For immediate release: Oct. 20, 2011

BLOOMSBURG — H.A.B.L.A.S., Bloomsburg University’s Spanish Club, is hosting “Caribbean Breeze,” featuring Hispanic food and lessons in Bachata, a Dominican Republic dance, Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m. in Kehr Union, Multipurpose 345A.

Hispanic food will be sold for $1 for the club members and $2 for the general public. The dance lessons are free of charge. Participants will learn to dance the Bachata and prepare typical Latin foods, including Venezuelan arepas, little corncakes that are stuffed with fillings.

For more information, contact Amarilis Hidalgo-DeJesus, professor in languages and cultures, ahidalgo@bloomu.edu or (570) 389-4578.

Bloomsburg University is one of 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university serves approximately 10,000 students, offering comprehensive programs of study in the colleges of Education, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.