The second Dia de Los Muertos Phoenix Festival was held at Margaret T. Hance Park on Sunday. From 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., festival goers could sample tradition Hispanic foods, partake in arts and crafts and watch several performances from local groups.

Today’s society seems to add seductive spice to every costume come Halloween season; sometimes this reaches a ridiculous magnitude. Downtown’s Sixth Street Merchants, a group of shop owners along the street in the Roosevelt Row Arts District, had the mission of bringing the “unsexy” to this season with their second "unsexy" Halloween party.

A Latina singer and a Japanese mother talk about how they maintain their cultural heritage through music. Then reporters discuss how the LGBT community is creating its own traditions downtown.

Undergraduate Student Government Downtown passed a bill to add a $150 athletic fee to tuition. The bill was approved by USGs on West and Polytechnic campuses as well and now moves to President Michael Crow.

Movement Source Dance Company held a zombie themed performance called "Danse Macabre" at MonOrchid Gallery this past weekend. The show revolved around the concept of living with purpose versus living to get by.