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The indigenous ritual of honoring the dead has been practiced for about 3,000 years in the Americas \u2013 and when Spanish colonizers arrived to present-day Mexico, they could not eradicate the tradition. Instead, the practice was absorbed into Catholic theology and became Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, and is celebrated along with All Souls Day. Today, festivities take place from Brazil to the Philippines, Mexico and beyond, to celebrate those who have passed. Locally, a new gallery in Boyle Heights will host an exhibit that will feature the works of promising local artists and acclaimed Day of the Dead traditional altar installers, painters, muralists, photographers and aerosol artists. The show, which takes place on Saturday, the third of November at The First Street Studios (near Soto), will also host face painting and free workshops for local youth. A traditional altar installation will be mounted by the Rodriguez-Castro family, and local musicians Pachamama will perform. First Street Studios is located in Boyle Heights \u2013 an area that local residents say is the latest target for gentrification.<\/p>\n First Street Studios Opening reception for First Street Studios For more information, visit www.firststreetstudios.com<\/a> and www.myspace.com\/firststreetstudios<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | the entire program GUESTS: Lilia Rodriguez, Francisco Alvarez, Gallery owners, Duke One, Raul Gonzalez, Artists The indigenous ritual of honoring the dead has been practiced for about 3,000 years in the Americas \u2013 and when Spanish colonizers arrived to present-day Mexico, they could not eradicate the tradition. Instead, the practice was absorbed into Catholic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/a3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com\/images01\/2\/m_9b401974fba03d7752c3240b041136ca.jpg\"\/)
GUESTS: Lilia Rodriguez, Francisco Alvarez, Gallery owners, Duke One, Raul Gonzalez, Artists<\/em><\/p>\n
\n2026 E. 1st Street
\nLos Angeles, CA. 90033 (Boyle Heights)
\nTel. 323.268.0005
\nfirststreetstudios@yahoo.com<\/p>\n
\n\u201c1st Annual Dia De Los Muertos Art Exhibit\u201d
\nSaturday, November 3rd, 2007 from 7pm-12 a.m. <\/p>\n