Asturian-American Migration Forum

Any word if this year's festival is still on? I am guessing it is around September 21, and I'd really like to see the annual parade again. Muchas gracias!

Very true! Going from Miami to Madrid this Wednesday (r/t) for about $565. Prices are great. Going on to to Oviedo for the fiestas de San Mateo.

16th Annual Día de Asturias en Tampa Celebration Sunday, October 29, 2017 El Centro Asturiano de Tampa Palm and N. Nebraska Avenues (Free Parking) Events of the Celebration: 11:15 AM Doors open for admission-3rd Floor Ballroom 11:30 AM Cultural Lecture on Sidra Asturiana Hoy –Asturian Cider Today by...

Centro Asturiano Presents a Free Concert at the Centro Building Invite your family and friends for an afternoon of “Música Asturiana” November 13, 2016 3:00 PM Cash Bar. Bring TAPAS to share. Call the Centro office at 813.229.2214 or cynthia@Centroasturianotampa.org RSVP by November 7. Vicente Prado...

Come and celebrate Dia de Asturias at the Centro Asturiano Clubhouse. Sept. 11, 2016 from 11:15 am There will be a cultural lecture by Dr. Martin Favata, Tapas, yellow rice and chicken luncheon served by Cacciatore and Sons. Flamenco entertainment and then the presentation by Los Caballeros' de Cent...

This week the Tampa Centro is hosting about 37 kids in its annual Campo Espana program. Everybody gets healthy doses of culture, food, music and Spanish in the all-week day camp at the club. The link will take you to seven or so photos on the club's Facebook site. While there, take a peek at what's ...

The Spanish Lyric Theatre and Centro Asturiano de Tampa are proud to present La del Manojo de Rosas, a Spanish Operetta. One of the most famous compositions of Pablo Sorozabal, La del Manojo de Rosas is a lyrical farce that is admired for it ingenious traditionalism, freshness, humor and exceptional...

This article from the Tampa Tribune might give a bit of insight on the labor situation in Tampa that led to various strikes. Readers played important role in cigar factories http://s1.postimg.org/w35inpefv/Lector.jpg This photo of a cigar factory reader was taken in 1909 by Lewis Hine during his inv...

An interesting picture of Asturian solidarity in 1920, Tampa. The strike by cigar makers went ten months. Even in the US, Asturianos went the limit.

Below are some links to photos taken at the annual Dia de Asturias luncheon held 9/20 at the Centro in Tampa. The event was well attended with over 220 or so folks there. Festivities started off with an academic lecture on the Asturian Miners' strike that preceded the Civil War, a procession for the...

I dug a little further and there is a Fernando Suco buried in the old Centro Espanol Cemetery, in Tampa. He was born in 1877 and died in 1944. This probably made him a socio of the Centro Espanol, though he may have had relatives belonging to the Centro Asturiano. Clearly, he settled in the Tampa or...

The archives of the Centro Asturiano de Tampa, now housed at the University of South Florida, had one digitized picture of a Suco (Jose Suco Valdez): http://s18.postimg.org/fdap4mp11/suco.jpg Of interest, the SS Mascotte sailed routinely between Havana and Tampa, bringing masses of Spanish/ Cuban im...

The Centro Asturiano in Tampa hosted a Campo Espana for children this week. It focused on Spanish/Asturian culture, food and history. Attached are four photos from the event, extracted from the club's Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/CentroAsturianodeTampa/photos/pcb.1003759282967769/10037581...

News from the Centro Asturiano de Tampa January, 2015 Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Information from our Leaders Frank Menendez: Centro Board of Directors President Frank wants to encourage members to support our partnership with the Spanish Lyric Theatre. The next Centro event will be The Songs of Sir Andrew L...

Another article (front page banner), in today's Tampa Tribune Group aims to return iconic Ybor theater to former glory By Paul Guzzo | Tribune Staff Published: December 3, 2014 | Updated: December 3, 2014 at 10:00 AM TAMPA — Keith Arsenault was 6 or 7 the first time he stepped inside the theater at ...