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Fine dining, dancing, hot jazz, a sikly breeze and waves crashing nearby on a moonlit beach are just a few of the perks Grupo Pro Sayulita (www.prosayulita.org) is offering during their upcoming annual Fiesta Fundraising event, March 13, at Don Pedro’s Brisa Mar Palapa in Sayulita.
Act II Entertainment proudly presents Del Shores in his one-man show, “Naked. Sordid. Reality.” to be performed at The Palm Cabaret and Bar. Texas-born Shores is an American film director and producer, playwright and actor, best known for his LGBT cult classic play “Sordid Lives,” also currently playing.
New York’s Metropolitan Opera has just announced their 2013-2014 Live in HD Season, giving classical music lovers and opera enthusiasts good reasons to rejoice. Puerto Vallarta’s Teatro Vallarta began broadcasting The Met’s Live in HD broadcasts during the current season, providing locals and visitors yet another reason to be in town.
Colectika is featuring two legendary Oaxaca wood carvers, Jacobo and María del Carmen Angeles, on Wednesday, February 27, 6 - 10 pm, a unique opportunity to meet two of the most successful, most collected folk artists in Mexico.
Puerto Vallarta opera lovers will be able to enjoy a double treat at Teatro Vallarta on the first weekend of March, with The Met's live broadcast of Richard Wagner's Parsifal on Saturday, followed by a special concert from Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes celebrating Giuseppe Verdi's anniversary on Sunday.
Thirty local artists were invited to exhibit one of their more recent creations, to display adjacent to their earlier works on permanent display within the Peter Gray Art Museum. The exhibit will remain on display through March 23. Entrance is free of charge to both members and the general public.
Galeria Contempo brings Mexican artist Abelardo Fabela back to the spotlight with a not-to-be-missed exhibition that opens Friday, February 22 from 6 - 10 pm. The artist’s colorful canvases never fail to stand out as people walk by the Basilio Badillo St. Gallery.
Galleria Dante is pleased to announce the three artists that will be showcased this coming Friday, February 22—cocktails from 6 - 10 pm, as part of the Basilio Badillo Southside Shuffle: Guillermo Gómez, Kathleen Carrillo and Andrew Marcus.
Skydivemex, a company that produces exciting skydiving events throughout Mexico, has just announced the Riviera Nayarit Beach Boogie 2013, a ten-day even that will take place February 14 - 24 at a new jump area that has recently opened to the public.
Punta Sayulita is pleased to invite you to attend a very special evening this Friday, February 15, with internationally acclaimed artist and Sayulita resident, Evelyne Boren. Known for her vibrant watercolors, Boren’s 4,500 paintings are now on display in private collections around the world.
The Vallarta Bird Conservancy announced this year's Bird Festival, to take place from March 7-10. It's mission, to promote conservation, education and awareness of tropical and migratory birds in Banderas Bay and Cabo Corrientes areas of Jalisco.
On Friday, February 22 at 8:30 pm, Melissa Castro Caviedes of Cartelera Escénica will provide visitors and locals with the unique opportunity of enjoying a celtic harp concert by Mexican harpist, Cynthia Valenzuela. The concert will take place at the Cecatur Auditorium in El Centro.
The Banderas Bay Red Cross has just announced their upcoming annual fundraising tournament. Now in its fourth edition, the event will take place on Saturday, February 16 at the Flamingos Golf Course.
It's rock Tuesdays for Los Bambinos, the very popular four-brother local band, now performing at Roxy Rock House on an ongoing basis, starting at 8 pm. Tickets are $200 pesos per person, pre-sale, and $250 pesos at the door.
Galeria Contempo is delighted to announce that Puerto Vallarta watercolorist Meg Munro is now showing at the gallery. Fresh, figurative and vibrant, Munro’s unique style has a sense of photo realism.
Billed informally as “the Rat Pack Rigoletto” the new production of Verdi’s masterpiece has been nodded favorably by New York critics and will be screened locally on Saturday, February 16, at noon, in Teatro Vallarta, as part of The MET: Live in HD series.
Ambos Galeria will host two printmaking demonstratios on Friday February 8 and 22 at 8 pm, in conjunction with their current art show Vida y Silencio, and the Friday night Southside Shuffle.
Entreamigos, a San Pancho, Riviera Nayarit-based non-profit community center that works to build bridges between cultures and community by creating educational opportunities for children and families, will be hosting their Fifth Annual Children’s Art Festival and Auction on Saturday, March 2, at 6 pm.
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.
