Carlos Mireles' son-in-law Todd Coello has opened up his own store Bytek Computers. Carlos bought a computer laptop, and Victor had Todd build him a home computer. So far, they are happy with what they have.
If you are thinking about getting a computer soon, don't forget to call:
Todd Coello
Computer Specialist
Bytek Computers
581 Pine Street
Burlington, WI 53105
(262) 763-7633
tcoello@bytekcomputers.com
www.bytekcomputers.com
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Friday, July 29, 2005
Diego Mireles drives to Texas
He left on Monday, drove to Janesville and made it to Texas. If he reads this, it would be good Diego if you called us to let us know that you are o.k... Clara and the rest of his brothers and sister will be heading to Cancun next week on vacation.
p.s. Diego, I know Texas is close to Mexico, but just a reminder that you can't drive to Cancun.
p.s. Diego, I know Texas is close to Mexico, but just a reminder that you can't drive to Cancun.
Sergio ends his PEOPLE Internship today
He was employed at Qualitemps, and worked for a good friend of mine, the Company President Todd Tatlock. He work in the Industrial Division working with spanish-speaking clients secure work and handle their acounts. He will be moving out of OGG Dormitory where he spent the past six weeks.
Trey Mireles buys his first house in Beloit
Yesterday was moving day from his one bedroom apartment near Camp Randall. Felix Mireles Jr. and Trey's future brother-in-law helped moved his belongings down the road to Beloit. Trey will continue to work for the State of Wisconsin and attend graduate school on-line. By the way Trey, thanks for the air conditioner, but I really wanted the beer dispenser.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Deforest wrestler makes National Team
Emily Harper, Deforest Wrestler and teammate of Diego and Sergio Mireles makes the Wisconsin Womens National Wrestling Team and wrestles at Womens Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota. It is the largest wrestling tournament in the world with over 3,000 participants.
Mireles family goes bask to Noah's Ark again...
Lorena and Karl at Noah's Ark
Oscar, Javier and Lorena were joing by Lorena's PEOPLE Program friend Karl and Clara Barbosa and her mother Bertha Barbosa. Z104 Radio, Javier's favorite radio station did a live remote and it was an exciting day. Later in the day, Javier, Karl and I had the opportunity to ride on the Flash Flood seven times in a row, thanks to John and Gregg the ride attendents. Even later, Javier, Karl and I rode the new ride Black Anaconda (the world's longest water coaster) three times in a row. It was an exciting day for all.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Dennis Buttenhoff Jr. is recovering quite fast.
He has been doing physical therapy since his surgery early this summer. His heart rate is fine and he is doing stretching exercises. He should be back at work by August 8th.
He wants to thanks everyone for their prayers and thoughts during this difficult time.
He wants to thanks everyone for their prayers and thoughts during this difficult time.
Pictures from the past
Javier, Oscar and Lorena Mireles visiting Omega School and testing out the video camera in 2001.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Girl Mireles Photos...
Hailey Mireles
Betsy Mireles
Cathy Mireles
Monica MirelesWhich one of these women would you say we are related too?
Which one of these Mireles's could we be related to?
Hector Mireles
Dr. Jose Mireles
Chris Mireles
Dr. Jessie Mireles
David Jose Mireles Morales
I was looking through some google photo search and came up with what I think are the faces that most resemble the Mireles look...Let me know what you think?
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Tuesday's Cookouts At Tony Castaneda's
Every Tuesday night, Tony cooks out at his house on Sommers street. Barb & Oscar went and Diego dropped off Javier later. There was Tony's sister, Patti Tucker and her husband Micheal and children, Dave Stoler, Sergio Nute and wife Naomi Smith, Sylvia Almanza and a couple of other people I did not know.
Here is a picture of Sergio Nute and Naomi Smith
Here is a picture of Feliz, Tony's Daughter.
Sylvia Almanza and Micheal Tucker
Here is a picture of Sergio Nute and Naomi Smith
Here is a picture of Feliz, Tony's Daughter.
Sylvia Almanza and Micheal Tucker
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Barb and Oscar Mireles are fixing things around the house this summer.
This is our little house in Deforest, Wisconsin (about 5 miles north of Madison) on Highway 51. 
