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The history of showbiz and the showbiz of history figure prominently in “¡Gaytino!,” the autobiographical solo piece Dan Guerrero performed at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater on Tuesday and Wednesday. But those epochal themes did not seem to be the catalysts for the enthusiasm (cries of recognition, a standing ovation) that greeted his turn on opening night. Rather, the sizable audience seemed to be responding to Guerrero’s utter unguardedness as he evoked his life as a gay Hispanic with a passion for the arts.

Dressed in white shirt and brown pants, Guerrero — who occasionally tossed off a few low-key Broadway or disco dance steps — spoke confidingly, as if addressing a roomful of friends. Projections of old photos (childhood snapshots, theater facades) and video footage (César Chávez’s funeral) on a screen behind him added visual texture to his tale. “*

The National Association of Hispanic Publications today announced that last week’s 23rd Annual Conference & Business Exposition held in Atlanta, Georgia was a major success delivering attendees and exhibitors a focused event that provided concrete lessons learned and best practices for Hispanic newspapers and information publishers, editors, journalists and media professionals. Now in its twenty-third year, the event produced strong attendance, attracting leading industry professionals from around the world.

The Conference, co-chaired by Judith Martinez-Sadri, Co-founder and Editor of Atlanta Latino Newspaper, and Lino Dominguez, former publisher of Mundo Hispanico featured many great forums for sharing and learning about the latest newspaper and information technologies, marketing strategies and web publishing concepts. Highlights of the event included the Publisher’s Best Practices Roundtable, a case study and analysis of industry innovation featuring Lupita Colmenero, publisher of El Hispano News Dallas; Hernan Guaracao, publisher of Al Dia Philadelphia; and Adan Guerrero of La Frontera McAllen, discussing the future of Hispanic news media, content strategies and technology; The Immigration Day Luncheon sponsored by Cox Newspaper and moderated by Anibal Torres, publisher of Mundo Hispanico in Atlanta; “Hispanic Print in a Digital World” a strategic briefing by Alicia Morga, Founder & CEO of Consorte Media; and “The New World of Hispanic Print: Thinking for Business Success” by Monica Lozano, publisher of La Opinion and senior vice president ImpreMedia LLC which explored the keys to success for professionals and leaders in the Hispanic media business.

“NAHP helps me keep my focus. With the many downward trends in the general newspaper market, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the Hispanic newspaper market is different. We are growing in readership and circulation,” said Fanny Miller, of El Latino Newspaper in San Diego. Robert Bard, publisher of LatinaStyle Magazine, thought the Publisher’s Best Practices Roundtable was best. “The presenters were very knowledgeable and did a great job of sparking ideas. Also, it was great to network with other participants and see what they were doing in the way of marketing and new products,” he said.

The conference featured numerous networking events, including a welcome reception hosted by Atlanta Latino Newspaper and sponsored by Chivas at the historic Fox Theatre, a special evening at the New World of Coca-Cola Museum at Pemberton Place sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company, the 23rd Annual Gala Reception sponsored by Miller Brewing Company, and the Gala Dinner sponsored by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The closing Fiesta was sponsored by Anheuser Busch. Education session sponsors included the U.S. Army, Univision, General Motors, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Cox Newspapers. Continental Airlines served as the official airline of the 23rd Annual NAHP Conference and Business Exposition.

“This year’s conference was outstanding. Our presenters offered dozens of new, innovative ideas and this year’s exhibitors showcased truly great products and services,” said NAHP National President Clara Padilla Andrews, who is also publisher of El Hispanic News in Portland, Oregon. She added “The 24th Annual Conference planning committee will be led by Jose Luis B. Garza of El Periodico USA of McAllen, Texas and we are now looking for speakers for the 2009 event.” Speaker recommendations or proposals may be sent via e-mail to memberservices@nahp.org

“We recognize that Hispanic newspaper and information publishers have their own unique set of marketing challenges and content requirements,” said Martinez-Sadri. “With that in mind, we built this year’s event to provide newspapers and their publishers with solid, hard-hitting discussions, roundtables and networking sessions around real-world best practices.”

The association honored Jose Zepeda, publisher of El Aviso Newspaper of Huntington Beach, California, by selecting him for the prestigious NAHP Lifetime Achievement Award. NAHP also recognized Eddie Escobedo, founder and publisher of El Mundo Nevada with a Presidential Award and Wal-Mart Stores was named Corporation of the Year in recognition of their longstanding support of Hispanic media and the communities they serve. The NAHP Presidential Award honorees are recognized for their outstanding service to the Hispanic and Spanish-Language publishing industry and to the association. Zepeda had served on the association’s board of directors and been an active contributor to many of the association’s initiatives and events.

