{"id":282944,"date":"2025-10-07T01:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282944\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T01:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:48:16","slug":"fol-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-with-dance-art-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282944\/","title":{"rendered":"FOL celebrates Hispanic Heritage with dance, art, and community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0609.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-247522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0609.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/a>Photo: Savana Ashlea Brien for The Friends of the Coronado Public Library<\/p>\n<p>More than 115 people gathered at the\u00a0Coronado Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 4, for a lively celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, hosted by the Friends of the Coronado Public Library (FOL). The afternoon featured a captivating performance by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhmsd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Grupo Folkl\u00f3rico Herencia Mexicana<\/a>, whose dancers brought to life traditional folk dances from three regions of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-247524 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/a>Photo: Savana Ashlea Brien for The Friends of the Coronado Public Library<\/p>\n<p>Families and attendees enjoyed a festive hour of music, vibrant colors, and culture under the trees at\u00a0Coronado Public Library Park. Young community members participated in a\u00a0D\u00eda de los Muertos skull-decoration activity, using markers and DIY kits to explore the artistry and meaning of the tradition in a fun, hands-on way. FOL members were also treated to a special thank-you gift \u2014 a complimentary D\u00eda de los Muertos\u00a0glass ornament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0433.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-247523 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/a>Photo: Savana Ashlea Brien for The Friends of the Coronado Public Library<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so grateful to everyone who joined us and helped make this such a joyful community celebration,\u201d said Jeanne Luna from the Friends of the Coronado Public Library. \u201cA special thank-you to\u00a0Grupo Folkl\u00f3rico Herencia Mexicana\u00a0for sharing their incredible talent and cultural heritage with Coronado, to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronadolibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Coronado Public Library staff<\/a>, our\u00a0Board of Trustees members Kellen Gill, Marsi Steirer, and Jean Seager, and to longtime FOL and bookstore volunteer\u00a0Caroline Struck\u00a0for their support in making this event possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coronadotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0742.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0742-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-247521\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nPhoto: Savana Ashlea Brien for The Friends of the Coronado Public Library<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/coronadotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0029.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0029-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-247520\"  \/><\/a><br \/>\nPhoto: Savana Ashlea Brien for The Friends of the Coronado Public Library<\/p>\n<p>Not yet a Friend of the Coronado Public Library? Membership supports library programs, gives early access to the Annual Book Fair, and lets you stay first to know about special events\u2014plus opportunities to get involved with boards and committees.\u00a0Let\u2019s be friends and help bring more fun events like these to our Library!\u00a0Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coronadofol.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.coronadofol.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1759880296949000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1uux1VcAMp21WzHW4sYGkr\">www.coronadofol.org<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-247518 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FOL-hispanic-heritage_0941.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/a>Photo: Savana Ashlea Brien for The Friends of the Coronado Public Library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Savana Ashlea Brien for The Friends of the Coronado Public Library More than 115 people gathered at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-282944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115330371962362819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}