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Coco Fiesta Fantástica
Sep 1, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
$8 – $10Take a trip through the Land of the Dead at this movie fiesta! Enjoy lively music, festive art making, and the hit Disney movie Coco.
Premovie activities from 6:30 to 8:30 pm include:
• Dance performances by local youth troupe Baile Folklorico
• Ofrenda by Peter Marin Works. Come honor your ancestors.
• Day of the Dead food offering traditions with ethnobotanist Jillian De Gezelle
• Live music by Mariachi Viva Mexico
• Learn about guitars with IanHFL
• Family-friendly art projects
• Face painting by Jandy & Co.
Food trucks:
• Queso Monster
• Arepa Culture
• Qspresso
• Boricua Soul
• Two Roosters
Coco
(2017) Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina. Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt. (105 min.) PG.
Miguel idolizes the singing star Ernesto de la Cruz, but music is forbidden at home because of an ancestor’s betrayal. On Day of the Dead, he magically steps into the afterlife to search for the source of his yearnings. Winner of Best Animated Feature and Best Song Oscars, it lights the way to a loving embrace of traditional Mexican culture.
Movie in English with Spanish subtitles