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8/3 5-9 PM FIRST FRIDAY@CASA HOLA -- Murals by Dina Ruta
8/14 6 PM Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Mixer at CASA HOLA
8/20 CINEMA HOLA -- Cuban movie
9/7 First Friday at CASA HOLA
9/15 Hispanic Heritage Month begins
9/15-10/31 Latino Artist Exhibit at KMA
9/20 Deadline ESSAY CONTEST
10/6 HOLA FESTIVAL 2012
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To watch a video about First Friday, click here.
Every First Friday of the month there is a new exhibit at CASA HOLA!
May Exhibit: Stephen R. Hicks (Mayan inspired masks, bags)
MAGICAL MYSTICAL MAYA
Donde: Casa HoLa
Cuando: Opening June 1
Hora: 5pm-9pm
I have come full circle into expressing myself through several modalities of art. My art is inspired by imagination, Mother Nature and Great Spirit.
I hope my art inspires others to find the deep, authentic imagination within themselves.
~ Stephen R. Hicks
HoLa Hora Latina is an art, cultural and educational non-profit organization. It is Knoxville's oldest grassroots Hispanic organization. Our mission is to build art, cultural and communication bridges between Latinos and the community at large, encouraging education, participation and leadership, and prompting Unity in the Community.
HoLa Hora Latina es una entidad cultural, artística y educativa sin fines de lucro. Nuestra misión es crear lazos artísticos, culturales y de comuni-cación de los hispanos con la comunidad, promocionar la educación, participación y liderazgo, para consolidar la convivencia entre ambos. Nuesto lema es Unidad en la Comunidad.
Social and Movie with commentaries.
Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba
Come learn about a country or topic, enjoy traditional food and great company. Practice your Spanish! Movies are typically in Spanish with English Subtitles.
Where: Casa HoLa (100 S. Gay Street, Suite 109), Knoxville, TN 37902
When: MONDAY, June 11, 6pm
Cost: Donations for dinner and drink: $10 ($8 members)
Menu: Cuban food
In collaboration with the Office of Hispanic Ministry of the Diocese of Knoxville
" I left Cuba, but Cuba never left me."That's how Candi Sosa expressed the longing she has felt for 40 years for the country where she was born and from which she - and thousands of Cuban children - was torn when she was 10. Her dramatic story is reflected in a gripping documentary, "Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba," by award-winning director Estela Bravo, a native New Yorker who lives in Cuba.
The documentary recounts the story of a children's exodus that was part of a U.S. State Department operation. The Catholic Church was the conduit in Miami through which the unaccompanied children were placed in camps, foster homes, orphanages and reformatories. In one of the largest airlifts of unaccompanied children ever, 14,000 were sent to the U.S. between 1961 and 1964. Bravo follows a group of five Peter Pans - Sosa, Silvia Wilhelm, Ed Canler , Alex Lpez and Flora Gonzalez - who return almost 50 years after they were uprooted from Cuba. "There is no narration in the film," Bravo said. "It is just the people talking, it is just their words." (English and Spanish).
6:00 - Informal gathering. Enjoy a Cuban dinner, coffee, and beverages.
6:30 - Movie (57 minutes) followed by a discussion
Ed Caler, one of the "Peter Pans" featured in the film, and currently living in Chattanooga, will introduce the movie and lead the discussion. Ramón León, another "Peter Pan", will co-facilitate.
Reservations required by June 8:
865-335-3358 or e-mail CASAHOLA@holafestival.org
Civil War Trail marker for Farragut Birthplace (Admiral Park, Knox County) Presented by: The Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Knox County, Town of Farragut, and HoLa Hora Latina.
El Almirante Farragut fue un héroe de la Guerra Civil, y llegó a ser el primer almirante de la Armada de EE.UU. Su padre, Jorge Ferragut, español, vino a América para luchar en la Guerra de la Independencia. Es con gran orgullo hispano que les invitamos a la dedicatoria de una señal indicadora del lugar de su nacimiento, en el condado de Knox (Tennessee).
