October 11, 2018
The Museum of Ventura County Agriculture Museum, 926 Railroad Ave., Santa Paula, will host the Mexican Consulate of Oxnard on Nov. 4 from 10 am – 2 pm in a community-wide celebration. Festivities include: Dia de los Muertos altars created by Club Uriangato de Guanajuato, Guanajuato Master craftsman Eduardo Serrano Moreno, who will create a sawdust “mandala-like” art piece, and several current pageant winners from the different states in Mexico will be dressed in their states’ official costumes. Performing will be Oxnard College’s Ballet Folklorico Mestizo, Aztec dancers, indigenous musical group TRIBU and local composer and guitarist Javier San Roman. Children can participate in traditional Day of the Dead crafts such as making Papel Picado and tissue paper flowers. There will also be a photo station with a Catrina, face painting and a screening of the animated film Coco. Admission is free to the public
For more information visit venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323.