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Bienvenidos!
In March we at Olvera-Street.com celebrate beloved heroes who made great sacrifices for the people and nations they loved. In honor of them, we encourage you to make a difference within your community, your family and friends. Volunteer to help someone. One person can make such a world of difference. Your heart will be well rewarded.
Should you like to share your story of inspiration, please submit it to us. We look forward to hearing from you.
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What’s Happening!
Olvera Street
Film
Friday, March 10, 2006
7 - 9 PM
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Plaza de Cultura y Artes is opening in 2007 in the Brunswick building (across street from Pico House) and have already had some collaborative programs at El Pueblo.
This month local Mexican American film producer Nancy De Los Santos (The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood, Selena, and My Family, Mi Familia) will screen and discuss clips from popular films with a food focus, including Tortilla Soup and Like Water for Chocolate.
FREE ADMISSION Limited seating.
Reservations recommended at programs@lapca.org or (323) 932-5849. The film will be screened at Sanchez Alley (between Firehouse No. 1 and Pico House).
PARKING: Ground level parking is available in Lot 2 (at the corner of Main Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue). Rates range from $5 - $8. El Pueblo is also conveniently located across Union Station, with access to the Metro Red Line, Gold Line, Metrolink, and major bus routes.
To learn more about The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood DVD, click here!
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MCI and the Mexican
Cultural Institute
“CESAR E. CHAVEZ DAY”
on Olvera Street
Friday, March 31, 2006
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 The only Latino to have a state holiday declared in his name, Méxican American labor leader Cesar Chavez’s influence goes well beyond the lettuce and grape fields of Central California to Cesar Chavez Boulevard on Olvera Street’s northern border. Cesar E. Chavez’s birthday will be celebrated on Olvera Street on April 1. Chavez founded and led the first successful farm workers' union in U.S. history and was the recipient of the highest medals citizens can be awarded by both the presidents of the United States and México.
Celebrating the birthday honoring contributions of Mexican American labor leader Cesar E. Chavez.
Cesar Estrada Chavez founded and led the first successful farm workers' union in U.S. history and was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom & the Aguila Azteca.
The celebration will include a keynote speaker from UCLA, a film about Cesar Chavez, activities for children, live entertainment, workshops, and a children’s parade around the plaza.
For more information contact (213) 624-3660. As for other Cesar Chavez activities, MCI will have some programming.
Please e-mail Cozette Munatones Cozette.institute@SBCglobal.net and (213) 624-9443 for more details.
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The 8th Annual
Cesar Chavez Walk
on Olvera Street
Saturday, April 1, 2005
10 am -3 pm
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The 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk
will be on Olvera Street on April 1, 2006:
Hosted By: United Farm Workers & UFW Foundation
If you would like to register for the walk or need more information visit: www.ufw.org/la.htm or call: 323-722-0118.
To learn more about Cesar Chavez, click here!
“We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children.”
Cesar Chavez
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Continuing Exhibition
COCINA CONNECTION:
Art, Culture, and Food
The Tamale Museum
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Celebrate the history and traditions of the tamale and its culinary counterparts.
 Preparing and consuming food is a common activity among all cultures. Other than the taco, no other dish in Mexican cuisine is better known than the tamale. In this new four-part series, celebrate the cultural, culinary, and historical traditions of the tamale and its culinary counterparts.
The Tamale Museum, the temporary exhibit used to be in San Juan Capistrano, but is now in the Pico House. It is located in the first floor of the Pico House until mid-April, 2006.
FREE ADMISSION Limited seating. Reservations recommended at programs@lapca.org or (323) 932-5849
To visit Abuelita’s Kitchen, which features family recipes, click here!.
If you would like to submit one of your favorite family recipes, send it to webmaster@Olvera-Street.com. We look forward to sharing our culture and delicious traditions with everyone!
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Announcements:
A Méxican Holiday
in March
President
Benito Juárez
Birthday
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 March 21 is an official Méxican holiday celebrating the birthday of Benito Juárez, the famous Méxican president and national hero. “Viva Juarez!”
“El respecto al direcho
ajeno es la paz”
(If you respect others
there will be peace)
- Benito Juárez
To learn more about this beloved man, click here!
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News About
Our World
At Olvera-Street.com,
the spirit of giving,
understanding, and
support goes far
beyond our doors.
You could help curb the Darfur Genocide!
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 The Darfur Conflict in the western Sudan of Africa has claimed the lives of more than 50,000 civilians, in what has been termed as "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide." Thus far more than 1.8 million people have lost their homes, with 200,000 fleeing to neighboring Chad.
