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The ESB-MACC building is currently closed to the public. For information on the building expansion and renovation, visit MaccPhase2. Our programs are taking places at Recreation Centers, Libraries, and other sites!

See a full calendar of Museums and Cultural programs! (at various locations such as the Carver, DAC, AARC, etc)

Check our Facebook (@ESBMACC) for the most up-to-date event details. 

 View the MACC Holistic Wellness Calendar in English & Spanish.  

PROGRAMS BY TYPE:

Holistic Wellness Program

 

 

 

**All classes are free & bilingual (English and Spanish) - Todas las clases son gratis y bilingües (inglès y español)** View the MACC Holistic Wellness Calendar in English/Spanish.  Contact Lorie Martinez at maccwellness@austintexas.gov

 

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4th Annual Day of Wellness

⏰ Sunday, March 23, 2025 @ 8am-12:30pm

📍 Sunset Valley Community Garden | 1160 Lone Oak Trail Sunset Valley, TX 78745

Activities for all ages include:
🐦8am: Birdwatching with (Travis Audubon)
🌸9:30am: Gardening (with Herbal Action Project) Pre-register via Givepulse: https://www.givepulse.com/event/558048
🧘11-12pm: Yoga & Meditation (Guided by Aneika Perez):
🥕11:30am: Cooking Demo-Lentil Soup (with Sana Yoga )
🌱 12:30pm: Closing Seed Ceremony (with Herbal Action Project)

 

Email maccwellness@austintexas.gov by Mon, March 17 to register for Birdwatching, Yoga and the Cooking Demo.

Bring a refillable water bottle!

 

10:30-12:30pm:
🎨Arts & Crafts with ESB-MACC EDU Team
🎵Live Acoustic Guitar with Isai Chacon
Paletas from Mom & Pops All Natural Frozen Pops
🌳Live Nature Painting with Matilde

📋Resources and Information from the following orgs:
PEAS - Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability
Ride Bikes Austin
Facebook event link: 

Questions? Please email Lorie Martinez at maccwellness@austintexas.gov

 

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⏰ Domingo, 23 de marzo, 2025 @ 8am-12:30pm

📍 Sunset Valley Community Garden | 1160 Lone Oak Trail Sunset Valley, TX 78745

 

Tendremos una mañana completa de actividades para toda la familia
🐦8am:Observación de aves (Travis Audubon)
🌸9:30am: Jardinería (con Herbal Action Project) Inscribete por Givepulse: https://www.givepulse.com/event/558048
🧘11-12pm: Yoga y meditación (Guiado por Aneika Perez)
🥕12:30pm:Demostración de cocina: Sopa de lentejas (con Sana Yoga)
🌱12:30pm: Ceremonia de semillas final (con Herbal Action Project)

 

Envíe un email a maccwellness@austintexas.gov antes del lunes 17 de marzo para inscribirse en la observación de aves, el yoga y la demostración de cocina.

 

Trae una botella de agua rellenable.

 

10:30-12:30pm:
Artesanía con ESB-MACC EDU
Guitarra Acoustica en viva con Isai Chacon
Paletas de Mom & Pops All Natural Frozen Pops
Pintura de la Naturaleza with Matilde

 

Recursos y información de las siguientes orgs:
PEAS - Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability
Ride Bikes Austin

 

 

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Slow Flow + Sound Healing with Isabel Beltran Sabel

⏰ Fourth Saturdays @ 1:30-2:30pm (Starts January 2025)

📍 My Vinyasa Practice - Highland Studio 109 Jacob Fontaine Ln, Suite 800 78752

 

Join us for a serene and rejuvenating yoga experience that combines gentle yoga poses, breathing techniques, and guided relaxation with sound healing bowls to help calm the mind and enhance overall well-being. Great for all levels!
 

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Slow Flow + Curación con Sonido con Isabel Beltran Sabel

⏰ Cuarto sábado de cada mes @ 1:30-2:30pm (Comenza enero 2025

📍 My Vinyasa Practice - SoCo Studio 8534 S Congress Ave, Building 2, 78745

 

Participe en una experiencia de yoga serena y rejuvenecedora. Diseñada para eliminar el estrés y la tensión, esta clase combina posturas de yoga suaves, técnicas de respiración y relajación guiada. La relajación final incluye cuencos de sonido curativo para ayudar a calmar la mente, aliviar el cuerpo, y mejorar el bienestar general. Ideal para todos los niveles

 

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Nourishing Flow Yoga with Aneika Perez

⏰ First Saturdays @ 1:30-2:30pm (Starts February 2025)

📍 My Vinyasa Practice - SoCo Studio 8534 S Congress Ave, Building 2, 78745

 

A gentle and restorative yoga class that invites you to reconnect with your body and breath. Through mindful movement, soothing breathwork, and the healing power of sound, we’ll cultivate a deep sense of relaxation to support the nervous system in finding balance.
 

