Día de los Muertos celebration is Oct. 30

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Sheldon Museum of Art celebrates its fifth annual Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead celebration, noon to 4 p.m., Oct. 30. The event is free and open to the public.

The museum’s Great Hall will be elaborately decorated for the art and cultural celebration. The decorations include colorful papel picados (punched-paper art) hanging from the windows.

Entertainment includes music by Mariachi Zapata; Josephina Niggli’s play “Sunday Costs Five Pesos” performed by students from the Lincoln High School Theater Department, and folkloric dance by Fiesta Mexicana of the Heartland.

Additionally, there will be art-making stations and traditional foods.

More details at: http://www.sheldonartmuseum.org/