Muertos Week!
“Dia De Los Muertos seen at Casa Ramirez(houston)” from mRio’s photostream. Creative Commons license.
It’s Halloween! And los muertos will be here soon. Oh! Woooo, wooo, woo, woo,woo!
Halloween Party @ the Mount Pleasant Library
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m.
Wear your costume and join the parade, listen to Halloween stories, decorate a pumpkin, collect a treat, and do the Monster Mash!
3160 16th St., N.W. 202-671-3121 https://www.dclibrary.org/mtpleasant
Día de los Muertos Costume & Dance Party
Friday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Live music and dancing, a costume contest, DIY mini altar project, bubble gum painting, and a cash bar with snacks. The accompanying exhibition, the Art of Remembrance, runs through Nov. 4
Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 N Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314
www.torpedofactory.org
Reserve tickets by contacting (703) 838-4565 x2 or events@torpedofactory.org
Dia de los Muertos/the Day of the Dead Altar
Saturday, Nov. 3, to Wed., Nov. 21
A quintessentially Mexican tradition, Day of the Dead is the result of the fusion of indigenous and Spanish cultures and is one of the most important traditional holidays. In this way, the celebration revolves around welcoming and bidding farewell to souls.
Mexican Cultural Institute 2829 16th St NW Free admission For group tours of the altar, contact: aalvarez@instituteofmexicodc.org M- F 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat 12-4 p.m.
BTW, the Mt. Pleasant Library has canceled today’s lecture on Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s “La Respuesta” (The Answer). She was a wicked-cool 17th century protofeminist poet and rabble-rouser. La Respuesta, which got her is a heap of trouble, was originally a treatise to the Pope chewing him out over the church’s role in the oppression of women. If the phrase “get thee to a nunnery” pops into your mind, you get the drift of where her opinions landed her. But La Respuesta has lived on and is considered “one of the landmarks of Renaissance literature.”
No clue as to why this talk had been originally scheduled for Muertos week, except that Sor Juana was a Mexicana and she also happens to be quiet dead! We’ll keep you posted when we learn the new date for the talk.
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