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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Reyna Logsdon was getting ready for the seventh annual Diversity Festival&#8217;s Spanish Fiesta at King&#8217;s College on Wednesday, hanging a pi&#241;ata from a balcony when it slipped and fell to the ground.</p><p>But the pi&#241;ata didn&#8217;t break &#8212; perhaps a good omen as the fiesta began with a celebration of Latin American heritage.</p><p>The fiesta will also include free film screenings and a cultural game night during a series of events through September and October on the King&#8217;s campus.</p><p>On Wednesday, local vendors were on hand to sell authentic foods from Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador. The event featured a wide variety of music and an opportunity to learn how to salsa dance.</p><p>Logsdon, who works for the school&#8217;s Hispanic Outreach Program, said the fiesta is part of Hispanic Heritage Month and will feature screenings of the films &#8220;Underwater Dreams&#8221; on Sept. 19, and &#8220;Race&#8221; on Sept. 26 in the Burke Auditorium, William G. McGowan School of Business, North River Street.</p><p>&#8220;This event is important to educate the King&#8217;s community and the public about all the food, music and traditions of the Hispanic community,&#8221; Logsdon said. &#8220;We want to expose the culture to our students, 75 percent of which live on campus.&#8221;</p><p>Logsdon said many students, especially freshmen, aren&#8217;t aware of what is available in the Wilkes-Barre area. She said King&#8217;s is planning other festivals featuring various cultures.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to have events like this to learn about each other,&#8221; Logsdon said. &#8220;It brings everyone together.&#8221;</p><p>Reyna Lucia Villafranca, 18, is a freshman majoring in secondary education/English at King&#8217;s. Villafranca graduated from Greater Nanticoke Area High School and her family is from Honduras.</p><p>&#8220;Events like this are very important for students to experience all cultures and traditions,&#8221; Villafranca said.</p><p>Joseph Giomboni of the King&#8217;s communications department said the documentary, &#8220;Underwater Dreams,&#8221; narrated by Michael Pe&#241;a, chronicles the story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learn to build an underwater robot and defeat engineering powerhouse MIT in a robotics competition.</p><p>In the award-winning sports drama, &#8220;Race,&#8221; Stephan James portrays Olympic legend Jessie Owens as the young track and field star overcomes racism during the 1936 Olympics hosted in Nazi Germany.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Rafael Paramo and daughter Dafne Paramo salsa dance at Wednesday&#8217;s fiesta </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_TDP91417fiesta1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Rafael Paramo and daughter Dafne Paramo salsa dance at Wednesday&#8217;s fiesta </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_TDP91417fiesta3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Rita Espinoza serves a tostada at Wednesday&#8217;s fiesta to Margaret Kowalsky, the director of the King&#8217;s Study Abroad program. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_TDP91417fiesta3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Rita Espinoza serves a tostada at Wednesday&#8217;s fiesta to Margaret Kowalsky, the director of the King&#8217;s Study Abroad program. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/web1_TDP91417fiesta2.jpg">
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Bill O&#8217;Boyle</p><p>boboyle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Bill O&#8217;Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

King’s College kicks off annual Diversity Festival