Casa Azul of Greensboro promotes Latino art and culture in the local community. The above photo features the sign in desk at Casa Azul's sixth annual Day of the Dead event held at the Central Library last night. The Nussbaum Room at the library was filled with ofrendas, altars filled with offerings and remembrances of deceased loved ones. Before the event began, one room was filled with people putting face paint on the people who would be performing at LeBauer center a little later.
If you ever want to know how to be more involved with Greensboro's Spanish speaking community, Casa Azul is a great place to begin. While the two figures in the above photo may look a bit menacing, they were really quite nice and very agreeable for taking photos and answering questions. Casa Azul was established in 2010 and, over the last seven years, the not-for-profit organization has grown into a group with over 150 volunteers. They are based out of the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center, centrally located to all of the venues on the north side of downtown.
In addition to the event in the library and LeBauer Park last night, Greensboro had many exciting activities held in conjunction with First Friday. The Art Alliance held a pottery sale in the Cultural Arts Center on Davie Street that will continue this morning (in the room beside Art Quest). Galleries were open, food and beverage establishments were busy, and retail establishments had their merchandise all fluffed up so that shoppers could enjoy their time downtown. The 80 degree weather made it quite enjoyable to stroll along Elm Street. Make sure to mark your calendars for Friday, December 1st. December's First Friday is always the one that kicks off the December holiday season. The above characters remind us, while there are 363 days until Day of the Dead, there are only 51 days until Christmas!
This makes for an excellent portrait, actually!
Posted by: William Kendall | Saturday, November 04, 2017 at 02:23 PM