{"id":43128,"date":"2015-10-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/siempre-mujer-and-the-national-museum-of-mexican-art-host-inaugural-day-of-the-dead-ball\/"},"modified":"2015-10-21T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T14:02:12","slug":"siempre-mujer-y-el-national-museum-of-mexican-art-presentan-el-baile-inaugural-del-dia-de-los-muertos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/siempre-mujer-y-el-national-museum-of-mexican-art-presentan-el-baile-inaugural-del-dia-de-los-muertos\/","title":{"rendered":"Siempre Mujer and The National Museum of Mexican Art Host Inaugural Day of the Dead Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 21, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/siempremujer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Siempre Mujer<\/i><\/a>, the largest Spanish-language lifestyle magazine for Latinas in the U.S., today announced that it is partnering with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">National Museum of Mexican Art<\/a> (NMMA), one of the most prominent Latino organizations in the country and the only Latino museum accredited by the American Association of Museums, to host the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/DayoftheDeadBall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Day of the Dead: <i>Love Never Dies<\/i> fundraising ball<\/a>, celebrating the spirits of the living and the dead, and commemorating the traditional Mexican holiday rapidly gaining popularity in America and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The ticketed event, held at <b>NMMA in <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span> on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, Nov. 6<\/span><\/b>, <b>at <span class=\"xn-chron\">7 p.m.<\/span>, <\/b>is open to the public. Tickets are available both <a href=\"https:\/\/co.clickandpledge.com\/advanced\/default.aspx?wid=110265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">online<\/a> and at the door. Proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction will benefit the museum&#8217;s educational programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to partner with <i>Siempre Mujer <\/i>for our first-ever <i>Love Never Dies <\/i>ball,&#8221; says <span class=\"xn-person\">Carlos Tortolero<\/span>, President and CEO of the National Museum of Mexican Art. &#8220;This year marks the museum&#8217;s 29<sup>th<\/sup> year celebrating Day of the Dead, and this event is a fantastic addition to our annual Day of the Dead festivities. We look forward to bringing together the community for a fun and lively evening honoring our culture and the arts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Love Never Dies <\/i>fundraising ball is an artistic celebration of eternal love through the visual, performing and culinary arts. The event is expected to attract more than 500 leaders in art, media, entertainment, politics, philanthropy and business. <\/p>\n<p>Additional event highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Live performances by DJ Jesse De La Pena of Vocalo Radio and Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta. <\/li>\n<li>Artisan culinary creations and specialty handcrafted cocktails. <\/li>\n<li>A private viewing of the museum&#8217;s highly anticipated Day of the Dead exhibition, <i>La Muerte Nina: Day of the Dead.<\/i> <\/li>\n<li>A Passport to the Arts Scavenger Hunt: Guests will receive a passport containing clues to guide their search for art treasures throughout the museum and have a chance to win prizes. <\/li>\n<li>A silent auction featuring one-of-a-kind travel, art and entertainment experiences, including a luxury trip to <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>. <\/li>\n<li>Traditional Day of the Dead altars honoring iconic Tejano artist Selena on the 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of her death, acclaimed <span class=\"xn-location\">Hollywood<\/span> actor, <span class=\"xn-person\">Anthony Quinn<\/span> and Mexican wrestler\/movie star\/pop icon El Santo who both passed in 2015. <\/li>\n<li>Day of the Dead-inspired face painting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;For the past three years, <i>Siempre Mujer <\/i>has hosted fantastic Day of the Dead events in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>,&#8221; says <i>Siempre Mujer <\/i>Editor-in-Chief <span class=\"xn-person\">Maria Cristina Marrero<\/span>. &#8220;These events are a great way to bring together the Latino community in celebration of our unique heritage, and we&#8217;re so excited to bring the festivities to <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span>, which has one of the largest and most diverse Latino populations in the country. We&#8217;re also thrilled to partner with and support the National Museum of Mexican Art, one of the leading cultural institutions in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ball caps off a week of exciting Day of the Dead activities taking place around the museum and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagodayofthedead.