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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.
Pacific Paddle recently announced a stand-up paddle race, to take place on January 27 in Puerto Vallarta. The event is designed to introduce novices to the popular sport. Participate on a free clinic to try stand-up paddling for the first time, or refine your stroke just before the race.
Highlighting their work empowering women artists, Self magazine, a Condé Nast Publication, featured Faith Colectiva, a Puerto Vallarta shop, in its December issue.
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.
For the 13th straight year, Toys for Tots Vallarta distributed in excess of 8,000 toys to outlying towns and villages, from Nayarit to Cabo Corrientes and to inland mountains and valleys. More than 200 volunteers spent the day spreading smiles as they happily went looking for the neediest kids they could find.
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.
Riviera Nayarit has just announced three color-infused events to take place concurrently on January 23-25: the Chalk Walk, the Taste of Riviera Nayarit and the Handcrafts Fair, for the enjoyment of visitors and locals.
Join fellow feline supporters for the PuRR Project Happy Hour at Daiquiri Dick’s. The event will take place on Thursday, January 10, from 5:30 - 7:30pm, featuring live music by Jorge Acosta, cocktails and appetizers. Tickets are $300 in advance and $350 at the door, available at the restaurant.
After recently releasing their first three beers in December of 2012 (an amber ale, a chili ale, and a blonde), Los Muertos Brewing has just tapped their first beer of the new year - a Pale Ale strong enough to be considered an IPA by most beer enthusiasts.
The Kinsey Sicks Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet, celebrate their 20th anniversary year with a new musical taking on the cultural bludgeon of reality TV. This show opens January 13 and runs through January 23 at 8pm most nights.
Galleria Dante will commence their 2013 exhibition schedule with a show featuring works by Jesse Reno and Ignacio Guerrero, on Friday, January 11, with cocktails from 6 - 9 pm, as part of the Basilio Badillo Southside Shuffle.
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.
Vallarta Botanical Gardens is making preparation for Diversity Day 2013, Western Hoedown, a special day for Puerto Vallarta’s gay community and its friends, to celebrate the joys of the Gardens together in a full day of fun. The event, open to everyone 18 years old and older, will take place on Saturday, January 26.
The wait is over! After years in the making, the new Los Muertos Pier will open to the public for the first time this coming Friday, January 4, in a celebration that will take place 5:30 - 9 pm, according to Municipal Tourism Director, Carlos Gerard Guzmán. All are welcome to attend.
Casa de las Flores, a landmark, Vallarta-style home, will host a benefit art exhibition for the disabled children served by Pasitos de Luz, a local non-profit, on Wednesday, January 16, 4-7 pm. Guests can purchase art produced by the child artists of Pasitos de Luz, along with that of other artists.
Vallarta Botanical Gardens recently announced a photography exhibition featuring works by Mike Laking, a digital photo artisan who specializes in flowers. The exhibition will open on Wednesday, January 9 with a reception 11 am - 5 pm, and will continue on display throughout the rest of January.
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