OCTOBER 2019 E-NEWS
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Fri., Oct. 11 | 6 - 10 pm | Tickets: Advance $10 & Door $20
Join us to celebrate the opening of “ El Arte de las Almas: Día de los Muertos 2019 ” at the Museum's annual Fiesta on Fri., Oct. 11! Highlights include appearances by exhibit artists; Mayahuel food and drinks for sale; Maquilli Tonatiuh Aztec Dancers performance; Dinorah Klingler & Maya live music; costume contest; sugar skull decorating ($15 fee); complimentary face painting; hands-on activities for kids; plus more fun for all ages! Advance tickets only $10 through 5 pm on Thurs., Oct. 10 online and in Museum Store. Buy yours today using link below before the event sells out!
This all-new exhibit features original art and contemporary altar installations by California artists John S. Huerta, Oscar Magallanes and Raul Mejia. A journey through life, love and death, the exhibit explores the Mexican cultural tradition of honoring deceased loved ones each year on November 1 and 2 by displaying altares de muertos (altars of the dead) and ofrendas (offerings), which has evolved from the Aztecs to modern-day Mexico and California. Members of the public are also invited to remember a lost loved one in the exhibit’s Community Altar. 
Sat., Oct. 12, 2019 | 11 am, 1 pm & 3 pm | $15 materials fee
Learn how to design and decorate a calavera de azúcar (sugar skull) for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in one of three workshops on Sat., Oct. 12, 2019! Led by I Love Sugar Skull's Rob-O, each session includes a pre-made sugar skull, royal icing and instruction, plus admission to “El Arte de las Almas: Día de los Muertos 2019" and all current exhibits. Suitable for ages 5 and up. Advance registration by 5 pm on Thurs., Oct. 10 recommended at link below.
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HOSTED BY CALIFORNIA FIRST PARTNER JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOM
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment's ratification in the Golden State on Sat., Nov. 9, 2019! Hosted by California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, festivities include:

  • Rightfully Hers pop-up exhibit from the National Archives
  • Presentations by author Michelle Duster, Ida B. Wells‘ great-granddaughter; historian Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr.; author Laura Atkins & League of Women Voters of California
  • Community quilt honoring African American suffragists; replica pennants & more free hands-on activities
  • Girl Power Story Time for kids 5 & up with the Sacramento Public Library
  • Restored suffragist silent film “Mothers of Men” (1917)
  • Suffragist reenactors from Sacramento History Museum
  • More fun for all ― don’t miss it!

Free admission for first 500 attendees or reduced $5 admission with advance registration. Visit link below for more information or to R.S.V.P. today!
1st weekend of month

Free admission for Bank of America, Merrill Lynch & U.S. Trust card holders with valid ID on Sat., Oct. 5 & Sun., Oct. 6, 2019.  
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IMAGES: 1 & 3: ©2019 CALIFORNIA MUSEUM; 2: BY OSCAR MAGALLANES, JOHN S. HUERTA & RAUL MEJIA, COURTESY OF ARTISTS; 4: BY STEVEN HELLON; 5: "FOUNTAIN VALLEY MURAL," c. 1976, BY SERGIO O'CADIZ MOCTEZUMA, COURTESY OF O'CADIZ FAMILY COLLECTION; 6: COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION; 7. COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA FIRST PARTNER JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOM.