Performers show off three of the puppet heads that will be featured in Tuesday’s performance. The show serves as a creative way to spread know-your-rights information. Credit: Sol Diaz-Peña

The ACLU of Texas will conclude its Immigrant Rights Tour of Texas in San Antonio on Tuesday, April 15 with a show featuring 12-foot puppets made by Houston collective Kitchen Table Puppets & Press.

For this tour, mohigangas, the giant puppets featured in Mexican folklore events, are being used to share know-your-rights information in the face of extrajudicial overreach and deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The show will feature know-your-rights information in the face of escalating anti-immigration rhetoric and unconstitutional deportations. Credit: Sol Diaz-Peña

The show, titled “Recipes of Resistance/Recetas de Resistencia,” will take run 5-7:30 p.m. at Rinconcito de Esperanza, 816 S. Colorado St. Opening acts start at 5 p.m. followed by the puppet performance at 6:30 p.m. The show will be followed by a night market and pozole until 9 p.m.

The show is helmed by ACLU Texas artist-in-residence Killjoy, a Houston-based graffiti and mixed media creator and the co-founder of Kitchen Table Puppets & Press.

The puppet performance will take place at Rinconcito de Esperanza from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Credit: Sol Diaz-Peña

San Antonio is the final stop on the two-week tour, which kicked off in El Paso April 5, followed by sold-out shows in Houston and Austin.

According to officials at ACLU-Texas, the show features “larger-than-life puppets that celebrate the resilience of immigrant communities amid escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.”

Free, 5-9 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, Rinconcito de Esperanza, 816 S. Colorado St., esperanzacenter.org.
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This article appears in Apr 2-15, 2025.

Stephanie Koithan is the Digital Content Editor of the San Antonio Current. In her role, she writes about politics, music, art, culture and food. Send her a tip at skoithan@sacurrent.com.