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Hispanic Americans Won’t Be Si-lenced By Anti-Hispanic ActionsNo Nos Quedamos Callados PorLeyes en Contra de los Hispanos

Recently, Hispanic Americans are increasingly being targeted bylegislative and administrative actions that have the effect of mak-ing it uncomfortable being brown in America. Racial profiling placespersons of color in greater jeopardy of being discriminated againstbecause they are perceived by others influenced by stereotypesabout their citizenship, social behaviors, lifestyles, and back-grounds.

Heightened anti-immigrant actions by states such as Arizona andMichigan have gained national attention. The denial of driver’s li-censes for undocumented residents, the denial of marriage licensesin Kent and Ottawa Counties, and recent proposals for Michigan toenact Arizona’s controversial law that requires Police to arrest per-sons who are suspected to be in the country without proper au-thorization, and a rise in ICE raids on employers has most of us onedge about perceptions.

The results of these actionshave made race relationstense in everyday encoun-ters.

News media organizations,the internet and daily con-versations are focused onthe topic of immigration re-lating the issue to the causefor high unemployment, ve-hicle accident and crimerates. Recent cuts to edu-cation budgets have putmore pressure on schoolsto force out children whohave difficulty with the Eng-lish language. Bilingual ed-ucation is being denied to thousands of children in the GrandRapids Public Schools. Similarly, other Michigan schools are alsoguilty of denying children appropriate instruction based on their lan-guage needs. Hispanic children are wrongfully looked at as being“undocumented and not deserving of public education” due to theirlegal status or lack of social security numbers.

The issue of reporting persons suspected of being undocumentedaliens has become a way for competing businesses to underminethe success of their competitors by calling in tips about the legal sta-tus of employees to cause ICE immigration raids on local busi-nesses. Disgusting behaviors are indicative of people affected byan economy in crisis. Deportation raids are on the rise and manywill support these actions suggesting it is the law.

Unfortunately, stereotypes lead to racial profiling and discrimina-tion against masses of people who fit a profile. People of the ma-jority cultural group should be cautioned that the HispanicCommunity will not sit idly by and allow discrimination to prevailwithout a challenge. We too, are a community that has historicallytaken institutions to court for denying our community the freedomsand guarantees afforded to us in the Constitution.

Recent cases filed against Arizona by the ACLU, American CivilLiberties Union and MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal De-fense and Education Fund should serve as notice that we havelegal basis for our concerns. Likewise, the denial of marriage li-censes in Kent and Ottawa Counties have been challenged by localattorneys and M.A.L.D.E.F. Lastly, let’s look forward to the casesin education which will likely be filed in the future over the basicfederal laws protecting the civil rights of children learning English inour public schools.

As a Hispanic Community committed to promoting integration,equality and respect for all Americans, we should continue to showcourage in confronting the evils of racism and discrimination, nomatter who promotes it, and how it manifests itself in our society.Continue to be civil in our discussions with pro-racists as they canget heated in the workplaces of Michigan. We must remember thatpeople who are racist must be challenged at the core of their be-lief system in order to change their behaviors. There is hope! Inthe words of the late Cesar E. Chavez, “God help us to be menand women of purpose!”

Recientemente se han surgido una cantidad de acciones leg-islativas y administrativas, las cuales tienen el propósito dehacernos sentir incómodos como gente de color bronce enAmérica. La acción de perjudicar a una raza o grupo étnicoporque aparecen como un estereotipado que cree la mayoríade la comunidad Anglosajona nos pone en situaciones donde

encontramos más peligro por serclasificados de manera discrimina-toria entre los americanos en gen-eral.

Estos acciones de ley en contra de los inmigrantes igual comola ley de Arizona y leyes de Michigan han creado mucha aten-ción por todo el mundo. El hecho de no permitir licenciaspara los residentes indocumentados, el rechazo de personasque se quieren casar legalmente por no tener un número deseguro social por los condados de Kent y Ottawa en Michi-gan y las leyes de Arizona y propuestas en Michigan de re-querir que los oficiales de policía arrestan personas que nopueden comprobar su estatus legal en los estados unidos,nos perjudica a todos los Hispanos-Ciudadanos y no ciu-dadanos. ¡No debemos quedarnos silencios! Las redadas deilegales siguen creciendo cada día más impactando negati-

vamente a las famil-ias…y nos tienen atodos preocupados. Elresultado de estas ac-ciones es que las rela-ciones entre las razasde nuestra nación seestán empeorando.

Las organizaciones denoticia, el internet y lasconversaciones de losnoticieros de la tele-visión mantienen un en-foque en los Latinos ylos inmigrantes indocu-mentados. Sugieren asus lectores y fanes que

somos los culpables por el alto sin-empleo, los accidentes deautos y el aumento de crimines en la sociedad. ¿Nos cate-gorizan como mala gente y pronto causan la imagen negativay estereotipada? Los niños sufren porque ahora hay unataque en los servicios educativos para los jóvenes que nodominan bien el ingles.

Las escuelas de Grand Rapids y otras comunidades están ne-gando su responsabilidad de proveer la educación bilingüe alos estudiantes aunque se requiere servicios apropiados porley federal. A los niños hispanos se están viendo comojóvenes que no merecen una educación pagado por el públicoen general. Las escuelas públicas están fracasando enproveer a nuestros hijos la educación que merecen. Muchosde ellos son ciudadanos nacidos en este país y tienen dere-chos amplios para defenderlos de estos abusos.

Ahora se han visto casos donde ciertos comerciantes comovecinos o competidores de servicios se han denunciado unoal otro a los agentes de la inmigración para favorecer su posi-ción competitiva. Todo porque la economía está en crisis. Severá más de este tipo de acción en la sociedad por la simplerazón de que siempre hay ese tipo de personas en nuestracomunidad.

Nuestra gente ha peleado por medio de la corte para defenderlos derechos que tenemos en este país y no nos dejamos soloporque unos de nosotros no tenemos documentos. Loscasos se están peleando en este momento en los tribunalesfederales y locales. Somos una gente que también tenemosnuestros licenciados –abogados de leyes y organizacionescomo M.A.L.D.E.F. Mexican American Legal Defense and Ed-ucation Fund cual tiene el propósito de pelear la discrimi-nación donde lo encuentra y ahora están en Michiganpeleando casos. También el grupo de ACLU, American CivilLiberties Union, que representan a todas las razas son muyefectivos para defender nuestros derechos.

Los casos como el de Arizona y los de Michigan muy prontollegaran ser decididos en las cortes de america y si es nece-sario en la corte suprema de los estados unidos donde al fintenemos representación latina. Los que son racistas siem-pre serán y para tratar de cambiarlos tenemos que mantener-nos pacíficos pero activistas. Para cambiar el racista hay quellegar a su conciencia. Esto no es fácil y muchas veces im-posible. Pero no vamos ser vencidos en la batalla en contradel racismo y la discriminación sea en el empleo, alojamiento,la educación o la sociedad. Como dijo Cesar E. Chávez siem-pre cuando lo escuchaba, “Dios ayúdanos ser hombres y mu-jeres con orgullo y propósito.”

By Dr. José A. Flores


Granholm AnnouncesRenewable EnergyPartnership with Gov-ernment of Navarra,Spain

LANSING – Governor Jennifer M.Granholm today announced thatthe state of Michigan has formeda partnership with the govern-ment of Navarra, Spain, a Euro-pean center of therenewable-energy sector, to workcollaboratively with leading indus-try experts, including the Michi-gan-based wind turbinemanufacturer Energetx Compos-ites, to develop green technology.

The memorandum of understand-ing with the government ofNavarra was finalized today inDallas, Texas. The agreementconsists of joint activities – includ-ing policy sharing, technologytransfer, value-chain mapping andtrade missions – in the targetedsectors of wind technology, bio-mass, solar energy, smart-gridtechnology and bio-climactic re-search.

Last month, the Michigan Strate-gic Fund board approved a Cen-ters of Energy Excellencedesignation and $3.5 million infunding for Energetx Composites,the spin-off of S2 Yachts locatedin Holland, which will collaboratewith Oak Ridge National Labora-tory (ORNL) and the Dow ChemicalCompany to manufacture windturbine blades with advanced ma-terials. Dow and ORNL will deliverinnovative materials and technicalexpertise to Energetx, and theUniversity of Michigan and Ketter-ing University will contributeworkforce training. The projectwill receive $3.5 million in match-ing funds from the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy. CENER, thenational renewable energy centerlocated in the Navarra region, willwork with Energetx to test windturbine blades at a laboratory inSanguesa, Spain.

Over the past eight years, CENERhas grown to become a leader inrenewable-energy technology.Navarra, pioneer of renewable en-ergy sources, currently producesapproximately 65 percent of itselectricity from renewable-energysources, ranking it ahead of theUnited Kingdom, Sweden andFrance.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered 1,200 Na-tional Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexicoborder, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force voteson such a deployment.

Obama will also request $500 million for border protectionand law enforcement activities, according to lawmakersand administration officials.

The president announced the deployment shortly after hereturned from lunch with the 41-member Senate Republi-can Caucus, who told him that U.S. borders first need to besecured before work could start on a sweeping overhaul ofU.S. immigration laws. Arizona's two Republican senatorssaid the deployment wasn't enough.

Administration officials said the National Guard troops willwork on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sup-port, analysis and training, and support efforts to blockdrug trafficking. They will temporarily supplement BorderPatrol agents until Customs and Border Protection can re-cruit and train additional officers and agents to serve onthe border, according to a letter Tuesday from top admin-istration security officials to Senate Armed Services Com-mittee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich.

More than 20,000 Border Patrol agents are deployed now,mostly along the nation's southern border. There are 344U.S. National Guard troops also working along the border.

"Adding 1,200 National Guard troops is a start, but it isgoing to take much more to secure the border," said Rep.Harry Mitchell.

Obama to send1,200 troops to U.S.-Mexico

borderLa Secretaría de Relaciones Exte-riores de México emitió un co-municado el martes en el que

dice que espera que el de-spliegue de militares norteamer-icanos en la frontera se traduzcaen “la canalización de recursos

adicionales para dar mayor efec-tividad a los esfuerzos para pre-venir el tráfico ilegal de armas ydinero en efectivo hacia México,que proveen a la delincuencia

organizada de su poder defuego y su capacidad para cor-

romper”.

Agrega que “confía en que elpersonal de la Guardia Nacional

fortalecerá las acciones paracombatir a la delincuencia inter-

nacional que opera en amboslados de la frontera y en apegoa sus funciones, no realizará ac-

tividades directamente vincu-ladas a la aplicación de las leyes

migratorias”.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, aseguró que el derrame decrudo en el Golfo de México es "un asalto a nuestras costas, a la población y a laeconomía regional".

La empresa Bitish Petroleum realió la operación “Top Kill” para tapar el derramede petróleo que ha afectado a todo el ecosistema de la zona del golfo de México,Barack Obama, presidente de Estados Unidos, calificó la tragedia como “unasalto” a las costas y a la población.

Durante su visita en las costas de la zona afectada, dijo que el derrame de crudoes un asalto a las costas, a la población y a la economía regional, pues segura-mente, los costos a este descuido serán inimaginables.

Barack Obama visitó la costa de Luisiana para inspeccionar el daño causado porel vertido, calificado como el peor derrame de crudo de la historia.

Después de una reunión con los responsables de verificar el control y extincióndel derrame, Barack Obama anunció que se ordenó la triplicación del personalfederal que combate la marea negra.

OBAMA: DERRAME DE CRUDO ESOBAMA: DERRAME DE CRUDO ESUN 'ASALTO' A LAS COSTASUN 'ASALTO' A LAS COSTAS


Congratulations toSilvestra del Valle

A warmhearted Grand Rapids resident, proudof Puerto Rican heritage, inspiring othersthrough joy and laughter

This past May 27, a large group of communitymembers, organizations, and family gatheredto celebrate Silvestra Del Valle, a Puerto Ricanwoman who has demonstrated strength, loveand laughter over the last 100 years. Despiteher age, Silvestra walks and hears without anyaid. She loves to talk, tease and laugh withanyone, but especially the staff at Hope Net-work who has become her second family.

Hope Network Behavioral Services offers theSide By Side program for caregivers who needrelief from the day-to-day care giving of a de-pendent family member with Alzheimer’s orother dementia. The program provides enrich-ment activities for the loved one such as gar-dening, art, dance, and music in a natural and therapeutic setting. The program isdesigned to maintain or improve social, educational, psychological and physical disabilitiesof the individual, and to provide a positive impact on body, mind and spirit.

Cal State L.A. announces newvenue and film line-up for the 7th

Annual Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival

LOS ANGELES, CA – Celebrating its seventh year, the ReelRasquache Art & Film Festival—originally hosted on the Cal State

L.A. campus—will be moving to the Regency Academy 6 Cinemas in Pasadena, Friday-Sunday, June 4th-6th. Festival Director and Professor of Media Studies at Cal State L.A., Dr. John Ramirez recently an-nounced the move to their new venue and also announced the film line-up for the 2010 Reel RasquacheArt & Film Festival.

“Reel Rasquache is honored to be showcasing a selection of Features, Documentaries and Shorts at the2010 Art & Film Festival,” says Dr. Ramirez. Kicking off their opening night will be “Pepe & Santo vs.America” a comedy drama by Javier Chapa and Greg Pohl. “Pepe & Santo vs. America” tells the story ofPepe, a naïve, south-of-the-border immigrant in search of his grandmother’s dying wish of the “MexicanDream.”

Also premiering at the 7th Annual Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival is “Eloy Take Two” a 30 min. docu-mentary by filmmaker Roberto Oregel, a journey that takes you into the creative mind of Eloy Torrez,the 2010 Reel Rasquache Featured Artist.

Closing the festival will be the psychological thriller, “The Devil’s Tail,” which is the story of a manwhose search for his missing friend in the Yucatan of Mexico, turns his predictable life upside down.

Following are the participating films at the 7th Annual Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival. A com-plete film and program schedule, ticket information and more on the three-day Reel Rasquache Art& Film Festival can be found online by visiting the official website: www.reelrasquache.org.

