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1990: The first L.A. Fiesta Broadway drew a crowd that was estimated at 500,000. This was the first large-scale attempt to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Los Angeles. A partnership of city officials, KMEX-TV and downtown merchants paid for the $1 million festival, which was taped and telecast over the Spanish-language Univision Network.
December 4 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses again. [ 12 ] December 30 – Raul Ernesto Cruz, a Salvadoran national convicted for his role in the 1997 Cuba hotel bombings , is released after serving a 30-year prison sentence.
The festival is one of the largest in the world, and over one million visitors attend the Calle Ocho event. Showcasing Latin American and Caribbean culture, Calle Ocho is the largest Hispanic street festival in the United States. Started by Cuban exiles in 1978, the festival attracts over a million people a year.
In 1992, the theatre began an annual Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival, which has provided an outlet for the creative efforts of over 200 playwrights aged nineteen and younger. Notable alumni of the festival include Pulitzer Prize nominee and 2016 Tony winner for The Humans, Stephen Karam and Jake in Progress creator Austin Winsberg.
In the context of carnival or other festivals, comparsas refer to groups of musicians and dancers who perform in the streets. Records of comparsas in connection with the mamarrachos of St. John and St. Peter date back to 1679, and the first recorded comparsa, "Los Alegrones," was active in 1757. During the 19th century, there were 46 active ...
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