Events
Although it is only February, preparations for this year’s Restaurant Week, to take place May 15 - 31 as in years past, are already in motion. Restaurants interested in participating must sign up for the event before March 10. Read all the details now!
Act II Entertainment has begun presenting Suddenly Sondheim, a collection of 20 songs taken from different musicals Stephen Sondheim wrote from the time of his collaboration with Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story to the last decade.
San Pancho has announced their annual 3-day Music Festival, to take place on Friday, February 22 through Sunday, February 24 in San Francisco, Riviera Nayarit. The Music Festival is celebrating it's 13th year, and as always, there will be no charge to the public.
The award-winning Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos Folkloric Dance Troupe will offer a one-time performance at Teatro Vallarta this coming Sunday, January 27, at 6 pm, providing a rare opportunity to enjoy a spectacular production showcasing some of Mexico’s most popular and traditional dances.
Partnering with New York City-based photographer, Oscar Linares, Puerto Vallarta artist Sergio Hernandez developed a series of payaso, or clown portraits, that became the basis for his upcoming show, to open at Contempo on Friday, January 25, as part of the Basilio Badillo Southside Shuffle.
In its next exhibition, opening reception to take place on January 25 with cocktails 6 - 10 pm, Galleria Dante and it’s sibling, AnDante, will showcase four Mexican artists: Guillermo Brockmann, Alvaro Zardoni, Israel Zzepda and Edgar Martínez.
Roberto Vazquez has prepared a new exhibition of 24 colorful paintings and 16 pen and ink drawings for Galeria Pacifico that will be featured during two cocktail inaugurations with the artist on January 23 and 30 during the Wednesday Art Walks downtown, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM.
Colectika, Puerto Vallarta’s only art gallery focused on Mexico’s finest folkloric artists, has announced three events for the coming months. This is no small task, given the fact that owner Kevin Simpson brings to Puerto Vallarta some of the finest artists they represent, often traveling from remote villages in Mexico.
El Arrayán has announced their Mexican cooking class schedule for winter/spring 2013. On scheduled Mondays every month, a limited number of participants will enjoy a traditional Mexican breakfast, visit local purveyors, receive hands-on cooking instructions in their professional kitchen and then enjoy what they have cooked for lunch.
David Lyons, long-time Puerto Vallarta resident and author of the thriller, Ice Fire, will be keynote speaker at the eighth annual Puerto Vallarta Writers’ Conference Feb. 22-24 at Biblioteca Los Mangos in Puerto Vallarta. The annual event is sponsored by the Puerto Vallarta Writers' Group and the library.
For close to three decades, acclaimed Canadian singer Joëlle Rabu has wowed audiences throughout 5 continents with her portrayal of the legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf. Rabu returns to The Palm Cabaret on Dec. 19 at 8pm with “Encore Piaf…and more,” her European cabaret style show performing songs from the torch-music era.
Cuernavaca-based artist, Arturo Arcos, will make a rare appearance at Colectika from December 17 - 19, with a cocktail reception on Wednesday the 19th, as part of the Art Walk.
The Met: Live in HD wraps up the first half of this season’s Saturday broadcasts with Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece, “Aida,” this coming Saturday, December 15, at noon, at Teatro Vallarta. An introductory lecture will be offered by Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group managing editor, Paco Ojeda, at 10:40 am. Tickets are $250 pesos per person.
Located in Puerto Vallarta’s cosmopolitan Basilio Badillo Street in Colonia Emiliano Zapata, Gallería Dante has chosen to spotlight three talented women during their upcoming Pre-Christmas show, for which a special reception has been scheduled on Friday, December 14, with cocktails from 6 to 10 pm.
Cultural, colorful, chaotic. The time to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe is upon us. This is a very important religious celebration in Mexico, so those of us that live here year-around, learn to cheerfully adapt our rhythms and schedules as needed during the first 12 days of December. Discover our tips!
New York’s Metropolitan Opera continues its series of live Saturday matinee broadcasts with Mozart’s La Clemenza di Titto, to be presented at Teatro Vallarta this coming Saturday, December 1, at 12 pm., with a free, pre-performance introductory lecture at 10:40 am in English, and 11:15 am in Spanish.
Galería Contempo begins their seasonal artist openings with an exhibition of works in bronze, fused glass and ceramic by acclaimed Mexican artist, Miriam Pérez. A cocktail reception will take place on Friday, November 23 from 6 - 10 pm.
The Vallarta Centro A.C. association, in conjunction with Jalisco’s Tourism Secretary, Puerto Vallarta’s Tourism Bureau, and the municipality’s Tourism and Culture Departments, has announced a new, bi-weekly Fiesta Mexicana, to take place on Wednesday evenings at Lázaro Cárdenas Plaza in Colonia Emiliano Zapata, from 7 - 11 pm.
From Broadway legend and Tony Nominee, Sharon McNight, to the hilarious Emmy-Award winning Leslie Jordan (Will and Grace, The Help) telling his “Stories I Can’t Tell My Mama,” to local singer, Jorge Acosta, The Palm Cabaret has many surprises, musical treats and laughs in store for you this season.
From November 9 to December 7, Galeria Ambos will feature an exhibition of abstract art by Ottawa artist, Jean-Paul Miner. A self-taught artist, Miner has recently begun dividing his time between Canada and Puerto Vallarta.
