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Hispanics remain grateful for Dos Mundos’ decades of service

By Angie Baldelomar In June, Dos Mundos is celebrating another year of serving the Greater Kansas City area’s Hispanic community. Since 1981, the bilingual newspaper has been present among Latino families. One way it has been present

Worlds of Fun brings family delights to KC

Commentary by Chara If you’re looking for some family fun while the kids are out of school, but you need something affordable and don’t want to leave the Greater Kansas City area, consider visiting Worlds of Fun.

Museum makes tweaks to celebrate 85th anniversary

By Roberta Pardo The Museum of Kansas City is celebrating its 85th anniversary with a name adjustment and new logo. Starting May 5, the Kansas

Sound the Alarm: Volunteers Needed for Life-Saving Initiative on April 12th

Photo cortesy by Facebook Mayor Quinton Lucas Collaborative Partnership Between the KCKFD and the American Red Cross offering FREE Live Saving Services in the Strawberry and Turtle Hill Neighborhoods in KCK KANSAS CITY, KS – The Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department (KCKFD), in collaboration with the American Red Cross, is excited

El Centro expands free Spanish-language workshops in April

By Tere Siqueira As part of its ongoing efforts to support and empower Latino families, El Centro Inc. is offering a wide range of free workshops in Spanish this April. The nonprofit organization, based in Kansas City, Kansas, is known for its community-centered programming that includes financial literacy, small business

Museum to host event focused on Spanish-language media

By Roberta Pardo The Museum of Kansas City is hosting an event highlighting Spanish-language media.From 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday (March 22), the museum will host an installment in its Nuestro Legado/Our Legacy Series. This installment is titled “The Importance of Spanish Language Media in Kansas City.”“Spanish-language media in Kansas

Current Edition

Dos Mundos: Volume 45 Issue 23 • 06/05/25 – 06/11/25

In this issue • Hispanos agradecidos por décadas de servicio de Dos Mundos • Kansas se convierte en refugio para el aborto tras prohibición en Missouri

Community

Westside CAN Center receives Outstanding Organizations Service Award

KC Royals and Just Serve organizations recognized Westside CAN Center as the 2025 Just Serve Outstanding Organizations Service Award at the KC Royals (2) – Astros

Kansas City celebrates Cinco de Mayo

How Cinco de Mayo became an American marketing holiday Analysis by Tere Siqueira Each year, Cinco de Mayo (May 5) brings a wave of fiestas, drink

Museum holds event focused on Spanish-speaking media

Photos by Sonia Falcon The Kansas City Museum hosted an event on Spanish-language media. On March 22, the museum presented a new installment in its Nuestro

Editorial

Editorial: Cinco de Mayo, the holiday & the poem

For nearly three decades, April has been recognized as National Poetry Month. It was established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets to raise

Editorial: Cherish the children, secure the future

The United States is second only to Russia in natural resources. Not only do we have abundant supplies of natural gas, coal, minerals, petroleum and

Editorial: National Kidney Month

Just over 70 years ago, two young men and their surgeon made medical history. On Dec. 23, 1954, 23-year-old Ronald Herrick became the first ever

Editorial: It’s about more than time

Most Americans set their clocks ahead one hour last Sunday in the semiannual ritual of springing forward. Nov. 2, 2025 is the date set for

Editorial: Honoring KC area’s consequential women

From coast to coast, border to border, the nation’s celebrating Women’s History Month with local, regional and national events spotlighting consequential contributions of women. The

Sports

Sporting KC Grinds Out Historic 1-0 Win Over LA Galaxy on Star Wars Night

It was a night of lightsabers, costumes, and celebration at Children’s Mercy Park as Sporting Kansas City held off the LA Galaxy in a gritty

Deportes y más deportes…04.03.25

Peter Vermes, fuera de Sporting KC Luego de 16 años al frente de Sporting Kansas City, Peter Vermes deja de ser director técnico del equipo.