David G. Farragut, a Civil War hero and first Admiral of the American Navy, was born at Lowe's Ferry (today's Northshore Drive). He grew up in Knox County until age 6, when his family relocated to New Orleans. His father, Jorge Ferragut, was born in Spain and fought on the American side in the Revolutionary War. We celebrate with pride Admiral Farragut's Hispanic heritage!
Buy a commemorative brick!!!
Your tax deductible contribution will help preserve Farragut birthplace and heritage, and improvements to Admiral Park in Knox County.
Children's Day/Book Day is a celebration of children, families, and reading that emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Please join us in listening to students from the Spanish Department at Carson-Newman College, who will be sharing bilingual stories, games, and activities for children ages 4-10 at this fun drop-in program sponsored by HoLa Hora Latina.
DONDE: Lawson McGhee Library (downtown Knoxville)
CUANDO: Domingo, 29 de abril, a las 2PM
El Día del Niño / Día del Libro es un evento dedicado a los niños, sus familias, la lectura y el esfuerzo de alentar la alfabetización de todos los niños en su diversidad cultural y de idioma. Traiga a sus hijos a una de las tres bibliotecas participantes para unas horas de cuentos, juegos y actividades. El evento está patrocinado por HoLa Hora Latina y organizado por los estudiantes de español elemental de Carson-Newman College.
Lugares y fechas:
Martes, 24 de abril -- Cedar Bluff Branch, 4-6 PM
Jueves, 26 de abril -- Murphy Branch, 4-6 PM
Domingo, 29 de abril -- Lawson McGhee, 2-4 PM
Knox County residents and Hola members get can take advantage of the Pennies for the Arts program.
"Dia de los Muertos" is celebrated in Mexico and Central America on November 2, with Altars in remembrance of deceased family members, and beautification of grave sites, followed by a party where souls are believed to join in. Children decorate sugar skulls and everyone eats "pan de muerto" (dead people bread), a sweet treat only available this time of the year.
Felicitaciones a Luci Resendez, ganadora del Primer Concurso de Altares
We have three levels of membership:
- Individual: $15
- Family: $25
- Supporting/Business or Organization: $50
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A FREE LISTING
IN HOLA's INFORMATION GUIDE
HoLa Hora Latina is a 501(c)3 organization. Supporting members may be listed in the website if they request it. Donations are welcome!
Click here for a printable membership form to mail with a check.
You may sign up electronically and send a check or pay with Paypal. Send payment to holahoralatina@yahoo.com and send your form to the same address.
Hay tres niveles de membresía: individual ($15), familliar ($25) y patrocinador ($50 o más). Los patrocinadores que lo deseen pueden aparecer en el sitio web. Haga clic arriba para encontrar el formulario bilingüe. HoLa Hora Latina es una organización sin fines de lucro.
¡Le agradecemos sus donativos! Puede pagar con Paypal y enviarnos su formulario de membrecía a la dirección de arriba.
Project directed by Dina Ruta with HoLa's High Schoolers.
Read our blog and leave us a comment!
Read about the project.
South College visitors at CASA HOLA
* Are you interested in health? Listen to 93.5 FM La Lider! Sponsor SABOR y SALUD! A radio program that aims to provide cultural news and health information in Spanish! Become more active and improve your health!
HoLa's new program, Sabor y Salud, will integrate Latino art and culture with health and exercise. Call 865-335-3358 or email to get involved in this committee!
SABOR Y SALUD DE HOLA!!! Programa de radio en español, los martes de 4-5, WKZX 93.5 FM
*New radio program, Tuesdays at 4pm, WKZX 93.5*
sponsored by La Lider... and YOU?
* send questions to mailto:saborysalud@gmail.com
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Announcing the first
HEALTHY & TASTY LATIN FLAVOR
RICE-AND-BEANS COOKING CONTEST
FOLLOWED BY THE FIESTA 200 MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE and LATINO COUNTRIES with SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY
Every place in America has a "rice and beans" dish!