Nicole Lopez, is part of the Com-munity Voice, she is graduatingfrom Grandville High School,

on June 2nd, 2010We wish you the best in life. May

all your dreams come true.

Felicidades paraOdille S.Parker, próximaa graduarse deWest OttawaHigh School,Holland, Mi.,este próximo 13de Julio, 2010.Odille ha deci-dido seguir lacarrera de peri-odismo en Cen-tral Michigan

University.Esperamos seguir contando con sus artícu-los para nuestra publicación.

Te deseamos lo mejor

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

¡RECUPÉRATE PRONTO!

The Community Voice/ La Voz, envia un cor-dial saludo a nuestro querido amigo y colabo-rador David Lopez.

Deseándole un recupetación rápida despuésde su cirugía.

Saludos

Con tal motivo sus padres, señores José Miguel Martínez Hernández y NormaAngélica Hernández Guerrero, celebraron una misa de acción de gracias el

pasado sábado 22 de Mayo, en la Catedral de San Andrés. Después de la misa sellevó a cabo una recepción en el Salón de la Iglesia de San Isidoro. Los padrinos de la

quinceañera fueron los señores Getzabel Hernández Pazos y Pablo Gallegos Martínez

Norma Liliana Martínez Hernándezcelebró sus quince años

Support Arizona and SB 1070 Rally Event on June 12, 2010!Take Action Here To Support Arizona and SB 1070 Crackdown on Illegal Immigration

Join Our Efforts to Support Arizona, SB 1070, and immigration enforcement!

Please sign up to support Arizona, SB 1070, and secure borders.

We are sad to announce that ALIPAC is withdrawing support for any rallies in Arizona in June tosupport SB 1070 due to the discovery of racist group involvement and the actions of formerCongressman Tom Tancredo.

We take our commitment to working with and unifying Americans of every race and walk of lifebehind the effort to secure our borders very seriously. While the illegal alien supporters con-stantly make false accusations of racism and racist involvement, it is of paramount importancethat groups like ours work to keep any racist element out of our events and operations.

A few weeks ago, we got behind a rally in Phoenix on June 5 being planned by Dan Smeriglio ofVoice of The People USA and retired Congressman Tom Tancredo. On Monday, May 10th, wediscovered two painful truths that forced us to take a new direction...

FULL DETAILS AND EVIDENCE OF OUR CLAIMS FOUND AT THIS LINK...http://www.alipac.us/article-5271-thread-1-0.html

It is time to stand up FOR SECURE BORDERS and AGAINST AMNESTY and ILLEGAL IMMI-GRATION America!


Olympia SanchezOlympia Sanchez"Miss 2010 Pre-Teen "Miss 2010 Pre-Teen

Grand Rapids/Lansing"Grand Rapids/Lansing"Olympia Sanchez of Traverse City, MI was recently selected to participatein Nationals’ 2010 Miss Pre-Teen Grand Rapids/Lansing pageant competi-tion that took place on May 15, 2010. Olympia learned of her acceptanceinto this year’s competition as Nationals, Inc. announced their selections

in late April 2010. Olympia submitted an application and took part in an interview session thatwas conducted by Anna Klejnowski, this year’s Grand Rapids/Lansing Pageant Coordinator.

Olympia competed in the Miss Pre-Teen division, one of four divisions that had young ladies be-tween the ages of 7 and 19 competing in modeling routines which include casual wear and for-mal wear. There where 53 girls in the Pre-Teen 13-15 age division. Olympia had the opportunityto display her personality and interviewing skills while interviewing with this year’s GrandRapids/Lansing judging panel. Personality was the number one aspect that each contestant wasjudged on, during all phases of competition.

As Olympia won she now holds the title of "Miss 2010 Pre-Teen Grand Rapids/Lansing", She nowwill represent Grand Rapids/Lansing and the surrounding communities at the Cities Of AmericaNational Competition that will take place in Orlando, Florida in December 2011. Over $60,000 inscholorships and prizes and awards will be presented at the National Competition.

Elite Dry Cleaners, Agave Mexican Grill, Anavon Communications, Dr.Ronald Lints, DDS, Northwood Dental Clinic, Twin Bay Clinical Massage,Rick & Melinda Gubbins, Cindy Lipka, Ramona Clemente, Valerie Heffel-bower, Angela Thompson, Ariel & Juany Sanchez, Kelly Hopkins, AlysiaSims, Hahna Ginzel, Deb Prohaska, Andrea Bailey, Laurie Kupferer allfrom Traverse City and her parents, J Abel and Nancy Sanchez assistedOlympia in participating in this year’s competition by becoming an offi-cial sponsor to her. Through sponsorship, Olympia received all the nec-essary training, rehearsals, and financial support which allowedOlympia to become a very confident and well-prepared contestant inthis year’s Grand Rapids/Lansing Pageant.

NEW STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT:

NEW LEADERSHIP THROUGH ACTION

The League of United Latin American Citizensinvites you to participate in the81st LULAC National Convention & Exposition,New Strategies for Community Empowerment:New Leadership through Action,in Albuquerque, New Mexico from July 12 through July 17,2010.For more information visit http://www.lulac.net/events/convention10.html

Te invitamos a que asistas o participesen el triathlon que se llevará a cabo enHolland, Mi, este próximo Sábado 12 deJunio, en el Howard B. Dunton Park. Eltriathlon consiste en 1/2 millasnadando en el Lago Macatawa, 22.8 mil-las en bicicleta y 4.8 millas corrriendo.

Para más información visita www.sign-meup.com o pueden escribir a [email protected] o llamar al616-395-0178

¡Te Esperamos, No Faltes!

The 2010 Lake Macatawa Triathlonwill be held on Saturday, June 12,2010, at Howard B. Dunton Park inHolland, Michigan. Join us for one ofthe best community races in Michi-gan. 2010 marks the 25th year ofthis great event!

To request a 2010 entry form youcan contact the Holland TownshipParks & Recreation at 616-395-0178or go to www.eteamz.com/holland-township, click the sub-site titled"Lake Macatawa Triathlon" listed to-wards the bottom of the Home Page,and you can get all the informationyou need, including entry forms,maps, and miscellaneous race infor-mation right there!. You can also e-mail the following people and have anentry form e-mailed to you:

* Darrin Duistermars, Director([email protected])

* John Kievit, Assistant Director([email protected])

* Amber Sabala, Administrative As-sistant ([email protected])

For online registration, please go towww.classicrace.com.

Lake Macatawa Triathlon


MALDEF FILES CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST OTTAWACOUNTY FOR REFUSING MICHIGAN LATINO COUPLE

THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MARRY

MALDEF and Avanti Law Group attorneys challenge Ottawa County’s violation ofthe 14TH Amendment and Michigan’s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act

GRAND RAPIDS, MI– MALDEF Midwest Regional Counsel Ricardo Meza announced the filing of afederal class action lawsuit against Ottawa County and Ottawa County Clerk Daniel C. Krueger for re-fusing to permit a Latino couple their fundamental right to marry. The Ottawa County Clerk’s officeunder the supervision of County Clerk Krueger has a policy of denying marriage licenses to individualswho do not possess a social security number. MALDEF filed the suit on behalf of Juana and Juan Doeand other similarly situated individuals in the United States District Court for the Western District ofMichigan, Southern Division.

MALDEF Regional Counsel Ricardo Meza stated, “All persons, regardless of immigration status, havethe constitutional right to marry.”

In the complaint, plaintiffs allege that the policies and actions of defendants Krueger and OttawaCounty violate the plaintiffs’ and all other similarly situated individuals’ constitutionally protected rightsto due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitu-tion. The complaint further alleges that Defendants’ policies and actions violate the Supremacy Clauseof the U.S. Constitution by impermissibly regulating the federal government’s power over immigrationand foreign affairs. In addition, plaintiffs allege the defendants’ policy and practice unlawfully discrimi-nates against plaintiffs and all other similarly situated individuals based upon their race and national ori-gin in violation of Michigan’s Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, M.C.L.A. § 37.2101.

MALDEF Staff Attorney Alejandro Aixala noted that Defendant “County Clerk Krueger’s refusal to issuea marriage license because a person does not have a valid social security number is inconsistent witha March 19, 2008 Michigan Attorney General Opinion issued by Mike Cox.”

According to the 2008 opinion, “a county clerk may issue a marriage license to an applicant who fails toprovide his or her social security number on the application if the person has never been issued a so-cial security number.”

The Plaintiffs in this matter are also represented by Robert Anthony Alvarez and James L. Betzold ofthe Avanti Law Group. Mr. Alvarez recently filed a similar lawsuit on behalf of Latinos in Kent County,Michigan against County Clerk Mary Hollinrake.

To see the text of the complaint against Ottawa County, click here:http://maldef.org/legal/complaint_doe_v_krueger.pdf

La Mayoría de los Hispanos Aprueban la Manera enque el Presidente Barack Obama Realiza Su Tra-bajo, Pero Muestran Opiniones Mixtas en Cuanto asu Desempeño en Temas Claves y Desaprueban elDesempeño del Congreso

PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Univision Com-munications Inc. anunció resultados adicionales dela encuesta realizada en conjunto a The AssociatedPress, el estudio hispano más comprensivo hechohasta la fecha. Al ser preguntados sobre el desem-peño del presidente y el congreso, los resultadosde la encuesta indican que un 66% de los hispanosaprueban de la manera en que el Presidente BarackObama está administrando su cargo, pero sólo el35% aprueba la manera en que el congreso se estádesempeñando. Más aún, cuando se les preguntósi aprobaban o no del desempeño de los Republi-canos o Demócratas en el congreso, un 27%mostró su aprobación para los Republicanos, mien-tras que un 51% aprueba a los Demócratas.

Otros temas de interés incluidos en el estudioincluyen:

-- Los hispanos muestran opiniones mixtassobre su aprobación o desacuerdo con el trabajorealizado por el Presidente Barack Obama encuanto a estos temas:

- Educación - 69% aprueban - Relación de Estados Unidos con otros países

- 69% aprueban- Salud - 66% aprueban- Energía - 63% aprueban- El medioambiente - 60% aprueban- Impuestos - 59% aprueban- Terrorismo - 56% aprueban- La economía - 55% aprueban- Situación en Iraq - 51% aprueban- Situación en Afganistán - 50% aprueban- Déficit del Presupuesto Federal - 49% aprue-

ban

- Desempleo - 49% aprueban- Inmigración - 45% aprueban- Precios de la Gasolina - 39% aprueban

-- Inmigración- 56% de los hispanos ven como algo negativo

para la nación el hecho de que el congreso no hayaaprobado una reforma migratoria comprensiva ha-biendo pasado más de un año desde que la admin-istración Obama tomó la presidencia

- Cuando se les preguntó cuanta culpa pien-san que tiene un partido político en particular o elpresidente por no haber logrado aprobar una re-forma migratoria, 45% de los hispanos dicen quetoda o alguna de la culpa la tiene el partido Repub-licano, el 29% el Demócrata y 20% el PresidenteBarack Obama

- 33% de los hispanos dicen que es muy prob-able que si un candidato o partido por el cual ellosestuviesen a favor tuviesen una postura sobre eltema de la inmigración con el cual ellos no estu-viesen de acuerdo, votarían en contra de ese par-tido o candidato

-- Ley SB1070 de Arizona SB1070- 73% de los hispanos creen que sería un prob-

lema muy serio que la policía en Arizona terminaraarrestando e interrogando a hispanos que son ciu-dadanos o residentes legales de los EstadosUnidos según intentan hacer cumplir con la nuevaley

La encuesta de AP-Univision fue realizada desdeel 7 al 12 de mayo por GFK Roper Public Affairsand Media. La misma contó con entrevistas real-izada a 901 adultos hispanos por teléfono estáticoy móvil y tuvo un margen de error de más o menos(+) 5.3 puntos de porcentaje.

Para más información, por favor visitewww.univision.net.

New face of immigration? Miami com-pany creates 'Gringo' masks

Is it Halloween already? No, not yet, although formany Hispanic immigrants things seem quite scaryin Arizona and for some in the Latino community, thestate's governor, Republican Jan Brewer, has as-sumed the role of big bad witch.

The reason: on April 23, Brewer signed into law acontroversial measure, SB 1070, which allows thepolice to detain anyone whose immigration statusmay be suspect. And playing into this, of course, isthe person's appearance.

So, you don't look the way you should in Brewer'sand the police's eyes? No problem! Because here's the solution, free of charge and readily available to anyone: theGringo Mask!

Whether you are a man or a woman, now you can boast of a perfectly acceptable image for Arizona -- you know,light skin, blond hair, blue eyes -- without having to resort to expensive bleaching creams like Sammy Sosa orMichael Jackson did, or cumbersome Joan Rivers-type plastic surgery.

And for this you may thank the leaders and the creative team of Zubi Advertising, one of the leading Hispanic adver-tising agencies in the nation, with headquarters in Miami.

"When we first heard of the law in Arizona and the effects it could have in terms of racial profiling, we discussed atthe agency what we could do about it, since we have access to media," says Michelle Zubizarreta, the agency's chiefadministrative officer and co-owner along with her brother Joe. "How can we address the issue, but do so in a cre-ative way while at the same time delivering a message?"Ergo, the mask."What caught our attention was the absurdity of this law, and the notion that we all must look a certain way," contin-ues the Cuban-American executive. "Once we talked about it, my creative team came back with the idea of the maskand the website [which went live on April 30. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are also being used to spread theword]. Basically, this is all a satire of what is happening in Arizona."

To take part in this satire, all you have to do is go to www.gringomask.com, choose the mask that best applies to you,download for free, print it, cut it, put an elastic band around it and… bingo! New face, new immigration status!

"The spirit in which we conceived Gringo Mask," clarifies Zubizarreta, "was not to offend anyone. We wanted to starta dialogue."