Two NAHP member firms received the 2008 NAHP Technology Award sponsored by The Home Depot and the Miller Brewing Company. The award comes as a grant and provides $5,000 in funding for the acquisition of publishing and advertising sales technology. The 2008 Miller Brewing Company Technology Award went to Luis Eduardo Baron, publisher of the weekly newspaper 7 Dias, of Tampa, Florida. The Home Depot Technology Award went to Martha Gonzalez, publisher of the weekly newspaper La Prensa de Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

NAHP also elected new Regional Directors including Filiberto Fernandez of Casa Y Hogar, Larchmont, New York for Region 1; Adan Guerrero of La Frontera, McAllen, Texas, for Region 4; and Fanny Miller of El Latino in San Diego, California for Region 7. They join re-elected Regional Directors Judith Martinez-Sadri, Atlanta Latino Newspaper, Atlanta, Georgia for Region 2; Dolores Sanchez of El Central Newspaper, Detroit, Michigan for Region 3; Fernando Aceves of Viva Spanish Newspaper, Toppenish, Washington for Region 5; and Jaime Larios of El Observador in San Jose, California for Region 6. “*

It’s still a week before Borderlands Theater’s annual pastorela play opens, but Dan Guerrero already looks like Lucifer.

“I wake up this morning, (and) the entire white of the eye is red,” he said in an interview last week from his house in West Hollywood, Calif. He rushed to the eye doctor to find out it was a broken blood vessel.

“I swear to you, if the other eye was the same, I don’t need any more makeup. . . . So I’m half in costume,” said Guerrero, who will play the devilish role in the 12th edition of “A Tucson Pastorela.”"*

“UCLA athletic director followed an unexpected path to his current post as the highest-ranking Latino college athletic administrator. He will be honored next week.”

“When Dan Guerrero, son of Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero, first came up with the idea for a one-man show about growing up gay and Latino in America, he sat down and put together two lists.

“As I looked at the gay community and the Latino community, I saw so many similarities,” Guerrero, 66, said in a phone interview last week from his West Hollywood home. “I thought, ‘When did I first realize I was gay?’ and then wrote that down. Then I thought, ‘When did I first realize I was Mexican?’ and wrote that down. ‘When was the first time I was discriminated against as a Mexican and as a gay man?’ and so on. I wrote down my experiences with both and started to mix and match.”"

“Tucson-born Dan Guerrero isn’t the life of the party - he is the party.

And his party favors are the rich memories of growing up Latino and gay alongside his famous father, music legend Lalo Guerrero. The actor-producer will share those memories in his one-man show “¡Gaytino!” presented by Borderlands Theater this weekend.”

“Don’t miss this opportunity to see ¡Gaytino!, the incredible new one-man show by Dan Guerrero (son of Lalo Guerrero - the Father of Chicano Music). The play, which chronicles Dan’s sexual, social and political awakening, is filled with humor, song and remarkable reminiscences from the front lines of the Chican@ and LGBT civil rights movements from the 1960s to the 1990s. ¡Gaytino! is a love letter to a famous father, a magical time and the power of acceptance.”

“At a certain point in his life, would-be Broadway star-cum-talent manager-cum-producer Dan Guerrero decided to dedicate himself to improving the depiction of Latinos in the media. In his one-man show “Gaytino!” — part of Center Theater Group’s “Solomania!” festival — he lands on a good way of putting forth such a positive image: He tells his own, upbeat story. This man has lived an extremely charmed life, and he offers up a quite charming depiction of it.

One-person shows often — maybe even usually — deal with identity politics, and since Guerrero is both gay and Mexican-American, the subject informs his life and therefore his story. But what’s nice about “Gaytino!” is how unfettered it is with obstacles or regrets. Did being Latino inhibit his performance career? Perhaps, but he soon went on to a great career as a talent manager instead. Was it hard, even lonely, growing up gay in East L.A.? Maybe it would have been, if he didn’t have a fantastic best friend.”

“Dan Guerrero, the son of legendary Chicano songwriter Lalo Guerrero, comes to town this week in his one-man historical (and, according to the reviews, hysterical) musical revue, Gaytino! The younger Guerrero is a veteran of Hollywood and Broadway, the latter which shows in his warm, scratchy voice and a bullet-proof public-relations constitution. Despite a demanding touring schedule and no personal assistant to manage it, Guerrero phoned the Current on the dot to make sure he wasn’t supposed to call us (it was our responsibility).”

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