Project
partners include:
Voz Alta
SanDiego Downtown Public Library
San Ysidro Public Library
Paradise Senior Center
Southwestern College Extension
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Activities
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October
18 -
Paradise Senior Center -
1880 Logan Avenue (corner of Crosy), San Diego
Pan de Muerto Workshop. 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Make the special dough
for  Pan
de Muertos. Create shapes to honor the deceased and bake it while you
share coffee and cinnamon tea with "dead bread." $20 per person (includes
materials and refreshments).
619-264-4083 for reservations.
 October
19 -
Voz Alta, 917 E Street, San Diego
Paper Ofrendas and Corona Making.
Learn to make the special coronas that are placed on graves all over Mexico.
Julia Mesa Thing and her daughter, Thelma, two Kumeyaay artisans from
Tecate will join with Mary Lou Valencia, a San Diego artisan, who will
teach paper ofrendas. Paper ofrendas are personal offerings created from
a mixed media of materials provided, using sponges, stamps and any personal
mementos and photos you wish to provide. $15 per adult, $7 per child
 October
20 - San Diego, CA, Voz Alta, 917 E St.
11 am -- 2 p.m. Workshop,
3 - 8 p.m. Benefit Tardeada
Box Altar Workshop. Join Mary Lou
Valencia and learn to create a box altar to commemorate your past loved
ones. Mixed media of materials provided. Bring a small paper box plus
photos and mementos. $20 per adult, $10 per child
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Blues Benefit Tardeada.
Eat food traditionally prepared for the dead and enjoy blues by dead artists.
Make a paper ofrenda for your past loved ones. Bring copies of pictures
and other personal remembrances. $10 per person, $15 per couple, $20 per
family of 4
 October
23 -
San Ysidro, CA, San Ysidro Public Library, 101 W. San Ysidro Blvd.,
619-420-0475, 3:30 p.m.|
Children's Papel Picado Workshop.
Create a traditional decoration with roots in pre-Colombian cultures.
Free.
 October
24 - San Diego, CA, San Diego Downtown Public Library. Auditorium,
820 E Street. 7 p.m.
Free Lecture
Iraís Piñon, director of CulturalesPopulares (CONACULTA) of Tijuana, will
be lecturing about the use of altars and the history of this tradition
in Mexico.
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 October
30
San Diego, CA
Paradise Senior Center, 1880 Logan Avenue, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Paper Offerings Workshop. Mary
Lou Valencia. Paper ofrendas are personal offerings created from a mixed
media of materials provided and any personal mementos you wish to provide.
Free.
Sugar
Skull Decorating Workshop.
Decorate sugar skulls with special icing provided. $5 per adult, $2 per
child
 San
Ysidro, CA
MacDonald's Massacre Site Memorial
Southwestern College Extension
San Ysidro Blvd. 4 - 6 p.m.
Altar Building
Join Peace & Dignity Project and Southwestern College in building
an altar to commemorate the children and adults who were killed at this
site, as well as those who have passed.
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November
1
San Diego, Chicano Park Gazebo, beneath Coronado Bay Bridge, 6-9 p.m.
Altar Building.
Spoken
word, music and marketplace will commemorate Days of the Dead. A special
altar offering will be built to commemorate the Twin Towers.
November
2
San Diego -- 4p.m.
Art for the Dead Altar Tour
An opportunity to visit a variety of home and community sites where altar
offerings created by a variety of local artists will be exhibited. This
is a car caravan to different areas in San Diego. There will be viewing
of Muerto art in the home with a chance for discussion with the various
artists. We will vote on best altar at the Voz
Alta site. Please call (619) 264-4083 for reservations. There will
be a reception following the tour. Meet at Sherman Heights Community Center,
2260 Island Avenue. $5 per person.
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Activities
in Tecate
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October
19.
Tecate, Mexico.
Restoration of Panteon
Join students who will be helping to repair native burial areas.
Call Laura Cota Lopez at 011526656547864 (Spanish speakers only, 619-264-4083
for English) for more info.
October
26-27 - Tecate, Mexico
Main Plaza, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Marketplace
Come to a marketplace that will highlight materials associated with
Days of the Dead. Purchase bread for the dead, candy, flowers, decorated
skulls and more to place at the altar of your loved one. Refreshments
available.
October
31 -
Tecate,
Mexico.
Main Plaza. 6 - 9 p.m.
Students' Altars
View altars from different city schools who have won the honor of building
an altar at the plaza will be building their altars for all to see. Come
and join us as we begin the traditional ceremony to honor the dead.
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