New Rochelle Public Library Celebrates Day Of The Dead With Festivities

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- “Day of the Dead” (El Día de los Muertos,) a festive observance from Mexico that commemorates the return to Earth of deceased family and friends each year, will be celebrated at the New Rochelle Public Library with an elaborate exhibit and free event.

New Rochelle Public Library will transform its lobby for Day of the Dead festivities from Thursday, Oct. 30 to Wednesday, Nov. 5.
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The El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibit will feature sugar skulls and paper cut-outs plus photographs and possessions of dead loved ones.
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This bicycle-riding ghost was part of last year's Day of the Dead exhibit.
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by Alesha Hanson

10/10/2014 5:00 a.m.

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 30, the library’s lobby again will be transformed as Calaveras y Diablitos, a group of local artists, create their seventh annual Day of the Dead exhibit.

The exhibit will feature an altar decorated with sugar skulls, paper cut-outs and marigolds, as well as photographs and possessions of loved ones who have died and large papier-mâché figures enjoying a feast.

The exhibit continues during regular library hours until Wednesday, Nov. 5.

“Day of the Dead” Crafts and Live Performance will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. All ages are invited to create an array of traditional symbols and crafts in the library’s meeting room, beginning at 2:30 p.m. A performance by the extraordinary group of Aztec dancers, Atl-Tlachinolli, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. will wrap up the annual festivities.

The free program is made possible by the New Rochelle Business Improvement District, in partnership with the library, city school district, and parks and recreation deparment. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis, to the capacity of the Ossie Davis Theater.

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