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November 19, 2020. 7PM PST Zoom
Who's Your Mami Comedy
Brava Center for The Arts, San Francisco
A night of fierce female comics celebrating post-election win! Woo-Hoo!
With host and curator Marga Gomez, yours truly-Monica Palacios, Jackie Monahan, Karen Williams, Zahra Noorbakhsh plus musical guest Carlie Mari.
Comedy! Politics! Realness! Raunch!
Benefit for Brava Center for The Arts. Zoom event.
TIX: Brava.org
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Monica was selected as one of the 41 LGBTQ Latina/o 2014 Role Models by Honor41.org
October 27, 28, 2020
Guest Lecture & Reading
Williams College, MA.
October 27, guest lecturing in course: Performing Latina/o Cultural Citizenship. October 28, presenting Queer Chicana Soul, a reading of my work for entire campus. These events are sponsored by Latino/a Studies Dept. and Latino/a Heritage Month. Remote event.
Link for Oct 28 reading 4PM EST:
Oct 10, 2020. 8PM Central Time
Out & Proud Virtually
Featuring Queer Latinx Artists
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, San Antonio
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month and LGBTQ Month w artists: Monica Palacios, Anel Flores, Marga Gomez, Jade Esteban Estrada, Dan Guerrero and Krudas Cubensi. Night of 1,000 Queer Latinx Starts--ok only 6 but the pride will feel like 1,000!
Invite your tia Concha especially if she's single. Remote event.
Tickets: bit.ly/QueerLatinxShow
Lakes Writer-in-Residence @ Smith College 2019
I was selected as the Lucille Geier Lakes Writer-in-Residence @ Smith College Spring 2019, sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and the Department of English. I was a badass and taught my fabulous creative writing/performance course Comedy Y Cultura: Your Humorous Life, I was part of the Smith College community, I collaborated with other Chicana/Latina artists and scholars and we empowered all of New England! I wore earmuffs the whole time because it was so damn cold!
May 2, 2019
I Kissed Chavela Vargas by Monica Palacios
A reading of my play I Kissed Chavela Vargas, May 2, 2019 @ 7PM. FREE! Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St., Holyoke, MA. Reception and Q & A to follow. Directed by Patricia Sandoval-Chair/Professor Communication Media Theater Arts Holyoke Community College. Dramaturgy by Priscilla Page-Dramaturgy Faculty of Theater UMass Amherst. Supported by MassHumanities and Holyoke Community College. Spread the word!
May 1, 2019
Acting Class @ Holyoke Community College
Guest lecturer in the course Acting 1 @ Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA. Speaking about my career, presenting my work and doing a Q & A with students.
April 17, 2019
Multicultural Theatre Class @ UMass Amherst
Guest artist in the course Multicultural Theatre @ UMass Amherst, MA. Students will interview me about everything. They better not ask me about my priors.




Nominated as
2014 LGBT Pride Month Local Heroes,
KCET TV