We got a couple of truck loads of mulch and redid the pathway around the front of the house.
This is the left front of the house where we put more mulch and cut back on some of the foliage.
Along the side of the house we re-created the path and have some ferns and other flowers on the sides.
This is our first tomato (it is really red in real life) from our garden (just for your information he might be joined by three little brother tomatoes...)
Alyse Siepler and Felix Mireles at home in the gym: For comfort, convenience, home gyms offer perfect workout
By Mark Feldman April 11, 2004
RACINE JOURNAL TIMES- When Alyse Siepler wants to get in shape, she goes to the basement.
There are no lines for exercise machines down there. No blaring music. There's no high-tech equipment, but she has more than enough gear to get a good workout right at the bottom of the stairs. When she's done, she doesn't have to take a shower in a strange place - she simply goes back upstairs. And at the end of the month, she doesn't have to shell out money for membership fees.
"I would love to go to a gym, but I really don't have time for it," Siepler said. "There is too much craziness in my life right now."
Siepler beats the craziness with home-style health and fitness, and it's a route many people who are too busy to join a health club or go to the gym are taking to get in shape and stay in shape.
Americans spent $4.3 billion on exercise equipment in 2002 (the latest figures available), up from $3.9 billion the previous year, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. Treadmills traditionally have been the most popular items sold, with $2.5 billion purchased in 2002.
In 1987, about 500,000 people said they used a treadmill at least 100 times that year. By 1997, that number had grown to eight million, according to the Fitness Products Council.
"There's the ever-growing message for how important it is for people to find some time to exercise on a regular basis," said Cedric Bryant, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise. "I think the convenience of home offers people a very time-efficient solution."
Creating a mini-health club at home isn't as hard as it sounds. After finding a suitable space - a basement, office, or den - start looking at the equipment available. Home fitness equipment runs the gamut, from treadmills and step machines, to rowing machines, bench presses, free weights and resistance machines. You also can spend varying amounts. A Tulsa, Okla., couple spent more than $12,000 to build a 15-station gym in their home.
"You don't really need to establish that nice of a system," Bryant said. He suggested that people interested in having equipment at home should choose items that simulate real-life activities, like treadmills, stair climbers and exercise bikes. People investing in arcane, unusual equipment - like the stuff seen on late night televisions ads - often get bored with it, then don't use it, he said.
"The simplicity of these other pieces make them likely to be safer and used more often," he said. "And isn't that the point? I would do it in baby steps. I think people go out and buy a lot of things they don't use because they don't know what they want."
Siepler and her boyfriend, Felix Mireles, have assembled their own little gym that that can use whenever they want. In their northside Racine home, the couple has a treadmill in their office, a bench and free weights in the basement, a punching bag and gloves, Pilates balls and rings and various mats and pads.
They just have to get themselves revved up and use the stuff.
"It is hard to get motivated sometimes because it's just so easy to flop down on the couch," Siepler said. "But we manage to get it done."
The couple tries to work out together, usually early in the morning. They take turns on the equipment so they can monitor each other, and not let the other one take any extended breaks.
Siepler starts on the treadmill, which is conveniently located near a television. She walks slowly to warm up, builds to a fast walk for about 30 minutes, then cools down. After that, she dons a pair of boxing gloves to smack and kick a heavy bag.
"I bought the bag last Christmas as a present for Felix," she said. "But I started to do it and I found out that I really liked it. It can be quite a workout."
Siepler unloads for 10 minutes at a time, taking a break between sets. "It's a lot harder than it looks," she said. "A lot of people think it's easy, but they need to give it a try."
Mireles uses the free weights more than Siepler, but Siepler makes extensive use of the Pilates equipment. A large ball and rings are used to increase strength, develop muscle tone and provide flexibility.
"You really have to work to stay focused on what you're doing and what you want to do," she said. "It's not perfect, but I'm getting as much out of it as I can."
To create a well-rounded fitness area at home, home athletes should look for items that provide a total workout - cardiovascular, flexibility and strength, Bryant said. Treadmills can provide a good cardiovascular workout because they can be used for running, walking and even leg strength exercises with incline capability.
A set of free weights can provide strength training. These are less expensive than specialty machines and can provide better flexibility and variety in workouts.
And don't forget what can be done without any equipment, Bryant said: Push-ups, sit-ups, squats and calf raises. Having a gym at home can provide motivation as people have to walk past the equipment every day. Plus, there are no expensive membership fees and the gym is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"The main thing to remember about fitness equipment at home is to use it," Bryant said. "There is a wasteland of unused, dusty equipment out there being used as coat racks and storage space. You can have the best home gym in the world, but if you don't have the self-discipline to use it, it won't do you any good."
RACINE JOURNAL TIMES- When Alyse Siepler wants to get in shape, she goes to the basement.
There are no lines for exercise machines down there. No blaring music. There's no high-tech equipment, but she has more than enough gear to get a good workout right at the bottom of the stairs. When she's done, she doesn't have to take a shower in a strange place - she simply goes back upstairs. And at the end of the month, she doesn't have to shell out money for membership fees.
"I would love to go to a gym, but I really don't have time for it," Siepler said. "There is too much craziness in my life right now."
Siepler beats the craziness with home-style health and fitness, and it's a route many people who are too busy to join a health club or go to the gym are taking to get in shape and stay in shape.
Americans spent $4.3 billion on exercise equipment in 2002 (the latest figures available), up from $3.9 billion the previous year, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. Treadmills traditionally have been the most popular items sold, with $2.5 billion purchased in 2002.
In 1987, about 500,000 people said they used a treadmill at least 100 times that year. By 1997, that number had grown to eight million, according to the Fitness Products Council.
"There's the ever-growing message for how important it is for people to find some time to exercise on a regular basis," said Cedric Bryant, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise. "I think the convenience of home offers people a very time-efficient solution."
Creating a mini-health club at home isn't as hard as it sounds. After finding a suitable space - a basement, office, or den - start looking at the equipment available. Home fitness equipment runs the gamut, from treadmills and step machines, to rowing machines, bench presses, free weights and resistance machines. You also can spend varying amounts. A Tulsa, Okla., couple spent more than $12,000 to build a 15-station gym in their home.
"You don't really need to establish that nice of a system," Bryant said. He suggested that people interested in having equipment at home should choose items that simulate real-life activities, like treadmills, stair climbers and exercise bikes. People investing in arcane, unusual equipment - like the stuff seen on late night televisions ads - often get bored with it, then don't use it, he said.
"The simplicity of these other pieces make them likely to be safer and used more often," he said. "And isn't that the point? I would do it in baby steps. I think people go out and buy a lot of things they don't use because they don't know what they want."
Siepler and her boyfriend, Felix Mireles, have assembled their own little gym that that can use whenever they want. In their northside Racine home, the couple has a treadmill in their office, a bench and free weights in the basement, a punching bag and gloves, Pilates balls and rings and various mats and pads.
They just have to get themselves revved up and use the stuff.
"It is hard to get motivated sometimes because it's just so easy to flop down on the couch," Siepler said. "But we manage to get it done."
The couple tries to work out together, usually early in the morning. They take turns on the equipment so they can monitor each other, and not let the other one take any extended breaks.
Siepler starts on the treadmill, which is conveniently located near a television. She walks slowly to warm up, builds to a fast walk for about 30 minutes, then cools down. After that, she dons a pair of boxing gloves to smack and kick a heavy bag.
"I bought the bag last Christmas as a present for Felix," she said. "But I started to do it and I found out that I really liked it. It can be quite a workout."
Siepler unloads for 10 minutes at a time, taking a break between sets. "It's a lot harder than it looks," she said. "A lot of people think it's easy, but they need to give it a try."
Mireles uses the free weights more than Siepler, but Siepler makes extensive use of the Pilates equipment. A large ball and rings are used to increase strength, develop muscle tone and provide flexibility.
"You really have to work to stay focused on what you're doing and what you want to do," she said. "It's not perfect, but I'm getting as much out of it as I can."
To create a well-rounded fitness area at home, home athletes should look for items that provide a total workout - cardiovascular, flexibility and strength, Bryant said. Treadmills can provide a good cardiovascular workout because they can be used for running, walking and even leg strength exercises with incline capability.
A set of free weights can provide strength training. These are less expensive than specialty machines and can provide better flexibility and variety in workouts.