Come choose your favorite!
What: Rice-and-Beans Contest
Categories: Restaurant & Home-cooked
Where: Market Square, Knoxville
When: September 16, 2010
Questions? E-mail us.
BEST Restaurant - Taqueria Camargo
BEST Homecooked - Leticia Pickering
HEALTHIEST DISH - Patricia Rodriguez
Congratulations to our winners!
Sponsored by:
HoLa Hora Latina, SalsaKnox, Catholic Diocesis, CBID
Bush Beans, AmeriChoice, Earth Fare, WKZX 93.5
THANKS for your Donations:
* Eugenia Almeida: Materials and work for mural on Gay Street
* Susana Navarro: Funds for microwave
OUR NEEDS:
* Souvenirs, maps, brochures, etc about Latin America and Spain
* Office volunteers
* Spanish books, magazines
* Sponsors for Sabor y Salud radio show
"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage,
to know who we are and where we came from.
Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning.
No matter what our attainment in life, there is a still vacuum, an emptyness,
and the most disquieting loneliness."
~ Alex Haley
* Together! Healthy Knox, Community Health Status survey report
* Our American History
Website devoted to the contributions of Hispanics to the creation and defense of the United States of America.
* Somos Primos
Online magazine with a focus on history, heritage, and leadership of Hispanic Americans.
Lista de prooveedores de servicios sociales, de salud mental y para personas con discapacidades que tienen personal o voluntarios regulares que hablan español.
* International Festival at Oak Ridge Children's Museum
* Voces hispánicas del Centro Virtual Cervantes:
Spend some time listening to different Spanish accents while learning about culture in the various countries. What a treasure!
* Download HOLA's MAY newsletter here 
2009 HOLA Report... SOON!
MUSIC
Do you play an instrument? Do you like to sing? Get together and share your talent or just come to have a good time!
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS
Would you like to learn about something? Could you teach a workshop? E-mail us with your ideas!
¿Quiere saber sobre algo? ¿Le gustaría dar un seminario o un taller sobre algo? Escribanos con sus ideas!
Dina Ruta, Argentina
Rafael Casco, Honduras
Clorinda Bell, Peru
Elena Landa, Peru
Antuco Chicaiza, US/Ecuador
June Crowe, US
Sonia Uriarte, Peru
First Nativity Scene in Spanish by the HOLITA troupe!
The International House and LASO (Latin American Student Organization) invite you to come to a Mexican Dinner and Dance.
Where: Casa Internacional (UT)
When: November 11, 6pm
Cost: $6
Come to have dinner with us learn about Dia de los Muertos, 5 de Mayo, Mexican Revolution and more! Drink Horchata, watch a miniParade of Nations, dance Mexican cumbia! Space available for 150 only, please arrive early!
For an update, visit HoLa Knoxville's Facebook page.
Donde: Casa Internacional (UT)
Cuando: 11 de noviembre, 6 de la noche
Coste: $6
Cena, horchata, cumbia mexicana y cultura!
HoLa Hora Latina celebrated the literary arts on October 20, 2009 at Barnes and Noble by hosting a MEET THE WRITER reception with local authors that have had their books published in the year 2008-2009.
- "Nunca es tarde para decirle sí a la vida", by Ms. Joyce Wyatt
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"Literary Passion, Ideological Commitment towasrds a Legacy of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian Women Writers," by Dr. Dawn Duke
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"Individual Differences, Age, Sex, Working Memory and Prior Knowledge," by Dr. Harriet Wood-Bowden, based on the book: "Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Methods, Theory, and Practice," winner of the MLA's Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize
Presenters were wonderful, and we had great attendance.
CLUB DE LECTURA
Lee un libro en español y ven a comentarlo al Club de Lectura, que se reúne cada dos meses.