CELEBRANDO LA DIVERSIDAD

Los estudiantes de todo tipo de origen sobresalen en la UniversidadGrand Valley State. La universidad apoya y anima la excelenciaacadémica por medio de sus destacados programas, oportunidadespersonalizadas de aprendizaje y con el apoyo excepcional por partede la facultad. Tenemos el orgullo de ayudar a preparar a las per-sonas de todas las razas y nacionalidades para posiciones de lider-azgo en nuestra comunidad y nuestra sociedad. Para másinformación, llame a nuestra Oficina de Admisiones alnúmero (616) 331-2025 o visite www.gvsu.edu.

Resultados Adicionales de Comprensivo Estudio HispanoHecho por Univision y The Associated Press Son Revelados


Latinos, Blacksjoin fight forcivil rights in Arizona

Phoenix, Ariz. – A united front of Black and Latino Arizonansmobilized against a state law that they see as a threat to theircivil rights on Sunday, April 25, at the First Institutional BaptistChurch in downtown Phoenix. Gov. Jan Brewer signed SB 1070into law on Friday, making Arizona the first state in the nation tomake it a crime for a person to be undocumented.

More than 3,000 people demonstrated outside the state capitoland hundreds gathered at the church to protest the law. Humanrights activists, religious leaders and congressmen called forpeaceful mobilizations, boycotts and, if necessary, civil disobe-dience to stop the legislation they believe would lead to racialprofiling, unsafe communities and economic turmoil.

Several voices from the African-American community and otherethnic minorities joined the fight, sending a message of unity ata time when the state faces a divisive immigration debate.

“We here in Arizona are witnessing the historic and necessary21st century awakening of the spirit of the civil rights move-ment,” said Rev. Warren Stewart, to an audience of 300 peopleat the First Institutional Baptist Church. Other speakers includedMayor Phil Gordon and Congressman Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill.

“Where do we go from here – chaos or community?” Stewartasked, citing the words of Martin Luther King Jr. “I offer this tobe our response: non-violent direct action.”

Stewart presented a battle plan to the audience that mirroredthe strategy the Black community in Phoenix used successfullyin 1989 to force an unwilling legislature to create a legal holidayhonoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This included an economicboycott.

The congressman said President Obama can ask U.S. AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder to seek a temporary injunction of the Ari-zona law through the courts. He is also calling on Obama tosuspend the use of a national program known as 287(g) that al-lows local police to enforce federal immigration law and has ledto lawsuits related to racial profiling.

While communities are planning actions on the ground, othersare looking to challenge the new law in the courts. The Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Mexican AmericanLegal and Educational Fund (MALDEF) are looking into an im-mediate legal challenge. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said thecity also will consider a lawsuit.

Jimmy Smits will play Cyrus Garza, a by thebook Supreme Court Justice who excuseshimself from the bench to go into privatepractice and fight constitutional injusticesin an untitled one hour NBC legal drama.Veteran Mexican actor Pedro Ar-mendariz has also been cast ashis political activist father whoinspires him. Smits will alsoserve as a co-executive pro-ducer on the series.

The pilot is currently shootingon location in Philadelphia,Washington D.C. and AtlanticCity.

Smits most recently headlinedthe short lived CBS Latino familydrama Cane. He also co-starredon NBC’s The West Wing anddid a season long arc on Show-time’s Dexter. which earnedhim his 12th Emmy Nomination (He won in1990 for L.A. Law). The former NYPD Bluestar is coming off a Broadway run in Godsof Carnage and next appears in RodrigoGarcia’s upcoming theatrical feature to bereleased in May, Mother and Child.

The NBC drama is being developed by JohnEisendrath, Universal Media Studios andConan O’Brien’s production company.

Let’s hope this pilot makes it to series. Itwould be an important step forward to see amajor Latino actor as a series lead in such apositive role as a U.S. Supreme Court Justiceand lawyer. Smits is repped by Brillstein En-

tertainment, UTA and at-torney Tom Hoberman.

El actor Jimmy Smitsvolverá a la abogacíatelevisiva con Outlaw,como ya hiciera a fi-nales de los 80 en L.A.Law, Kathy Bates harálo propio en Harrys Lawmientras que un padrede familia se tomará lajusticia por su manoconvertido en un héroede cómic en The Cape.

La cadena CBS, por suparte, se desprendió de

siete títulos de su oferta, entre ellos Entrefantasmas, Caso abierto o "Numb3rs,para apostar por tres dramas policíacoscomo Blue Bloods, una nueva versión deCriminal Minds con Forest Whitaker a lacabeza, y el regreso de un títulohistórico: Hawaii 5 O. No faltará unadosis de asuntos legales con Defenders,que llegará con Jim Belushi como abo-gado en Las Vegas.

Jimmy Smits Portrays Chief Justicein new NBC Series


Virg BerneroAt its meeting today, the Michigan EducationAssociation's Statewide Screening and Recommending Com-mittee voted unanimously to recommend Lansing MayorVirg Bernero for election as Michigan's next governor.

"Mayor Bernero's passion for education and for Michigan'sworking families made today's decision very straightfor-ward," said MEA President Iris K. Salters. "We look forward toworking with Mr. Bernero as he travels the state speaking topublic school employees and other voters about his visionfor Michigan's public schools."

A product of public education and the husband of a public school principal, Bernero has been alongstanding supporter of public schools. During his time in the Legislature, Bernero was asteadfast supporter of adequate, equitable and stable school funding, as well as a strong de-fender of the rights of Michigan public school employees.

"When you invest in Wall Street, you don't know what you will get. But when you invest in achild, you always get a good outcome," Bernero told the committee. "Quality education iscriti-cal to Michigan's future -- because education is economic development."

MEA Votes blogAs MEA's recommended candidate, Bernero will receive the association's fullsupport in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for governor in August -- and his subse-quent race for governor in the November general election.

Decisions about MEA-recommended candidates at both the local and state levels are made byMEA members who serve on screening and recommending committees. The committee makingtoday's recommendation was representative of school employees across Michigan, includingteachers, education support professionals, higher education faculty and staff, and school re-tirees.

Grand Rapids, Mich.—First Steps today announced that theW.K. Kellogg Foundation is making a significant investment inKent County’s youngest children. The Battle Creek-basedfoundation is committing $1.3 million over the next three yearsto two programs that support the health and development ofchildren across the community: the Children’s Healthcare Ac-cess Program and Welcome Home Baby.

“We are very grateful to the W.K. Kellogg Foundationfor this tremendous investment in Kent County’s future,” saidRebekah Fennell, Executive Director, First Steps. “These pro-grams are critical to our efforts to ensure that every youngchild has the opportunity to reach his or her full potential.”

First Steps is leading a community collaboration to de-velop a system of support services for young children and theirfamilies in Kent County. The Children’s Healthcare AccessProgram and Welcome Home Baby are important componentsof that system.

The Children’s Healthcare Access Program is a community-based medical home project that is connecting low-incomechildren to quality primary healthcare. The goal is to improvehealth outcomes among children on Medicaid while better uti-lizing existing resources and decreasing costs. The programbegan in August 2008, and the early results show that it isworking. Visits to the emergency department and inpatienthospital admissions decreased significantly in the first year ofthe program.

Welcome Home Baby is a family support program that will be-come a primary gateway to Kent County’s Early ChildhoodSystem by connecting with parents in the earliest days of theirbaby’s life. All first-time parents and parents younger than 25will be offered a visit in their home from a maternal child nurse.The nurse will be able to answer questions about everythingfrom how to feed a baby to where to look for quality child care.He or she will educate parents about early childhood develop-ment and the importance of talking, reading, and playing withtheir child from infancy. Families will be offered a menu ofcommunity services, and the nurse will help them access theresources that best meet their needs. A phased implementa-tion of Welcome Home Baby is scheduled to begin this sum-mer.

This investment in Kent County’s children and families is partof a larger commitment that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation ismaking to the Grand Rapids community.

“The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is committed to creating the

conditions that ensure vulnerable children are propelled for-ward. We understand the importance of quality health careand access in reaching our mission,” said Nadia Brigham, Pro-gram Officer with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. “First Steps of-fers promising practices that will not only meet the individualchild and family needs but also influence systemic change forthe care for vulnerable children. We are particularly interestedin seeing how the work of First Steps impacts the county aswell as core neighborhoods in Grand Rapids.”

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation joins the Heart of West MichiganUnited Way, Steelcase Foundation, Frey Foundation, Douglas& Maria DeVos Foundation, Mike & Sue Jandernoa, and theEarly Childhood Investment Corporation in supporting the de-velopment of Kent County’s early childhood system.

Compelling research documents that an investment in earlychildhood development has a profound impact on both the indi-vidual and the community. It leads to higher graduation rates,lower special education costs, a better-trained workforce, a re-duction in crime, and a reduced dependency on welfare.

First Steps is a non-profit organization that is leading a com-munity initiative to develop a system of support services forKent County children, ages 0-5, and their families. First Stepsworks in partnership with the Great Start Collaborative, par-ents, county government, health systems, education systems,human service agencies, foundations and other child advo-cates. The community vision is that every young child in KentCounty will be ready to succeed in school and in life. To learnmore, please visit www.firststepskent.org.

Established in 1930, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation supportschildren, families and communities as they strengthen and cre-ate conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve suc-cess as individuals and as contributors to the larger communityand society. Grants are concentrated in the United States,Latin America and the Caribbean, and southern Africa. For fur-ther information, please visit the Foundation’s website atwww.wkkf.org.

Amy Turner-TholeCommunications Director, First Steps

Office: 616-632-1011Cell: 616-633-9573

[email protected]

Facebook: www.facebook.com/firststepskent

Michigan Education AssociationRecommends Bernero for Governor

$1.3 MILLION GRANT WILL SUPPORT YOUNGCHILDREN & FAMILIES IN KENT COUNTY

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Renews Supportof First Steps


Locutores:LUNES - VIERNES

Cotorreo De La MañanaEfraín Cano (El Primo) &José Basilio (El Chalan)6am – 11am

Pásate La Tarde Con LaGüeraMaría Sánchez (La Güera DeDurango)11am – 3pm

Ana Luisa (La Chiquilla)3pm – 7pm

Carlos Mendoza (El Norteño)& Huarache7pm – 11pm

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Silvia Rivera (La Chivis)6am – 11am

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Son más de 40 países que celebran el Día del Padre el tercer domingo de Junio: Ar-gentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canadá, Chile, China, Colombia, CostaRica, Cuba, Chipre, Francia, Grecia, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Irlanda, Jamaica,Japón, Malasia, Malta, Mauricio, México, Países Bajos, Pakistán, Panamá, Paraguay,Perú, Filipinas, Puerto Rico, Singapur, Eslovaquia, Sudáfrica, Sri Lanka, Suiza,Trinidad y Tobago, Turquía, Reino Unido, Estados Unidos, Venezuela, Zimbabwe yEcuador.

Otros países como Rusia y Ucrania lo celebran el 23 de Febrero. Países europeoscomo España, Italia y Portugal lo celebran el 19 de Marzo. Corea lo celebra enMayo, mientras que Brasil lo celebra hasta Agosto.

En El Salvador y Guatemala se celebra el 17 de Junio y en ese mismo mes lo hacenNicaragua, Uganda y Polonia el 23 de Junio.

Vietnam lo celebra el 30 de Julio e Irán lo hace en el mismo mes, el 23.

Este año, en Estados Unidos y múltiples países tocará celebrarlo el domingo 20 deJunio. No olvidemos que es un día para compartir en familia, recordar experienciaspasadas y fomentar la unión familiar.

Al igual que el día de la madre, este día debe celebrarsecon orgullo y alegría, pues no olvidemos que, efectiva-mente, provenimos del vientre materno pero ayudado enbuena medida por el padre, quien puso su semilla paraque conociéramos y disfrutáramos este hermoso mundo.

This Father’s Day, take a day off and spend it withthe man who gave you life. There is no need for an expensive present or a bigparty, because that’s not the point. The day is meant to celebrate the bondbetween a child and the man who will hold out his arms and assures them thateverything will be alright. It is the one day of the year designated for a fatherand child to spend together and share the memories that they’ve had, whilealso creating new ones.. June 15th is the day to thank your dad for everythinghe has done and will do, and remind him that even though it might not seemobvious, he is the most important man in your life.

Happy Father’s Day to every man who has a child and has been there to re-mind them that they are never alone.

Un mes para compartir...

"FATHER'S DAY" EN JUNIO

CONGRATULATIONS JOHNNY GARCIA

Johnny's first professional bout was on Feb. 20th 2010 in Grand Rapidsat the Orbit Room. He scored a 1st round tko over Christopher Suds-berry of Flint. Johnny's next bout will be in Chicago at the UIC Pavilionon June 19th at 7:00 (Chicago time). Dominic Pesoli of 8-Count Produc-tions is the promoter of this event.

Dominic is one of top promoters in midwest bringing in ESPN, Show Time, HBO and working alongsideother top promoters including Lou DiBella and Top Rank to name a few. Johnny's bout will be at light-welter weight (140 lb.) His opponent has not been chosen at this time (TBA).

For Tickets or more information visit www.uicpavilion.com


LZ Michigan kicks off to welcome homeVietnam veterans

COMSTOCK PARK, MI -- Hundreds of veterans, their family members and community mem-bers are expected to attend a July “welcome home” celebration to honor Vietnam War veter-ans for their sacrifice and service. LZ (Landing Zone) Michigan is scheduled for Saturday, July3, at Fifth Third BallPark in Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids.

Vietnam veterans will be honored, including those who were killed or declared missing in ac-tion. The event will feature speakers, musical entertainment, displays, a motorcycle rally anda video from the premiere of “Vietnam War Stories.” The celebration will close with fireworks.

MEDIA NOTE: A news conference to detail the day's events will be held Monday, May 24,at 8:30 a.m. in the Pepsi Stadium Club at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI.Speakers include Vietnam veterans Stan Cheff and Ron Oakes, Congressman VernEhlers, West Michigan Whitecaps CEO Lew Chamberlin, and state Sen. Bill Hardiman.The Kent County Honor Guard will also be present. Plans will be announced for a schol-arship for dependents of Vietnam War veterans.

“It is time our nation makes these veterans proud of their service to their country,” said JanRosochacki, Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. “The LZ Michigan project will finally welcomehome these veterans the way they deserve.”

