Observances in Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Remembering Mujeres
Presented by the Latinas Arts Council at the MFAH
2:00 - 5:00pm, Sunday, November 2, 2003
1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77005
Free, (713) 639-7300, www.mfah.org
Houston artist Lisa Hernandez will create an altar dedicated to the memory of the young women who have vanished along the border communities of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. Participants are asked to bring slightly worn girl's or women's shoes to place at the Remembering Mujeras altar. The shoes will be donated to La Rosa Family Services, a domestic violence shelter serving Houston's Latino community. Musical accompaniment for this public art installation will be provided by Joyce Day.
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Multicultural Education and Couseling through Arts
MECA Day of the Dead Festival: Honoring Our Past, Celebrating Our Future
11:00am - 6:00pm, November 1 and 2, 2003
1900 Kane Street, Houston, TX 77007
(713) 802-9370, www.meca-houston.org
"Day of the dead" festivities will feature traditional celebrations from Latin America, with an altar exhibit competition, auction, foods from Latin American countries, and vendors selling authentic Latin American Dia de los Muertos arts and crafts. The festival will truly be a community cultural event celebrating our ancestors and Latin American traditions. In addition to numerous musicians and performers, there will be an auction on Saturday, and a special guest exhibitor, Sharon Kopriva.
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Lawndale Art Center
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
October 25 - November 22, 2003
(Fiesta: October 25; Lecture: November 2)
4912 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
(713) 528-5858, www.lawndaleartcenter.org
In this annual event, Lawndale invites Texas artists to create their own interpretation of the traditional tin devotional painting practice in Mexico known as the retablo. Every year the works created for this event range from the very traditional to the more abstract. Annually, the Lawndale Art Center offers area schools the opportunity of participating in our Day of the Dead calendar of events. In past years, students have submitted projects highlighting this region, such as sugar skulls, papel picado, paper mache skeletons, retablos, altars and large-scale installations.
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Museo Guadalupe Aztlan
12th Dia de los Muertos/12th Day of the Dead Celebration
12:00pm - 4:00pm, November 1, 2003
Hollywood Cemetery, 3506 N. Main, Houston, TX
http://museo-guadalupe-aztlan.org
This cultural event is to honor deceased family and friends. Traditional food and music by Huehuetl will be provided at Hollywood Cemetery, 3506 N. Main, Houston, TX. Meet at the front gates at 12:00pm (Noon) for a special recognition of Felix T. Ramirez, founder of the Chicano Press Association, followed by a procession and fiesta. Felix T. Ramirez died in 2003. He was a pioneer in Chicano Literary Movement in Houston, Texas. As the founder of the Chicano Press Association, he published a monthly bilingual newspaper, The Compass. He helped spark a number of underground Chicano newspapers, such as Papel Chicano and others.
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Casa Ramirez Folk Art
Day of the Dead Exhibit
October 24 - November 14, 2003
239 W 19th St, Houston, TX 77008
(713) 880-2420
Casa Ramirez annually presents an exhibit of traditional altars for El Dia de los Muertos and Mexican folk art for this important season. There will be a blessing of the altars by Monsiegnor Adam McClosky on Saturday, November 1 at 10:00am.
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Super Happy Funland
Dia de los Muertos
7:00pm, Sunday, November 2, 2003
2610 Ashland (between Shepherd and Yale in the Heights)
$5 donation, www.latinosporlapaz.org
Latinos por la Paz present an evening of music, poetry and art in commemoration of the people who have died in the war in Iraq. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Voices in the Wilderness for relief efforts in Iraq.
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Aerosol Warfare
"Brown" Dia de los Muertos
Saturday, November 1, 2003
The Orange Show for Visionary Arts
2401 Munger, Houston, TX
(713) 528-5858, www.aerosolwarefare.com
Artwork by Aerosol Warefare crew and invited guests. Live performances by A>S>H>S, Free Rads, Tri-Seven-Kru.
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NOTE: Please confirm event information with organizers before attending.
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