INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A monthly celebration of Latin culture has more music and food ready to go.

The free, family-friendly event, Viernes Cultural: Latin Night at Lugar Plaza, was expected to bring some heat with live bachata from 7-10 p.m. Friday. Latin Expressions Dance Company also will let visitors partake in a beginner-friendly bachata dance lesson.

Bachata is called a soul-stirring dance style rooted in the Caribbean. Dance instructor Rachel Fischer said, “Bachata originated in the Dominican Republic, and it moved to the U.S. kind of around the ’80s and ’90s when there was a big immigration movement...