Día de los Muertos

Events and Activities

11:00 AM - 2:15 PM Gateway Film Center Family Celebration

Gateway Film Center | 550 N High Street, Columbus, OH

Featuring face painting at the Gateway Film Center lobby

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Junior's Food Truck

Gateway Alley

Free taco vouchers available

12:00 PM - 2:15 PM Coco (2017)

Free movie screening in English and Spanish

Introduction to Latinx Pop Culture by Dr. Frederick Aldama, Laura Fernandez, and Tania Espinales-Correa

2:30 - 3:15 PM Día de los Muertos Procession

The Ohio Union | 1739 N High Street, Columbus, OH

Leaving from the Gateway Film Center

Procession to the Ohio Union and Dance Performance | 2:30-3:30 PM

Procession to Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum with Danza Azteca Performance 3:00-3:30 PM

3:30 - 5:00 PM Exhibit Opening: "Tales From La Vida: Latinx Comics"

Sullivant Hall | 1813 N High Street, Columbus, OH

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Reception featuring: Curator Dr. Frederick Aldama 

Altares and Special Exhibit

of José Guadalupe Posada broadsides

Family Activities and Light Refreshments

2018 Sponsors

Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum; University Libraries; Latinx Space for Enrichment & Research (LASER); Office of Diversity and Inclusion; Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Center for Latin American Studies; Latina/o Studies Program; Department of Anthropology; Organization of Hispanic/Latino Faculty and Staff; Sigma Delta Pi; Barnes & Noble; Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Migration, Mobility and Immobility Working Group

Learn more at u.osu.edu/diadelosmuertos