"We have a vision and a plan to enrich the communities through the Hispanic culture in Washington State and the Northwest."

CONGRATULATIONS

TO MICHELLE MARIE FONT

OUR LATIN QUEEN

MISS WASHINGTON 2008!!!!!

BEST OF LUCK

THE LATIN COMMUNITY OF

WASHINGTON STATE
                         

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Fiesta "Premio Esmeralda"

Saturday July 19, 2008 
Emerald Downs, Auburn 
First Race at 2pm 
2300 Emerald Downs Drive
Auburn, Washington 98001 (Google Map) 


The Association of Washington State Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (AWSHCC) and Emerald Downs,
is pleased to invite you and your family and friends to celebrate with us.

Saturday July 19, 2008
First Race at 2:00 pm
This once-a-year day of racing and celebration is dedicated by Emerald Downs to Washington State's Latino/Hispanic community to pay special tribute to Latino members of its racing community, who as owners, jockeys, trainers, and support personnel have contributed to the growth and development of professional horse racing
A full day of festivities for the entire family is planned and features horseracing, Mariachis, raffle for trips to Mexico and free activities for the children, including pony rides, face painting, moonwalkers, and other games. And the first 4,000 visitors will receive the special Fiesta "Premio Esmeralda" T-shirt.
General Admission: $5.00-children 17 and under are admitted free.
Complimentary parking in the main parking area. Free shuttle bus to racecourse.
More info at: www.emeralddowns.com and www.fiestapremioesmeralda.com
or call toll free: 888-931-8400 or 253-288-7000.
Reservations/Customer Service: 253-288-7711
Dining: 253-288-7711.
Group Sales: 253-288-7000
 

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American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music

October 13, 2007 - September 7, 2008 at Experience Music Project Museum

American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music is the first interpretive museum exhibition to tell the story of the profound influence and impact of Latinos in American popular music. Rich with artifacts, instrument interactives, listening kiosks, and films, American Sabor opens at EMP|SFM October 13, 2007.

The 5,000-square-foot exhibition focuses on five major centers of Latino popular music production in the post-World War II United States—New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Antonio and San Francisco—which represent the diversity of Latino music. Each city section draws visitors into the broader histories and cultures that shaped these musicians’ contributions through artifacts, hands-on instrument interactives designed to teach key concepts, highly produced listening kiosks that allow critical listening and learning, three films created for the exhibit and interpretive text presented in English and Spanish.

Latino contributions to popular music in the United States have too often been relegated to the margins and footnotes of a narrative dominated by the interaction of African and European Americans—an overly black and white view of our musical history. American Sabor (sabor is the Spanish word for taste or flavor, commonly used to describe good music) is a museum exhibit that turns that phrase and that perspective on its head, documenting the roles of post-World War II U.S. Latino musicians as interpreters and disseminators of Latin American genres, but also highlighting their roles as innovators within genres of music that we understand to be indigenous to the United States, such as jazz, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll and hip-hop.
 

Co-sponsored by Centro Cultural Hispano Americano

For teacher and student components, click here >>

Main image: Los Lobos business card, (1998), detail  

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CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
"QUIMBAYA AWARDS" TRIBUTE TO HISPANIC AMERICAN ARTISTS AND ART EDUCATORS
This award was established by Centro Cultural Hispano Americano in 2005 to recognize and honor Hispanic Americans who have contributed significantly to the understanding of the Hispanic American culture through the arts and education, and their achievements in the Northwest. Read more...

To find out about other events go to Cultural Calendar

Centro Cultural Hispano Americano is now accepting donations to fund the Enrique Henao Art Scholarship Fund for low income Hispanic American student who want to pursue a higher education in the arts.

CCHA is looking for the following volunteers positions: Grant Writer Director, Marketing Director, Fundraising Director, and a Secretary. For more information, please call 206.418.6710 / 253.210.0134