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10th Annual Day of the Dead Community Celebration
Saturday, October 30 11am- 3 pm
In Museum’s New Plaza & Pavilion
Festivities for the 10th annual free Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) Community Celebration, the Museum’s most popular event, will be held in the Plaza and Pavilion on Saturday, October 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Amid music and dancing, children and adults of all ages can transform themselves into skeletons at the face painting booths, have their pictures taken, and try traditional crafts, such as decorating sugar skulls and creating papel picado banners, paper skeletons, and tissue paper flowers. The focus of the museum’s celebration is the importance of the arts, and creating art that celebrates the memory of those the living have lost.
Performers include Mariachi Costa de Oro of Ventura , Danza Azteca Mayahuel from Ojai , Grupo Folklorico Tecalitlan Children's Folklorico Dance Group, and Ballet Folklorico Mestizo of Oxnard College.
The entire museum is free that day and open until 6 p.m. Inside the galleries, the exhibition Altars & Art, created by local artists, schools, and community groups, will be on display. Traditionally, colorful Day of the Dead altars (ofrendas) are built to honor departed relatives and friends, and include objects they enjoyed in their lifetimes. Altars & Art runs October 26 through November 5.
The festival of Día de los Muertos honors the dead who are said to come back to walk among the living on November 1 and 2. Celebrated in many parts of Mexico and Latin America, Día de los Muertos is now popular in the United States among Latinos and non-Latinos alike.
Humorous skulls (calaveras), and skeletons blithely going about worldly business, are the dominant symbols of Día de los Muertos, which has roots in pre-Columbian as well as Spanish religious beliefs. |
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Chicano Rock Era Celebrated at Museum
October 9
Invitational Car Show, Documentary Film, & Musical Performance  Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the Museum of Ventura County with a stroll through their invitational low rider car show, and a screening of Chicano Rock! The Sounds of East LA, the documentary film by Emmy winning filmmakers Jon and Nancy Wilkman. The event on Sunday, October 9 also includes an expert panel discussion about music of that era, as well as a special performance by musician and songwriter Mark Guerrero, who led the popular East Los Angeles band Mark & the Escorts in the 1960s. The car show runs from 3:00- 4:30 p.m. and the film screening begins at 5:00 p.m. Admission is $15 for the general public, $10 for museum members, and also includes entry to all museum galleries. For reservations, call (805) 653-0323 x 7. Chicano Rock: The Sounds of East Los Angeles is based on the book, Land of a Thousand Dances by Tom Waldman and David Reyes, and traces the history of Chicano music in Los Angeles from the legendary Lalo Guerrero to the groups Cannibal and the Headhunters, Tierra and Ozomatli. It tells the story of how generations of young people from the country’s largest Mexican American community, caught between two cultures, created a unique musical voice and used it to express their identity. Narrated by Edward James Olmos, the hour documentary combines intimate interviews, and rare archival photos and film with the exuberant music.  A panel discussion will follow the film, and include such notables as the filmmakers Jon and Nancy Wilkman; musician, songwriter and Chicano music historian Mark Guerrero; music producer Max Uballez, formerly of the Romancers; Tom Waldman and David Reyes, noted authorities on Chicano rock and roll and co-authors of Land of a Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock and Roll from Southern California. The Museum of Ventura County is located at 100 East Main Street in downtown Ventura. Hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, members and children under 6 are free. For more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323.
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Museum Information
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Museum of Ventura County
100 E. Main St.
Ventura, California 93001
805-653-0323
Hours:
Galleries
11 a.m. to 5 p.m
Tuesday through Sunday
Research Library
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday
directions
Museum of Ventura County
Agriculture Museum
926 Railroad Ave.
Santa Paula, California 93060
805-525-3100
Hours:
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday
directions
Admission
(both locations):
$4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17
Members and children under 6 free
ADMISSION FREE on FIRST SUNDAYS of the month
Free Parking
(both locations):
Adjacent to the Museum
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