When 13-year-old Alpha (Mélissa Boros) is tattooed with a dubious needle at a party, she’s suspected of contracting an illness that turns people to stone. Relative newcomer Mélissa Boros (with only ...

Each year the Purdue University Latino Cultural Center gathers to call upon our ancestors who have passed, and to celebrate their life and death. In 2008, UNESCO recognized the importance of Día de ...

This year, Mexico City's grand Dia de Muertos parade has drawn about 1.5 million people. The event was inspired in part by a James Bond movie. About 1.5 million people gathered in Mexico City on ...

The event shined a light on culture, family and community by honoring “trailblazers who have paved the way” for a recent surge in global recognition of Mexican and Latino American artistic ...

In Mexico and parts of Central America, Día de los Muertos is regarded as a day to commemorate and celebrate departed family and friends. For generations, Greater Southern California has joined the ...

This year, Karla Frey had a hard time finishing her usual ofrenda in her Boucherville, Que. home. Two months ago, her five-year-old neighbour and his mother were killed in a car crash. She remembers ...

A woman dressed as a Catrina looks on before a Mega Aerobic Dance class ahead of the Day of the Dead at the Zocalo Square in Mexico City on October 30, 2025. A person dressed as La Catrina poses for a ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, which happens this weekend, is celebrated in communities across the U.S. The primarily Mexican holiday is rooted in the belief that the veil between the mortal ...

I will never forget visiting my grandmother’s hometown of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, at the beginning of November last year. For a brief three-day span, the streets, entryways, and old colonial buildings ...

For a festive holiday with friends and family, try one of these recipes from some of our favorite Mexican and Mexican American chefs. Hannah Walhout is freelance writer-editor formerly on staff at ...

HAYWARD. Calif. - Amid heightened uncertainty following last week’s threat of major immigration enforcement, several Bay Area cities have canceled or scaled back their Día de los Muertos festivities.

On April 13, 1944, thousands of people clashed with police on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago. The melee was unrelated to U.S. participation in World War II, labor unrest or President ...