Cafecito Caliente Events

Cafecito Caliente has teamed up with Celebration Cinema to bring the Hispanic Heritage Film Festival to Celebration! Lansing this fall! Tickets are only $5 and we have multiple showtimes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
September 14-16: Selena (PG)
September 21-23: Stand and Deliver
September 28-30: La Bamba
October 5-7: Zoot Suit
October 12-14: Instructions Not Included

About The Movie:
Zoot Suit (1981)
R, 1 h 43 min
A kind of musical accompanying the story of the early 1940’s and the effect that the “zoot suit” (a man’s suit of long jacket and pegged pants, always worn with a long keychain that looped … See full summary »
Director: Luis Valdez
Writer: Luis Valdez (play)
Stars: Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman

Cafecito Caliente has teamed up with Celebration Cinema to bring the Hispanic Heritage Film Festival to Celebration! Lansing this fall! Tickets are only $5 and we have multiple showtimes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
September 14-16: Selena (PG)
September 21-23: Stand and Deliver
September 28-30: La Bamba
October 5-7: Zoot Suit
October 12-14: Instructions Not Included

Rating: PG
Duration: 1h 43m
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris
Directed by: Ramon Menendez
Synopsis: The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.

The Hispanic Heritage Film Festival will begin on Friday, September 14, 2018 and run 3 days each weekend for 5 straight weeks at Lansing’s Celebration Cinema. This weekend, Selena will be playing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The following weekend Stand and Deliver will be played and so on. Customers may receive 15% off their bill by showing your a participating business:

Their ticket stub from the Hispanic Heritage Film Festival which starts this weekend at Celebration Cinema OR
Show proof of registration at the Cafecito Caliente 5K Run/Walk which is this Saturday, September 15th at Maguire Park. Medal, event t-shirt, receipt etc.

This offer can’t be combined with any current specials or discounts and excludes the purchase of alcohol.
The Selena movie ticket stubs will expire Thursday, September 20, 2018 at close. At that point, the Stand and Deliver ticket stubs will be in play. The 5K proof of registration will be good until everything ends on October 21, 2018.

Acapulco Mexican Grill Frandor
Aldaco’s Taco Bar
Cancun Mexican Grill Lansing West
La Fajita
Maria’s Cuisine
Mexico 2 Go Lansing Westside location
Mexico 2 Go US 27
Pablo’s Old Town
Sunripe Produce
Taco’s E Mas
Taqueria El Chaparrito
Taqueria Tomatitos

This offer can’t be combined with any other discount offers or specials of the restaurant. This also doesn’t include any alcoholic beverages. The 15% discount offer will expire on seven days following the date of purchasing the movie ticket. Th will be good for the duration of the Hispanic Heritage Film Festival. All offers are set to end Sunday, October 21, 2018 at midnight.

Locations still being added!

Cafecito Caliente has teamed up with Celebration Cinema to bring the Hispanic Heritage Film Festival to Celebration! Lansing this fall! Tickets are only $5 and we have multiple showtimes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!

September 14-16: Selena (PG)
September 21-23: Stand and Deliver
September 28-30: La Bamba
October 5-7: Zoot Suit
October 12-14: Instructions Not Included

About The Movie:
Selena (1997)
PG, 2 h 7 min
The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.
Director: Gregory Nava
Writer: Gregory Nava
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda

Latino Day with the Lugnuts Looking back at my life prior to hitting my late twenties, what stood out to me was the community that I was apart of. My family always seemed to be at the ballpark. It was where we seen all the families. Families such as Montalvo, Gomez, Medrano, Lopez, Castilla, etc. The community was one, at the park. Oh sure, they competed on the fields, but we belonged to one family. This wasn’t a race thing, it was whoever showed up. And if you were there, the Latino community claimed you and you were forever apart of “Us”.

Yesterday, Cafecito Caliente had the chance to bring together the Women’s Latin Leagues from 1973 to 1989. Such a flashback as I witnessed so many hugs, smiles, laughter led by the women of those years. With all due respect to the Cristo Rey Fiesta which has been the site of 40 years of gatherings of our community, this was different. The women took the field, and I say this with humor and seriousness, they took the field where the Lansing Lugnuts play like they owned it. To see their faces, and their responses after they came off the field was magical. The Latin League players were recognized for their playing for 17 years in the Lansing area. But, reality is, they gave us a reason to gather, thus gave us a way to be a community back then. There was no Facebook back then and we still knew each others business, only we didn’t mind it as much as we do today. We live in a broken world and the Latino community as we know it today is no different. So many families do not even speak to each other within the family. Make no mistake, the generations before us never intended it to be that way.

