If you missed the massive Dia de los Muertos festivities at Hollywood Forever cemetery last weekend, you can still celebrate the departed at these colorful gatherings filled with sugar skulls, marigolds and painted faces. If you like big fiestas, head for Olvera Street or Self-Help Graphics. For a more intimate look at altars, puppets and a skeletal homage to Hello Kitty, visit the Folk Tree in Pasadena. Spanning Santa Monica to Santa Ana, here’s Ask Chris’s guide to ten great ways to celebrate Day of the Dead 2011.
2425 Kansas Ave., Santa Monica
Olvera Street/El Pueblo de Los Angeles
125 Paseo De La Plaza, Los Angeles
Boyle Heights Paranormal Project at Linda Vista Hospital
610 S. St. Louis St., East Los Angeles
1300 E 1st St., East Los Angeles
4545 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. East Los Angeles
21300 East Via Verde St., Covina
217 South Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena
2002 North Main St., Santa Ana
Sherman Way, Between Canoga and Vassar Avenues
