猪八戒资料论坛澳门 Davis is getting into the spirit for Halloween and D铆a de Muertos with a number of events hosted by various departments and organizations in the coming days.
Halloween: Oct. 31
To celebrate Halloween, choose from a costume contest, a concert, a film screening and even a symposium on genetics. And if you still need to decorate around the house, Aggie pumpkin-carving stencils are available online, and Halloween goods purchased at can benefit 猪八戒资料论坛澳门 Davis Children鈥檚 Hospital.
Things to do
- The performance 鈥渋maginatively combines shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, sound effects and live music,鈥 according to the Mondavi Center.
- . The event will feature keynote speakers from 猪八戒资料论坛澳门 Berkeley and the National Human Genome Research Institute, plus campus experts.
- The concert will mark Halloween and D铆a de Muertos with 鈥渙rchestral works that vividly illustrate traditional scenes of death.鈥
Costume and decor
D铆a de Muertos: Nov. 1 and 2
Next week (Nov. 1 and 2) also marks D铆a de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, the holiday in Mexico and elsewhere in the Latin American world that encourages people to pay respect to friends and family who have died. Events will be held on and off campus.
The Mondavi Center The Mondavi Center calls Downs 鈥渙ne of the most influential and representative artists of Mexican music in Latin America鈥 and highlights her activism in support of migrants, Indigenous people and more.
Also at the Mondavi Center, attendees and the campus community are encouraged to contribute to a community ofrenda, or altar, today through Oct. 31.
鈥淏ring copies of photos of loved ones to place on the altar, and offerings of their favorite items,鈥 the Mondavi Center says. The altar is located in the Yoche Dehe Grand Lobby and is open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily, and during events.
That altar is created in partnership with the Sacramento-based Latino Center for Art & Culture. That organization is also one of the organizations working with Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, or TANA, for . That event will feature multiple altars for offerings, as well as food vendors, crafts like ink block printing and face painting, live music and more.
Back on campus, the Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success, or CCLASS, also has a community altar starting today at . Anyone in the campus community 鈥 students, faculty and staff 鈥 can contribute items or write notes for loved ones, said Rodrigo Bonilla, director of the Chicanx Latinx Retention Initiative.
The center will also offer complimentary pan dulce, coffee and tea on Nov. 1. The center is open weekdays from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
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