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Down West Mall from the white tents, booming sound system and costumed revelry of the Calendar’s Halloween party last weekend in the black box of the Dorothy Somerset Studio, a troupe of acting students donned a different type of costume: thick paper mache masks for their latest show, The (Un)usual suspects.

In my house, we celebrate the Day of the Dead on November 2 by making bread, which we call bread of the dead. We make ofrendas, of course, and even dress up as vampires and ghosts as if it were Halloween, but the bread was the main ritual.

The Ubyssey culture staff have compiled a short list of recommended events for the month, with an emphasis on low-key and community-oriented events that won't strain your energy or your wallets.

On October 17, UBC hosted an event at the Vancouver Playhouse featuring Talaga, who delivered a powerful and moving talk titled Covering the Apocalypse: What it is like being an Indigenous journalist in Canada, about her experience as an Indigenous journalist in a country with a violent colonial past and present.

Would you believe me if I told you that I had experienced spiritual wonders — spellwork, divination, the casting and removal of curses? What if I told you that I gained insight into past lives and karmic tolls, and that it all happened in the living room of my grandfather’s house?

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