Much thanks to the Lansing Lugnuts for allowing Cafecito Caliente the freedom to create a memorable day for the 7th year in a row.  A special shout out to Eric Pionk, Group Sales Rep and Tyler Parsons who is in his first year as General Manager of the Lugnuts. Eric, listened to every wish we had, figured out how to make it all work and even had to make his own on the field decisions changing the Cafecito lineup during the pregame which turned out to be a winning move. Tyler has taken a proactive role with the Latino community and is making plans to create a 3 day weekend for our Gente in 2019.

Yesterday, the Latino community was one. Sure, we numbered about 400-450, so many were missing, but yet were they? So many people were in our hearts, the memories of yesteryear and who didn’t smile when we seen Matilde Gomez and seen the tears she shed? I was Blessed to have talked to quite a few of the players over the last couple weeks and to hear their excitement, to listen to the love they had for their fellow players was deeply touching. Yesterday, if you weren’t in attendance, a bunch of women who decided to pick up a bat, ball and glove years ago, taught us that we can all be equal on the same field, at the park and in life. They reminded us how deeply they care about each other and our community. They showed us what family is supposed to look like blood related or not. They showed us how when one of their own is not in the best of health sitting in a wheelchair, that they are still so loved as they sit in wheelchairs. You reminded us that an older generation still has some value and deserve our love and attention. They reminded us of a time when life was simple and you just had to be you and show up to the park despite the aches, pains and bruises that softball players got used to (sounds like life huh?). You reminded us how to be proud again the right way. Most importantly, they reminded us of how to be a community again. The Latino community has taken its hits, especially in the last couple years. But we did back then too and these Latin Leagues continued to show up each Sunday and made our lives a little better and provided a support system whether we knew it or not. Much thanks to all those who made it out to the park to support the Latino Leagues.

To the Latin League Women Players: If you have ever experienced a 3 day Church retreat, you know the first day, you get comfortable. The second day, you finally get into it during the afternoon and are deeply emotional by night time. On Sunday, your feeling invincible. Monday is the big day. Will you keep in touch with each other? Will you choose to become a little more involved in the Latino community? I can’t thank you all enough for showing up. In life, that’s huge! Just showing up is how we change lives. Thank you for touching a community and my hope is this isn’t the last we will see of you as a group or as individuals. The Latino community needs you more now than ever. Much love and respect to all of you Ladies, te quiero mucho! – off my soapbox

Cafecito Caliente wishes to celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month with its Inaugural Cafecito Caliente 5k Run on Lansing’s south side. The race highlights include running the River Trail and upon completing the course, runners can partake in having pan dulce (sweet Mexican bread) and coffee both freshly made to perfection! A portion of the proceeds will go to the Latinos2College Program at Michigan State University  which brings in Latino students from across the area to expose these students to higher education.
The course starts at Maguire Park and continues into Hawk Island. The scenery changes into the woods next to the water on the parks west side of Lansing’s Rivertrail. One mile into the park is the turnaround and finishes back at Maguire Park.

Cost is $25.00 per person before September 4, 2018 and includes Event T-shirt. After September 4, 2018 price increases to $30.00 and an Event T-Shirt will be provided as supplies last.

Run as a family group and save! – Register 3 or more people at the same time and save $5 per participant.
Packet pickup will be Friday, September 14, 2018 at Sir Pizza Grand Café in Lansing’s Old Town as well as in the morning of the race at Maguire Park.
T-shirt: Each participant is guaranteed a shirt if they preregister. After that shirts are available while supplies last.
Awards: Award to overall male and female and to the top 3 in each division.
Age divisions: 10 to 15, 15 to 19, 20 to 29, 30 to 39, 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 60 to 69, 70 to 79, and 80+
The race will be professionally timed by the Michigan Running Foundation. Results will be posted during the race and on the web at Playmakers.com.

TO REGISTER FOR THE CAFECITO 5K RUN/WALK: https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Lansing/CafecitoCaliente5kRunWalk

Governor’s Council Endorsement & Michigan Fitness Foundation Challenge
This race is endorsed by The Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and part of the 2018 Michigan Fitness Foundation Challenge. The challenge encourages Michiganders to engage with events that promote physical activity, health and wellness. You will receive a FIT point for every endorsed event you participate in or volunteer for from January 1, 2018 until December 31st, 2018. Points earn cool swag and a chance to win a trip to the Grand Hotel at Mackinac! To sign up and learn more click HERE. There is no cost to this challenge.

TO REGISTER FOR THE CAFECITO 5K RUN/WALK: https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Lansing/CafecitoCaliente5kRunWalk