The city is screening 2017 animate feature Coco this Saturday. Credit: Walk Disney Studios Motion Pictures
San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation will bring Disney’s 2017 Día de los Muertos-inspired animated classic Coco to the silver screen this Saturday in a truly appropriate venue: a real East Side cemetery.
In 2020, the office launched the Cemetery Steward Program, which aims to restore the city’s historic burial places and highlight the beauty and significance through events such as these.
In addition to the free movie screening, the gathering will feature a scavenger hunt and a community ofrenda. Guests are encouraged to bring notes, photos or other meaningful items to celebrate their deceased loved ones.
Free, 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, City Cemetery #1, between South Monumental and South Palmetto streets, (210) 207-3327, saspeakup.com/FM7023.
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