Tickets for LZ Michigan can be reserved at www.lzmichigan.org, by calling 800-442-2771 orin person at the Fifth Third Ballpark Box Office. Adult tickets are $10; Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans receive complimentary tickets. All proceeds will be used to support program-ming at LZ Michigan.

For a complete list of sponsors, partners and event details visit www.lzmichigan.org.

BACKGROUNDLZ Michigan will take place Saturday, July 3, at Fifth Third Ballpark to welcome home Michi-gan's Vietnam War veterans. LZ is an abbreviation for Landing Zone, military slang for a heli-copter clearing where supplies or troops are landed. This statewide effort will culminate in aday of recognition and celebration of their service and sacrifice. The event is not political ormilitary; it is the community's expression of thanks, support and welcome for the men andwomen who served in Vietnam.

Congratulations! Taco house Grill is now open, for breakfast,lunch & dinner. The Chamber of Commence was part of the

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June 1- Jam Night. The first and third Tuesday of eachmonth from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM doors open at 5:00 PM. Coop-ersville Farm Museum375 Main StreetCoopersville, MI 49404Admission: $4.00 per personKids 12 and under and museummembers are FREE! Join us for good music, good friends, andgood times at Jam Night. Come and perform, jam along, or sitback in the crowd and enjoy the music. Acoustics only please.This is great fun for the whole family. Website: www.coop-ersvillefarmmuseum.org. For more information call (616) 997-8555 or email [email protected].

June 1 & 2- Nickelodeon presents StorytimeLive! Tuesday 7:00 PM, Wednesday 10:30 AM & 7:00 PM. Lo-cation: DeVos Performance Hall. Other Upcoming Events forDeVos Performance Halllisten to DeVos Performance Hall Tour-ing Tunes Podcast. Admission: $18, $23, $24, and $35. Story-time Live! is the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuringcharacters from four of the current top-rated preschool shows ontelevision today : Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, TheWonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan;. Preschoolers and their par-ents can see their favorite Nick Jr. characters come to life in oneaction-packed on-stage adventure hosted by Nick Jr.'s MooseA. Moose and Zee. Tickets: TicketMaster (available March 27th)For more information call (616) 742-6397 or visit www.de-vosperformancehall.com or email [email protected].

June 1 through Oct 29- AllendaleFarmer's Market. Tuesdays & Fridays 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.Heritage Towne Square. For more information call (616) 892-2632 or email [email protected].

June 4 through 13- Civic Theatre pres-ents: Doubt. TBA. Grand Rapids Civic Theatre . Admission: TBASet at a Catholic school in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun whoconfronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black stu-dent. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-firedialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and authority.ectivedrama. Even as DOUBT holds your conscious attention as anintelligently measured debate play, it sends off stealth chargesthat go deeper emotionally. It is tight and absorbing. One of theyear's ten best." Tickets: Star Tickets PLUS. For more informa-tion call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org.

June 4, 5 and 6- Festival of the Arts. For acomplete schedule of events, visit their website. DowntownGrand Rapids . Other Upcoming Events for Downtown GrandRapids Calder Plaza . Admission: Free. Festival is truly unique:an arts celebration put on totallyby volunteers; a feast of culinaryarts, with lots and lots of foodbooths presented as fund-rais-ers for area churches and non-profit organizations; acommunity-wide salute to the in-credible talent in West Michigan.Enjoy Festival's communityshowcase of the arts in allforms: visual, performance, culi-nary and more! All Festival per-formances and exhibits are freeof charge with lots of live enter-tainment on several stagesthroughout the downtown area!For more information call (616)459-1300 or visit www.festival-ofthearts.org.

June 5- Berlin Raceway - All Faiths Night. Saturday7:00 PM. Location: Berlin Raceway. Other Upcoming Eventsfor Berlin Raceway. Admission: $12.00. All Faiths Night by Sun-rise Ministries Late Models-75, Super Stocks-30, 4-Cylinders-20/15. Faster Pastor Races. Website: www.berlinraceway.comTickets: Visit website. For more information call (616) 677-5000.

June 5- Avenue for the Arts Market. Second Saturdayof each summer month 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Location: Heart-side District Avenue for the Arts. Admission: Free to the publicThe Avenue for the Arts Market is back with the outdoor sum-mer markets bringing together ecclectic and hip vendors, localartists, live entertainment and unique businesses. Do someshopping mingling, meet some new people and get reac-

quainted with our continuousluy changing city.Activities will take place between Weston andCherry on South Division. For more informa-tion call (616) 855-0435 or visit avenuefort-hearts.com/streetmarket or [email protected].

June 5-Little People Olympics. Sat-urday 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Instructions be-fore 9:30 AM). Matt Urban Sports Complex. Admission: $5.00 Residents/ $7.00 Non-Resi-

dents $10.00 On-site Fee. Events include: 40 Yard Dash, 60Yard Dash, Tennis Ball Throw, and Soccer Ball Kick. All partici-pants will recieve an award for their participation plus a specialsportsmanship award. Separate division for boys and girls. Par-ents MUST have their chilren at the field and be ready to re-cieve instruction BEFORE 9:30 AM, in order for this program torun smoothly. In case of bad weather, please listen to 1450 AMor 92.7 FM or call the Recreation Division cancellation hotline at616.355.1139. Please call or register online. For more informa-tion call (616) 355-1130 or visit www.cityofholland.com or [email protected].

June 9- 97LAV Budweiser Blues on the Mall presents:Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials. Time: Wednesday 6:00 PM to 9:00PM. Rosa Parks Circle. Other Upcoming Events for Rosa ParksCircle. Admission: FREE. 97 LAV Budweiser Blues On the Mallis a free live blues concert in downtown Grand Rapids everyWednesday night. Listen to music from national blues perform-ers. Enjoy a variety of food and goods from local vendors. Lim-ited seating available. Bring your own lawn chair. Website:www.wlav.com For more information call (616) 774-8461.

June 10- Celadon Summer Concert Series - KarisaWilson, Acoustic Jam. Thursday 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. CeladonOutdoor Amphitheater. Admission: Free or donations to benefitIris Ministries. This year’s musical lineup features top notch localfavorites and worship leaders from area churches who knowhow to rock! Ample parking is available on site. The amphithe-ater is set up with seating on large flat rocks or on the grassylawn. All events are Bring Your Own Beverage. Purchases ofbeverages may also be made at the Crushed Grape Wine andBeer store. Donations from concert goers that choose to par-ticipate. For more information visit www.littleduckmusic.com oremail [email protected].

June 11- Holland Summer Concert Series - Rag-birds. Friday 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Kollen Park (located betweenEast 10th Street and VanRaalte Avenue in Holland, Michigan)Admission: Free. Infectious global groove. Led by fiery front-woman Erin Zindle, they put on a show designed to engage theaudience on many levels - to get people thinking, listening, anddancing. The musical roots of The Ragbirds sound are complex- with Gypsy, Middle-Eastern, Americana, Rock, and Latin in-fluences, all stirred with a Celtic fiddler's bow. In live perform-ances, the band incorporates variations on traditional Africandrum pieces, each member trading their instrument for a handdrum. The songs carry a positive message that appeals to lis-

teners of all ages. For all the intensity of their live show, thisis a band that is not afraid to show their softer side withacoustic tunes that are anything but typical folk. For moreinformation call (616) 355-1130 or visit www.cityofhol-land.com/rec or email [email protected].

June 11- Kids Tunes at Noon - Candy Band.Friday 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Location: Kollen Park (Lo-cated between East 10th Street and VanRaalte Avenuein Holland, Michigan). Admission: Free. Formed in May of2003, Candy Band is comprised of 4 Detroit area stay-at-home moms that were "sick to death" of whiny music forchildren. They took a stand and formed the first kids' bandthat really rocks! With a repertoire of covers like Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star, Sponge Bob and Spiderman and orig-inals like Monsters and Playdoh, the Candy Band is a rockband for kids and parents alike to enjoy! Website:www.candyband.com. For more information call (616)

355-1130 or visit www.cityofholland.com/rec or email [email protected].

June 11,12 & 13- 2010 Parade of Down-town Living. Friday 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to5:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Downtown GrandRapids. Other Upcoming Events for Downtown Grand RapidsAdmission: $10.00. Tour downtown condominium developmentswhile supporting Dwelling Place. Free parking and DASHbusses running all weekend long. Website: www.grmag.comTickets: Purchase at the door.

June 11- Tennis Rocks and Kids Rule! Friday 2:00PM to 4:00 PM. Moran Park - Holland. Admission: FREE. TheHolland Recreation Division is hosting a FREE tennis event for

all area youth between ages 5 - 12. This event will kick off oursummer season, so come out to the courts for some fun! Par-ticipants will have fun learning tennis skills, playing games, win-ning prizes, and enjoying friends and food. Racquets providedor participants may bring their own. Call Moran Tennis Courtsafter June 7 with any questions, 616.355.1056.For more information call (616) 355-1130 or visit www.city-ofholland.com or email [email protected].

June 11- GRAM on the GREEN presents: LaFamiglia - Hip Hop. Friday 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Rosa ParksCircle. Other Upcoming Events for Rosa Parks Circle. GrandRapids Art Museum (map)Other Upcoming Events for GrandRapids Art Museum. Admission: Free. Enjoy the Hip Hop musicby La Famiglia at the Museum Terrace Stage. Seating and cashbar available. You're welcome to bring your own folding chairs.,Website: www.artmuseumgr.org. For more information [email protected].

June 12 & 13- 31st Annual Homecoming ofthe Three Fires Traditional Pow Wow. Saturday 11:00 AM todark, Sunday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Riverside Park. Admission:Free. The 31st annual gathering celebrates the unity of the threetribes of Michigan, the Ottawa, Chippewa and the Potawatomi.Also featured in this event is traditional dancing, music, craftvendors and food booths. Free parking is available. The GrandEntries take place Saturday at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM and onSunday at Noon. Family attendance encouraged at this alcohol-free and drug-free event. Formore information [email protected].

June 12- 7th An-nual Local First Street Party.Saturday 4:00 PM to Midnight. Bistro Bella Vita. Admission:FREE. Local food, wine, beer and live music are the stars ofthis party celebrating all the West Michigan economy has tooffer. With more than 10,000 attendees last year, this is oneparty you won't want to miss... Visit website for more informa-tion as it becomes available. For more information call (616)808-3788 or visit www.localfirst.com or [email protected].

June 12- Coopersville Farm Museum Outdoor FleaMarket. Saturday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Location: CoopersvilleFarm Museum. Other Upcoming Events for Coopersville FarmMuseum Admission: FREE TO SHOP! Spring is in the air andit’s time to do some spring cleaning. If you have items that arelooking for a new home, or arts and crafts that you would like tosell we have the perfect solution for you! Booths are $10 for a10’x10’ space. If you have items you would like to donate to themuseum we would be happy to sell them. Set up is between7:30am-8:30am. No early tear down please. You never knowwhat you will find or what you may be able to sell. Rememberone person’s trash is another’s treasure! Additional dates July10th & August 7th. Website: www.coopersvillefarmmuseum.orgTickets: Call for reservations. For more information call (616)997-8555 or email [email protected].

June 12- Field of Green Festival. Sat-urday12: PM to 4:00 PM. Blandford Nature Cen-ter. Admission: Adults $5, Kids 3-12 $3, Kids 3and under are free. Blandford Nature Centerpresents its 1st annual Field of Green Festival.Come out to enjoy a musical day full of “green”family fun and support your back yard nature cen-ter at the same time! Live music, food, eco-friendlyvendors, family-friendly activities and more! All proceedsto support Blandford Nature Center. Visit www.blandfordna-turecenter.org for details. For more information call (616) 735-6240 or visit www.blandfordnaturecenter.org/events or [email protected].

June 14 through Aug 5- CampCuriosity 2010. Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Grand Rapids Pub-lic Museum. Other Upcoming Events for Grand Rapids PublicMuseum. Admission: Pricing details can be found under eachcamp description. Full payment is required for confirmed regis-tration. Grand Rapids Public Museum Members receive a dis-count. https://tickets.grmuseum.org/public/default.asp. There'ssomething for every camp-loving kid this summer! Themes in-clude Fossil Hunters, Life of a Knight, Slimy Science, SewWhat??, Kites, Planes & Rockets, Growing up Green, Be aBroadcaster and more! Website:grmuseum.org/coming_soon/camp_curiosity_2010. For moreinformation call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org oremail [email protected].

June 14- 100 Holes Challenge. Time: Monday 6:30AM. Location: Sunnybrook Country Club. Sign up to play 100

holes of golf in one day. You will raise money from sponsors forthis unbelievable challenge. All meals will be provided includingan end of the day recognition banquet. Lots of gifts and prizeswill be awarded to the players as well. Player Recruitment Partywill be held on March 30th @ 6:00 PM. Proceeds will go to Boysand Girls clubs. For more information call (616) 233-9370.

June 14 through Jul 23- YoungDancers Summer Program. Time: Creative Dance ages 3-4Monday & Wednesday 9:15 AM to10:00 AM, Pre Ballet ages5-6 Tuesday & Thursday 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM, Elementary Bal-let ages 7-9 Monday-Friday 9:45 AM to10:45 AM, IntermediateBallet ages 9-11 9:00 AM to10:30 AM. Location: Meijer-RoyceCenter For Dance. Other Upcoming Events for Meijer-RoyceCenter For Dance. Admission: Creative Dance $195 six weeks,$35 one week, Pre Ballet $195 six weeks, $35 one week, Ele-mentary Ballet $325 six weeks, $100 one weekI, IntermediateBallet $425, six weeks $115, one week. A collection of classesfor dancers ages 3-9 who wish to begin or further their studiesduring the summer months. All classes are taught by the Schoolof the Grand Rapids Ballet Company's professional faculty inour state-of-the-art studios. For more information call (616) 454-4771 x17 or visit www.grballet.com or [email protected].

