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The Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration was produced in partnership with Flagstaff Nuestras Raices. Visitors were welcomed by the Museum’s Director Dr. Robert Breunig, along with Flagstaff Nuestras Raices President Lydia Anaya.
Visitors had the opportunity to visit the museum’s courtyard and see the nearly two dozen candlelite ofrendas (altars), enjoy music and food.
Call the Museum of Northern Arizona, call 928-774-5213 or visit musnaz.org or http://www.flagstaffnuestrasraices.com/ for more information.
The 9th annual Celebraciones de la Gente will be presented from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27-28 at the Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 No. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff.
Produced in partnership with Flagstaff Nuestras Raices.
The program features a “Lively Day of the Dead Celebration” including music, ofrendas, Heritage insight presentations, workshops, Ballet Folklorico and food.
Performers include Maríachí Sol Azteca, Los Compadres and Ballet Folklorico de Colores of Flagstaff.
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The full-length, original play inspired by the life of former Arizona Gov. Raul H. Castro, was written by Phoenix-based playwright James E. Garcia, who performed the lead role. The play was produced by New Carpa Theatre Co.
“Because Gov. Castro’s life story is an inherently dramatic, touching and funny, this play practically wrote itself,” James E. Garcia, producing artistic director of New Carpa Theatre and the play’s author, stated in a media release. Garcia noted that Castro was a boxer, teacher, hobo, lawyer, prosecuting attorney, judge, U.S. Ambassador to three countries and Arizona’s only ever Hispanic governor. “Those are all major accomplishments worth writing about, but it’s really the power of his personality that makes this such a compelling play. His natural charisma aside, this is a man who always found away to overcome virtually any obstacle that came his way. As such, he’s a great inspiration.”
The show features eight actors in more than 55 roles in a story that spans about 60 years of Castro’s life. Castro is now 96 years old and living in Nogales, AZ. The play was written in 2008, said Garcia, but the script was updated and expanded in time for Arizona’s centennial anniversary.
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Students, faculty and staff took part in Coconino Community College’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with the annual “Café y Pan” event on Sept. 26 at the Student Center, Lone Tree Campus.
Veronica Hipolito, director of Student Services, said the annual event included coffee, Mexican pan dulce and information on upcoming Hispanic Heritage Month events in the region.
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