, Military and Senior rates available. Link to tickets in bio. 🦅🐺❤️

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#throwback In celebration of Hispanic and Latin Heritage Month, we're going back in the archive to 2016! Then named the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, we presented at SF City Hall and the Palace of Fine Arts several groups that represented global Latin cultures.

📸: All Dress Rehearsal Photos by Mark Muntean

(1) Program Cover - Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Photo by RJ Muna
(2) El Tunante, Photo by Terry Conway
(3) San Francisco Flamenco Dance Company
(4) Ballet Folklórico Netzahualcoyotl
(5) Espíritu Andino
(6) Ballet Folklórico Nube de Oro
(7) AguaClara Flamenco
(8) Nicaragua Danza, Hijos del Maíz
(9) Ensambles Ballet Folklórico de San Francisco
(10) Ballet Folklórico México Danza
(11) Alafia Dance Ensemble
(12) Los Danzantes de Aztlán de Fresno State

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Coming in hot to @rickshawstop with @missiondelirium @istanbulconnectionbayarea and @camelliaboutrosmusic. Saturday, October 24th. Links in bio for tickets, Partiful invite, Facebook invite.

Celebrate Scorpio season with a stacked bill showcasing more musicians and musical styles than we can even count! An inspiring evening of intercontinental insanity, cacophonous collaborations, and good vibes awaits.

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Beautiful moments at the Feria Tablao! 💗

The Tablao is where flamenco artists come together to improvise live in the moment. These unrehearsed flamenco performances can be thrilling and full of emotion. 🎶

We were so happy to present three unique Tablao shows at Feria, each one bringing its own energy and magic to the stage. ✨

Want more? Throughout the year we present Tablao performances at Artichoke Music 3rd Saturdays of the month. 🔥💃

📸 by @glisson_imaging_pdx

#feriadeportland #portlandflamenco #pdxflamenco #bailaoras #flamencousa

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We are taking the stage at @thedeluxesf this Saturday at 9:30.

Spcial guests on Percussion Marcos Odara @jamwithmarcos and on Flamenco dance @melicruzrocks

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That is a wrap for Balik Bayou 2026! Heart full and we’re grateful that we got to experience it with all of you. Thank you Parangal for Balik Bayou! Throughout this Balik Bayou, kept thinking about the Filipinos who came to Louisiana long before us - the migrants, workers, families, and communities who carried memories, traditions, languages, faith, music, and stories across the ocean. They may not have arrived with much, but they brought pieces of home with them. Over time, those pieces took root in Louisiana: in families, neighborhoods, churches, kitchens, celebrations, and relationships that helped Filipino life endure and grow.
Coming to Louisiana gave us the chance not only to learn about history, but to feel connected to it - to recognize that we were not arriving as strangers, but as descendants, inheritors, and participants in a story that began long before us.
And maybe, without fully realizing it, we were also helping create what comes next.
Hope is that we didn’t simply come to Louisiana, perform, and leave. We hope we strengthened something here - opened doors, built relationships, sparked curiosity, and helped create more space for Filipino culture to continue flowing through Louisiana - not just during Balik Bayou, but for many years to come.
The people who came before us carried Filipino culture across distance and uncertainty so that something of home could survive in a new place. We now have the responsibility and privilege to carry it forward. What we shared becomes part of that continuity: one more link between the generations who came before us, the communities here today, and those who will come after us.
We came here following the footsteps of those who came before us. Now, in some small way, we’ve left footsteps of our own - not as an ending, but as an invitation for others to continue the journey.
Maraming salamat po Ate @jessicamelendezbayuga and PAWAL, Ate @coachingkapwa and @bayoubarkada, Faisal Monal @paramatabantugen for all teachings and Ipat A Kadsakay journey, @nefa_1976 for opportunity to tour and to all that showed up and showed out to make Balik Bayou possible.Balik Bayou soon, our ancestors call!
orig 🎶@michaelwatsonmusic

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