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Santa Ana artist Theo Hirsch explains why Alvarez was right about Chase

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Santa Ana artist and musician Theo Hirsch unloaded on the Republicans and fake liberals who have been attacking Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez this week, in a hard hitting post on his blog.  Here are a few excerpts:

After a ton of local controversy because council woman Claudia Alvares had the balls to Call out Irv Chase in accusations of Gentrification, many things have become apparent:

  1.  Claudia Alvarez isn’t Racist
  2. Chase probably is racist
  3. Mexican vendors are being pushed out!
  4. And if someone does not step in, Santa Ana Promenade all the way to East Village workshops, back north towards 4th Street, then from French to 4th and Broadway is going to become: The restaurant village. Thus art and culture will get swept to the side, while white, O.C. trust fund babies up your f*cking ying-yang, will be running rampant. Continue reading→

Latin Showcase & Music Festival at Santa Ana’s East End Promenade on Aug. 6

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Visit Santa Ana’s East End promenade this Saturday, August 6, from 6 pm to 10 pm, for a Latino Showcase, Music (+ More) Festival that not only celebrates the renovated Promenade, but also the grand opening of The Yost Theater, the new Friday Night Downtown Summer Concert Series, Posse on Broadway, the extended Downtown Artwalk, new Downtown businesses and neighbors, and the future of Downtown Santa Ana as it continues to grow and develop as the cultural epicenter of Orange County.

Come visit the 4th Street Mall & listen to some great music!!!  Continue reading→

Santa Ana’s Fiestas Patrias draws a huge crowd to Calle Cuatro

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I stopped by the Fiestas Patrias event in downtown Santa Ana today. Boy was it crowded!  Everyone was having a great time.

The exhibits are set up all along Fourth Street, or Calle Cuatro.  Vendors included a dizzying array of major corporations, such as Wells Fargo, Albertsons and State Farm Insurance, and smaller vendors selling toys, jewelry, hats and clothing.  And there were a ton of food vendors too.

The Fiestas Patrias parade is scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, Sep. 19, at 4 pm.

Disneyland is getting involved this year too, for the very first time. Mickey and Minnie Mouse will be serving as Children’s Grand Marshals.

Click here to download the Parade Route map or see the graphic above.

Click here for the full entertainment schedule for today’s and tomorrow’s musical performances, at the Fiestas Patrias event.

The Fiestas Patrias Film Festival is also continuing this weekend.  Click here to read about it.

Click here to see a picture slideshow of last year’s Fiestas Patrias event and parade.

2010 Mexican Bicentennial Events in Santa Ana on Sep. 18 and 19

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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 a wide variety of activities are planned throughout the year in Santa Ana including an official El Grito ceremony at the Bowers Museum on September 15; a Bicentennial festival including a carnival on Fourth Street in Downtown on September 18 and 19; a symbolic El Grito ceremony and a parade on Sunday, September 19.

Other activities will include a series of city-wide Mexican Independence cultural events highlighting the historical significance of the El Grito Bicentennial.

Click here to see all the events that the Mexican consulate is sponsoring.

Fiestas De Independencia – Fiestas Patrias Downtown Festival

Save the Date: Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19
Location: Fourth Street from Mortimer to Ross
Live entertainment, cultural booths, food, carnival, fun for the entire family

Fiestas Patrias De Orange County Parade

Save the date: Sunday, September 19
Time 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Route: Main Street to Civic Center Drive to Flower
Starting point: 17th and Main
Ends at Flower and Civic Center

Santa Ana Bicentennial Film Festival

The Santa Ana Film Fiesta is a film festival component of The City of Santa Ana’s 2010 “Fiestas Patrias – Fiestas de Independencia” Mexican Bicentennial events. It’s a celebration of the Santa Ana’s Latino heritage through cinema and an educational tour of Santa Ana’s historic roots.

This unity-building event will provide downtown audiences, both new arrivals and traditional families, with entertaining events throughout the City of Santa Ana that deepen relationships with local cultural groups, businesses, colleges and the film industry.

http://www.ocfilmfiesta.org/

Event Promoters:

MXLive Entertainment
www.santaanafiestaspatrias.com

Valequez Publishing and Promotions
www.fiestacalle4.com

A night of Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba and Son Jarocho, in Santa Ana

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El Centro Cultural de México & Son del Centro Present: Bombazo-Fandango, A night of Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba and Son Jarocho, on Saturday, September 26, 2009, from 6:00pm to Midnight.

The event will take place at the Fiesta Marketplace, located at 300 E 4th Street, Santa Ana, located near the intersection of 3rd Street and Bush Street.

The event includes Bomba Dancing Workshop and Zapateado Workshop, from 6pm-8pm, and Bombazo-Fandango, from 8pm-Midnight.

Suggested Donation: only $5 to $10 – and no one will be turned away for lack of funds! Continue reading→