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">city of Chicago<\/a>, and coincides with NMMA&#8217;s annual Day of the Dead exhibition, which attracts more than 60,000 visitors every year and is the largest and most celebrated of its kind in the country. This year&#8217;s exhibition, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/events\/opening-reception-la-muerte-ni%C3%B1a-day-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>La Muerte Nina: Day of the Dead<\/i><\/a><i>,<\/i> is dedicated to the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa, Guerrero Teachers College who have been missing since <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 2014<\/span>, and features traditional altars, installations, folk art, paintings and sculptures specially created for NMMA by more than 90 artists of Mexican descent from both sides of the border. The exhibit runs from <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 18 through Dec. 13<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Siempre Mujer <\/i>is the Official Media Partner of the event. Additional event sponsors include Official Food Sponsor <b>HERDEZ<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Brand<\/b>, the No. 1 salsa brand in <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, which will be providing a bountiful spread of festive food and the face painting stations; <b>Ancestry<\/b>, which will provide access to its world class searchable database of historical records and documents through interactive, and on-site ancestor and lineage tracing; <b>el Jimador tequila<\/b>, which will be providing specialty cocktails; <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Korbel<\/span><\/b>, which will be providing champagne; and Event Partner <b>Mexico Tourism Board<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>Siempre Mujer <\/i>is committed to helping our Latino community thrive, whether it&#8217;s through cultural events, scholarship programs or beyond,&#8221; says <i>Siempre Mujer <\/i>Associate Publisher <span class=\"xn-person\">Veronica Viviana Wilson<\/span>. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to team up with our sponsors and partners to expand our unique Day of the Dead program to <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span>, and work together to benefit this celebrated cultural institution.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/DayoftheDeadBall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/DayoftheDeadBall<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b><u>ABOUT <i>SIEMPRE MUJER<br \/><\/i><\/u><\/b>Launched in 2005 by Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meredith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.meredith.com<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/siempremujer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Siempre Mujer<\/i><\/a> is the only magazine written for, by and about the modern U.S. Hispanic woman who is actualizing her goal of success. With fresh, authentic and inspiring content, <i>Siempre Mujer<\/i> has become one of the leading Spanish language women&#8217;s magazines and the Latina&#8217;s source for the things she cares about most; beauty, style, fitness, fashion, arts, culture, and career, helping her be the best woman she can be, a leader, a doer, and a role model. <i>Siempre Mujer <\/i>reaches 1.8 million readers every issue, and is published on a bi-monthly basis. <a href=\"http:\/\/siempremujer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SiempreMujer.com<\/a> provides the latest in beauty and fashion trends, and original editorial content about relationships, current events, celebrity news and entertainment. <\/p>\n<p><b><u>ABOUT NMMA<br \/><\/u><\/b>The National Museum of Mexican Art showcases 3,500 years of creativity from both sides of the Mexican border, connecting visitors to the diversity of authentic Mexican art and culture. Works from the <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span> museum&#8217;s 8,500-piece Permanent Collection are exhibited in its bilingual galleries, and the museum&#8217;s location in Pilsen allows for a total immersion in the richness of <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico&#8217;s<\/span> culture. Admission is always free at the National Museum of Mexican Art, the only nationally accredited Latino museum in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. For information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmmart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.NMMArt.org<\/a> or watch this short video: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/exhibits\/featured\/get-know-museum-watch-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/exhibits\/featured\/get-know-museum-watch-video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 21, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/siempremujer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Siempre Mujer<\/i><\/a>, the largest Spanish-language lifestyle magazine for Latinas in the U.S., today announced that it is partnering with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">National Museum of Mexican Art<\/a> (NMMA), one of the most prominent Latino organizations in the country and the only Latino museum accredited by the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}