Gabriela celebrated her Birthday with friends @ Exchange last Friday. Happy Birthday, Gabi!!!!



More pictures are at the Cincinnati section of our Photo Gallery

We've seen it before: the newsmedia is moving very rapidly from one headline to another - what is an important topic today, it will be forgotten tomorrow. But it's critical that we don't forget Katrina victims even if the newsmedia moved to other hot news in the world. The people who are trying to rebuild their lives after their existence has been crushed by Katrina, are still facing major struggles.

The Latin American Association (LAA) has been for years the main Latino/Hispanic organization in Dayton, uniting and bringing together Latinos/Hispanics regardless of their country of origin, helping them to adjust to life in the USA, and helping in promoting and sponsoring cultural and educational events designed to preserve and share their ethnic values, customs and traditions.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, MidwestLatino is proud to donate $750 to the The Latin American Association to support its efforts to help Latinos who moved to Dayton after Katrina destroyed their lives in New Orleans.

If you also would like to make a donation to this noble cause, please contact Dolores Quiñones, the Executive Director of LAA.

The Dayton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce had its November meeting at "El Meson" Restaurant this past Thursday, Nov. 17.

Sponsored by The Berry Company, it was a great opportunity for local Hispanic businesses to network, meet new friends, and learn from each other.



More pictures from this meeting are in the Dayton section of our Photo Gallery

Cincinnati's top rated Havana Martini Club had another hot Wednesday night with its weekly "Havana Night"!

The evening was spiced up by the wonderful demonstration of Salsa Rueda by Cincinnati's own dance group "Pan y Canela"

With FREE admission, FREE dance lessons, hottest Salsa, Merengue, and Bachata music in town by DJ Rudy Alvarez, and exciting give-aways, this is the hottest place to be on Wednesday nights...



More pictures are in the Cincinnati section of our Photo Gallery (click here)

Now the party starts at 5:00 PM with "Latino Happy Hour"!!! Stop in and try one of the new Summertini’s and Cocktails - served on our beautiful carribean-themed patio!

LATEST NEWS!!!! On Wednesday, Nov. 23, the night before Thanksgiving, we'll party with DJ Jesus from Latin Underground till 2 AM!!!

After their great success performing on Sunday at the Latin American Culture Fest (click here to see pictures and a video), the Salsa Rueda dance group "Pan y Canela" will be performing tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 10:30 PM at Havana Martini Club.

"The Spanish Journal" was sponsoring the November meeting of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce taking place last Tuesday @ Jalapeños.

George Perez, owner of "The Spanish Journal" shared with other members of the Hispanic Chamber the successes since the last meeting year ago. The circulation increased to over 10,000, as well as the frequency (the newspaper is now published weekly). Also an important milestone was establishing of "Radio en Español" broadcasted every Sunday.



More pictures are at the Cincinnati section of our Photo Gallery

Pictures from the November 14 Salsa with Tropicoso @ Cincinnati's hottest Latino spot - "The Mad Frog", are on the Web (click here). Check out also the hot Videos from Mad Frog



Don't forget the weekly Reggaeton Party @ Mad Frog every Tuesday and "Cumbia Nights" on Wednesdays! Next Cumbia Nights are November 16 (THIS WEDNESDAY) and 30.

The Latin American Culture Fest was a great event organized by the Cincinnati Museum Center this past weekend. It presented local Latino/Hispanic artists, musicians, and dancers, and was enjoyed by thousands of people.



More pictures are at the Cincinnati section of our Photo Gallery

Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland presented LARRY HARLOW and THE LATIN LEGENDS, Nov. 12, 2005. The opening band was Bio-Ritmo, and it was a great Salsa to warm us up before Larry Harlow and his band.

We also enjoyed awesome Salsa demonstrations by Adolpho and Jessica from New York and Heriberto and Rebecca from VIVA! Dance studio (12381 Pearl Rd. Strongsville).



More pictures at the Cleveland section of our Photo Gallery

Ritmo Productions had another great Salsa event @ La Clave in Columbus.



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The Latino Student Affairs Office at Northern Kentucky University hosted this Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, another "Cultura Latina Social". The guest was Marcos Popovich from The United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) in Chicago.

Marcos talked about the need for Latino students to become leaders in their communities, and about programs organized by USHLI that are helping people develop leadership skills. He also invited everybody to the upcoming 24th National USHLI Conference in Chicago, March 9-12, 2006.

More pictures are at the Cincinnati section of our Photo Gallery

Congratulations to "Danza Contigo Peru" which performed recently at the Columbus International Festival. Their performance was a great success, and they've been invited to perform there again next year!!!!

"Danza Contigo Peru" is always looking for children, teens, and adults interested in dancing with them. You don't have to be of Peruvian or Latin American descent to perform with this dance group. For more info call Donita Jessen: 513-675-8333 or email to: danzacontigoperu@yahoo.com

Mark Mallory, in his first official public meeting as a Cincinnati Mayor-elect, visited today OKI Board of Trustees meeting.

OKI is a council of local governments, business organizations and community groups from Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, committed to developing collaborative strategies, plans and programs which will improve the quality of life and the economic development potential of the Tri-state.

More pictures are at the Cincinnati section of our Photo Gallery

Flamenco Dance instructor Diana Dinicola will be coming to Cincinnati for a for a one day Flamenco dance workshop.

The 4 hour session with a one hour break in the middle will be on Sunday December 11 at 10:00am – 3:00pm. Lunch break from 12:00 -1:00pm. This date is in consideration of those who are unavailable on Saturdays.

The cost of the 4 hour workshop is $60 ($70 at the door) and there must be at least 15 people registered in order to run the class. The maximum capacity for the studio is 30 students.

Deadline for registering is November 30.

The Crossroad Health Center had its TLC Capital Campain Breakfast on Wednesday, November 9, 2005. The Emcee for this event was the NFL legend, Anthony Muñoz and the speaker was Dr. Jerry Kirk.

The Crossroad Health Center is focusing on providing health care to those living within Over-the-Rhine and surrounding inner-city neighborhoods who don't have health insurance. Its bilingual stuff is also able to help Latinos/Hispanics who don't speak English. The Latino community is represented on the Board of Advisors by Sister Margarita Brewer.

More pictures from this event are in our Photo Gallery