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Follow on Google News | Louie Cruz Beltran headlines 24th ST. Theatre’s free annual block party Dia de los MuertosFree community arts workshops offered on Oct. 18 & 25 at 24th STreet Theatre
By: 24th STreet Theatre Celebrate the joyous tradition of Mexico’s Day of the Dead 24th STreet style, with music, dance, homemade tamales, face painting, crafts booths and a graveyard where families can make their own altars for their departed loved ones. “This is a really special event because it brings the local community together every year,” says 24th STreet Theatre artistic director Debbie Devine. “Residents of all ages participate. They cook, bake, decorate, run the booths – or just come down to have fun and enjoy. We close down the theater parking lot and turn it into a beautiful, colorful cemetery.” In addition to Beltran, entertainment will include locally-based mariachi bands and folklorico troupes. The festivities begin early, with two free Community Arts Workshops on Saturday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 25, each from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. where the public is invited to help create paper flowers, luminarias, and other traditional arts and crafts in preparation for the big event — no experience necessary, all are welcome. Mexican American jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran blends Afro Cuban rhythms with jazz, Latin jazz, pop and R&B influences. A superbly skilled conguero, timbalero and vocalist, Louie made his debut at the 34th annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012, prompting Richard Ginell of Variety to write that “the Louie Cruz Beltran Jazz Ensemble was an unexpected triumph of the day.” Chris Walker, writing in JazzTimes Magazine said Beltran “seized attendees’ attention with percolating percussion, stimulating chanting choruses and searing brass arrangements.” “Louie, his music and the band were so fun and infectious that I fell in love with them and knew our neighborhood needed to experience it,” she says. “We are thrilled to have him play at this event that is so meaningful to L.A.’s Mexican American communities.” End
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