For Immediate Release

Contact: Brent E. Beltrán, (619) 434-9036 or RedCalacArts@hotmail.com

Red CalacArts Collective's Second Annual
Dia de los Muertos Commemoration

What: Dia de los Muertos Commemoration
Who: Red CalacArts Collective
When: Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at 7:00pm
Where: Chicano Perk Cafe, 129 25th St., San Diego, CA 92102
Featuring presentations by: Pancho Bustos, Sara Durán, Estela Eaton, Victoria Featherstone, Ben Prado, Marissa Raigoza and Michael Cheno Wickert

The Red CalacArts Collective presents our 2nd Annual Dia de los Muertos Commemoration on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at 7:00pm at Chicano Perk Cafe (129 25th St., San Diego, CA 92102) in Sherman Heights. Chicano Perk is a community oriented Chicano owned business (for more info email info@chicanoperk.com).

This event is free and open to the public.

The 2nd Annual Dia de los Muertos Commemoration will feature poetry and music honoring those that have passed on including performances by community poets Pancho Bustos, Sara Durán, Estela Eaton, Victoria Featherstone, Marissa Raigoza and Michael Cheno Wickert. There will also be a special presentation by human rights activist Ben Prado of the Raza Rights Coalition.

Join us for an evening of socially conscious word and song honoring those that have passed on.

The Red CalacArts Collective, a project of the independent Chicano literary publisher Calaca Press, is a not for profit multidisciplinary arts and activist organization that focuses on creating, publishing, producing, and presenting Chicano, Latin American and indigenous related art focusing on issues dealing with human rights and social justice. For more info email RedCalacArts@hotmail.com or call (619) 434-9036.

This event is part of Razafest a (continuing) goodwill series celebrating 33 years of Chicano art, culture and activism. For more info visit www.saveourcentro.org or email centrowatch@aol.com.