Deportes y más deportes… 03.20.25

Sporting KC consigue su primer punto de la temporadaEl Sporting Kansas City iba perdiendo 3-0 ante Minnesota United y remontó para empatar 3-3 el partido

Deportes y más deportes…04.03.25

Peter Vermes, fuera de Sporting KC Luego de 16 años al frente de Sporting Kansas City, Peter Vermes deja de ser director técnico del equipo. Sporting KC anunció el lunes la salida de Vermes, dos días después de la derrota ante FC Dallas que mandó a KC al fondo de

Entertainment

María Marín: Me advirtieron no ir, pero fui igual

Si te pregunto a dónde quieres viajar en tus próximas vacaciones seguramente me dirás que a cualquier lugar menos a tu país de origen, porque

Entertainment

Top Spots: Water park hot spots

Commentary by Tere Siqueira In this edition of our “Top Spots” column, we at Dos Mundos invite you to explore the Greater Kansas City area’s

Entretenimiento

Contain the Rain offers reimbursements for JoCo residents

By Tere Siqueira This spring, stormwater runoff is being tackled head-on by Contain the Rain, a program available for residents in cities across Johnson County, Kansas.Through

Spectacular Circus coming to KC

By Chara Circus-lovers can get their fill of acrobats, aerialists, animals, daredevils and clowns this weekend in Kansas City, Missouri.The Spectacular Circus will stage performances at 7 p.m. Friday (Feb. 11); 11 a.m., and 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 12); and 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 13) in Hale Arena at the American Royal Center in the West Bottoms area. Paul Cifuentes, a performer on the wheel of death, aerial straps and high wire, is excited to come to Kansas City.“(It) is very exciting when we perform for a new town and public because every public offers you a different reaction and they love what we do,” Cifuentes said.According to Cifuentes, the Spectacular Circus stands apart from others because it is one of the few big circuses traveling the country and it features live animals. Another feature of the circus this year is a new generation of performers

“The Mystery of Christmas” returns

By Tere Siqueira A familiar holiday tale is getting a new treatment.The Dramatic Truth Ballet School of Kansas City, Missouri, will present a series of performances of “The Mystery of Christmas,” a retelling of “The Nutcracker,” Dec. 17-19 in the Goppert Theatre at Avila University. For the first time, it will include a Spanish adaptation of the play. “It is an honor for us to get to tell this story to the Spanish population,” said Amy Scrivner, Dramatic Truth marketing director. “We are very excited to share this show that is near and dear to our hearts. It is ‘The Nutcracker’ that tells the true meaning of Christmas, so it is quite a privilege to be able to share this one-of-a-kind ‘Nutcracker’ with a completely new audience.”The narration will be different for the Spanish version, but the dancing and acting will remain the same, Scrivner said.Offering a Spanish version of “The

Lugo growing her music career

By Roberta PardoElizabeth “Eli” Lugo’s music career is growing.Lugo started singing when she was 6. A DJ at an event at her local church heard her sing and invited her to the stage. Even at that age, Lugo never felt embarrassed about performing, she said.After that, Lugo’s mother encouraged her passion and found her music teachers. Her first teacher was Sandra Zamora. Under her guidance, Lugo participated in the Mi Talento Kids, a Kansas City area children’s contest. She took second place.Now 13, Lugo takes classes with Victor Olvera. Previously, she received guitar lessons from Luis Portillo and singing lessons from Fedra Cooper.“I’m really happy for every teacher I’ve had because they taught me so many things on how to do better and how I should be better in the future,” she said.Lugo has performed at multiple events throughout the year, but her favorite is performing at Fiesta Hispana, where

El último adiós a Octavio Ocaña

¿Quién era Octavio Ocaña?El actor de 22 años tuvo una corta, pero fructífera carrera en la televisión, su personaje más recordado fue Benito en la serie Vecinos. La Fiscalía General de Justicia del Estado de México confirmó que Octavio Ocaña murió por un impacto de bala en la cabeza y los hechos se suscitaron en su camioneta, en la que viajaba con dos sujetos.La madrugada del sábado 30 de octubre se dio a conocer la muerte de Octavio Ocaña, actor recordado por su personaje de Benito en la serie Vecinos.El joven de 22 años murió de un tiro en la cabeza, el arma de fuego fue disparada dentro de la camioneta que manejaba, en la cual viajaba con dos acompañantes por una carretera en el estado de México.¿Quién era Octavio Ocaña?Octavio Augusto Pérez Ocaña nació el 7 de noviembre de 1998 en Villahermosa, Tabasco. El actor saltó a la fama

Travel

Peru has world’s worst per capita COVID death toll

Street talk: Traveling during a pandemic

By Angie BaldelomarAs more places reopen, more people are traveling again.Recently, Dos Mundos asked some people in the community who had traveled about their experiences.

Get used to new way of traveling

Commentary by Tere Siqueira In a COVID-19 world, it is essential to learn a new way of traveling.The World Travel and Tourism Council has developed

CDC issues travel recommendations for fully vaccinated people

By Chara On April 2, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new travel guidelines for people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.People