What is "fiesta"

Fiesta \Fies"ta\, n. [Sp. See Feast, n.]

1. Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.

   Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta.
   --Am. Dialect Notes.

   Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment.
   --The Century.

2. an organized series of acts and performances.

   Syn: festival, feast, fete.

1844 as a Spanish word in English, "Spanish-American religious festival," Spanish, literally "feast" (see feast (n.)).

n. 1 (qualifier: In Spanish speaking countries) A religious festival. 2 A festive occasion.

n. an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: fete, feast]

Fiesta, or as it is often colloquially called, Fiestaware, is a line of ceramic glazed dinnerware manufactured and marketed by the Homer Laughlin China Company of Newell, West Virginia since its introduction in 1936, with a hiatus from 1973-1985. Fiesta is noted for its Art Deco styling featuring concentric circles — and its range of solid, vibrant colors.

Both Fiesta's original shapes and its glazes were designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead, Homer Laughlin's art director. Several of the original shapes were redesigned (and other new shapes added) by Jonathan O. Parry, who became Homer Laughlin's art director in 1984. When the Fiesta line was re-introduced in 1986, it featured a more durable, vitreous composition.

Fiesta is sold from "open" stock, where customers select by the piece, rather than by the set — and can mix and match pieces from the entire color range.

According to the Smithsonian Institution Press, Fiesta's appeal lies in its bright colors, modern design, and affordability. In 2002, The New York Times called Fiesta "the most collected brand of china in the United States."

Fiesta, Spanish for " festival" and for " party", may refer to:

Fiesta magazine is a British soft-core pornographic magazine, published by Galaxy Publications. It is a sister publication of Knave.

Launched in 1966, Fiesta quickly became Britain's top selling adult magazine. Dubbed 'the magazine for men which women love to read,' the monthly magazine's readers were responsible, in the early 1970s, for creating a phenomenon that has been adopted in magazines worldwide: "Readers' Wives". Central to this theme is the monthly Readers' Wives Striptease section, which shows a set of photos of a supposed wife or girlfriend of a reader being photographed by Fiesta undressing (often, but not always out of everyday clothing) to full nudity. The Readers' Wives section was the subject of a song by John Cooper Clarke on his album Disguise in Love.

As well as its Readers' Wives and photographic girl sets, Fiesta is built around a core of readers' letters from men and women. The mix is spiced by male-interest features, cartoons and reviews, sexy puzzles and a regular erotic horoscope, together with Firkin, an underground-style comic strip drawn by Hunt Emerson and written by Tym Manley.

Nicholas Whittaker, journalist and author of Platform Souls, Blue Period and Sweet Talk, worked for the company from 1980 to 1982, when he left to go and work for Paul Raymond Publications, where he played a major role in establishing the new Razzle magazine. His experiences at Fiesta and Razzle are the subject of his book Blue Period.

"Fiesta (Remix)" is a number-one R&B single by singer R. Kelly and featuring rappers Jay-Z & Boo & Gotti. The hit song spent five weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number six on the US pop chart. R. Kelly and Jay-Z have worked several times together. In 2002, they released the album " The Best of Both Worlds" which sold 285,000 copies in its first week. The single is ranked by Billboard as the best selling and most played R&B/Hip Hop song of 2001.

Fiesta is the album by French Europop singer Miranda, released in November 1999 by Universal Records in Europe.

Fiesta is a 1941 American Technicolor film directed by LeRoy Prinz that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners. The film was the motion picture debut of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera star Anne Ayars.

The film was re-released in 1948 by Favorite Films and retitled Gaiety.

Fiesta is the fourth studio album by Swedish Eurodance artist Jonny Jakobsen and his first album under the pseudonym Carlito. It was released on 12 July 2006.

The album has a satirical ethnic theme, blending elements of Mexican mariachi with a Eurodance sound. The reworked musical style, including the addition of female backing vocalists and inclusion of more acoustic elements, has been largely successful with the fans of Jakobsen's other work.

"Fiesta" is a single by The Pogues, featured on their 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God.

