We officially kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month yesterday at North Las Vegas\u2019 Mexican Independence Event, and we are continuing the month-long celebration with much more! We are dedicating a new story each week on our blog to highlight the contributions, achievements, culture and food of the Hispanic community in Southern Nevada. Check out all of the festivities and activities taking place this month:<\/p>\r\n
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 \u2013 SATURDAY, OCT. 30 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 \u2013 FRIDAY, OCT. 15 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 \u2013 17 FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 SATURDAY, SEPT. 18 TUESDAYS, SEPT. 21, 28 & OCT. 5, 12, 19 <\/p>\r\n Need a ride to these events? We officially kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month yesterday at North Las Vegas\u2019 Mexican Independence Event, and we are continuing the month-long celebration with much more! We are dedicating a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[109,29],"class_list":["post-7057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-hispanic-heritage-month","tag-transit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\n<\/strong>The Las Vegas-Clark County Library<\/strong><\/a> has a variety of free events for all ages, including arts and crafts lessons, art gallery showings, concerts, games and much more! Click HERE<\/a> to see the full list.
\r\nFree admission<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\r\n<\/strong>Take the family to learn and celebrate Hispanic American Heritage Month<\/a> at the DISCOVERY Children\u2019s Museum<\/strong>. Families can discover new artwork techniques, learn traditional dances, & more! For more information click\u00a0HERE<\/a>.\u00a0
\r\nTicket prices vary<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\r\n<\/strong>Las Vegas Ballpark<\/strong><\/a> is hosting the 2021 Mexican Baseball Fiesta on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 16-17. A spring training for teams in the Mexican Winter Leagues, this fun, colorful and exciting event features two of the top teams in the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico \u2013 Los Naranjeros de Hermosillo and \u00c1guilas de Mexicali. Individual game tickets are priced at $11 (general admission\/berm); $17 (outfield box); $22 (infield box); $30 (home plate box) and $40 (club level).
\r\nTickets available at the links below:
\r\n<\/strong>Sept. 16, 2021<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Aguilas De Mexicali V. Naranjeros De Hermosillo<\/a>
\r\nSept. 17, 2021<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Naranjeros De Hermosillo V. Aguilas De Mexicali<\/a><\/p>\r\n
\r\n<\/strong>City of North Las Vegas<\/strong><\/a> is airing “Coco,” a movie inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead<\/em>, at Hartke Park, 1900 E. Tonopah Ave. Family activities start at 6 p.m. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Coolers, picnic baskets, chairs and blankets are welcome. For more information, call (702) 633-2418.\u00a0
\r\nFree admission<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\r\n<\/strong>Enjoy live performances at the Hispanic Heritage Month Festival<\/strong><\/a> from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Gary Reese Freedom Park, 850 N. Mojave Road, by Ballet Folklorico Mexico Vivo, La Sonora Dinamita, Mariachi Nuestras Ra\u00edces, & much more! Free health services, DJ music, and kids\u2019 activities. Food trucks on site will be selling Mexican & Latin American specialties. For more information, call 702-596-9912.
\r\nFree admission<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\r\n<\/strong>Kids ages 9-12 can take a Road Trip Through Latin America<\/strong> class from 5:45-6:45 p.m. at the East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave. Participants will learn about the Latino culture by cooking delicious food to creating a mask of silver. For more information, contact Prai Mavady at 702-229-6452 or email pmavady@lasvegasnevada.gov<\/a>.
\r\nFree admission<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\r\n<\/strong>With our newly expanded routes, we can take you to even more places! Plan your trip online<\/a> or with the rideRTC<\/a> app!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"