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Oct 28 2019

Dia de los Muertos: Communal Altar Installation 2019

October 28, 2019

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Location

Latino Cultural Center, Lecture Center B2, 803 S. Morgan St.

Address

Chicago, IL 60607

Cost

Free

Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for this week-long celebration!

Communal Altar Installation
Monday, Oct. 28 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm
We invite you to participate in our annual communal altar installation by bringing a photo or a remembrance item of a departed loved one to place on our altar, which will be on display until Friday, Nov. 1st.

Calaveras, Cempazuchitl & Monarch Butterflies
Tuesday, Oct. 29 - 12pm to 4pm
Decorate a sugar skull, make paper cempazúchitl (marigold) flowers, create skull-shaped seed bombs to help preserve Monarch butterfly habitats, and honor departed loved ones through storytelling.

A Celebration of Life & Death
Wednesday, Oct. 30 - 5pm to 6:30pm
Enjoy folk songs and storytelling by Jarochicanos! Sip on café de olla and eat delicious pan de muerto. Don’t forget to bring an object or photo of a departed loved one and share a story about them.

This program is co-sponsored by UIC student organizations: UIC Heritage Garden Student Group (HG), Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA), Chi Sigma Omega, Latino Pre-Medical Student Association (LPMSA), and Alpha Psi Lambda Co-Ed Fraternity.

Date posted

Oct 14, 2019

Date updated

Oct 14, 2019