June 14 through Jul 23- Pre Pro-fessional Summer Dance Intensive. Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Meijer-Royce Center For Dance. Other Upcoming Events for Meijer-Royce Center For Dance. Admission: $995 for six weeks or$340 per week. This rigorous program provides quality trainingfor dancers ages 12 and above. In addition to daily techniqueand pointe classes; students will be exposed to pas de deux,pilates mat classes, modern, repertory, variations and more!

This year's guest faculty members include current NYCB prin-cipal Charles Askegard and former NYCB soloist Tom Gold. Formore information call (616) 454-4771 x17 or visit www.grbal-let.com or email [email protected].

June 14 through Aug 16- Out-door Fitness Class-Zumba. Monday 5:30 PM. Rosa Parks Cir-cle. Other Upcoming Events for Rosa Parks Circle. Admission:Free. Free outdoor fitness class. Zumba is a fusion of Latin andInternational music. The class combines high energy and mo-tivating music with unique moves and combinations. For moreinformation visit www.grcity.us/parksandrec.

June 15- Berlin Raceway - Rowdy's Revenge. Time:Saturday 7:00 PM. Berlin Raceway. Other Upcoming Eventsfor Berlin Raceway. Admission: Adults $20.00. Rowdy's Re-venge 251 presented by Keyser's Port City Racing KYLEBUSCH & CHASE ELLIOTT TO RACE; Bill Elliott & Busch tosign autographs CRA Super Series, Modifieds-50 CRA / Mod-ified Autographs. Website: www.berlinraceway.com. Tickets:Visit website. For more information call (616) 677-5000.

June 16- 97LAV BudweiserBlues on the Mall presents: Duke Robil-

lard. Wednesday 6:00 PM to 9:00PM. Rosa Parks Circle. Other Up-coming Events for Rosa Parks Cir-cle. Admission: FREE. 97 LAVBudweiser Blues On the Mall is afree live blues concert in down-town Grand Rapids every

Wednesday night. Listen to musicfrom national blues performers.

Enjoy a variety of food and goods fromlocal vendors. Limited seating available.

Bring your own lawn chair. Website:www.wlav.com For more information call (616) 774-

8461.

June 17- West Michigan Whitecaps vs. Lake CountyCaptains. Thursday 7:00 PM. Fifth Third Ballpark. Other Up-coming Events for Fifth Third Ballpark. Admission: please seewebsite. The West Michigan Whitecaps are a professional minorleague baseball team. A member of the 14-team MidwestLeague and Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, the Whitecapsplay 70 home and 70 road games each season. "Home" is FifthThird Ballpark. Call for information on group tickets. Website:www.whitecaps-baseball.com/TICKETS/INDTIX/tixord.htmlTickets: Visit website. For more information call (616) 784-4131or (800) CAPS-WIN or visit www.whitecaps-baseball.com.

June 17- Strawberry Shortcake Fest for Kids. Thurs-day 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Location: Rosa Parks Circle. Admis-sion: $5 donation for serving. Serving strawberry shortcake tobenefit local children's charities. For more information call (616)331-6534 or visit of North Grand Rapids or [email protected].

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June 17- CHIL-DREN'S THEATRE - SleepingBeauty. Thursday 7:30 PM to 9:00PM, Doors open at 7:00 PMLocation: Pioneer Auditorium.Other Upcoming Events for Pio-neer Auditorium. All tickets are$8.00 each and available at thedoor. Please join us for an amaz-ing adventure! Watch the princessgrow up and get tricked sleep forhundreds of years. Watch thePrince find her, kiss her and wakeher up and live happily ever after!

Tickets: Purchase at the door. For more information call (616)957-9707 or visit www.childrenscreations.org or email [email protected].

June 18 & 19- West Michigan Chalk Art Fes-tival. Friday 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Saturday 8:00 AM to 9:00PM. Location: Downtown Byron Center. Admission: Spectatorsare free. Check website for artist registration info. You can par-ticipate as an artist or just walk, view and experience chalk artat your feet. Byron Farmers' Market and Craft Fair on Saturday.Website: www.wmcaf.com For more information call (616) 878-6029 or email [email protected].

June 18-Holland Summer Concert Series - UVHippo. Friday 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Location: Kollen Park (Lo-cated between East 10th Street and VanRaalte Avenue in Hol-land, Michigan) Admission: Free. UV Hippo is an explosivesix-piece jam rock band from Grand Rapids, MI recently de-scribed by Recoil Magazine as "one of Michigan's most prom-ising bands," UV HIPPO mixes right funky jams with new dancebeats and strange effects for a killer musical experience. Theband performs an eclectic array of composed and improvisedoriginal material, dancing between genres of funk, jazz, elec-tronica, reggae, bluegrass, and progressive rock. For more in-formation call (616) 355-1130 or visit www.cityofholland.com/recor email [email protected].

June 19- 44th Annual Reeds Lake Clothesline ArtFestival. Saturday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Reeds Lake. Admis-sion: Free. A juried show featuring over 130 fine arts and craftsartists' booths from all over the country. Works include painting,ceramics, photography, sculpture, fiber, pottery, jewelry, clothing,glass, wood and more. LOCATION: Lake Side Dr., John CollinsPark & Wealthy Street in East Grand Rapids. For more infor-mation call (616) 949-1247.

June 19- Berlin Raceway - Pro Stock Night. Satur-day 7:00 PM. Location: Berlin Raceway. Other UpcomingEvents for Berlin Raceway. Admission: Adults $12.00. KerkstraServices Pro-Stock Night. Late Models-75 (Possible GreatLakes Late Model Series), Super Stocks-30, Pro Stocks-40, 4-Cylinders-20/15. Website: www.berlinraceway.com. Tickets:Visit website. For more information call (616) 677-5000.

June 19- 3rd Annual Founders Fest - A Celebrationof Beer & Music. Saturday 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Location:Founders Brewing Company. Admission: $14.00 at the door,$12.00 in advance. Founders Fest is a celebratory “thank you”to Grand Rapids and West Michigan for making Founders whatit is today. Website: www.myspace.com/foundersbrewingco.Tickets: Purchase at the door. (available now) For more infor-mation call (616) 776-1195 or visit www.foundersbrewing.comor email [email protected].

June 19-Tulip City Youth Triathlon. Time: Check In:8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Start Time: 9:00 AM. Smallenburg ParkCampus(East 16th Street & Fairbanks Avenue in Holland, MI49423). Admission: $15.00 Residents/ $20.00 Non-Residents(Residents live within Holland City boundaries). A splash, pedal,and dash event just for kids ages 5-14 (as of December 31,2010). A fun-focused event celebrating every youth tri-athlete.Triathlon will take place at the Smallenburg Park campus in-cluding Bouw's Pool. One parent/guardian or relative should beavailable on race day to assist their athlete. Participants must beequipped with appropriate swimwear, their own inspected bikeand bike helmet, and running shoes or sneakers. Bikes can beinspected for FREE at Holland Cycling from June 1-18. Eventsponsors and volunteers for race day are needed. Please con-tact the Recreation Division to assist at 616.355.1130. Includesa t-shirt. For more information call (616) 355-1130 or visitwww.cityofholland.com or email [email protected].

June 21- 23rd Annual Drive for Vision. Monday 8:00AM to Noon Speed Golf, 1pm Shotgun. Location: Quail RidgeGolf Club8375 36th St SE Ada, MI 49301. Admission: $175 perplayer $700 per foursomeSponsorship available. This is a fund

raising event that directly benefits the Association for the Blindand Visually Impaired (ABVI) and Cherry Street Health Serv-ices Vision Program. The Grand Rapids Lions in conjunctionwith our title sponsor, Grand Rapids Ophthalmology, will raisefunds for many programs to aid the visually impaired as well asthe under-served in our community. A fun event for golfers whilesupporting a very worthwhile cause- VISION! Tickets: Visit web-site. For more information call (616) 560-0404 or visit drive-forvision.com or email [email protected].

June 21- An Evening with David Small. Time: 7:00PM to 8:30 PM. Location: Grand Rapids Public Library, Main Li-brary. Other Upcoming Events for Grand Rapids Public Library,Main Library. Admission: Free. David Small discusses the evo-lution of his memoir, Stitches, and how it came to be illustratedinstead of simply written. Short clips from the book will be shown.Following the presentation there will be a question and answersession and a book signing. This program is a part of GR Reads,summer reading for adults. For a full list of books and events,please visit website. Website: www.grpl.org. For more informa-tion call (616) 988-5400 or visit www.grpl.org/grreads.

June 24- Chris Tomlin and TobyMac: Hello TonightSummer Tour 2010. Thursday 7:30 PM. Van Andel Arena. OtherUpcoming Events for Van Andel Arenalisten to Van Andel ArenaTouring Tunes Podcast. Admission: $27.50, $32.50, $37.50Together these two phenomenal artists join forces on theHELLO TONIGHT SUMMER TOUR for one evening of high en-ergy and family friendly entertainment. Tickets: TicketMaster.For more information call (800) 745-3000.

June 24 through 27- Magic CircleTheatre Presents: Alice in Wonderland. Thursday, Friday & Sat-urday 7:30 PM, Sunday 5:00 PM. Location: Aquinas CollegePerforming Arts Center. Other Upcoming Events for AquinasCollege Performing Arts Center. Admission: General Seating$10.00.The classic tale unfolds at Magic Circle through an ex-plosion of multi-media, music, and stage magic! Tickets: Call fortickets. For more information call (616) 456-6656 or visitwww.circletheatre.org.

June 24- 23rd Annual "Let's Go to Bat for Kids"!Time: Friday Opening ceremonies at 6:30 PM. Location: FifthThird Ballpark. Other Upcoming Events for Fifth Third BallparkAdmission: Ages 13 and above $5, children 12 and under freeJoin us for the 23rd annual Let’s Go to Bat for Kids! charity soft-ball game. Local media personalities and area priests take to thefield in a light-hearted softball game to benefit the child abuseprevention and recovery programs of Catholic Charities WestMichigan. Tickets: Purchase at the door. For more informationcall (616) 551-5667 or visitccwestmi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&It... or email [email protected].

June 25,26 & 27- Meijer State Games ofMichigan. Please check website. Grand Rapids and surround-ing area. This is an annual, multisport, Olympic Style event forall ages. It will kick off with Opening Ceremonies featuring Amer-ican Idol Finalist Matt Giraud, a parade of athletes and the light-ing of the cauldron. Sports being featured are basketball, BMX,bowling, boxing, fencing, figuring skating, hockey, mountain bik-ing, racquetball, rowing, rugby, softball, tae kwon do, track andfield, and volleyball. Website: www.stategamesofmichigan.comFor more information email [email protected].

June 25- West Michigan Whitecaps vs. Lake CountyCaptains. Friday 7:00 PM. Location: Fifth Third Ballpark. OtherUpcoming Events for Fifth Third Ballpark. Admission: pleasesee website. The West Michigan Whitecaps are a professionalminor league baseball team. A member of the 14-team MidwestLeague and Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, the Whitecapsplay 70 home and 70 road games each season. "Home" is FifthThird Ballpark. Call for information on group tickets. Website:www.whitecaps-baseball.com/TICKETS/INDTIX/tixord.html.Tickets: Visit website. For more information call (616) 784-4131or (800) CAPS-WIN or visit www.whitecaps-baseball.com.

June 25- Holland Summer Concert Series - PeterOprisko as Frank Sinatra. Friday 6:30 PM to8:30 PM. Kollen Park (Located between East10th Street and VanRaalte Avenue in Holland,Michigan). Admission: Free. Often describedas the "American Michael Buble" or the "nextFrank Sinatra" Chicago's pop standards sen-sation, Peter Oprisko enjoyed a successful ca-reer in national radio broadcasting before

embarking on a musical path that has led him to become oneof the country's most in-demand entertainers. For more infor-mation call (616) 355-1130 or visit www.cityofholland.com/recor email [email protected].

June 25- An intimate night w/ Terrence Parker.Friday 9:00 PM to 1:30 AM. Location: Billy's. Other Up-coming Events for Billy's. Admission: $5 21+. Billy'sLounge and Magnate present: An intimate night with djterrence parker (pmw/detroit) ~http://www.terren-ceparker.blogspot.com ~http://www.myspace.com/ter-renceparker. Also featuring: superdre (bass candi)Antonio Bliss (drill team, betamorph) Shane Bugai(6one6/Defrec, Nutation) Grand Rapids Electronic MusicMovement Shanebugai Bugai Sylock (lime green shirt)Happy Hour from 3:00pm - 9:00pm Cover starts at8:30pm Entertainment starts at 9:30pm. Website: www.face-book.com/event.php?eid=118020784882951. For more infor-mation call (616) 459-5757 or visit www.billyslounge.com oremail [email protected].

June 26 through Jul 6- MuskegonSummer Celebration. Thursday June 26th, 5:00 to 11:00 PM,June 27th - July 6th, Noon to 11:00 PM. Heritage Landing. Ad-mission: Varies by event. An 11-day all star music extravaganzacomplete with family fun for all ages. Summer Celebration playshost to some of the world's best entertainers. There are veryfew musical genres that have not been featured at Summer Cel-ebration. Tickets: Star Tickets PLUS. For more information call (231) 722-6520 or visit www.summercelebration.com.

June 26 & 27- 49th Annual Grand Haven ArtFestival. Time: Saturday & Sunday 10:00AM to 5:00 PM. Location: DowntownGrand Haven. Admission: Free (& freeparking) This outdoor art extravaganzawill once again feature Family Fun Daysoffering art and craft activities for children.The event makes the arts accessible to abroad audience including serious artbuyers looking to add to their collections..Prices range from $25 hand-designedearrings to $20,000 metal sculptures.

The festival is a wonderful opportunity for the public to supportthe arts and the local economy while exploring the art of newand emerging talent as well as established artists. Website:www.artfestival.com. For more information call [email protected] or email (954) 472-3755.

June 26- Bank of America Reeds Lake Run. Time:Saturday 8:00 AM. Reeds Lake. Other Upcoming Events forReeds Lake. 10K run, 5K run/walk and kids races. Participants,friends and family are all welcome to join us in John Collins Parkfor the Post Race Party, where you can enjoy food, beveragesand a live band. Website: www.reedslakerun.com. For more in-formation call (616) 949-1750 or visit www.eastgr.org.