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Nourishing Flow Yoga con Aneika Perez

⏰ Primer sábado de cada mes @ 1:30-2:30pm (Comenza febrero 2025

📍 My Vinyasa Practice - SoCo Studio 8534 S Congress Ave, Building 2, 78745

 

Una clase de yoga suave y reparadora que te invita a reconectar con tu cuerpo y tu respiración. A través del movimiento consciente, la respiración relajante y el poder curativo del sonido, cultivaremos una profunda sensación de relajación para ayudar al sistema nervioso a encontrar el equilibrio.

 

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Community Drumming

⏰ 4th Saturday of each month @ 3:30pm

📍 Windsor Park Library | 5833 Westminster Dr, Austin, TX 78723

 

Learn to play rhythms influenced by West African, Afro-Latin and contemporary styles. Drums provided - feel free to bring your own drum or percussion instrument. 

 

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Tambores en Comunidad

⏰ Cuarto Sábado del mes @ 3:30pm

📍 Windsor Park Library | 5833 Westminster Dr, Austin, TX 78723

Aprende a tocar ritmos influenciados por el África occidental, el afro-latino y estilos contemporáneos. Tambores proporcionados - siéntase libre de traer su propio tambor o instrumento de percusión. 

 

 

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Chair Yoga with Sana Yoga

⏰ 3rd Wednesday of each month @ 10am

📍 Dove Springs Recreation Center| 5801 Ainez Dr, Austin, TX 78744

 

⏰ 3rd Friday of each month @ 10:30am

📍 Windsor Park Library| 5833 Westminster Dr, Austin, TX 78723

 

A gentle form of yoga that can be performed seated in a chair. These modification make yoga accessible to people with various physical abilities

 

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Yoga en silla con Sana Yoga

⏰ Tercer miércoles del mes @ 10am
📍 Dove Springs Recreation Center| 5801 Ainez Dr, Austin, TX 78744

⏰ 3er viernes del mes @ 10:30am
Windsor Park Library| 5833 Westminster Dr, Austin, TX 78723

Una forma suave de yoga que se puede practicar sentado en una silla. Estas modificaciones hacen que el yoga sea accesible para personas con diferentes capacidades físicas

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Women's Circle (16+)

⏰ Sunday, March 16, 2025 @ 3:30-5pm

📍 Sunset Valley Community Garden | 1160 Lone Oak Trail Sunset Valley, TX 78745

 

Join us to share in plática (heart-centered conversation), self-care practices, and canto (song). This is a time to connect with others, nurture yourself, and refill your cup under the light of the full moon.

Feel free to bring flowers to add to the circle and/or a snack to share.

 

Pre-registration requested. Please email Lorie Martinez at maccwellness@austintexas.gov.

 

Women's Circle Upcoming Dates:
March 16th
April 13th
May 11th
 

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⏰ Sunday, March 16, 2025 @ 3:30-5pm

📍 Sunset Valley Community Garden | 1160 Lone Oak Trail Sunset Valley, TX 78745

 

Participa en plática (conversación centrada sobre el corazón), prácticas de autocuidado y canto. Este es un momento para conectar con los otros, nutrirte a ti mismo, y llenar tu copa bajo la luz de la luna llena.

 

Pre-registro solicitado antes de miércoles, 5 de febrero para la fecha en febrero. Por favor envíe un email a Lorie Martinez a maccwellness@austintexas.gov.

 

Círculo de Mujeres Próximas Fechas:
16 de marzo
13 de abril
11 de mayo

 

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Cine de Oro
⏰ Tuesday, April 29 @ 9am-12pm
📍Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center | 808 Nile Street, Austin, TX 78702

Join us for a screening of a film from the golden age of Mexican cinema. Lunch will be served.

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Cine de Oro
⏰ Martes, 29 de abril @ 9am-12pm
📍Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center | 808 Nile Street, Austin, TX 78702

Acompáñanos a la presentación de un película clásico del cine mexicano. ¡El almuerzo será servido!

Activities/Collaborations

Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin

The purpose of TGSA is to foster excellence in genealogy through educational programs and projects that preserve, produce and disseminate knowledge of genealogical or historical value. Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin has monthly Saturday meetings and Thursday Study Group sessions at the Carver Genealogy Center.  The Genealogy Center is the little house facing the street.  On the right side of it is the Carver Library and behind it is the Carver Museum. It is a big complex. You will find parking in front and on the south and north sides of the complex.  If you park on the north side be prepared to do some climbing---lots of steps!  One more important thing---no food is allowed in the building, so there will be no coffee or pan dulce. - TGSA Staff

WHO: All Ages
WHEN: 1st Saturdays of the month from 10AM - 12PM
WHERE: G.W. Carver Museum & Cultural Center 1165 Angelina St, Austin, TX 78702

CONTACT: Minnie Wilson: minswil@yahoo.com

The Bronze Community Band Project

The Bronze Community Band Project (BCBP) is a group of Austin musicians dedicated to preserving Mexican American music. Rooted in community-based practice, the project provides culturally relevant music education in the regional bajo-sexto conjunto and orquesta tradition of Mexican American heritage. The Bronze Community Band Project’s mission is to research, promote and preserve the bi-musical heritage of the Mexican American community.  

Artistic Director Robert Rivera Ojeda developed the project to give young adult to elder instrumentalists and vocalists an opportunity to: 1) increase their musicianship skills through basic music reading literacy, 2) showcase their talent, and 3) capture Mexican American music (normally passed down by oral tradition) in written notated form. 

