Word: mexicans
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...Rice and Beanpot,” sponsored by Qdoba Mexican Grill and Nantucket Nectars, also featured musical acts State Radio and Northeastern band Logan and a comedy sketch in between the rounds. A silent auction of sports memorabilia—featuring items such as a baseball autographed by Keith Foulke and a Troy Brown jersey—was conducted next to the burrito-eating stage...
Yankee transplants like the Liuzzos aren't the only ones helping fill the pews in the Charlotte diocese. Mexican immigrants are the fastest-growing group, and Hispanics as a whole make up half the diocese's 300,000 Catholics. Thousands of Vietnamese and Filipino Catholics are settling in too. "I've wondered often how bishops in the Northeast handled the waves of immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries," says Bishop Peter Jugis, 47, who took over the diocese in 2003. "It's exciting." It also transcends demographics: the newcomers are practicing a more conservative Catholicism than their brethren...
...site will not be another Mexican or foreign-themed eatery, but a “more standard, diner-type,” Brush said. “It is a whole other concept with a whole different menu from Felipe’s.” This menu will include more typical American fare, such as burgers, onion rings, fries, and sandwiches, Brush said...
...DIED. CONSUELO VELAZQUEZ, 84, classically trained Mexican pianist-turned-pop composer, whose sultry World War II-era ballad Besame Mucho became one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, covered by artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Celine Dion, Jose Carreras and The Beatles; in Mexico City. In a 2003 interview, Velazquez revealed that when she wrote the famous lyrics at age 17?"Kiss me over and over, as if this night were the last time"?she had never been kissed...
...This year a special exhibition will be held at the Juan Carlos I Fairground focusing on the work of Mexican artists. Two in the spotlight are Francisco Toledo and Gunther Gerzso, whose work uses aspects of pre-Columbian icons and magical realism. Also at the Fairground will be an exhibition focusing on Scandinavian art. The fair will also feature the Black Box, a 250-sq-m, two-story-high new-media venue using video, 3-D projections and even artificial intelligence...