Remembering the Dearly Departed: Day of the Dead Celebration

Remembering the Dearly Departed: Day of the Dead Celebration

By Smithsonian Voices Smithsonian Latino Center – SmithsonianMag.com – Photo: Dr. Xóchitl Chávez. Photo: Noche de altares in Santa Ana, California. Smithsonian Latino Center Mobile Broadcasts, 2015. With the arrival of Spaniards and Catholicism, this...
Museum of Texas Tech hosts Día de los Muertos celebration

Museum of Texas Tech hosts Día de los Muertos celebration

By Riley Golden | Staff Writer – DailyToReador.com – Photo: McKenzie Garza. Every year, Hispanic cultures around the world celebrate El Día de los Muertos, and since 2009, the Museum of Texas Tech University has been a part of that celebration.  On Sunday,...
Annual Dia de los Muertos celebration honors Hispanic tradition

Annual Dia de los Muertos celebration honors Hispanic tradition

TucsonNewsNow.com – Photo: Walton, Elizabeth. Tuscon, Arizona (Tucson News Now) – A special celebration of Dia de los Muertos, the traditional Hispanic festival of remembrance, in which departed spirits feel welcome to hold a reunion with living relatives,...
Pachuco era helps define search for Chicana identity

Pachuco era helps define search for Chicana identity

By Alexsandra J. Ruiz-Ortiz – MyMetMedia.com – Photo Courtesy Of Antonia Fernandez. Photo: Antonia Fernandez poses with “Peacock,” her life-size portrait of a modern-day pachuca. Fernandez’s exhibit “Pachuco y Sirenas” will be on display at Museo de las...