BCBP have repeatedly taught and performed at ESB-MACC in their commitment to music preservation and community education, bridging the young and older generations. It has also collaborated with other esteemed City of Austin partners like the Oakwood Cemetery and Austin Central Library in dedication to keeping Mexican American music alive and flourishing in Austin! 

Examples of past collaborations with the Bronze Community Band Project include:

2018 - First showcase of the “Tribute To La Musica Chicana”at the Oswaldo Cantu Pan American Recreation Center.  

2019 - Received the Raza Award at the 34th Annual Dia de la Raza Celebration presented by ESB-MACC

2019 - Second showcase of the “Tribute To La Musica Chicana” at the Austin Central Library. Partly funded by the Austin Central Library, Austin Cultural Arts Division, and ESB-MACC.

2020 -  Historical presentation of Old California and Texas music (1769-1850) at the Austin Oakwood Cemetery (as part of a program called “Sacrificios”.)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact Robert Ojeda: robertojeda937@gmail.com
Contact Marie Ortiz marie.ortiz@austintexas.gov

Video (Below)  The BCBP presented Old California and Texas music (1769-1850) at the Austin Oakwood Cemetery as part of their program called “Sacrificios". Their music can also be found at Reverb Nation.

MACC Education Department

SABADOS EN FAMILIA
Saturdays at various locations:

3/8/2025, 12-2pm, North Village Branch Library
4/12/2025, 12-2pm, Pleasant Hill Branch Library
5/10/2025, 12-2pm, Milwood Branch Library

 

Sábados en Familia is a free kids’ cultural arts and crafts program delivered by the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican-American Cultural Center. The program takes place at libraries all over Austin. Families with kids of all ages can participate for free. A craft project follows the read-along.

 

*Kid- friendly, all ages
*Hands-on story and activity for families
*Cultural art education

Academia Cuauhtli:

Academia Cuauhtli is made up of a coalition of educators and community advocates helping families explore their cultural heritage through an inclusive curriculum centering the language, art, and history of Latinx/a/o/e and Indigenous cultures. Academia Cuauhtli provides a range of free extracurricular programs, including its Saturday bilingual arts program and summer coding camp, offered in partnership with Aztech Kidz Code.

Questions? Email katya.guzman@austintexas.gov

COSECHA: YOUTH SUMMER CAMP
with the MACC Education Department

We are proud to offer dual-language cultural arts camps during Spring and Summer breaks. In these camps, youth explore the themes of Social and Environmental Justice as they rotate through curriculum in music, dance, visual art, theatre, and puppetry. Students learn the history of social movements throughout Latinx communities while learning the importance of caring for people, the environment, and the world around us.

Details for 2025 Camps will be posted at AustinTexas.gov/SummerCamps

Figúralo: Youth Exhibit 
with the MACC Education Department 

The Youth Exhibit, Figúralo is the annual youth exhibit featuring artwork from young artists from across central Texas. Figúralo showcases the exploration of artistic mediums through figurines, figurative images and figurative narratives. This winter exhibit asks the question, where can my imagination take me?

WHERE: Virtual Exhibition through the Smithsonian Learning Lab

Check out the last year's digital exhibit on the Smithsonian Learning Lab! 

Signature Events

Each year the ESB-MACC hosts four signature events organized for the community to honor, share, and celebrate our culture and heritage. Always free to attend and participate. Learn more about our yearly events below!

Viva Mexico

OUr Viva Mexico 2024 is on Saturday, Sept 14, 2024! All details at www.austintexas.gov/vivamexico. The day of Mexico's Independence from Spain is remembered on the 16th of September. Mexico's father of independence is Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, who started the revolt on the eve of the 15th of September.

La Mujer

A celebration of women inspired by the first feminist of the New World, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, with food, art, and performances by womxn. 

All details for the 2024 La Mujer can be found at https://www.austintexas.gov/MACCLaMujer

Awards of Excellence

Award Ceremony recognizing remarkable Latinx for the highest artistic excellence they bring to the cultural arts of Austin, TX.  The Awards took place on July 29, 2023 at the Long Center.

Dia De Los Muertos

This beloved tradition brings family and community together to celebrate the lives of our ancestors, family, and friends, veterans, and public figures. This multi-day celebration and festival includes kid's activities, local markets, food trucks, community altar exhibits, music, & dance performances. 

In 2023, the MACC's Day of the Dead celebrations will take place on November 2nd at Oakwood Cemetery and November 4th at the Pan American Recreation Center.

COLLABORATE WITH US!

The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center is a vibrant arts center with 100,000 annual visitors. Since 2007, we have been offering countless cultural events and art classes focusing on performing arts, music, literature, film screenings, and the Latino Arts Residency Program. A collaboration is a one-time presentation that is co-produced with the ESB-MACC.  It can be a panel discussion, music or theater presentation, film screenings or community engagement discussion. The ESB-MACC organizes year-round activities and also cooperates with a large number of partners who complete and strengthen programming through rentals and collaborations. For more information, email Estrella.DeLeon@austintexas.gov.

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