Thursday, October 27, 2011

Mexican Consulate

2125 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95313

5:00pm

San Francisco, CA –– El Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, provides a way for people to embrace the beauty of life and to honor the spirits of the dead. Intricate, traditional altars and complex art installations are on display in Illuminations: Dia de los Muertos 2011 at SOMArts Cultural Center. The exhibition is open from Saturday, October 8 through Saturday, November 5 at SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco.

San José, Calif.—October 28, 2010—The National Hispanic University (NHU) will host a Día de los Muertos celebration on Tuesday, November 2, from noon–10 p.m. As part of the celebration, NHU is sponsoring a Día de los Muertos exhibition which includes traditional as well as contemporary ofrendas honoring our ancestors and leaders of the Mexican Revolution.

MAZATLÁN, Mexico (Oct. 22, 2010) – Mazatlán kicks off its travel season with music, art and dance, as city and state cultural organizations join forces to present an arts extravaganza that runs October through December 2010. The three-month-long series takes travelers and locals on a cultural journey – showcasing opera, ballet, folkloric and contemporary dance, film, concerts, art exhibits, poetry, plays, children’s shows, and more – in unique historical venues.

Festival de la Vida: Remembering our Heroes

For the second year in a row the Hayward Area Historical Society is bringing a Days of the Dead celebration to the Hayward area.

Lower Hudson Valley Artists Confront Liminal Space
A celebration of life, death, and transformation. Altar Installation, Day of
the Dead Photography, sculptured gut, found object, assemblage and ceramics.
Selected works by Jennie Chien (Curator), John Badik, Marlene Krumm-Sanders,
Pat Hickman, Ned Harris, Patrice Gallwey-Grant & Daniel Mack.

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 19th, 2010 from 2-5PM.
Closing Celebration: Sunday, November 7th, 2010 from 2-5pm, a festive event.

On October 30, 2010 Calvary Catholic Cemetery, in association with MACSA (Mexican American Community Services Agency), in San Jose, California, will be presenting the inaugural Día de Los Muertos celebration for both organizations. Catholic Cemeteries hopes that the Día de Los Muertos celebration at Calvary Catholic Cemetery will grow to be San Jose’s hallmark event for Day of the Dead celebrations annually.