Fox Sports en Espanol together with the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana Presents Art in the Park

Fox Sports en Espanol together with the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana Presents Art in the Park

Seven-Month Concert Series Kicks off on Oct. 3rd to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

MIAMI, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Sports en Espanol alongside the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana is proud to present Art in the Park, a concert series event that highlights the best of Latino art and music in Coral Gables. These events are held during the first Friday of the month from October 2008 through April 2009 in conjunction with Gables Gallery Night Walks.

Art in the Park, which starts off with a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, will feature local Latin jazz musicians such as David Fernandez, Conjunto Progreso and Suenalo. Attendees will also enjoy a happy hour ambience alongside a cigar lounge. The park will be lined with canopy style tents which will showcase the paintings, photography, crafts, fine jewelry and live painting demonstrations of Miami's hottest up-and-coming artists.

"Fox Sports en Espanol is proud to be affiliated with Art in the Park because we believe in the importance of giving back to the community and unifying families, friends and communities through the powerful medium that is art," said Raul de Quesada, Sr. Vice President and Assistant General Manager for Fox Sports International. "It is an absolute pleasure to contribute to an event that allows our Hispanic community to come together in celebration of our heritage, and enjoy great art and music."

Art in the Park invites the entire family to come out and enjoy an evening of fun. The night also offers a Kids Art Village where children can create culturally-themed artwork under the direction of renowned artist Marcy Grosso. Participation is free and children will receive refreshments, and balloons. Face painting will also be available for children under the age of six.

"We are happy to support an initiative that provides a fun environment for all families to enjoy, and it is a pleasure to join forces with an organization such as Fox Sports en Espanol which also recognizes the value of caring for our community," stated Ricardo Gonzalez, president of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana.

Miami's Who's Who Gather to Kick-Off the Series

For the first time ever, Fox Sports en Espanol will host a V.I.P. event to commemorate the launch of the Art in the Park series. The exclusive cocktail reception will take place at Old Spanish Village where Miami's upscale crowd will celebrate the beginning of a great cultural event. Guests will include local sports celebrities as well as Miami's elite in prelude to the cultural enjoyment to come.

Also joining the Art in the Park series is the United States Postal Service (USPS), as they will unveil of the Latin Jazz stamp on stage during the launch event. With the issuance of this Latin Jazz stamp, the USPS is celebrating the rich Latino musical heritage of the United States of America. The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, conveys the multicultural aspects of the music, its percussive and improvisational nature, and its rhythmic complexity.

"It's very exciting to see so many different organizations coming together as a community to celebrate the Hispanic culture, its music and its art," said Don Slesnick, Mayor of Coral Gables. "It is an honor to be amongst such a talented people and I am really looking forward to the upcoming series of events."

The first of the seven-month series will start on Friday, October 3rd at 7 p.m. at the Ponce Circle Park. Admission to the public is free and open to the entire family. For more details, contact 305-644-8888 or visit http://www.artintheparkconcerts.com/.

About Kiwanis Club of Little Havana

The Kiwanis Club of Little Havana is a non-profit service organization established in 1975 with projects and programs of great impact to the community, most especially the underserved children. For over 30 years, the Club has trained over 4,000 leaguers in a Basketball league and has provided a summer full of activities to more than 1,000 children at the annual sports camp. School supplies have been distributed to nearly 60,000 students in low income elementary schools and the scholarship program has graduated 200 scholars, currently with 55 in full four-year scholarships. During the holiday season, the distribution of toys and bicycles have touched the lives of more than 75,000 children and the "adoption" of families has fulfilled the need and wishes of 350 disadvantaged families. The Club has built playgrounds at city parks and initiated after-school tutoring along with family literacy programs. It organizes holiday meals for the elderly and donates to other charitable organizations, it helps feed the homeless, cure ill children and assist the most vulnerable members of our community. The Club is better known for organizing the events of Carnaval Miami and world renowned Calle Ocho along with Art in the Park; events that provide the funds necessary to carry on community projects.

ART IN THE PARK offers the most original musical mix-'em-ups with a seven- month series of concerts and a fusion of art. Following October's event, Art in the Park will continue on Friday, November 7, and December 5, 2008 returning in 2009 on January 2, February 6, March 6, as well as the kick-off of Carnaval on the Mile, ending the series on April 3.

About Fox Sports en Espanol

Fox Sports en Espanol features more than 1,500 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLiga(TM), the Copa Santander Libertadores, the Copa Nissan Sudamericana, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball regular season, League Championship Series, All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship(R) and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 14.4 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which 4.6 million are U.S. Hispanic Households. Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE:NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at foxsportsla.msn.com.

Source: Fox Sports en Espanol

CONTACT: Jennifer Serna, Fox Sports en Espanol, +1-310-444-8736,
jennifer.serna@fox.com; or Priscilla Polonio, The Jeffrey Group,
+1-305-860-1000, ext. 181, ppolonio@jeffreygroup.com, for Fox Sports en
Espanol

Web site: http://www.artintheparkconcerts.com/

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