¡Cultura Poetry Night! with Open Mic
¡Cultura Poetry Night! with Open Mic
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
6:30-8:30pm Pacific Time via Zoom
¡Cultura Poetry Night! celebrates the culture of people who identify as Chicana/o, Raza,
Latinx, and people with Indigenous heritage rooted in areas that are now Mexico, Central
America, the Caribbean, and South America. A multilingual event with two featured poets,
guest poets, and open mic!
Everyone is welcome at this inclusive event presented by Poetry
Center San José, hosted by Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, in partnership with La Raíz
Magazine.
Free tickets are available. Donations are appreciated.
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About the Featured Poets
Sammy Herrera is a Mexican-American educator, poet, spoken-word-artist, and zine queen
from the La Puente. She writes on feminism, racism, working with children, mental health,
love, and heartbreak. She’s placed 1st in both the OC Poetry Slam and Pomona Slam. She is
currently working on her debut poetry collection, Empty Fields of Sunflowers.
www.prettypetitepoems.com IG: @prettypetitepoems
Montezuma III Zepeda, a Caxcan artist from Ameca, Jalisco, creates powerful, multi-disciplinary
art that challenges colonialism and affirms Indigenous sovereignty. Through raw expression and
cultural memory, M3 reconnects the Native diaspora with ancestral pride, weaving art as resistance,
medicine, and a call to rise across stolen lands. http://linktr.ee/moctezumaiii IG: @montezuma_iii
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Poetry Center San José www.pcsj.org
Poetry Center San José's mission is to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience.
IG/FB: @poetrycentersanjose
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La Raíz Magazine: www.laraizmagazine.com
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La Raíz Magazine expands culturally-relevant arts engagement opportunities to create, present, publish, and experience poetry and visual art that celebrate shared culture and inspire conversations on important issues. La Raíz offers free, bilingual generative workshops, creative showcases, and an annual, multilingual literary journal to create space for the publication and presentation of creative work.
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