Tomorrow's Festivities

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity.
- Edvard Munch

Dia de los Muertos on 24th Street

Tomorrow
November 2, 2018
6 to 10 p.m.

Schedule of Events

Exquisite corpse reanimation & Calavera mask creation ~ ongoing

Velaslavasay Panorama open haunting ~ ongoing

Jordan Biren's spirit speaks in the Nova Tuskhut ~ ongoing

Magnolia Tintype Co. demonstrations in theatre ~ ongoing

OneHouse ArtExperience seasonal art show ~ ongoing

Bob Baker's Marionettes meandering ~ intermittent

 

Organized by our neighbors, the 24th Street Theatre, this celebration and all performances are free of charge, like the liberated spirits of those who have passed. Please see our website for any updates.

Magnolia Tintype Co. in action
 

With your creative and artistic help, the Velaslavasay staff will conjure the reanimation of the most exquisite corpses and calavera masks through markers and popsicle sticks. We will also be joined by Forest Casey and Leslie Williams of Magnolia Tintype Co. who will demonstrate a photographic process from the 1850s, developing images on aluminum that will last for 300 years. Guan Rong of OneHouse ArtExperience, an experimental art school and museum, will travel from East Los Angeles, bringing along a trunk of seasonal children's art and curiosities. Late multimedia artist and dear Velaslavasay friend Jordan Biren's voice will make memorial in the Nova Tuskhut through his spoken-word piece to birdsong "Maynard Timothe: Impossible Stellbar." And at any particular hour, the playful spirits of the late Bob Baker's famous marionettes may make a presence. Catch a final show at the historic Bob Baker Marionette Theatre throughout the month of November as they bid farewell to their original location and move onto new spaces.
 

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre
 

Parking:
There is limited parking available for guests driving in from outside of the area starting at 5:30, located at

USC Shrine Parking Structure
645 W. Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles, Ca 90007

Tell the attendant that you are there for the Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead event. There will be a tram/bus on the 32nd street side to take you from the parking structure to our event at Hoover and 24th street. The tram will run between the festival and structure from 5:30 to 10:30pm.

Go Metro:
Take the Expo line to LATTC/Ortho station. On 23rd street, take the 603 bus west (to Glendale Galleria), and get off at Hoover & 23rd street.  

Lyft & Uber:
Due to the high traffic expected on 23rd street, we recommend that Lyft and Uber patrons request drop-off at the northwest corner of Adams and Hoover Blvd (near Qwench/DRNK).
 

The 12th Annual Dia de los Muertos Street Festival is graciously organized each year by the 24th Street Theatre to bring together the community in our immediate neighborhood. The participation of the Velaslavasay Panorama in this event is made possible in part by a grant from the city of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.