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ActII Entertainment scores another hit for Emiliano Zapata, the trendy Puerto Vallarta neighborhood, by signing a leasing agreement for a major live entertainment complex, to be located at the corner of Basilio Badillo and Insurgentes streets. Break a leg!
Two events, a special dinner on Thursday evening, and a spontaneous artistic extravaganza on Saturday, help highlight and support Los Mangos Public Library's essential place in our city's cultural development. Read about them and participate!
In a poll conducted in our Vallarta Lifestyles Newsletter last week, we learned that many of you, like us, would like to see Puerto Vallarta blossoming even more as an artistic destination. We help you make connections with some of the region's most influential organizations.
The latest issue of Vallarta Lifestyles magazine is now available online for browsing. The annual "Best of Vallarta" edition features people, places, news and events that took place in the past 12 months, that truly celebrate the best our destination has to offer.
Murphy's Irish Pub has just announced their Pub Trivia Charity Challenge, a benefit event that will take place on May 15, organized in conjunction with the Puerto Vallarta Navy League, to promote the local Toys for Tots charity.
Reporting news about Puerto Vallarta, Banderas Bay, Riviera Nayarit and surrounding areas, has changed dramatically in the past few years, a constantly increasing number of news websites and blogs now available to the general public. Unfortunately, not everybody plays by the same rules.
The much-anticipated Digital Edition of Puerto Vallarta Restaurant Week 2013 menu guide is now available online. As in years past, the event takes place May 15 - 31. Now is the time to start making reservations and gathering your friends and loved ones to enjoy 35 of Banderas Bay's finest restaurants.
The CasaMagna Marriott Resort Puerto Vallarta and US Consular Agent Kelly Trainor are once again joining forces to host the 9th International Altruism Festival, this year on May 5. The festival is an open invitation to locals and visitors to support 24 benefiting charities through the admission price, $300 pesos.
Sergio Zepeda, head of the Vallarta Cultural Institute, recently confirmed that the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra will perform in Puerto Vallarta on May 30, to celebrate the founding of Puerto Vallarta as a municipality, as well as a city.
Culinary students from Centro Universitario de la Costa (CUC, Guadalajara State University’s local branch) and Spain’s celebrity chef, Paco Morales, visited the Old Town Farmers' Market to promote the university's brand new culinary project, Estación Gourmet.
This past Sunday April 21st, the 8th edition of the International Small Boat Regatta WesMex 2013 concluded successfully at the Vallarta Yacht Club. With recorded winds up to 18 knots the regatta scored ten races over three days of fierce competition on Banderas Bay.
Teatro Vallarta wraps their season transmissions of The Met: Live in HD live opera screenings with their production of George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare this coming Saturday, starting at 11 am. An introductory lecture will be offered by Vallarta Lifestyles' Managing Editor, Paco Ojeda, at 10 am.
Filma13, the same company that has successfully transformed Wednesday evenings at Marina Vallarta thanks to their free movie screenings at the development’s beautiful malecón, has announced a new series of similar screenings to take place on Thursday evenings at La Cuiza, in Isla Río Cuale.
Some of Puerto Vallarta's finest visual artists are working together to help bring much-needed funds for a local non-profit organization that provides support, training and services for the hearing and speaking impaired. To that effect, La Cuiza will host a special art auction that will take place on April 24 at 7 PM.
Puerto Vallarta favorites Camila Aguirre and Daniel Sánchez, also known as Frixoleros, will perform a late night set featuring their unique take on traditional Mexican songs this coming Friday, April 19, 10 pm, at La Cuiza. They will be joined onstage by Ampersan, a similar duo.
Filma13, in conjunction with the Marina Vallarta Neighborhood Association, continue their very successful outdoor evening movie screenings at Marina Vallarta’s beautiful malecón, or boardwalk. The screenings are offered free of charge and all are welcome.
What’s wrong with this picture? Actually, nothing. But locals may notice that the tall metal structure promoting Plaza Neptuno is gone.
Tuesday, April 16 will be the last day for the Malecón Sculpture Walking Tours for this season, which is the seventh year for this free tour. No reservations are necessary and one must only show up at the Millennium sculpture next to the Hotel Rosita at the north end of the Malecón.
In an effort to further assist the foreign tourists who favor our destination season after season, the Puerto Vallarta municipality has opened the Oficina Municipal de Atención y Asistencia al Turista y Residente Extranjero (OAATRE), or Municipal Office to Attend and Assist Foreign Tourists and Residents.
Fandango, the original musical/dance tribute to Mexico’s native and folkloric traditions created by the production company behind Teatro Vallarta, is back home, after two years of touring, triumph, and turmoil. Is it worth the admission price? Managing Editor Paco Ojeda provides the answer!
The eight annual Wixaritari Tateikie Mieme indigenous festival is currently taking place in Puerto Vallarta’s Plaza Caracol and will continue until April 7. Every year, around this time, the Tateikie Huichol community from San Andrés Cohamiata, Jalisco, sets an exhibition at the popular shopping plaza.
