Monday evening transported me back to high school Spanish class. At La Raza Galeria Posada, I watched a non-subtitled, and non-dubbed Mexican film for the first time in years. The plot and dialogue were easy enough to follow so I didn't feel completely lost, and the 1970s outfits the women wore also kept me thoroughly entertained (leopard bell bottom pants while walking through the desert, really?) "Anónimo Mortal," features El Santo, or "the Saint," played by Rodolfo Huerta, who wears his emblematic silver mask in the wrestling ring and as he goes about life, or in this film, as he helps to solve a murder mystery.  El Santo is one of Mexico's iconic figures that many Mexican citizens i

Rodolfo Huerta, lucha libre wrestler and one of Mexico's most beloved film icons, is known as El Santo, or "The Saint." What's surprising though, is that the masked wrestler-cum-actor lived up to his exalted moniker on and off the screen. El Santo "saved" the Mexican film industry as it was on its deathbed, creating films that drew patrons back to the big screens, said Fred Dobb, film curator at La Raza Galeria Posada. When El Santo died in 1984 at the age of 66, thousands watched as the famous actor/wrestler was buried in his signature silver mask. For one week, starting Monday, La Raza Galeria Posada will show an El Santo film every night. The free series is sponsored by the Consulate

Local cultural center La Raza Galeria Posada has just received a grant for $15,000 to promote musical events in Sacramento. The grant came from the California Arts Council, and was the only grant awarded to an organization in Sacramento County. 43 other non-profit groups from 39 California counties were selected from more than 160 applicants. La Raza Executive Director Marie Acosta said in a press release, "This is a wonderful boost for both La Raza and for Sacramento music fans. And, it comes right on the heels of La Raza being awarded the 2009 Arts Management Excellence Award from the Arts & Business Council of Sacramento." La Raza Galeria Posada is a multi-disciplinary cultural cente