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Santiago Guerra interviewed Annette Rodríguez on April 8th, 2025, the same day Annette gave the WES (Women in the West) lecture to an audience of 70 people.

Join Dr. Santiago Guerra as he interviews In Her Bones playwright Jessica Kahkoska and play director Rebecca Martinez. In Her Bones premieres February 13, 2025 and runs through March 2, 2025 at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

In Her Bones explores the complicated legacy of crypto-Judaism in the Southwest, illuminating an unlikely tale of secrecy, faith, fear, and how we pass on culture when written records are too dangerous to keep. Driven by a community-engaged, Colorado-based research process, this piece explores if our identities and rituals rise from earth and mountains where we spend our days, are inherited in the ancient stories of our blood, or are learned in the motions of mothers at sunset and overheard songs of grandparents.

Find out more here: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre-events/in-her-bones/

Claire Irigoyen, a SWS graduate (2023), interviews Chicana educators in Denver and explores what culturally responsive teaching can look like.

Hey y'all! We know you've missed us. Here's a little update episode where Lucie and Buzz talk about some Southwest Studies events and other cool happenings in the Center.

In Block 3, Dr. Karen Roybal and Dr. Carrie Ruiz taught a cross-listed Spanish and Southwest Studies class: New Mexican Culture and Identity through the Performative Arts (SP316/SW200). This episode highlights the voices of the professors, as well as students: Leo Fries, Diana Buda, Annette Leyva, and Ella Eskenazi.

This episode was co-produced by Buzz Katsev and Lucie Raphael. We used clips collected by Lucie Raphael in the field: Brenda Romero singing Los Comanchitos with the students of the course, Tessa Cordova singing Echale Cinco al Piano, Tessa Cordova singing Ala Ru Ala Me, and Tessa Cordova singing Bienvenidos Pastores

Special thanks to the groups who shared their final projects with us so that we could include them in this episode: Anayely Reyes-Trejo, Ella Eskenazi, Matthew Nesselrodt, and Hunter Burge for creating their soundscape “Whispers Through Time”. And to Leo Fries, Diana Buda, Robin Bahrami, Shira Rosenthal for their project, “Branching Out: How songs change over time”.

In this episode, four students from Dr. Santiago Guerra's third block class, SW252: Marijuana Movement and Cannabis Culture interview a CC alum who does work in the medical marijuana field.

In this episode, four students from Dr. Santiago Guerra's third block class, SW252: Marijuana Movement and Cannabis Culture dive into researching the history of cannabis. This is in regards to constitutional laws surrounding marijuana and how these laws target certain ethnic groups, such as Mexican people, in the US.

In this episode, five students from Dr. Santiago Guerra's third block class, SW252: Marijuana Movement and Cannabis Culture dive into researching cannabis culture on CC campus.