November 1st | 7pm

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 Celebrate Dia de los Muertos at the Chehalem Cultural Center! 

This year we’re excited to host a variety of groups that will share with us the evolution of traditional and contemporary Dia de los Muertos traditions! All are welcome to join us to celebrate through food, music, dance, and art on November 1 from 7pm in the Chehalem Cultural Center Grand Ballroom.


Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is celebrated in central and southern Mexico at the beginning of November. While this coincides with the Catholic holiday, All Soul's & All Saint’s Day, indigenous people combined this with their ancient belief of honoring their deceased loved ones. It is believed that the gates of heaven are opened at midnight on October 31, and the spirits of all angelitos (children) are allowed to reunite with their families for 24 hours. Then, the spirits of the adults come down to enjoy the festivities prepared for them.

This years celebration features:

Performances By Huecha Omeyocan

Kids Crafts & Activities - Make Your Own Paper Ofrenda

Food & Drink from Taqeria El Burrito and El Gordito Feliz

Storytime with Bobbye Hernandez of the Newberg Public Library

This year we’re also excited to include a Catrina sculpture created by Esther Velazquez at our celebration!

In addition to the programming that the Chehalem Cultural Center offers, we provide rental space for many public events that are put on by community organizations and organizers.  If  an event that is happening in our building is not on our website, it is likely that the event is put on by an organization renting our space for their event.  For information regarding these events, please contact the organizers.