LBM Publishing, in conjunction with Score Night Club, present the Second Annual Latino Press Awards.  The awards ceremony will be held May 13th, at 7:30PM at the prestigious Lincoln Theatre located at 541 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.  Complete with star-studded entertainment, A-list celebrities and VIPS, it will be one of this summer’s hot ticket events. This year’s event is also supported by many worthy local causes, including Pets 2 Luv and Union Positiva. “The awards ceremony has experienced incredible growth since last year and it has become much bigger than we had anticipated. It’s about coming together as a community and we’re so honored that Lili Estefan will receive recognition for her years of outstanding journalism in the entertainment industry, receiving the LPA Prestige Award,” said Adeilson George, LBM Publisher. “As a part of the media community dedicated to keeping Latinos informed of pressing issues, we’re so proud and humbled to have the opportunity to recognize such outstanding members of the community,” said Josue Santiago, LBM Editor.  Awards will be given for a potpourri of categories including: Columnist of the Year, Photographer of the Year, Outstanding Service to the Community, TV/Radio Programming of the Year, Showgirl of the Year, Night Club venue of the Year…and several others. This year’s festivities also mark a wave of change by taking positive steps to create mainstream awareness. Nominees in many of this year’s categories for 2008 include recognized names such as: Michael Gongorra, Former Commissioner of Miami Beach, Heddy Peña for Save Dade, Steve Rothaus, The Miami Herald Columnist, Rudy Rafuls from Granda Entertainment, DJ/Producer Tracy Young, Gen TV, Telemundo, Univision and Spanish Broadcasting Systems stations – Clásica 92.3, El Zol 95.7, Romance 106.7. A special recognition will also be given to Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower. Her valiant move as a public official in South Florida will hopefully start a progressive movement with the recent creation and implementation of a gay business development committee. To ensure strong futures of both the Miami Beach gay business and residential communities, its mission is to bring recommendations to the Mayor and City Commission on how to enhance the gay identity of Miami Beach and make it more attractive for support of gay business, residents and tourists.  Also, many other officials will attend to support the Mayor and the event, including Miami Beach Commissioner Richard Steinberg who is currently campaigning for the House of Representatives. The LPA’s will be hosted by Cachita from Univision’s “El Gordo y La Flaca” and Vixen from LBM’s own “Vix in the City.”  Guests will also have the opportunity to experience quality, one-of-a kind entertainment with exclusive performances by Martha Luiza directly from Brazil, New York’s finest Angelique Ali and Machete Music’s First Lady, Kuky. After the event, the official LPA After Party will be held at Score Night Club, just a couple of blocks down from the theatre, to celebrate all the winners and nominees. The Latino Press Awards has rapidly become recognized within the South Florida community since its inception in 2007. Created by LBM Publishing, the event is set to honor those business and media members whom have shown exemplary support to the gay Latino community and have remained dedicated to its causes throughout the year. The founders of the awards ceremony hope that this annual event will achieve goals of recognition, awareness and positive community outreach by collaborating with media, local communities and governments, and nonprofit organizations across the country. For additional information or to purchase tickets to the event: Visit their website at www.LatinoPressAward.com.  Please also visit us on My Space.   www.MySpace.com/LatinoAwards