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MACC Staff Report – 11/2/22 Website - Facebook - Digital Programs SIGNATURE EVENT: 3 days of events for DAY OF THE DEAD Nov 1- Austin Studio Tours Opening Reception with Big Medium Nov 2- Presentation of the Altars- Smaller Dia de Muertos celebration, altar presentation Nov 5, Festival for Dia de Los Muertos with live music and dance performances WWW.DAYOFTHEDEADATX.NET Presentation of the Altars Wednesday, November 2nd Community members who have created the altars this year are invited to present their altars to the public. Attendees will be able to enjoy a presentation, refreshments, and activities. The public is invited to contribute to a collective altar on that day, and the MACC will provide hot chocolate, pan de muerto, and tamales to attendees. This event takes place in the under the stairs area outside of the community gallery. In collaboration with AVAfest. -Altar presentation by Mariana Nuño Ruiz McEnroe, author of the book Dining with the Dead -Hot chocolate, pan de muerto, tamales -Limpias by Marika Alvarado, a Lipan Apache healer -Performance by Austin Samba -Free art kits by Austin Veterans Arts Fest -Photography portraits by Roj Rodriguez -Collective altar- may bring notes, flowers, photocopies of photographs Festival on the Zocalo Saturday, November 5th On Saturday from 4-10pm, the MACC will present our 15th annual festival on the Zocalo plaza. Free shuttle bus service from 3:00pm- 10:00pm at Sanchez Elementary. -MexAmeriCon, Austin’s first Latinx Comic Book Convention (Comic Con) -Local Womxn of Color-centered marketplace Frida Friday ATX -Interactive Shadow Puppet Show by the Austin Public Library, -Sugar skull decorating & face painting by MACC Education -Sculpture Installations by Las Piñatas ATX -Loteria games, children’s face painting, two art exhibits, food trucks, giveaways, and more! Current Exhibits: Day of the Dead Community Altars On display inside the community gallery until Nov 8 (voting day). Opening reception is on Wednesday, Nov 2 –Presentation of the Altars Austin Studio Tours On display Nov 1- December 8 in the Sam Z Coronado Gallery Opening reception on Nov 1st 6-9pm bigmedium.org/austinstudiotour November Events: Nov 4- An Evening with Authors Cynthia Orozco and Emilio Zamora 6pm (collaboration) Nov 8- voting day, the MACC is a polling place that day only. The altars will be up through this day. Nov 12- Taller Abierto Painting Class with teacher Miguel Santana. Nov 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 Austin Studio Tours Exhibit, open 3 consecutive weekends as well as weekdays. Education: -MACC Education has created and distributed over 1,000 sugar skull kits to families, schools, and individuals(!) -Call for Figuralo youth art exhibit will go out right after Day of the Dead, we will accept entries until the end of November. On Smithsonian Learning Lab virtually from Dec-Jan 2023. LAAP: LAAP Past Events: Escandalo “Sábado Picante” Oct 15, Sat @4:30pm (24 attendees): Join your hosts Escándalo for a mini- festival of comedy y mucho más in the spirit of Sábado Gigante! Austin Public Library: APL hosted LAAP performances for Hispanic Heritage month. • Teatro Vivo: Sat, Oct 8 @11am - Pleasant Hill Branch • Mauricio: Sat, Oct 8 @ 11am - Carver Branch • • Javier: Sat, Oct 8 @ 1-4pm Central Library for Hispanic Heritage Event. Music on the Trail series: The trail foundation’sMusic on the Trail” series returned with popup concerts along the Ann a nd Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail • Oct 1: International shores: 10am Mauricio Callejas • Oct 15: Seaholm Intake Building Lawn: 9am Teatro Vivo Bilingual Yoga: Saturdays @10am (20 attendees): Sana Yoga provides a pathway for healing with equitable and accessible programming, while organizing to reduce systemic factors that negatively impact mental health, physical health and social well being amongst our Latinx community and other marginalized communities. LAAP Upcoming Events: Escandalo Sat, Nov. 12 @8pm: Join the cast of the B. Iden Payne Award- winning ¡Escándalo! for an evening of comedy and drama as they weave together a brand new, never-before- seen, never-to-be-seen-again passion-filled telenovela based on audience suggestions. Garden Transplant Day Sun, Nov. 13 @ 9- 1:30pm: Partnership with the Trail Conservancy as part of It’s My Park Day. The MACC Healing Garden is moving to Sunset Valley Community Garden during the MACC closure. Volunteers will help us transplant our plants to the new location and will take part in a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. Bilingual Yoga: Sana Yoga provides a pathway for healing with equitable and accessible programming, while organizing to reduce systemic factors that negatively impact mental health, physical health and social well- being amongst our Latinx community and other marginalized communities.