And don't forget what can be done without any equipment, Bryant said: Push-ups, sit-ups, squats and calf raises. Having a gym at home can provide motivation as people have to walk past the equipment every day. Plus, there are no expensive membership fees and the gym is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"The main thing to remember about fitness equipment at home is to use it," Bryant said. "There is a wasteland of unused, dusty equipment out there being used as coat racks and storage space. You can have the best home gym in the world, but if you don't have the self-discipline to use it, it won't do you any good."
Felix Mireles III & friends embarked on whirlwind major league baseball stadium tour in 2002
Reprint Journal Times, 7/8/2002
Trey Mireles, left, Eric Dyer, Nick Postorino,
Gino Infusino, Neil Staeck at PNC Park in
Pittsburgh May 29, 2002 when they watched
the Cubs lose to the Pirates during their
12 day tour of 11 Major League Baseball stadiums
Nick Postorino, 19, drove the Ford Expedition out of Racine around 11:30 a.m. May 21. It was a Tuesday. The Tigers played the Indians at 7 that night in Detroit. In the SUV with Postorino were four friends: Egidio "Gino" Infusino, Neil Staeck, Felix "Trey" Mireles and Eric Dyer, all 20. All but Dyer were graduates of St. Catherine's High School -- he graduated from Case High School. They were all in college: Postorino at Purdue University; Dyer at the University of Minnesota; Staeck, Mireles and Infusino at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. They were all baseball fans -- huge baseball fans -- embarking on their dream trip.
The trip would take them to 11 Major League stadiums in 12 days, starting in Detroit. The drive there would take six hours, including a gas stop in Ann Arbor, Mich. They still had to buy game tickets at the Tigers' box office.
Postorino kept a journal of the trip.
Day One, May 21:
Comerica Park -- Tigers.
-- Lots of ... seagulls.
-- Stadium is really cool.
-- Relatively cold -- 50s.
-- No tailgating -- horrible.
The idea for this trip started to grow in Infusino's and Mireles' minds about a year ago. Those seeds were planted by a Mastercard commercial -- you know, the one with the two guys visiting every Major League ballpark. Priceless.
They mentioned it to the others. Everybody liked it, so they started planning.
Postorino logged onto Major League Baseball's Web site (www.MLB.com) for the daily schedules. He drafted an itinerary that fit with everyone's schedule and got maps of all the cities.
That itinerary included games in Detroit, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New York (Mets), Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and back to New York (Yankees).
Then they stocked the SUV. They borrowed a TV and loaded a portable propane grill. They bought $100 worth of food -- hot dogs, brats, Italian sausages, chips, pretzels and candy -- at Sam's Club for the trip.
For most games, they either bought tickets at the box office on game day or from scalpers on the street. They ordered tickets for three games ahead of time -- Yankees at Boston Red Sox, Red Sox at Yankees, and Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians. They worried those games might be sold out if they waited.
Actually, the Yankees-Red Sox game in Boston had already sold out. They bought tickets on eBay instead, but there was a glitch. While Postorino and Staeck got their tickets, the others' tickets were sent to the wrong place and didn't arrive until three days after the game.
Day Five, May 25:
Fenway Park
-- Only Posti and Neil able to get in.
-- Packed crowd (played Yankees).
-- Fights every 1/2 inning.
-- Got to touch the Green Monster.
-- Very hostile crowd.
There's something special about a day at the ballpark for Postorino and friends. There's usually something special about the ballpark itself.
Fenway Park in Boston has the Green Monster. Cinergy Field in Cincinnati has a family-friendly atmosphere. Cinergy Field also allowed tailgating. The Vet, in Philadelphia, did not. Shea Stadium, home of the Mets, had the best fans; Jacobs Field in Cleveland had the worst/least enthusiastic. The Skydome in Toronto had the best hot dogs. Yankee Stadium, well, it's Yankee Stadium.
They appeared on stadium JumboTrons twice, in Montreal and Toronto. "Canada loves us," Staeck said. They met people at every stadium, and talked to them about how they felt about their teams. Everybody they met wanted to know about their trip.
"My favorite part was probably all the people we met at the games, and all the interesting people we talked to at the games," Mireles said.
Postorino, Staeck, Dyer, Infusino and Mireles wanted to see the historic ballparks, like Fenway and Yankee Stadium. They wanted to see some of the new stadiums, like PNC Stadium in Pittsburgh and Comerica Park. They wanted to see the Montreal Expos play because, if the League contracts, the team may not be around next year.
The Yankees vs. Red Sox is one of the all-time great rivalries in baseball, Postorino and the others agreed. They got to see the teams play each other twice.
Day 12, June 1:
Yankee Stadium
-- Each sat apart from each other.
-- 4 home runs: Jeter (1st pitch to the Yankees), White, Wilson (grand slam), Giambi (2-run shot).
-- Yanks won, 10-2.
-- James Gandolfini from The Sopranos read Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man Alive" speech.
Yankee Stadium was a sell-out. More than 55,000 fired-up fans filled the seats. Gandolfini read Gehrig's famous "Luckiest Man Alive" speech. Staeck sat next to an old man who was there 60 years earlier, when Gehrig gave the speech.
"I just love the old ballparks," Infusino said. "I sound like an old man. I just love the history stuff about baseball."
The five have already started talking about their next ballpark expedition. Maybe they'll head west. Maybe they'll swing through the South.
"Hopefully, we'll get to do them all," Postorino said. "That would be my dream."
Katy Mireles and Todd Coello's 2003 Wedding Notice
Mireles-Coello Wedding
The Interlaken Resort and Spa in Lake Geneva was the setting Sept. 6 when Katherine Micaela Mireles and Todd Edwin Coello were married. Judge Marvin Daniel officiated during the 4 p.m. ceremony. Patricia Peters (bride's aunt) was the reader. Music was performed by Dean Lukaszewski.
The bride's parents are Carlos R. and Mary M. Mireles of Kansasville. The bride is the granddaughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Peters of Franklin and the late Felix and Micaela Mireles.
Parents of the groom are Jean Anderson of Elkhorn, Terrance Vinz of Rochester and Brian Holst of Boone. The groom is the grandson of Dorothy Coello of Elkhorn, Hilda Vinz of Waterford, Dean and Yvonne Holst of Franksville, the late Peter Coello and the late Edwin Vinz.
Maid of honor was Genevieve Mireles, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Alicia Mireles (bride's sister), Wendy Dueling (bride's cousin), Jennifer Priebe and Tammy Stollings. Flower girl was Makenzie Coello, daughter of bride and groom.
Best man was Travis Rausch. Groomsmen were Carlos Mireles (bride's brother), Eric Sobczak, Anthony Metzger and Brian Holst (groom's brother). Ring bearer was Trenton Boschke, cousin of the bride.
Bradley May and Timothy Skiles were the ushers.
The reception was held at Interlaken Resort and Spa in Lake Geneva.
The Coellos are living in Burlington. Katherine, 27, is a panner at Nestle Chocolate & Confection in Burlington. Todd, 27, is a mill technician at Trent Tube in East Troy.
No reward in firecracker suit
Wisconsin State Journal 7/14/2005
A cleaning woman who lost much of her right hand after she mistook a firecracker she found in a Downtown apartment for a candle will not get any money from the apartment's owner or its property management firm, a Dane County jury decided Tuesday night.
After about five hours of deliberations, the jury found that Dora Alvarado suffered $1.25 million in damages and medical bills. But it also found that she was 50 percent negligent for lighting the firecracker, while the maker of the firecracker, who is unknown and was not a defendant in the lawsuit, was also 50 percent negligent.
The bottom line, said Alvarado's attorney, Donald Murphy, is that she will get nothing.
"She was very upset and I think she was distraught and beside herself," Murphy said. "But she pulled together. She got her day in court after seven long years."
The case, originally filed in 1999, had been dismissed by a Dane County judge and by the 4th District Court of Appeals but was revived by the state Supreme Court in 2003.
Alvarado, of Racine, was cleaning an apartment at 325 W. Main St., owned by Meriter Retirement Services, on Aug. 14, 1998. She needed to vacuum the inside of a gas range, but had no matches to re-light the pilot, so she picked up what she thought was a candle from a window sill. It exploded in her hand after she lit it.
