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Home » Day of the Dead

Tag: Day of the Dead

Posted inArts & Culture

Día de los Muertos parade 2019

by Jamie Ramsay November 4, 2019August 18, 2021

Photographer Rick Majewski covered the 40th annual Muertos de la Risa on Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Pilsen.  The longest-running Dia de los Muertos celebration in the city honors the lives of those passed with a procession, offerings, performances, and face painting.   v   Día de los Muertos 2019

Posted inMusic

The tallest hat in the afterlife on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin October 30, 2019August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Chema Skandal.

Posted inMusic

Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years, Lumpen Radio teams up with Sonorama for a bumping Día de los Muertos party, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Coco is sad in a classically Disney way

by Ben Sachs November 24, 2017August 18, 2021

The latest computer animation from Disney and Pixar is a moving fable about the value of family.

Posted inArts & Culture

More than three dozen of the best Halloween 2016 events

by Chicago Reader October 24, 2016August 18, 2021

A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do

Posted inBlogs

Thanks to Cremeria La Ordeña #2, Albany Park is now the mole capital of Chicago

by Mike Sula March 10, 2014August 18, 2021

A great southwest-side Guerrerense grocery has opened a north-side location.

Posted inBlogs

Cerveza de los Muertos: Where did this stuff come from?

by Philip Montoro November 4, 2013August 19, 2021

Does it strike you as odd that a brand-new “Mexican Craft Beer” would spring into existence all over the country at once?

Cremeria La Ordeña's owners work for Mi Costeñita, the wholesale importer of Mexican chiles, spices, candies, and snacks.
Posted inFood & Drink

Cremeria La Ordeña: Where the shelves are stocked with Mexican cheese, moles, and toasted grasshoppers

by Mike Sula October 14, 2013August 19, 2021

A southwest-side corner store where the shelves are stocked with cheese, moles, and toasted grasshoppers

HSDC's dancers Anna Lopez and Garrett Anderson
Posted inArts & Culture

Our three best bets for fall dance

by Chicago Reader September 12, 2012August 19, 2021

Our three best bets for fall dance: Imperial Silence: Un Ópera Muerta, Gallim Dance, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Barthel Bruyn, the Elder
German, 1493 - 1555
"Portrait of a Man/A Skull in a Niche" ca. 1535-55, oil on panel
Posted inArts & Culture

Grim reapings

by Sam Worley January 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Richard Harris’s death-obsessed art collection at the Chicago Cultural Center

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Food and Drink Events

by Sam Worley October 27, 2010August 19, 2021

A candy lecture, a seafood dinner, a mezcal tasting, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Dinner & a Show: Saturday 2/20

by Whet Moser February 20, 2010August 19, 2021

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Posted inBlogs

10/24 — Sugar skull decorating workshop

by Irma Nunez October 23, 2008August 19, 2021

10/24: DIY sugar skulls for Day of the Dead

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