Promotional graphic for “La Llorona: The One Who Weeps,” a presentation at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum on Friday, October 30, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. NSU English Instructor Heather Salter Dromm explores the haunting legend of La Llorona and its connections from Mexico to Louisiana. The graphic features a dark green, eerie background and a hand-drawn illustration of a woman with long black hair, green eyes, and red tears streaming down her face.

Lunchtime Lagniappe: La Llorona—The One Who Weeps

Fri, Oct 30, 2026

12:15 to 1:00 p.m.

Natchitoches

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Explore the legend of La Llorona, “the one who weeps,” with Heather Salter Dromm, instructor of English at NSU. This Mexican ghost story tells of a woman whose spirit haunts rivers and creeks, crying for her lost children. Drawing on stories she collected in Zwolle, Louisiana, twenty-five years ago, Dromm will discuss local variations of the legend and how storytellers make their accounts believable. She will also share her composition and rhetoric students’ writing about La Llorona, offering a contemporary perspective on this enduring legend.