The firecracker had been left on the sill by painters, who had found it in a kitchen cupboard. Murphy contended that Meriter's property manager, Oakbrook Corp., should have found and disposed of the firecracker as part of an inspection of the apartment.
Alvarado previously settled with the painters for an undisclosed sum, Murphy said.
A cleaning woman who lost much of her right hand after she mistook a firecracker she found in a Downtown apartment for a candle will not get any money from the apartment's owner or its property management firm, a Dane County jury decided Tuesday night.
After about five hours of deliberations, the jury found that Dora Alvarado suffered $1.25 million in damages and medical bills. But it also found that she was 50 percent negligent for lighting the firecracker, while the maker of the firecracker, who is unknown and was not a defendant in the lawsuit, was also 50 percent negligent.
The bottom line, said Alvarado's attorney, Donald Murphy, is that she will get nothing.
"She was very upset and I think she was distraught and beside herself," Murphy said. "But she pulled together. She got her day in court after seven long years."
The case, originally filed in 1999, had been dismissed by a Dane County judge and by the 4th District Court of Appeals but was revived by the state Supreme Court in 2003.
Alvarado, of Racine, was cleaning an apartment at 325 W. Main St., owned by Meriter Retirement Services, on Aug. 14, 1998. She needed to vacuum the inside of a gas range, but had no matches to re-light the pilot, so she picked up what she thought was a candle from a window sill. It exploded in her hand after she lit it.
The firecracker had been left on the sill by painters, who had found it in a kitchen cupboard. Murphy contended that Meriter's property manager, Oakbrook Corp., should have found and disposed of the firecracker as part of an inspection of the apartment.
Alvarado previously settled with the painters for an undisclosed sum, Murphy said.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
I found this old picture of Lorena Barbosa-Mireles
It was on my old computer files and was taken about four years ago. Lorena was visiting Omega School and was playing on the computer with Cynthia, the daughter of one of our GED/HSED students.
Diego Mireles enjoying his summer
He recently moved to Cottage Grove (six miles south of Madison, take Highway "N" of I-94, the last exit before you get to Madison) to live with Josh a wrestler from Milwaukee Custer High School. His address is 208 North Main Street Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Lorena Barbosa-Mireles in Quincenera in Waukesha
Here is a picture of Lorena's friend from Milwaukee.
Lorena is visiting her friend Stephanie, who is celebrating her 15th Birthday.
She is staying with her uncle Jesse & Pattie Mireles and will join us for our second trip to Noah's Ark with friends Jordan and Christine.
Sergio Barbosa-Mireles scores a "5" on Advanced Placement (AP) test
He took the test this past May 2006 and scored a "5" in Physics C-Mechanical and a 4 in Calculus AB.
AP Exam grades are reported on a 5-point scales as follows:
5 Extremely well qualified*
4 Well Qualified*
3 Qualified*
2 Possibly qualified*
1 No recommendation**
*Qualified to receive college credit or advanced placement
**No recommendation to receive college credit
According to the College Entrance Examination Board, only 14 High School Juniors in the State of Wisconsin scored a "5", out of the 60 Juniors that took the test.
AP Exam grades are reported on a 5-point scales as follows:
5 Extremely well qualified*
4 Well Qualified*
3 Qualified*
2 Possibly qualified*
1 No recommendation**
*Qualified to receive college credit or advanced placement
**No recommendation to receive college credit
According to the College Entrance Examination Board, only 14 High School Juniors in the State of Wisconsin scored a "5", out of the 60 Juniors that took the test.
El Cine Mireles will host Atlanta premier of "Tijuana Jews'
July 7, 2005
Atlanta, GA El Cine Mireles has been chosen to host the Atlanta premier of Issac Artenstein’s documentary "Tijuana Jews" on Friday, August 26th 2005. Artenstein, who directed "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" (1984) and "Break of Dawn" (1988), and produced "Love Always" (1996) and "A Day Without a Mexican" (2004), and producer Jude Artenstein are scheduled to attend the Atlanta premier and a reception in their honor. The reception is scheduled to begin at 7:00 in the evening followed by the screening of the documentary. The Artensteins will be available for a discussion about the documentary following the screening.
This documentary is valuable in that it casts light on a group of people that are relatively unknown. According to the filmmaker, there are some 600 to 800 Latino Jewish families in the San Diego/Tijuana region who can trace their roots to different countries in Europe and the Middle East.
