Dia de los Muertos Monday in San Antonio: La Vida de los Muertos at Plaza Guadalupe, Aztlan's 49th Altares y Ofrendas Opens, and the Tradition Trail's Final Day

Dia de los Muertos, observed on November 1 and 2, reaches its second day on Monday — and San Antonio's Monday calendar is a Westside one. The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center holds La Vida de los Muertos on Monday, November 2 at Plaza Guadalupe, 1327 Guadalupe Street, beginning at 5 p.m., free and open to the public, per the center's announcement. The evening carries free workshops, live musical performances and a special dance presentation by the Guadalupe Dance Company and Dance Academy, bringing families, artists and neighbors together around the altars, marigolds, candles and photographs of the observance.

A few miles east, Centro Cultural Aztlan opens its 49th annual Altares y Ofrendas exhibition on Monday with a celebration from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., per the local guides read this cycle: altars created by local artists and community members honoring loved ones through photographs, objects and offerings, with live music, pan de muerto and an artisan market of more than 25 artists and makers. The exhibition continues through November 12. Altar viewing at the Esperanza's Rinconcito de Esperanza, the Westside home of Sunday's 31st annual celebration, also continues Monday and runs November 2 through 8, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., per the Esperanza's listing.

Downtown, Monday is the last chance at two season-long displays. The River Walk's Dia de los Muertos Tradition Trail — alebrijes, calaveras and altars along the river, presented by Community First Health Plans and running since October 2 — closes on November 2, per the River Walk's own program, including the 38.5-foot Catrina at La Villita. The San Antonio Botanical Garden's Jardin de las Catrinas display also runs through November 2, per the Trinitonian's guide. Pearl's ofrendas stay on view through November 3.