The Big Day: A Giant Celebration of Love by Rachel Plummer ... ISBN 978-1-66894-491-2). Art, creativity, and new friendships help a refugee girl cope with big changes in her world.

Matlapa is distinguished during the Xantolo festivity on the Day of the Dead by the decoration of ornamental arches, a tradition that symbolizes the connection between the living and their ancestors.

Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — is a revered annual celebration in Mexico and many parts of the United States. The traditional holiday honors deceased loved ones. In recent years ...

A couple visits a cemetery during Day of the Dead, against the backdrop of storm clouds. Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by Quentin Nardi Text by Tracy Scott Forson ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead in English, is a multi-day cultural ... will celebrate the traditions of Latin American folk art while also honoring family and ancestry.

In late October, or so the tradition says, the souls of loved ones return from the afterlife to celebrate and spend time with living relatives on Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Mall of America is hosting Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead festival this upcoming weekend. The Minnesota Latino Museum will host the celebration of culture and ...

The altars set up during the Day of the Dead today are not exactly the same as those used in pre-Hispanic times The Day of the Dead is one of Mexico’s most iconic traditions, recognized ...

Hop on a boat and head to Catalina for a Day of the Dead celebration that will include music by Mariachi Las Catrinas and Sin Frontera, a puppet show, an art contest, tequila tasting, local food ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Alejandro García Nelo stands next to his piece at the entry of the Day of Dead exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art at 1852 W. 19th St. in Pilsen ...

trying her best to save the day. “But someone is getting fired.” Whether her next song, the ballsy “Wish You Were Dead,” was already cued up in her set or she reworked things on the fly ...

Nobody likes to provoke people more than my friend René Moncada, an artist who has been shunned by the art world ... from the public beaches. The day of the show René came to the gallery ...