{"id":8543,"date":"2016-10-24T20:21:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/new-library-exhibit-altares-de-dia-de-los-muertos\/"},"modified":"2016-10-24T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:21:28","slug":"new-library-exhibit-altares-de-dia-de-los-muertos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/new-library-exhibit-altares-de-dia-de-los-muertos\/","title":{"rendered":"New library exhibit: Altares de Dia de los Muertos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-69251 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/day-of-the-dead-exhibit-pix-comp2-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"day of the dead exhibit pix comp2\" width=\"391\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the Mexican folk holiday <em>Dia de los Muertos<\/em> (Day of the Dead), a traditional altar is on display in the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Atrium in the Marvin Library Learning Commons through Friday, Nov. 4.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is presented by Associate Professor Malu Benton and Library Director Brenda Hazard. The altar features traditional elements including <em>esqueletos<\/em> (skeletons), <em>calaveras de az\u00facar<\/em> (sugar skulls), and flowers. A display of related library materials is available for browsing and loan.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <em>Dia de los Muertos<\/em> by attending a presentation by Professor Benton on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. in the multipurpose room of the Marvin Library Learning Commons (MRV235) . Chocolate <em>calaveras<\/em> treats will be available to attendees through the generous support from the Department of English, Foreign Languages, and English as a Second Language.<\/p>\n<p>Watch these two-minute clips from the Instructional Media Center&#8217;s Films on Demand collection\u00a0 featuring perspectives on the history of <em>Dia de los Muertos<\/em> from a <a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.hvcc.edu:2048\/login?url=https:\/\/fod.infobase.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102551&amp;xtid=114994&amp;loid=417735\">Mexican American<\/a> describing family traditions and a <a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.hvcc.edu:2048\/login?url=http:\/\/fod.infobase.com\/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102551&amp;xtid=50471&amp;loid=174035\">travelogue describing the holiday through a colonial lens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/dia-de-los-muertos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-69242\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/dia-de-los-muertos-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"dia de los muertos\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:21:28 +0000 by\u00a0b.hazard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Highlighting the Mexican folk holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a traditional altar is on display&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}