Just in time for Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, the Latino Cultural Center (LCC) is holding a talk tonight, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. on how 19th century Mexico City modernized by implementing different types of transportation of corpses. Jonathan Weber, Latin America and U.S. history teacher at Addison’s Greenhill School, will present “Hustling the Old Mexico Aside: Public Health and the Transportation of the Dead Mexico City” at the center, located at 2600 Live Oak.
Then Saturday, Oct. 27, celebrate Día de los Muertos at an all-day festival at the LCC starting at 11 a.m. with craft workshops and plaza performances by Alegre Ballet Folklórico, Aztec dancers and musicians.
The Día de los Muertos Miniweek exhibition also kicks off Saturday with a free reception at 6 p.m. at the Latino Cultural Center. The annual festival and gallery exhibition, which runs through Saturday, Nov. 3, showcases the work of local artists. The LCC’s hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
