Laredo Cultural District

08/28/2026

Sharing September calendar for ADDS and EDITS! Comment here!

08/28/2026

Electricity is back. Join us today and get electrified with music ❤️🎶

08/27/2026

Due to a blown transformer Casa Ortiz is without electricity and Zaragoza St closed. Will announce a new date soon. Sorry 🙏🙏🙏

08/27/2026

Hibernating from the August heat? Try Laredo Film Society Film Club Friday. Try traveling across the cinematic world from you seat amongst fellow film friends. Buy your tickets beforehand.

08/27/2026

Today join us for a night of film and conversation.

08/26/2026

Laredo proud! Round of applause for joining the ranks of state touring artist of the spoken word!

Performance poets? The Texas Touring Roster has them, including Chibbi!

M.R. "Chibbi" Orduna is a Mexican-born, Texas-raised poet, performer, and community organizer whose work lives at the intersection of identity, culture, and social reckoning. A 3x San Antonio Poetry Grand Slam Champion, Chibbi has performed and facilitated workshops across the US in theaters, schools, universities, libraries, and community spaces. Chibbi's work has been featured by Button Poetry, BuzzFeed, We Are Mitu, Texas Review, Wax Wing, and Acentos Review, among others, and has garnered over three million views online. Chibbi is the author of OTRO/PATRIA and the spoken word album The Target Shoots Back, a one-person performance work blending poetry, music, and theater. Available touring programs include: The Target Shoots Back – A one-person spoken word performance exploring borderlands identities, violence, and resilience, adaptable for theaters, festivals, and community events; Spoken Word Performance Sets – Curated performances ranging from 15–60 minutes, tailored for general audiences, schools, and literary events; Writing and Performance Workshops – Interactive workshops focused on voice, craft, revision, and writing from lived experience, suitable for middle school through adult learners; Talkbacks and Community Conversations – Facilitated post-performance discussions centered on art, identity, and civic engagement. All programs are scalable and adaptable. Photo by Cory Garcia.

See Chibbi's full Texas Touring Roster listing at https://www.arts.texas.gov/product/chibbi/

08/26/2026

Sharing for Laredo Film Society ! Remember to RSVP for MIRAAA!

08/26/2026

We are so excited to be having a pop up exhibit at The Southern Hotel Apartments in partnership with the City of Laredo Community Development. And with an amazing visual artist José Antonio Márquez Hernández from Matamoros Tamaulipas. His exhibits captures moments of border life that many of us will feel close.

08/26/2026

Sharing for TAMIU Visual Arts and Daphne Art Foundation : THE RIGHT TO DREAM: Regreso a mi pueblo (Return to My Hometown) opens this week at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, TX. This retrospective includes decades of work and brings the artist back to the place where life began.