Día de Los Muertos Celebration & Hispanic Heritage Month Activities

Name: Día de Los Muertos Celebration & Hispanic Heritage Month Activities
Start: 2025-11-01T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-11-02T18:00:00-04:00
Location: 204 E. Mount Hope Ave, Lansing, MI

Schedule

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 02 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm

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Location

204 E. Mount Hope Ave, Lansing, MI | Lansing, MI

Casa de Rosado Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month & 29 Years of Día de los Muertos in Lansing Amid Funding Shifts
Lansing, MI — Aug 30, 2025— Casa de Rosado Galeria & Cultural Center proudly kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month & announces the 29th celebration of Día de los Muertos. For nearly three decades, team members who have served as a cornerstone for Latinx, Chicanx, Afro Caribbean, and Indigenx communities in Michigan, now offer a space & funding for remembrance, artistry, and cultural continuity.
This milestone comes at a time of dramatic funding shifts. Recent changes in federal arts funding have eliminated support for Hispanic Heritage Month and Día de los Muertos programming. Despite this, Casa de Rosado remains steadfast.
“Community members of Lansing celebrated Día de los Muertos when no one would sponsor us,” said Theresa Rosado, Artistic Director of Casa de Rosado. “We have celebrated out of our own pockets and out of love for our community. This year, we continue that tradition — because this celebration belongs to our people, and we will not let it be erased.”
The 29th celebration honors decades of memory, resilience, and cultural pride. Casa de Rosado invites the community, artists, and allies to participate in commemorating this significant milestone at our center for weekend workshops available for free or on a donation basis- decorate a sugar skull, create a Catrina/Catrin, cut Papel Picado Mexican Paper Craft, make a mini memory nicho for a loved one, fold a Papel de cempasuchil paper craft flower, pull a Gelli print in the technique of Mexican print maker Jose Guadalupe Posada.
Casa de Rosado Galeria & Cultural Center is located at 204 E Mt Hope Ave, Lansing, MI will open its center to visitors for drop in workshops on Saturdays & Sundays from 1pm to 5pm during Hispanic Heritage Month starting on Saturday September 20, 2025 until Sunday Oct 19, 2025. Each weekend we will have various drop in and scheduled workshops to participate in on a donation basis. Watch for our Facebook page for registration links soon!
Join us for Lansing’s 29th Día de Los Muertos Celebration: location tba

The two day celebration features elaborate memorials to loved ones that have passed built by community members. Free & open to the public.
Enjoy calavera art work by Michigan’s Hispanic artists on Nov 1-2 in the ofrenda room.
On Saturday Nov 2 @2pm participate in a sugar skull decorating contest & a family friendly Catrin y Catrina sugar skull dress up contest for fun prizes!

Interested in building an ofrenda for a loved one? Families, individuals, nonprofits and businesses are all welcome to create an ofrenda. For more info contact Theresa via Facebook Messenger or email: [email protected]
About Casa de Rosado Galeria & Cultural Center:
Casa de Rosado is a 501(c)3 that preserves, promotes, and advances Michigan’s underserved Latinx, Chicanx, Afro Caribbean, and Indigenx communities through visual and performance art, exhibits, cultural events, and educational outreach. Over the past 30 years, Casa’s team members has served thousands of students and community members through culturally relevant programming.
Sponsored by numerous community members like you! We are grateful for the partial sponsorship of our celebration by the Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan and the Rathbun Insurance Agency. Interested in investing in our community through a sponsorship? Please email us for more info at: [email protected]
For over 30 years, Casa de Rosado has developed culturally-rooted programs that bring Día de los Muertos, sugar skull workshops, and community exhibits to life. All teaching methods, workshop designs, and exhibit materials are proprietary to Casa de Rosado Galeria & Cultural Center and shared exclusively in our programs. Thank you for respecting our cultural and intellectual work!