Tijuana Jews, which took five years to produce, had its worldwide premiere at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival. It will also run during the San Diego Latino Film Festival and from there will travel to Los Angeles; Tucson, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Barcelona, Spain. It will also likely be aired by San Diego public television station KPBS.
Growing up Jewish in Mexico, director Isaac Artenstein found reactions of surprise, even disbelief, from many people north of the border: they had no idea there were Jews in Mexico, and especially in Tijuana. Tijuana's dark legend continues to fire up the imagination with stories of free-flowing liquor, cheap narcotics, beautiful senoritas and black velvet paintings. Tijuana Jews is an authentic and living testimony set against conceptions and misconceptions of this near-mythic border city.
The director is working on two new projects, a film based on the lives of photographers Edward Weston and Tina Modotti, and another that takes place in Tijuana and was inspired by Josef Von Stenberg's 1930 film "The Blue Angel."
For additional information about this cultural event, please contact Laura Mireles at 404-281-8257. El Cine Mireles is located at 3378 Canton Road in Marietta, Georgia.
Atlanta, GA El Cine Mireles has been chosen to host the Atlanta premier of Issac Artenstein’s documentary "Tijuana Jews" on Friday, August 26th 2005. Artenstein, who directed "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" (1984) and "Break of Dawn" (1988), and produced "Love Always" (1996) and "A Day Without a Mexican" (2004), and producer Jude Artenstein are scheduled to attend the Atlanta premier and a reception in their honor. The reception is scheduled to begin at 7:00 in the evening followed by the screening of the documentary. The Artensteins will be available for a discussion about the documentary following the screening.
This documentary is valuable in that it casts light on a group of people that are relatively unknown. According to the filmmaker, there are some 600 to 800 Latino Jewish families in the San Diego/Tijuana region who can trace their roots to different countries in Europe and the Middle East.
Tijuana Jews, which took five years to produce, had its worldwide premiere at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival. It will also run during the San Diego Latino Film Festival and from there will travel to Los Angeles; Tucson, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Barcelona, Spain. It will also likely be aired by San Diego public television station KPBS.
Growing up Jewish in Mexico, director Isaac Artenstein found reactions of surprise, even disbelief, from many people north of the border: they had no idea there were Jews in Mexico, and especially in Tijuana. Tijuana's dark legend continues to fire up the imagination with stories of free-flowing liquor, cheap narcotics, beautiful senoritas and black velvet paintings. Tijuana Jews is an authentic and living testimony set against conceptions and misconceptions of this near-mythic border city.
The director is working on two new projects, a film based on the lives of photographers Edward Weston and Tina Modotti, and another that takes place in Tijuana and was inspired by Josef Von Stenberg's 1930 film "The Blue Angel."
For additional information about this cultural event, please contact Laura Mireles at 404-281-8257. El Cine Mireles is located at 3378 Canton Road in Marietta, Georgia.
Diego Mireles gets a promotion
He is now working Monday through Fridays from 11 am to 5 pm at the "Buckle' at Eastowne Mall in Madison. he will be working 30 hours a week and be able to pick up other shifts as needed.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Gary, Rosa, Gerardo Jr. and Crystal Vargas in Philly....
They are working volunteers at the National Council of La Raza National Conference in Philadelphia.
This is the second time the NCLR conference has been held in Philly during the past decade. Gary and Gerardo Jr. and Oscar were there last time. We played basketball at Temple University and went to a Latin Fiesta on the river.
This is the second time the NCLR conference has been held in Philly during the past decade. Gary and Gerardo Jr. and Oscar were there last time. We played basketball at Temple University and went to a Latin Fiesta on the river.
Barb and Oscar went to Minneapolis for a couple of days...
We went to see her son Brad Berling who works in Los Angeles as a computer designer. His company did some of the opening titles for just released movie War of the Worlds. Check out his personal website at bradberling.com.
Brad was teaching some classes for two weeks at his alma mater Minnesota College of Art and Design. He will teach a two day class called Designing for the Screen . Here is a photo Oscar took of Brad and Barb at the Spyworld Coffeeshop yesterday.
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