Día de los Muertos and Altars Exhibit
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When: Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak Street, Dallas
Cost: Free
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Description
The Latin American tradition lives in the Day of the Dead "altares" (altars) exhibition honoring loved ones who have passed away. Festivities will include Matachines dances and "Mojigangas" performance.
Information from the center's site
Some nearby drink specials on Nov. 1st
- Palomino European Bistro: 3 pm - 6 pm: $2 select liquors, $2 draft beers/ 10 pm - 11 pm: $2 select liquors, $2 draft beers
- Istanbul Grill: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1 off drinks
- Daddy Jack's Wood Grill: 5 pm - 10 pm: 1/2 price martinis
- 650 North Restaurant: 5 pm - 7 pm: $1 off all wells, beers, house merlot, cabernet and chardonnay
- Jake's Old Fashioned Hamburgers (Dallas / McKinney Ave): 4 pm - 7 pm: $3 you call its, $2 beers, cosmopolitans and appletinis
Some nearby restaurants
- Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse (Dallas / Downtown)
- Jorge's Tex-Mex Cafe
- Opus
- Far East Gourmet
- Spiatza Pizza & Pasta Company
Some nearby events on Nov. 1st
- Rose County Fair / Villains / Paper Airline, Double Wide, 9 p.m.
- Boxing For Boobs, Club Purgatory, 8 p.m.
- Chance Anderson / Nate Bolling / Terrence, The Bone, 8 p.m.
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven Festival Week 3, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 8 p.m.
- Altares de Muertos Celebration, Latino Cultural Center, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Event posted Sept. 10, 2007
Last updated Nov. 1, 2007
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Comments
WhitneyTM Anonymous
This Day of the Dead event is actually this evening (Nov. 1). The opening reception begins at 5:30 p.m. and the center is open until 9:00 p.m. today. The large puppets parade will be at 7:00 p.m. You can see the Day of the Dead altars from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, as well as tour the new folk retablos exhibit of religous paintings on tin and Molas exhibit of colorful Panamanian fabrics -- both opening today. These events are FREE and open to the public.
For more information visit http://www.dallasculture.org/ or call 214-670-3320.
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Chris Curotolo Staff
WhitneyTM, we've made the changes to our listing. I think we had originally mixed it up with this similar event going on at the Ice House Cultural Center...
http://www.pegasusnews.com/events/ong...
Sorry for the confusion.
11 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
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