It was written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, based on a Spanish fairground melody Finer had picked up (this melody is an appeal or lure from a sausages kiosk named "salchichas Uranga (sausages Uranga)" in the feasts of the city of Almería -Feria de Almería-, in southern Spain). The refrain quotes " Liechtensteiner Polka" by Edmund Kotscher and Rudi Lindt.

The lyrics refer to the Spanish city of Almería, as well as former bassist Cait O'Riordan's departure from the group, and subsequent marriage to Elvis Costello. The music video was directed by popular British comedian and actor Adrian Edmondson, and filmed on the roof of Casa Milà in Barcelona.

"Fiesta" was the last Pogues singles to make the United Kingdom Top 30, while MacGowan was with the band. The song is an live highlight, and has been included in most setlists since its release, often as the closer with whistle player Spider Stacy adding percussion by beating a beer tray against his head.

Fiesta is an American Technicolor musical- drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1947, starring Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalbán, Mary Astor and Cyd Charisse. The film was directed by Richard Thorpe and written by George Bruce and Lester Cole.

The story focuses on Mario Morales (Montalbán), a bullfighter who wants to be a composer, and his twin sister, Maria Morales (Williams), who wants to be a bullfighter even though she is a woman.

The film was shot on location in Puebla, Mexico. This was Montalbán's first credited role in a Hollywood film, and resulted in him being offered a contract by the studio. It was also the first of three films pairing Williams and Montalbán, the other two being On an Island with You (1948) and Neptune's Daughter (1949).

Fiesta was the first time Williams's name was billed above the title.

Fiesta is the fourth studio album by the Chilean band Fiskales Ad-Hok, launched in 1998, under the new CFA (Corporation Phonographic Autonomous), independent label created by the same Fiskales Ad-Hok.

In April 2008, the Chilean edition of Rolling Stone placed this album as the 42nd best album of all time Chilean.

Fiesta is the debut solo album by Chilean singer-songwriter Denise Rosenthal. It was available for physical release in Chile on November 6, 2013 via FeriaMix Santiago. On November 8, 2013, the album was available to purchase digitally in iTunes in the United States, Chile, and the rest of Latin America. Rosenthal released the album under the stage name, "D-Niss".

Fiesta is an Australian television series which aired in 1958 on ABC. Described as a "Latin-American dance and song programme", it was produced in Sydney, and kinescoped ("telerecorded") for broadcast in Melbourne.

The series featured the Gino Hernandez Sextet, as well as singer Ron Fabri. Episodes were 30-minutes in duration, in black-and-white. It is not known if any of the episodes still exist, given the varied survival rates of early ABC programming.

Fiesta is a modern cultivar of domesticated apple which is often marketed as Red Pippin. It was developed in the United Kingdom by the breeders of East Malling Research, combining the Cox's Orange Pippin with the Idared apple. According to Orange Pippin website, it is really one of the best Cox's style apples, but much easier to grow having good disease resistance. It is a sweet apple, nutty and aromatic, which uses for fresh eating, juice and hard cider. It is flushed and striped from orange and red, and has some apple russeting. It is harvesting at late season and keeps fresh three for months or more.

"Fiesta" is a single by R&B female duo Soulhead from the album Naked. The title track is a dance track. The b-sides, meaning and Soulhead is Back (stylized as SOULHEAD is BACK), are R&B inspired.

The single charted at No. 35 on Oricon Weekly.

"Fiesta" is a Greek Pop song by Helena Paparizou. The song was exclusively released on Dromos FM 89,8 (Athens), Cosmoradio 95,1 (Thessaloniki) on June 27, and was officially released on July 4 on Vevo.

The song is written by Michael Tsaousopoulos, Teo Tzimas and Dimitris Beris. The English version released on July 15 on her vevo channel. Lyrics are written by Nektarios Tyrakis. Paparizou performed "Fiesta" for the first time at the annual MAD Video Music Awards held in Tae Kwon Do in Athens on the 28th of June. On July 1, Paparizou performed "Fiesta" at the semi-finals of The X Factor (Greece series 3).