In the past three years the a government-supported militia has raped and pillaged the region. There are reports of mass rapes, scorched-earth destruction of villages and mass murder.
The scale of the Janjaweed campaign has led to comparisons with the Rwandan Genocide. The remoteness of the region have made aid very difficult, as food and medical attention have become increasingly rare in this man-made African tragedy.
To read more about the Darfur Genocide, and to help, click here
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Updates:
Altar of Iraq War
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 As of March 3, 2006, according to a CNN count: “There have been 2,502 coalition deaths, 2,297 Americans, one Australian, 103 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, two Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 26 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, two Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of March 2, 2006, according to a CNN count. The list on the site are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. At least 16,906 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.”
That is 1308 more deaths since the original 1250 deaths we had honored at Olvera Street for the 2004 Dia De Los Muertos.
 The “Altar of the Iraq War” was created on October 28, 2004 to honor and respect the memories and lives of all those who have died. NOTE: It does not count the estimated 100,000-200,000 Iraqi deaths, including women and children. To learn more about the altar, click here!
We would like to pay our respect and send our love to them, their families, and dear friends. This altar is dedicated to their memories so they won’t be forgotten, true to the meaning and spirit of íDa De Los Muertos!
To write a letter to a beloved one, visit:
www.MailboxToHeaven.com
* (The "Altar of the Iraq War" was created by six artists and does not necessarily reflect the thoughts of the Olvera Street merchants or El Pueblo Historic Monument.)
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Recent History
Olvera Street
Fiesta De
La Candelaria
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Have you taken down the Christmas lights yet? If it’s 40 days past December 25, somewhere around February 2, it must be Fiesta De La Candelaria. The Latin holiday marks the day Jesus Christ was presented in the temple by his parents, following the Jewish practice. Historically, Mexican families celebrate by "raising" the Christ Child figure from the nativity scene. The Christ figures and icons were also brought to the church to be blessed. Finally the nativity set was put away until the beginning of the next season’s Christmas celebrations.
The blessing on Olvera Street included a procession, free entertainment throughout the historic street, and refreshments.
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Chinese
New Year
Parade
Year of the Dog!
Saturday,
February 4
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 The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from more than 4000 years ago. It was “Gung Hay Faht Choy” as Chinese New Year will be celebrated on Saturday, February 4 at 2 PM. New Year’s Parade from Olvera Street to Chinatown in Downtown Los Angeles. To view a flyer for more information, click here!
We celebrated the 107th Annual Golden Dragon Parade. The 4704 Year of the Dog festivities will continued throughout the day by Olvera Street and Chinatown.
Are you a Dog, an Ox, a Rat, a Monkey or a Sheep? To learn about your personal Chinese Zodiac, click here!
To learn more about the history, click here!
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5th Annual
“Lantern Festival”
Saturday
February 18
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 The following Saturday, February 18, the Fifth Annual Lantern Festival was held at the Chinese American Museum at the El Pueblo Historic Monument on Olvera Street from Noon to 7 pm.
Friends and family enjoyed a day filled with exciting live dance, musical and acrobatic performances! Admission was free.
Afterwards, many visited Southern California’s newest cultural landmark, the Chinese American Museum, and enjoyed a special FREE ADMISSION rate that day!
To learn more about the history and our schedule of events click here!
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Olvera Street,
Mardi Gras
Tuesday
February 28
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 American college students home from Paris in the 1820s brought the bizarre party rituals of Mardi Gras to New Orleans, Louisiana. The scholars had celebrated Mardi Gras in France, and now home, they saw no reason to stop.
The tradition has held, and today in New Orleans, Paris and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mardi Gras (“Fat Tuesday”) means a traditional huge annual funfest.
Here in Los Angeles, it doesn't take much to awaken the spirits of Olvera Street, and Mardi Gras is a great excuse to join in. On Fat Tuesday, February 28, from the stroke of midnight until 10 p.m., Olvera Street featured Brazilian singing and dancing, a colorful parade, floats, a crowning of Miss Olvera Street, a costume contest, and a burning of a piñata representing evil spirits.
To learn more about the history, click here!
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Thank You
for visiting!
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Bookmark Olvera-Street.com and visit us often to find out about the latest arts, fundraisers, business mixers, screenings and much more. We hope you will visit us often in February and throughout 2006.
Please e-mail this page to anyone you think may be interested.
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Quote
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“The fight is never about grapes or lettuce.
It is always about people.”
(“La batalla nunca es sobre las uvas o la lechuga.
Siempre es sobre las personas.”)
-Cesar Chavez
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May all your wishes and dreams come true.
John Trausch, Editor & Ginette Rondeau, Director
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