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  • Three Kings Day 2024 (photos)

    (Plain Press February 2024) PHOTO BY ABE KURP Sunday, January 7, 2024; Three Kings Day celebration, Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression, 2937 W. 25th Street: Gabriela Quinones, age 10, and Xavier Quinones, age 7, celebrate their new gifts. Enjoying the festivities with them are Angela Balaguer and Awilda Resto. PHOTO BY ABE KURP…

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  • Site preparation under way for CentroVilla25

         (Plain Press January 2024) Site preparation is underway for CentroVilla25 at 3140 W. 25th. The $12 million project by the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development (NEOHCED) is a key component of the long envisioned La Villa Hispaña. NEOHCED says it envisions La Villa Hispaña to be “Latino cultural district in the heart…

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  • Day of the Dead 2023 Photos

    (Plain Press December 2023) PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, November 4, 2023; Day of the Dead Celebration presented by Cleveland Public Theatre/Teatro Público de Cleveland & Día de Muertos Ohio and Artistic Director Héctor Castellanos Lara, Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Campus: The crowd in the parking area outside of the Church and Parish Hall on…

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  • Artemus Ward School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, October 5, 2023; Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, Artemus Ward School cafeteria, 4315 W. 140th Street: A young girl prepares to fill her maracas (hand shaken rattles) from a selection of various beans and seeds. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, October 5, 2023; Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, Artemus Ward School cafeteria,…

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  • Max Hayes car show

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 9, 2023; Max Hayes Car Show, W. 65th and Clark Avenue: Edwin Ortiz and his son Edwin Ortiz, Jr. pose with their 1929 Model A Ford Truck. Edwin Ortiz purchased the truck in Argentina and restored it.

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  • Spanish American Committee awarded grant from Broadband Ohio

    On July 24th, Broadband Ohio, a division of the Ohio Department of Development, announced awards of grants to advance digital opportunities across Ohio. The Spanish American Committee in Cleveland will receive a $100,000 grant to support the Families First Program, which will provide Latino/Hispanic individuals and families with a caseworker specifically focused on supporting digital…

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  • Cleveland Public Theatre’s Día de Muertos (The Day of the Dead) celebration

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 29, 2022; Cleveland Public Theatre’s Día de Muertos (The Day of the Dead) celebration, W. 62nd and Detroit Avenue: Participants in the celebration honor the memory of those who have passed – in this case – with a trombone. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 29, 2022; Cleveland Public…

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  • Guardians Latino Heritage Night at Progressive Field

    PHOTO BY LISA LAUREANO, EL SOL MULTIMEDIA GROUP Friday, September 16, 2022; Guardians Latino Heritage Night at Progressive Field: The Latino Heritage Night Ballgame was broadcast over the radio in Spanish on 4 Northeast Ohio radio stations and into Puerto Rico on a number of stations. It was the first Spanish radio broadcast of a…

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  • Puerto Rican Cultural Festival

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 7, 2022; Puerto Rican Cultural Festival, Roberto Clemente Park, 3690 Seymour Avenue: The band, Grupo Fuego, entertains the crowd.

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  • Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center is new owner of the Archwood United Church of Christ building

    Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center is new owner of the Archwood United Church of Christ building Plain Press, August 2022   Archwood United Church of Christ (UCC) and Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center are celebrating a new use for a building that has anchored Archwood Avenue since 1929. The former Archwood United Church of…

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