[ September 17, 2011 to September 18, 2011. ]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jeannie G. Jurado, City of Santa Ana, (714) 571-4251
SANTA ANA’S 33rd ANNUAL FIESTAS PATRIAS – The City of Santa Ana & MX LIVE Entertainment invite you to come and celebrate the 33rd annual Fiestas Patrias & Mariachi Festival in Historic Downtown Santa Ana on Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th from 12 noon to [...]
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Tags: el grito, fiestas patrias, food, mexico, music, Santa Ana 
2 Comments »[ July 15, 2011; 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz w/ Gegorio Luke
Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz Under the Stars, a presentation illustrating the life of Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz.
Multimedia presentation by…GREGORIO LUKE, an expert in Mexican and Latin American art and culture.
When: Friday, July 15
Time: 8:30PM
Where: French Plaza (corner of 4th and French)
What: Downtown Santa [...]
Mexico beating the U.S. men’s soccer team was a really big deal for the people of Santa Ana, and of course a lot of our residents came out into the streets to celebrate.
The O.C. Register reported that “Nearly 50 police officers spent hours on Saturday night dispersing a massive crowd on one of the city’s [...]
[ May 1, 2011 10:30 am to May 3, 2011 2:00 pm. ]
May 1st, 2011
May Day March
10:30 am Trader Joe’s in Santa Ana (Bristol & MacArthur)
Action in solidarity with Florida farmworkers
*** later ***
1pm Sasscer Park (Ross & 5th) Rally and March in downtown Santa Ana
May 2nd, 2011
Santa Ana City Council
Rally and Meeting (Speak up and speak out!)
5pm, 60 Civic Center Plaza “Police Community [sic] Room”
NO MORE CHECKPOINTS! [...]
Posted in Democratic Party, Entertainment, Labor, Latinos, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: Art, el centro, Labor, Latinos, may day, mexico, percussion, preparation 3 Comments »
[ April 30, 2011; May 1, 2011; ]
UPDATE: Saturday, April 30, unlimited carnival rides from 12-6pm for $20!
The 12th Annual Cinco de Mayo Festival returns to historic downtown Santa Ana, Orange County’s largest Cinco de Mayo street festival.
The City of Santa Ana along with MX Live Entertainment will be producing the two-day festival on April 30 – May 1st, 2011. Each year over 150,000 [...]
[ April 29, 2011; 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]
Don’t miss the “Cinco de Mayo Under the Stars” multimedia presentation Illustrating the Battle of Cinco de Mayo, by Gregorio Luke, an expert in Mexican and Latin American art and culture, at the Second Street Promenade (2nd St. between Broadway & Sycamore), on Friday, April 29, at 8:30PM.
This is a free event sponsored by Downtown [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: downtown santa ana, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana No Comments »
[ April 23, 2011; 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ]
Santa Ana Film Fest
With guest speaker: Simon Sedillo
Special Performances by: Son Real (San Bernandino)…Colectivo De Musicos Difuntos (Santa Ana)
Free! Donations Accepted.
Simón Sedillo is a community rights defense or ganizer and film maker. He has spent the last 8 years documenting, producing and teaching community based video documentation in Mexico and the US. Through lectures, workshops, and short [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Entertainment, immigration, Latinos, mexico, Native Americans, Santa Ana Tags: colectivo de musicos difuntos, El Centro Cultural de Mexico, el jardin kojima, film fest, hip hop, jornaleros en lucha, mexico, Naui, poetry, Santa Ana, simon sedillo, son jarocho, son real No Comments »
Veracruz, Mexico was struck by a 6.5 Mw earthquake this morning, at approximately 7:11 am. Here is the earthquake summary report from the US Geographical Survey:
Region: VERACRUZ, MEXICO
Geographic coordinates: 17.431N, 93.978W
Magnitude: 6.5 Mw
Depth: 167 km
Universal Time (UTC): 7 Apr 2011 13:11:24
Time near the Epicenter: 7 Apr 2011 08:11:24
Local standard time in your area: 7 Apr [...]
Today is the birthday of one of Mexico’s great presidents. An important statesman and liberal reformer, Benito Juarez was the first and only full-blooded indigenous leader to serve as president of Mexico. Born in 1806 in the village of Guelatao, Oaxaca, he studied for the priesthood before choosing to pursue a career in law. He [...]
Posted in Historical, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: benito juarez, happy birthday, mexico 1 Comment »
[ February 5, 2011; 12:00 am to 10:00 pm. ]
The Mexica Movement is hosting a Mexica New Year Lecture, celebraring Nican Tlaca Anahuac Heritage, on Saturday, Feb. 5, at El Centro Cultural de Mexico, located at 310 W. 5th St., in Santa Ana.
The discussion will include:
What is Mexica?
Why do we focus on Mexica?
Can we all claim Mexica?
Why celebrate our New Year?
There will be a [...]
[ January 31, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
On January 31st, at 7 p.m., Irvine Valley College will present its Distinguished Lecture Series featuring guest speaker Gregorio Luke. He will present a multimedia presentation on Mexico, Art and History.
Luke is the former Consul for the Cultural Institute of Mexico in Los Angeles, and Deputy Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington D.C.
Tickets are [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Education, Entertainment, irvine, Latino Leaders, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: Art, distinguished lecture series, Gregorio Luke, history, irvine, irvine valley college, mexico 1 Comment »
[ December 3, 2010 6:30 pm to December 4, 2010 12:00 am. ]
Love to All, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to ending the cycle of child homelessness in Mexico by assisting orphanages and the children they support.
Join them on Friday, December 3, from 7:00pm – 11:30pm, for the El Jugueton Toy Drive, located at 2035 N. Main St., in Santa Ana.
Ticket are $35 dollars and will [...]
Posted in Charities, Entertainment, mexico, music, Santa Ana, working families, Youth Tags: dinner, green parrot, love to all inc., mexico, music, orphans, Relampago del Cielo folklorico, rhythmo, Santa Ana, toy drive No Comments »
Today at 10:21 am, millions of people practiced ”Drop, Cover and Hold On” in the 2010 California ShakeOut drill! Here in Santa Ana, many of our residents were contacted during the drill by the Orange County AlertOC program, which was coordinated with the City of Santa Ana, according to Councilman Sal Tinajero’s blog.
Sure enough, a 6.9 earthquake struck [...]
Posted in california, Councilman Sal Tinajero, Earthquakes, mexico, Public Safety, Santa Ana Tags: alertoc, california gulf, california shakeout, earthquake, los mochis, mexico 1 Comment »
Family History Presentation and Research
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Orange Family History Center, 674 S. Yorba Street, Orange, CA.
A free presentation on how to trace family histories in Central Mexico. The seminar, presented by John P. Schmal, is sponsored by the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR). The seminar will include a [...]
2010 Mexican Bicentennial Events in Santa Ana
September 16, 2010 will mark the 200th anniversary of Father Hidalgo’s call (El Grito) for Mexico’s independence from Spain.
The Fourth Street Mexican Independence Day Festivities has been a positive community event supported by the downtown businesses and the community for the past 21 years.
Given the significance of the Bicentennial [...]
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