Multilingual research, oral history collection, print publications, video documentary and community round tables regarding the history of culturally-diverse Latin American immigrant diaspora festive traditions held at 27th Ave. and E. Lake St. in south Minneapolis, when it was the Mexican music venues El Nuevo Rodeo and previously Vannandy?s, that was a vibrant social context for culturally-diverse festive ritual traditions and socialization in a South Side cultural and commercial crossroads.