written & performed by
Monica Palacios
My quinceanera times 2
A 30 year retrospective of fierce performance. Man, that's a loooong ass time.

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Monica was selected as one of the 41 LGBTQ Latina/o 2014 Role Models by Honor41.org 

http://www.kcet.org/socal/local_heroes/lgbt/monica-palacios.html

Nominated as

2014 LGBT Pride Month Local Heroes,

KCET TV

Wednesday

Nov 2

2016

7:30PM

Tricklock Performance Lab

Albuquerque, New Mexico

www.tricklock.com

University of New Mexico

presents:

Monica Palacios

Award-winning Chicana solo performer, writer and activist Monica Palacios gives a free, open to the public presentation on her work as a performer and activist.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1589588181345833/

info & tickets:

FREE!

Friday

Oct 14

2016

4:00PM

Smith College

www.smith.edu

Monica performs

Queer Latina Love & Revolution

Meridians symposium celebrating women of color feminist scholarship, art, and activism of the 1980s & 1990s to inspire and embolden us in precarious times.

info & tickets:

https://www.smith.edu/meridians/wawie.htm

Saturday

Sept 10

2016

7:15PM

Art Theatre of Long Beach

2025 E. 4th Street, Long Beach 90814

Long Beach LGBTQ Film Festival presents:

Bruising For Besos

Monica moderates post show discussion w/ cast & crew

http://qfilmslongbeach.com/portfolio-view/bruising-for-besos/

info & tickets:

qfilmslongbeach.com

Wednesday

Aug 10

2016

7:30PM

Chicago Dramatists, Chicago

www.chicagodramatists.org

Fornes Playwriting Workshop Reading

Sponsored by Institute of Latino Studies,

University of Notre Dame
Monica's new play Say Their Names read/performed

info & tickets:

FREE!

Wednesday

April 27

2016

6:00

PM

to

9:00

PM

CSU LONG BEACH

https://www.csulb.edu

Southwest Terrace

outside Student Union

info & tickets:

FREE!

CSU LONG BEACH

https://www.csulb.edu

CHICANO & LATINO STUDIES 490

Comedy y Cultura: Your Humorous Life

info:

monicapalacios@earthlink.net

Thurs.

Dec 31

2015

8:00

PM

San Francisco, CA

brava.org

4th Annual Brava's New Year's Eve Comedy Fiesta:

Latino Power Edition.
Monica performs along w/ Lydia Popovich, Chris Storin, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Betty Pazmiño and hosted by Marga Gomez.

info & tickets:

After Show Countdown DANCE Party

includes Champagne & DJ till 1am

$35 / $50

http://brava.org/current-shows/current-shows/bravas-4th-annual-new-years-eve-comedy-fiesta-w-marga-gome/#.VmUkHXtAM0I

BUY TICKETS!

8:00

PM

Galeria De La Raza

Mission District in San Francisco

2857 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

www.galeriadelaraza.org

San Francisco, Mi Amor!
The 80s: Queer Comedy, Taquerias, The Castro, The Mission, Mullets & Shoulder Pads So Wide You Could Fly!

Written & Performed by
Monica Palacios

info & tix:

www.monicapalacios.eventbrite.com

8:30

PM

Highways Performance Space
1651 18th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(1/2 block north of Olympic Blvd.)

highwaysperformance.org

Latina/o 4 x 4 New Works Series presents

Jota Love

written & performed by Monica Palacios

featuring

Venessa Terán & Andrea Vargas

monicapalacios@earthlink.net

$20 $15

buy tix @

6:30PM

University of Texas Pan American

http://www.utpa.edu

FREE!

4-7

Theater One @
The Los Angeles Theatre Center
514 S. Spring Stree, LA CA 90013

Michele Serros:

A Celebration of Her Life and Work

https://www.facebook.com/events/1388207668154730/

Monica will read along with other surprise guests.
MC: El Vez

Open to the public

https://www.facebook.com/events/1388207668154730/

2PM

Benson Auditorium
Pitzer College

http://www.pitzer.edu

Munroe Center for Social Inquiry

Presents

VIRUS
Mindless, Efficient and Without Morals
World AIDS Day Panel:

"Queer Latinidad: Histories of AIDS Consciousness from Los Angeles"

featuring:
Monica Palacios,

Joey Terrill & Robb Hernandez

Tickes: FREE!

Info:

Alex Juhasz
Director, Munroe Center for Social Inquiry

Alexandra_Juhasz@pitzer.edu

7:30p

Williams College

http://www.williams.edu/

Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honor for Latino/a Heritage Month.

Info:

mjc2@williams.edu

TBD

Adams Hall
Cesar Chavez Student Center

@

San Francisco State University

Featured Performer 3rd Annual Queer Yo Mind Conference
presented by

ASI Queer Resource Center of San Francisco State University

https://www.facebook.com/sfsuqym

Tickes: FREE!

Info:

queeryomind@gmail.com

8 PM

The Standard Hotel

West Hollywood

https://www.facebook.com/events/568627956581088/

Eat Your Words: Stories About Food

Monica performs along with

Greg Walloch

Tickes: FREE!

Teatro Bravo, Phoenix

http://teatrobravo.org

Clock

written by Monica Palacios
directed by Marivel Danielson

Click here to check the new article on

Phoenix News Time.

Info:

teatrobravophx@aol.com

monicapalacios@earthlink.net

UCSB

Chicano Studies 188C
Chicano Theater Workshop: Solo Performance

Info:

monicapalacios@earthlink.net

UCSB

Chicano Studies 146
Humor and the Chicano Artist

Info:

monicapalacios@earthlink.net

Sinister Wisdom Journal No. 9

Summer 2015

Monica is featured in:
Out Latina Lesbians
edited by Nivea Castro & Geny Cabral
http://www.sinisterwisdom.org/sw97

National Distribution
University of Washington Press

http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/publications/book/viva-records-1970%E2%80%932000

Monica is featured in and on the cover of:
VIVA Records 1970-2000
Lesbian and Gay Latino Artists of Los Angeles
Essay by Robb Hernandez

National Distribution Seal Press

"Don't Hide Your Bride Pride"

essay by Monica Palacios in anthology:Here Come The Brides!

edited by Audrey Bilger & Michele Kort

Info:

monicapalacios@earthlink.net

National Distribution
Rutgers University Press

National Distribution
HarperCollins Publisher

Info:

monicapalacios@earthlink.net