Lugar: Books-a-Million (Knoxville, Walker Springs)
Fecha: May
Hora: 7 de la tarde
Proponga libros para lecturas futuras!
- Help newcomers feel welcome
Dar la bienvenida a los recién llegados
- Encourage Hispanic participation in the local social and community life
Animar a los hispanos a que participen de la vida social de la comunidad
- Share and preserve culture, traditions and values
Compartir y conservar la cultura, tradiciones y valores
- Provide positive role models for youth and work with schools to improve access to education
Servir de influencia positiva para los jóvenes y trabajar con las escuelas para mejorar el acceso a la educación
- Provide a forum to reach out to Hispanics
Proporcionar un nexo con los hispanos
- Art
- Culture
- Education
- Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
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HoLa Festival: October 9, 2010, Market Square (Knoxville)
A day-long celebration of culture and diversity.
Una celebración de todo un día de la cultura y diversidad.
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Latino Art Exhibit: September 15-October 15, Knoxville Museum of Art
An exhibit of local Latino artists from various countries.
Una exposición de nuestros artistas latinos de varios países.
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Hispanic Book Day
Presentation by authors of books in Spanish or about Hispanic theme.
Presentación de varios libros publicados en español o sobre tema hispano.
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Casa de Cultura
Special art and cultural exhibits at the HoLa office.
Exposición de arte y programas culturales en la oficina de HoLa.
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Sabor y Salud
Program that aims to foster healthy habits by promoting Latino art, cooking and culture.
Programa que aspira a mejorar los hábitos de salud por medio del arte, la cultura y la cocina latina.
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EDUCA
Program to improve graduation rates, cultural information for schools, and access to post-secondary education.
Programa para mejorar las tasas de graduación, infomación cultural para las escuelas y acceso a la eduación postsecundaria.
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Holita
Language and traditions preservation for second and third generation Hispanics and the community at large.
Conservación del idioma y tradiciones para las segundas y terceras generaciones de hispanos y la comunidad en general.
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Resource Guide
Yellow page section in Spanish with civic information for newcomers and contacts of agencies with bilingual personnel or volunteers.
Páginas amarillas en español con información cívica para los recién llegados y contactos de agencias con personal o voluntarios bilingües.
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated by Presidential mandate since 1968. First a week-long celebration, it was later extended to a month by President Reagan, celebrated September 15 through October 15. This interval of dates include Independence Days in most Latin American countries.
For Teachers
Read facts about famous Hispanics, population statistics, games and quizzes
Click here for an interactive map puzzle of American countries.
For the last 10 years, HoLa Hora Latina has celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with several activities in Knoxville. Most renown is the HoLa Festival, with its signature Parade of Nations. Be sure to attend!
Email: info@holafestival.org
2010 is a Census year. Information compiled by the Census helps us know about our communities. Read some Hispanic Facts from the Census Bureau.
2010 es un año de Censo. El censo sirve para contar a las personas que viven en EE.UU. y tomar datos sobre ellas. Aqui pueden encontrar un resumen de datos sobre los hispanos, tomados del Censo.
Haga clic aquí para un juego interactivo de los mapas de los países del continente americano.
Waldo Solano
SalsaKnox
www.salsaknox.com
865-455-3658
Pamela Cain
Today's Dentistry, LLC
931-456-2236
Zoraida Ballew
realtor
zoeballew @ yahoo.com
865-748-9896
Aida Reyes
Board member
melodyreyes @ hotmail.com
Equine Connection
epconnection @ usit.net
865-588-1923 x 252
Coral Getino
Spanish Language Solutions, interpreter
spanishls @ yahoo.com
865-384-5087
Maria Rodriguez
Alianza del Pueblo
alianzadelpueblo @ hotmail.com
865-573-2254
Lourdes Garza
Catholic Diocesis of Knoxville
lourdes @ dioknox.org
865-632-4769
Centro Hispano de East TN
centrohispano @ charter.net
865-522-0052
Board member
jimwebster6 @ comcast.net
865-567-3211