June 30 - 97LAV Budweiser Blues on the Mall pres-ents: Vasti Jackson. Time: Wednesday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.Rosa Parks Circle. Other Upcoming Events for Rosa Parks Cir-cle. Admission: FREE. 97 LAV Budweiser Blues On the Mall isa free live blues concert in downtown Grand Rapids everyWednesday night. Listen to music from national blues perform-ers. Enjoy a variety of food and goods from local vendors. Lim-ited seating available. Bring your own lawn chair. Website:www.wlav.com. For more information call (616) 774-8461.

June 30 - The Levon Helm Band/w special guestJames Hunter : Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gar-dens. Time: Wednesday Gates open at 6:00 PM, concert beginsat 7:00 PM. Rain or shine. Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens &Sculpture Park. Other Upcoming Events for Frederik Meijer Gar-

dens & Sculpture Park. Admission:TBA. Website: www.meijergar-dens.org/gardens_experience/am-phitheater_schedu...Tickets: Star Tickets PLUS. Formore information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergar-dens.org.


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María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa (born June 25,1975 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, but raised in Majorca, Spain) is a famous Ar-gentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearingon the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described inthe United States as pop. Most of her music is in Spanish, although a fewtracks on each album were recorded in English. Although her albums are notreadily available in the U.S. record shelves as they are in Spain and Latin Amer-ica, they can be found on the Internet. She has sold more than 1,000,000records since 2002.

The unplugged album Mis canciones favoritas was Chenoa's second album. Itwas recorded in Barcelona in April 2003, and included some of her favoritesongs such as Man in The Mirror, Respect, Chain of Fools, and Love of My Life.This CD + DVD was released on a limited edition of 100,000 copies.

Chenoa's third studio album Nada es igual was released in November. Pro-duced by Dado Parisini (Laura Pausini, Nek, Tears for Fears), and recorded inMilan, this pop-rock album explored a new direction in Chenoa’s music. Nadaes igual was not only a sample of her musical evolution, but also of her newpersonal challenge. Rutinas was the first single, which again reached numberone in the Spanish charts. The album sold more than 100,000 copies in Spainafter 21 weeks in the top 100 and was also promoted in Mexico and otherLatin-American countries. The following singles were Tengo para ti and Dondeestés. 2006 finished with a Spanish tour of more than 40 locations. Me enam-oro del dolor was covered in English by Maria Arredondo and is called EvenWhen You're With Me.

On October 9, 2007, Chenoa released her fifth studio album called AbsurdaCenicienta, for which she wrote all the songs herself. The first single was Todoirá bien. The album peaked at number one in the iTunes Latin Albums andwent to the number two position in the Spanish albums charts. It also receivedGold certification in its first week in the Spanish album chart. The single Todoirá bien has topped the charts in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Spain, etc. and atotal of 12 countries.

In July 25, 2009, Chenoa's new single "Duele" from her upcoming album, De-safiando la gravedad, premiered for the first time on Cadena Dial.

María Laura Corradini Falomir más conocida como Chenoa (nacida el 25 dejunio de 1975, Mar del Plata, Argentina), es una cantante solista con nacionali-dad española. Alcanzó la fama en 2001, formando parte del programa de tel-errealidad musical 'Operación Triunfo'. En el 2002 fue ganadora del 'Eurobest'con el tema "It's raining men".

Su pasión -la música y todas las emociones que es posible transmitir a travésde una canción- es compartida por muchos de los miembros de su familia. Suabuela cantaba; y sus padres son músicos profesionales dedicados a dar unpoco de vida a las veladas de muchos hoteles de Mallorca.

Con siete discos en el mercado y una carrera muy consolidada a la vez quevalorada, Chenoa sigue enfrentándose a la vida con una sonrisa y un ‘micro’entre las manos. Su primer disco Chenoa salió al mercado en el 2002 y empu-jado por su primer sencillo Atrévete obtuvo dos nominaciones a los PremiosAmigo que le dieron fuerzas y seguridad para sacar su segundo disco MisCanciones Preferidas en las que recogió sus fuentes de inspiración. Su tercerdisco, Soy Mujer, la dio el empujón que necesitaba y tras 250.000 copias ven-didas, la mallorquina de adopción dio un gran bocado al mundo. Le siguieronNada es igual en el 2005, Contigo donde estés en el 2006, Absurda Cenicientaen 2007 y su último disco, Desafiando la gravedad en el 2009 con el que con-siguió colarse en los primeros puestos de las listas a las pocas horas de salir ala venta.


¡El gran Euge-nio Derbezregresa conmás P.Lucheque nuncapara re-galarnos másrisas y muchobuen humor

con “La Familia P.Luche”! Esta diver-tidísima serie de Televisión y la másexitosa de los últimos años regresacon su segunda temporada para que tuy tu familia se rían a más no poder.

Televisa y Vivendi Home Entertain-ment te trae esta divertida familia quevive en la Ciudad Peluche y es ahídonde viven situaciones cotidianascomo el trabajo y la escuela pero conun toque absurdo y cómico. Abajopuedes encontrar más detalles sobreeste programa y su historia. ¡Este DVDesta a la venta ahora!

The great Eugenio Derbez P. Luchereturns more than ever to give usmore laughs and much good humorwith "La Familia P. Luche"! This hilar-ious series of TV and the most suc-cessful of recent years returns withits second season for you and yourfamily will laugh to the fullest.

Televisa Home Entertainment andVivendibrings youthis funfamily liv-ing in theCiudad dePelucheand this iswherethey liveeveryday situations such as workand school but with a touch absurdand comical. Below you can findmore details about this program andits history. This DVD is on sale now!

AdelantaMinoguelanza-mientode nuevosencilloEl tema 'All the lovers'podrá escucharse antes de lo pre-visto, la canción saldrá a la venta el15 de junio

El nuevo sencillo de la cantante aus-traliana Kylie Minogue, titulado "Allthe lovers" tendrá su lanzamiento el15 de junio próximo, dos semanasantes de lo previsto, luego de que susfanáticos pidieran su estreno.

"All the lovers", que saldría al mer-cado en formato digital el próximo 28de junio, es una pieza musical, copro-ducida y escrita por Jim Eliot & MimaStilwell, misma que ha sido bienrecibida por la crítica.

Asimismo, el álbum marca el regresode la australiana a las pistas de baile,con una lista de colaboraciones deexpertos en el género pop y el dancecomo: Calvin Harris y Jake Serás, Se-bastian Ingrosso (Swedish HouseMafia) & Luciana Caporaso, NerinaPallot, Richard X, Cutfather, Nervo y

Tim Rice-Oxley.

El álbum incluyetemas como "Getoutta my way","Put your handsup" (If you feellove), "Closer","Everything isbeautiful","Aphrodite", "Illu-sion", "Better thantoday", "Toomuch", "Cupid

boy", "Looking for an angel", "Can'tbeat the feeling"

En este contexto, Minogue dijo: "Amoel sentimiento eufórico de'Aphrodite', delicioso pop en la pistade baile", al comentar sobre su nuevodisco.

The song 'All my lovers' can be heardahead of schedule, the song will bereleased June 15.

The new single by Australian singerKylie Minogue, entitled "All the lovers"will launch on June 15th, two weeksahead of schedule, after its fans callfor their release.

The album includes songs like "Getoutta my way", "Put your hands up"(If you feel love), "Closer," "Everythingis beautiful", "Aphrodite," "Illusion,""Better than today", " Too much ","Cupid boy "," Looking for an angel ","Can not beat the feeling ".

¡ESTE MES EUGENIODERBEZ ESTÁ DE PELUCHE!

DistintoDiego TorresDistinto es el séptimo disco de estudio deDiego Torres. Se trata de un recorrido de10 temas producido por Rafael Arcaute yel mismo Torres.

El nuevo material del argentino arrancacon "Mi corazón de fue" una buena baladarítmica de buena manufactura, un inicioprometedor que ofrece un buen avance delo que está por venir: una propuesta difer-ente y cualitativamente mejor que lo quehabíamos conocido.

Le sigue "Guapa" el primer sencillo, otra balada de buen ritmo y mejor letra. Lo quesigue es un ir y venir entre baladas al estilo de Torres.

En general, Distinto se presenta como eso, un disco con tenues diferencias si lo com-paramos con sus anteriores trabajos que conserva la buena hechura con la que tieneacostumbrados a sus seguidores.

El mérito de Diego Torres está en ofrecer un disco "diferente pero igual", lo suficiente-mente diferente para no repetirse, pero con el sello de su casa.

Argentine heartthrob Diego Torres returns with his latest album, Distinto, full ofvim and vigor—just as the bracing album art suggests. The former soap operastar and Grammy nominee (for 2002's Un Mundo Diferente) offers a crisp andbalanced set of professional Latin pop, guitar-driven and heartfelt without veer-ing into the overly cloying. Joining Diego are Noel Schajris (formerly of Sin Ban-dera), Mala Rodríguez (the preëminent Spanish female MC) and Jotuel (leader ofCuban ex-pat hip-hop group Orishas). The album's first single, "Guapa," hasclimbed as high as #5 on Billboard's Latin Pop chart. Expect to hear much morefrom Torres throughout the summer.

Eduardo Verástegui organiza elcongreso "Unidos por la vida"

El actor Eduardo Verástegui es el padrino delprimer congreso “Unidos por la Vida”. Un eventoque los organizadores califican ya de histórico yque se llevó a cabo el pasado 23 de mayo en elCentro de Convenciones de Los Ángeles, Califor-nia.

“Con los fondos que se recaudaronen este congreso se financiará laapertura de un centro médico parala mujer en el centro de Los Ánge-les, que ofrecerá atención médicagratuita de alta calidad a mujereslatinas de escasos recursos queestén embarazadas”, explicóVerástegui.

“Se llamará “Centro MédicoGuadalupe” y será un oasis de vidaen medio de un desierto de muerte,ya que en la misma zona hay diez10 clínicas que practican abortos”.

El congreso “Unidos por la Vida”, que duró desdelas 7 am a las 7 pm, fue un evento familiar dondeparticiparon jóvenes y miles de mujeres latinas,además todo el evento se retransmitirá en directopor medio de Internet, pensando en todos aquel-los que no puedan acudir y quieran disfrutarlodesde sus hogares.

Participaron los cantantes Emmanuel y AlexanderAcha, el Mariachi Sol de México, el imitadorGilberto Gless, la actriz Karyme Lozano, y el jovenaustraliano Nick Vujicic.

Verástegui es reconocido por su espiritualidad ycompromiso en defensa del derecho a la vida.Con esa sensibilidad, fundó la organización no lu-crativa “Manto de Guadalupe”, a través de la quebrinda ayuda a los grupos más vulnerables ynecesitados, viajando por diferentes parte delmundo donde hay pobreza extrema.

Para más información acerca del congreso, ventade boletos, retransmisión a través de Internet ydonaciones, por favor visita nuestra web -www.mantodeguadalupe.org

Manto de Guadalupe, a non-profit or-ganization formed by Mexican ActorEduardo Verastegui, will host a one-day Spanish-language “mega confer-ence” and concert to benefit a newwomen’s medical center openingnear downtown Los Angeles.

The event, titled “Unidos Por La Vida”(United for Life), was May 23. Per-formances by singers and actorssuch as Emmanuel Acha and his sonAlejandro. Other speakers include ac-tress Karyme Lozano, ManuelCapetillo, Gilberto Gless, Fr. JuanRivas and Fr. Mariano de Blas.

Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood di-rector who is now pro-life, will also speak.

Proceeds will benefit Manto de Guadalupe’s lat-est project, a medical center for women in oneof the most impoverished areas of Los Angeles.There are reportedly many abortion clinics inthe area.

“My hope is that Guadalupe Medical Center willreach and help many women, children and fam-ilies,” explained Verastegui. “It will be an oasisof life for those most in need.”

The event was on Sunday, May 23 take placefrom 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the South Hall of theLos Angeles Convention Center.

More information can be found athttp://www.mantodeguadalupe.org


PelículaMexicana''Añobisiesto''gana Cá-mara deOro en 63ºFestival deCannes CANNES, Francia (AFP)- La película mexicana

"Año bisiesto", primer largometraje del di-rector australiano Michael Rowe, presen-tada en la Quincena de Realizadores, ganóla Cámara de Oro del 63º Festival deCannes.

"Año bisiesto" describe la soledad de unajoven indígena de Oaxaca en la capitalfederal. De hecho, transcurre práctica-mente en su domicilio, donde esta peri-odista modesta practica con regularidad elsexo con desconocidos con la pretensiónde encontrar compañía.

La irrupción de un compañero de juegospermanente le permite llevar hasta el finalun ritual donde mezclan progresivamenteplacer y dolor. Sexo sin erotismo, filmadosin falsos pudores ni artificios hasta el

final de la misteriosa lógica que sigue laprotagonista cuando va tachando días enel calendario junto a la foto del padre fall-ecido.

"Año bisiesto" está protagonizada por undúo soberbio, Mónica del Carmen, valientey estupenda actriz que debutó en "Babel",y Gustavo Sánchez Parra, el "malo" de"Amores perros", opera prima que estren-aba hace ahora diez años en Cannes Ale-jandro González Iñárritu.

Escrita en mes y medio, una historia sen-cilla, sobre una persona de clase mediabaja que "lucha para sobrevivir en un de-sierto emocional con muy pocas her-ramientas", explicó el director a la AFP.

The Mexican film "Ano Bisiesto", thefirst feature from Australian directorMichael Rowe, filed in the Director'sFortnight, won the Camera de Oro 63 ºCannes Festival.

Laura is a single, 25-year-old journalistwho lives in a small apartment in Mex-ico City. After a long series of flings,Laura meets Arturo. The first time theymake love, Arturo touches here in waysthat overwhelm her. Thus begins an in-tense, passionate and sexual romance,which mixes pleasure, pain and love. Inthe course of days, which she carefullycrosses out on her calendar, Laura’s se-cret past resurfaces, driving Arturo toextremes.

Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”DVD to be released June 1

Following a record-breaking theatrical performance, Tim Burton’s epic fantasy adven-ture Alice In Wonderland, Disney’s 4th biggest film of all time, takes its booming box-office success into the home with a Disney 3-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD+ Digital Copy), 1-Disc Blu-ray and 1-Disc DVD on June 1, 2010, from Walt Disney Stu-dios Home Entertainment (Wdshe).

The Alice In Wonderland Blu-ray DiscTM Combo Pack provides audiences with thechance to experience a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most belovedstories of all time in pristine 1080p picture andDolby Digital 5.1 HD surround sound quality andhas been especially packaged with family andfans in mind – with lots of exciting bonus fea-tures and an extra DVD and Digital Copy of themovie.

The Blu-ray Disc versions of the film include ninebonus features that take viewers deeper into thefamous “Rabbit Hole” – exploring more of theworld of Wonderland, »

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment haanunciado que la fecha de salida a la venta,tanto del DVD de Alicia en el país de las mar-avillas, como de la edición en Blu-Ray, será elpróximo 1 de junio, al menos en el mercadonorteamericano. Como es habitual, cada edi-ción contendrá sus propios contenidos extras.


MOVIE / PREVIEWSJUNE

Opening June 4Killers Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher) is just your average, undercover, gov-ernment-hired super-assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European lo-cales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets JenKornfeldt (Katherine Heigl), a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recov-ering from a bad break-up, he finds true love…and happily trades inter-national intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen arestill enjoying a picture-perfect marriage – that is, until the morning afterSpencer’s 30th birthday. That’s when Spencer and Jen learn he's the tar-get of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have beenstalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neigh-bors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling acrossthe street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns intoa paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all thewhile trying to save their marriage, manage his pain-in-the-ass in-laws, keep up neighborly ap-pearances…and just plain survive. And you thought suburban life was easy. Rated: PG-13.Spencer (Ashton Kutcher) es un superagente secreto del gobierno con licencia para matar que de-cide abandonar su trabajo cuando encuentra a la mujer de sus sueños (Katherine Heigl) y se casacon ella. Pero la felicidad dura poco, ya que han puesto precio a su cabeza. No sabe quién va trasél, pero sabe que son varios asesinos y que puede ser cualquiera. Sus vecinos, sus amigos, antiguoscolegas, sus actuales compañeros de trabajo... Spencer hará equipo con su mujer para averiguarquienes son los misteriosos personajes que quieren verle muerto antes de que los matones acabencon ellos…¡y con su matrimonio!.

MarmadukeFor Phil and Debbie Winslow, moving their family from Kansas to OrangeCounty is a big deal. For their enormous Great Dane "Marmaduke," (voicedby Owen Wilson), however, the move means a whole new way of life. It'schaos at home and awkward at work as the Winslows struggle to controltheir angsty teenage canine. Rated: PG.

SpliceClive and Elsa (Oscar winner Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley) are a pair ofbrilliant scientists whose cutting-edge experiments in genetic engineeringmake them superstars in their field. As devoted to their careers as they areto one another, they start conducting unauthorized experiments with newanimal species that show great promise. Drunk with their godlike powers,they introduce human DNA into one of their creations, producing a crea-ture that is greater than the sum of its parts: a rapidly developing ani-mal/human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. Whilethis female creature inspires maternal feelings in Elsa, she evokes some-thing far from paternal in Clive, something that poses a threat to them all.Then, when this seemingly perfect organism makes a final, shocking meta-morphosis, it is mankind itself that is threatened. Rated: R.Son dos brillantes científicos que, mediante ingeniería genética, se dedicana crear variaciones de especies conocidas. Aunque navegan en el mayor de los éxitos, la ambiciónprovocará que todo se les vaya de las manos cuando en secreto decidan ir más allá de lo que la moral-idad permite. Combinando ADN humano en sus experimentos genéticos obtendrán un nuevo escalónen el árbol evolutivo actual.

Opening June 11The Karate Kid n the 2010 version of the movie "The Karate Kid," 12-year-old Dre Parker(Jaden Smith) could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but hismother's (Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case Of BenjaminButton") latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately fallsfor his classmate Mei Ying—and the feeling is mutual - but cultural dif-ferences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelingsmake an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dreknows only a little karate, and Cheng puts “the karate kid” on the floorwith ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn butmaintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kungfu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries,but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be thefight of his life. Rated: PG-13.

Es un chico estadounidense que se muda a China porque a su madre (Taraji P. Henson) le han ofrecidotrabajo allí. Dre se enamora de una compañera de clase, pero las diferencias culturales parecen in-superables. Además, Dre se convierte en la diana del típico matón de clase. Menos mal que el em-pleado de mantenimiento, el señor Han (Jackie Chan), le enseñará los secretos del kung-fu.


Ondine"Ondine" is the enchanting story of Syracuse (Farrell), a lonely fisherman whoone day pulls a beautiful woman named Ondine (Bachleda) out of the sea inhis nets. His young daughter Annie is convinced that she is a "selkie" —acreature from Irish folklore much like a mermaid. Syracuse has his doubts,but as Ondine brings some luck and joy to his otherwise downcast life, hestarts to come around as well. "Ondine" deftly blends romance and fantasywith the realism of modern life in an Irish seaside town. Rated: PG-13.Historia de un pescador irlandés que cree haber atrapado una sirena en susredes. Este extraño hallazgo, transformará la vida del pescador y de los habi-tantes de su pequeño pueblo.

The A TeamThe a Team Movie is based on the television showof the same name. In the TV incarnation, four Vietnam vets convicted of armedrobbery escape from military prison and became do-gooder mercenaries. TheMiddle East replaces Vietnam - in the movie - as the place the four did theirtour of duty. The original series, which ran from 1983-87 and starred GeorgePeppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz, followed an unofficial teamof Vietnam vets who will stop at nothing to get the bad guys. Sent to prisonby a military court for a crime they didn't commit, these four commandos es-caped from a maximum-security stockade and now survive in the Los Ange-les underground as soldiers of fortune. Stephen J. Cannell, who created the TVshow, produced the movie with Ridley Scott. Rated: PG-13. Esta película nos cuenta la historia de un grupo de veteranos de guerra deIrak, que busca limpiar su nombre con los militares de EE.UU., que acusan alos cuatro hombres de un delito que ellos no habían cometido, y que al es-caparse de la prisión de máxima seguridad en la que estaban prisioneros,prestan sus servicios para defender a las personas en problemas, al mismo tiempo que tratan escapardel gobierno y militares que los buscan.

Winter’s BoneWinner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and Waldo SaltScreenwriting Award, this tense, naturalistic thriller "Winter's Bone" follows17-year-old Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and theharsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father, who has put upthe family homestead for his bail. Roadside Attractions, the film's distributor,is pegging the movie this way: Featuring a star-making performance by Jen-nifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone is sure to be one of the most critically acclaimedfilms of the year. Rated: R.Historia de una adolescente en una complicada situación que intenta des-cubrir que ha ocurrido con su padre, que estaba envuelto en asuntos turbioscon unos clanes en el centro de EEUU.

Opening June 18Toy Story 3The art of animation goes "to infinity and beyond" as Walt Disney Picturesand Pixar Animation Studios, a Northern California-based pioneer in com-puter graphics, join creative forces on the infinitely entertaining "Toy Story,"the first full-length animated feature to be created entirely by artists usingcomputer tools and technology. Four years in the making, this delightfullyirreverent new comedy-adventure combines an imaginative story and greatcharacters with the visual excitement of 3-D computer-generated anima-tion. Conceived and directed by John Lasseter, a former Disney animatorwhose innovative work with Pixar includes the 1989 Oscar-winning short,"Tin Toy," this film represents a major milestone in animated moviemaking

with its groundbreaking graphic style adding to the believability of a world where toys have a life oftheir own. With a cast of top vocal talent headed by Tom Hanks and Tim Allen plus three entertainingnew songs and an inspired score by renowned composer/performer Randy Newman, the fantasy takesflight and provides extraordinary delights for moviegoers of all ages. Rated: G."Toy Story 3" es una divertidísima aventura nueva en 3D que hace aterrizar a nuestros amigos en unaguardería llena de críos salvajes que inmediatamente ponen su dedos pringosos en sus "nuevos"juguetes. Éstos tratan de mantenerse juntos en esta caótica situación asegurándose de que "ningúnjuguete se queda atrás". Mientras, Barbie conoce en persona a Ken (sí, ese Ken).

Jonah Hex"Jonah Hex" - "Jonah Hex," known for having the right side of his facedisfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures al-ways ended in blood. "Jonah Hex" first appeared in the early 1970s inthe issues of "All-Star Western" before graduating to his own series in1977 that ran for about 10 years. A new series was launched in 2005.The character also had a run in the 1990s that combined the Westerngenre with supernatural elements. Oscar nominee Josh Brolin ("W") starsas "Jonah Hex." And Megan Fox ("Transformers") costars. Rated: PG-13.Jonah Hex (Brolin) es un hombre solitario con una cicatriz en el rostro,un caza-recompensas de último recurso, un brusco y estoico pistolerocapaz de enfrentarse a quien sea… y lo que sea. Habiendo derrotadoa la propia muerte, la violenta historia de Jonah se confunde con elmito y la leyenda, y le ha dejado con un pie en nuestro mundo y otroen “el otro lado”. Su único vínculo humano es Lelia (Fox), cuya vida en un burdel le ha dejado tam-bién sus propias marcas. Sin embargo, el pasado de Jonah volverá a su vida cuando el ejércitonorteamericano le haga una oferta que no podrá rechazar: a cambio de olvidar sus pecados, deberáencontrar y detener a un peligroso terrorista llamado Quentin Turnbull (Malkovich). Turnbull, queestá preparando un ejército para abrir las puertas del Infierno, es también el viejo enemigo de Jonah,y no se detendrá ante nada hasta acabar con el pistolero de la cicatriz.


Twelve Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Nick McDonell, written whenhe was only 17 years old, Twelve is a chilling chronicle of privilegedurban adolescence on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Set over springbreak, the story follows White Mike, a kid with unlimited potential, whohas dropped out of his senior year of high school and sells marijuanato his rich, spoiled peers. When his cousin is brutally murdered in aneast Harlem project, and his best friend is arrested for the crime, WhiteMike is hurled on a collision course with his own destiny. Directed byJoel Schumacher, the movie "Twelve" - from fledgling movie studio Han-nover House - stars Kiefer Sutherland, Chace Crawford, Ellen Barkin,Emma Roberts, 50 Cent and Ethan Peck. Rated: R.Doce personajes. 12 verdades. Ésta es la historia de 12 miembros de unjurado que deben decidir si un chico checheno de 18 años es culpabledel homicidio de su padrastro, un oficial del ejército ruso. La película esuna reflexión sobre la vida actual, sobre la necesidad de escuchar alfamiliar allegado y prestarle ayuda

antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

Opening June 25Grown Ups In the Summer 2010 big screen comedy "Grown Ups,"five friends and former teammates (Adam Sandler, ChrisRock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, David Spade) reuniteyears later to honor the passing of their childhood bas-ketball coach. With their wives and kids in tow, theyspend the Fourth of July holiday weekend together at thelake house where they celebrated their championshipyears earlier. Picking up where they left off, they discoverwhy growing older doesn't mean growing up. Rated:PG-13.Cinco amigos se reúnen el fin de semana del 4 de julio para celebrar que han pasadotreinta años desde que se graduaron en el instituto. Juntos se lo pasarán como niñosgrandes, pero sus respectivas parejas no tanto; sólo quieren que dejen a un lado esecomportamiento infantil y maduren de una vez.

Opening June 30EclipseThe movie "Eclipse" is the third film in the Twiilght filmfranchise (there will be four in total) of Edward Cullen(Robert Pattinson) and Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) -based on the NY Times Best Selling books by StephanieMeyer. "Twilight" initiated the series. "New Moon" fol-lowed. And now, "Eclipse." As Seattle is ravaged by astring of mysterious killings and a malicious vampirecontinues her quest for revenge, Bella once again findsherself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, sheis forced to choose between her love for Edward and herfriendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision hasthe potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vam-pire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly ap-proaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or

death. But which is which? Rated: PG-13.En la saga de "Crepúsculo": Bella, una vez más, se encuentra rodeada por el peligro, asícomo Seattle es arrasada por una misteriosa ola de muertes y un vampiro malévolosigue en su búsqueda de venganza. En medio de todo esto, ella está forzada a elegirentre su amor por Edward y su amistad con Jacob - sabiendo que su decisión tiene el po-tencial para encender la lucha entre vampiro y lobo. Con su graduación próximamenteacercándose, Bella se enfrenta con la más importante decisión de su vida.Solo el Príncipe, el Visir, y la princesa Farah, permanecen inalterados gracias a sus pos-esiones; la daga del Príncipe, la vara del Visir, y el medallón de Farah.

Love RanchThe movie "Love Ranch" is a bittersweet love story thatturns explosive when the players in a romantic trianglelose control and cross the line. Set in the late 1970s, de-picting larger than life personalities living on the edge,"Love Ranch" stars Oscar winners Helen Mirren and JoePesci as Grace Bontempo and Charlie Bontempo, the hus-band and wife team who own and run Nevada’s first legal-ized brothel. Their lives are suddenly altered whenArmando Bruza, a husky, world famous heavyweight boxerfrom South America, played by Spanish actor Sergio PerisMencheta, is brought to the Ranch to train as part of Char-lie’s ever expanding entrepreneurial empire. Plans quicklygo awry when Bruza comes between Grace and Charlie asan unforeseen love triangle develops that erupts into un-controllable passion and murder. Rated: R.Drama sobre una pareja que abrió el primer burdel legalen Nevada, y la violencia que se generó debido a infidelidades.

Countdown to ZeroThe movie "Countdown To Zero" traces the history of the atomicbomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine na-tions possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing tojoin them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shat-tered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident.Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (TheDevil’s Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of importantinternational statesmen, including President Jimmy Carter, MikhailGorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. It makes a compellingcase for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical thanever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today.The film was produced by Academy Award winner and current nom-inee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, An Inconvenient Truth)and developed, financed and executive produced by ParticipantMedia, together with World Security Institute. Participant collaboratedwith Magnolia on last year’s Food, Inc., recently nominated for anAcademy Award, and Casino Jack and the United States of Money. NotRated.Un grupo de astronautas llega a un misterioso planeta donde encuentran una nave accidentada muysimilar a la suya y unos cadáveres que se parecen sospechosamente a ellos.

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (Documentary)Toronto-based power trio Rush was formed in 1968 by guitaristAlex Lifeson, bassist and singer Geddy Lee and drummer John Rut-sey; the band made their way through the Canadian bar scene untilthey signed a recording deal and released their self-titled debutalbum in 1974. However, it wasn't until Rutsey left the group andNeil Peart signed on as their new drummer that Rush's signaturesound took shape, a muscular variation on progressive rock markedby the keen instrumental prowess of all three members and the lyri-cally and musically adventurous songwriting of Peart. With little helpfrom the music press or mainstream radio, Rush grew into a com-mercial powerhouse, releasing a long string of multi-platinum al-bums and playing sold out shows in North America and Europe. Anotoriously reclusive band, Rush offer their fans a rare and intimatebehind-the-scenes look into their music and their career in the doc-umentary Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage, which features exclu-sive interviews with the members of the group and footage of themon and off stage as well as contributions from a number of famousfans, from Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Gene Simmons of Kiss toTrent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and actor and musician Jack Black.

Directed by Scott McFadyen and Sam Dunn, Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage received its world pre-miere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

The Sands of Time, from hit-makingproducer Jerry Bruckheimer, directed byMike Newell andstarring Jake Gyllen-haal, Gemma Arter-ton, Sir Ben Kingsleyand Alfred Molinawill open in 53IMAX® theatres in-ternationally, with20 of those IMAX lo-cations opening thisweek starting onMay 19. The re-maining IMAX loca-tions will open thefilm in conjunctionwith its wide releasestarting on May 28,2010. The film’s in-ternational IMAX re-lease has beendigitally re-mas-tered into the un-paralleled imageand sound qualityof The IMAX Experi-ence® with IMAXDMR® technology.The crystal-clear im-ages coupled withIMAX’s customized theatre geometryand powerful digital audio create aunique environment that will make au-diences feel as if they are in the movie.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time hits

theaters everywhere on May 28, 2010.Set in the mystical lands of Persia,

Prince of Persia:The Sands ofTime is an epicaction-adventureabout a rogueprince (JAKEGYLLENHAAL)and a mysteri-ous princess(GEMMA ARTER-TON) who raceagainst darkforces to safe-guard an ancientdagger capableof releasing theSands of Time —a gift from thegods that can re-verse time andallow its posses-sor to rule theworld. The filmis directed byMike Newell witha screenplay byBoaz Yakin andDoug Miro andCarlo Bernard

from a screen story by Jordan Mechner.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: TheIMAX Experience is scheduled to play atthe following IMAX theatres beginningMay 28th.

PRINCE OF PERSIA


It's estimated that 59 million Americans have a thyroid prob-lem, but the majority don't even know it yet. The thyroid, abutterfly-shaped gland located in the neck, is the mastergland of metabolism. When your thyroid doesn't function, itcan affect every aspect of your health, and in particular,weight, depression and energylevels.

Since undiagnosed thyroidproblems can dramatically in-crease your risk of obesity,heart disease, depression,anxiety, hair loss, sexual dys-function, infertility and a hostof other symptoms and healthproblems, it's important thatyou don't go undiagnosed.

You don't need to have all ofthese symptoms in order to have a thyroid problem, but hereare some of the most common signs that you may have a thy-roid condition:

10. Muscle and Joint Pains, Carpal Tunnel/Tendonitis Prob-lems.Aches and pains in your muscles and joints, weakness in thearms and a tendency to develop carpal tunnel in thearms/hands and tarsal tunnel in the legs, can all be symptomsof undiagnosed thyroid problems. (For more information)

9. Neck Discomfort/Enlargement.A feeling of swelling in the neck, discomfort with turtlenecksor neckties, a hoarse voice or a visibly enlarged thyroid can allbe symptoms of thyroid disease.

To help find out if your thyroid may be enlarged, try a simple"Thyroid Neck Check" test at home.

8. Hair/Skin Changes.Hair and skin are particularly vulnerable to thyroid conditions,and in particular, hair loss is frequently associated with thy-

roid problems. With hypothyroidism, hair fre-quently becomes brittle, coarse and dry, whilebreaking off and falling out easily. Skin can be-come coarse, thick, dry,and scaly. In hypothy-roidism, there is often an unusual loss of hair

in the outer edge of the eyebrow. Withhyperthyroidism, severe hair loss canalso occur, and skin can become fragileand thin.

7. Bowel Problems.Severe or long-term constipation is fre-quently associated with hypothyroidism,while diarrhea or irritable bowel syn-drome (IBS) is associated with hyperthy-roidism.

6. Menstrual Irregularities and FertilityProblems.

Heavier, more frequent and more painful peri-ods are frequently associated with hypothy-roidism, and shorter, lighter or infrequentmenstruation can be associated with hyperthy-roidism. Infertility can also be associated withundiagnosed thyroid conditions. (For More In-formation).

5. Family History.If you have a family history of thyroid prob-lems, you are at a higher risk of having a thy-roid condition yourself. You may not always be aware ofthyroid problems in your family, though, because amongolder people, it is often referred to as "gland trouble" or "goi-ter." So pay attention to any discussions of glandular condi-tions or goiter or weight gain due to "a glandular problem," asthese may be indirect ways of referring to thyroid conditions.

4. Cholesterol IssuesHigh cholesterol, especially when it is not responsive to diet,exercise or cholesterol-lowering medication, can be a sign ofundiagnosed hypothyroidism. Unusually low cholesterol levels

may be a sign of hyperthyroidism.

3. Depression and Anxiety.Depression or anxiety — including sud-den onset of panic disorder — can besymptoms of thyroid disease. Hypothy-roidism is most typically associated withdepression, while hyperthyroidism ismore commonly associated with anxietyor panic attacks. Depression that doesnot respond to antidepressants may alsobe a sign of an undiagnosed thyroid dis-order.

2. Weight Changes.You may be on a low-fat, low-calorie dietwith a rigorous exercise program, but arefailing to lose or gain any weight. Or youmay have joined a diet program or sup-port group, such as Weight Watchers, andyou are the only one who isn't losing anyweight. Difficulty losing weight can be asign of hypothyroidism. You may be los-ing weight while eating the same amountof food as usual — or even losing whileeating more than normal. Unexplainedweight changes and issues can be signsof both hypothyroidism or hyperthy-roidism. (For More Information)

1. Fatigue.Feeling exhausted when you wake up, feeling as if 8 or 10hours of sleep a night is insufficient or being unable to func-tion all day without a nap can all be signs of thyroid problems.(With hyperthyroidism, you may also have nighttime insomniathat leaves you exhausted during the day.) (For More Informa-tion)

If you have some of the above symptoms, make a visit toyour doctor for a thorough thyroid evaluation.

Top 10 Signs That You May Have a Thyroid ProblemEn general, estos son algunos delos síntomas de la tiroides y delhipotiroidismo :

• Intolerancia al frío, manos ypies fríos.• Estreñimiento y diarrea, comoya hemos visto antes.• Depresión y pérdida de la au-toestima.• Piel seca. La piel se vuelvegruesa y tosca.• Fatiga y debilidad. El cansan-cio rápido ante cualquier ejerci-cio.• Falta de memoria.• Caída del cabello. El pelo sevuelve débil.• Períodos menstruales pesados.• Colesterol. Una de las conse-cuencias directas.• Problemas del sistema in-munológico, que se ve afectadopor la tiroides.• Nerviosismo, incluso puedensurgir temblores.• Problemas para dormir, pér-dida de sueño.• Aumento del peso. Con latiroides se tienen problemas conel peso.


Cocina

Esta fruta nos regala su delicioso sabor desde fi-nales de primavera hasta finales de verano yademás su bajo aporte calórico nos ayuda a cuidarla línea .

Con sólo 52 calorías por cada 100 gramos de pro-ducto, el albaricoque es un alimento a tener encuenta para quien desea cuidar la línea.

Carne jugosa y firme; dulce y aromático sabor; pielsuave y aterciopelada que varía entre el rojizo, elblanco, el amarillo y elnaranja según la variedad...Hablamos del albaricoque.Una fruta cuyo cultivo se re-monta ni más ni menos queal año 3.000 a.C y que, cadafinal de primavera se asomaa los mostradores de merca-dos y fruterías. Una buenanoticia no sólo para el pal-adar sino también para elorganismo: el albaricoque(también conocido como al-bérchigo) tiene bastantefibra por lo que ayuda a reg-ular el tránsito intestinal, esrico en betacarotenos (deacción antioxidante) y,además, su aporte en-ergético es bastante bajodada su elevada cantidad deagua. Así, 100 gramos dealbaricoque tan sólo apor-tan 52 calorías, por lo quese convierte en una fruta atener en cuenta si se deseacuidar la línea.

Algunos consejos y recomendaciones - Si la piel es rosada es síntoma de un exceso dedulzor en la fruta.

- Los albaricoques son muy delicados, por lo quehan de tratarse con cuidado (cualquier golpe haceque se deterioren rápidamente).

- Sabremos si está en su punto óptimo si al pre-sionar se aprecia una consistencia blanda.

- Si se consumen cuando aún están duros puedencausar problemas de digestión.

- Se deben dejar madurar a temperatura ambientey, una vez maduros, meterlos en el frigorífico enuna bolsa de plástico agujereada.

- Aunque mayoritariamente se consumen en es-tado fresco también son ingrediente protago-nista de ricas tartas, sorbetes, confituras,almíbares, ponches, compotas, jugos,incluso salsas que funcionan muybien como acompañante deplatos salados (carnes, pesca-dos...).

An apricot is a small sweetfruit with a golden orangecolor. A ripe apricot can berecognized by its fairly firmskin, and it will be plumpand juicy when it is at its best.

The apricot has a delicate aroma and is an excel-lent source of Vitamins A (beta-carotene) and C.Apricots are also a good source of iron, potas-sium, phosphorus and calcium.

The apricot originally came from China. Cut-tings from the apricot made their way from thePersian Empire to the Mediterranean. Credit canbe given to the Spanish explorers for the intro-duction of the apricot to the New World; the fruitflourished in the gardens of Spanish missions in

California. The first major productionof apricots was recorded in 1792 inan area of San Francisco.

The apricot harvest usually begins inmid-May and lasts for around twomonths. The ripe fruit can be keptlonger if refrigerated. The ideal wayto ripen very firm apricots is to keepthem at room temperature or to placethem in a paper bag with a banana oran apple.

There are many different types ofapricot. The Poppy, Castlebrite andAmbercot are medium sized fruitswith varying skin tones and flavors.The Tomcot, Tilton and Katy arelarger apricots, again with differentskin tones and flavors. There aremany more types of apricot, with fla-vors ranging from sweet to tart.

Apricots can be sliced or halved andfrozen in syrup. They are also greatfor making brandy or wine. They are

delicious eaten whole and fresh, and the goodnews is they are low in sodium, calories and fat,so there is no need to feel guilty no matter howmany you eat.

Look for: Apricots that areplump and juicy looking, with auniform, golden-orange color.Ripe apricots will yield to gen-tle pressure on the skin.

Avoid: Dull-looking, soft, ormushy fruit, and very firm,pale yellow, or greenish-yellowfruit. These indicate overmatu-rity or immaturity, respec-tively.

Ingredients

* 2 x 1.5kg/3lb 5oz or 3 x cooked chicken ,preferably free-range

* 4 large ripe peaches , stoned* 200g mangetout , thinly shredded lengthways* 6 spring onions , very finely sliced* 4 tbsp chopped fresh coriander* zest and juice of 2 limes* 2 tbsp clear honey* 2 tbsp freshly grated root ginger* 2 tbsp soy sauce* 6 tbsp sunflower oil* 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

Directions

1. Remove the meat from the chicken, cut into chunkystrips and place in a large mixing bowl. Cut the peachesinto wedges and reserve any juice. Add to the chickenwith the mangetout, spring onions and coriander.

2. Put the lime zest and juice, honey, ginger and soysauce into a small bowl and season. Slowly whisk in thesunflower oil to form an emulsion, then whisk in thesesame oil. Toss with the salad and serve with the cous-cous.

Oriental Chicken


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Desde temprana edad comprendías la importancia de tus ex-periencias. Aprendías de tus fracasos.You know how people are always saying you shouldn't sweatthe small stuff? Well, generally that's true -- but in this case,taking care of some of the small stuff could make the overallbig picture much brighter for you.

23 octubre-21 noviembreEscorpión / Scorpio

Te es difícil separar la realidad de la fantasía pues tu imagi-nación es la causa de cierta confusión al encarar la realidad.Sweetie, honey, baby, cookie, doll -- these words and morewill drip from your lips. Can you help it if you could charmthe birds out of trees? No! And what's more, you shouldn't.

22 noviembre - 21 diciembreSagitario / SagittariusEl obstáculo que existe para alcanzar el éxito es la poca disci-plina que tienes para planear tus objetivos.It can be so frustrating if someone starts offering advice whenno one's asked them. If someone wants to start getting all in-volved in your business, be polite yet firm when you tell themto back off.

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Los niños podrán proporcionartealegría y llenar tus horas de soledadcon su frescura y curiosidad.Go above and beyond PE class. Joina sport, take up dance or try out forthe pep squad. If none of that floatsyour boat, find something -- any-thing -- that gets your feet movingand your blood pumping.

22 enero-19 febreroAcuario / AquariusTu mente está alerta y absorbesconocimientos rápidamente. Tu per-spectiva de la vida es amplia y rara-mente te abrumas con asuntossuperficiales.It's all about the Benjamins thesedays -- as in, do you have any left inyour wallet at the end of the week?If finances are looking tight, drawup a budget or (yes) get a job.

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