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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.
Time flies when you're having fun. In all of 2012, we researched and produced 180 news items that we shared with you, our faithful reader, through 47 email newsletters. Take a look at the stories you found most interesting throughout the year.
What are Vallarta Lifestyles Newsletter readers interested in reading about? We have taken the top, most-read story from each of the 47 newsletters we sent you in 2011 and assigned them all to broad topic-based categories. The results, while not completely surprising, were good to learn in detail!
Galería Contempo has just announced a cocktail reception for artist/photographer Cathy Chalvignac, to take place Friday, December 28, 6 - 10 pm. The artist has been fascinated with indigenous people throughout her life, and will be available to discuss her work, as she displays her latest canvases.
Enjoy a 360º panoramic view of Los Mercados and learn about an exciting Spanish wine tasting event taking place there, hosted by Cork+Bottle's wine connoisseur, Nina Goodhope.
Guadalajara artist Hugo Barajas will be present during two cocktail receptions at Galería Pacífico, December 26 and January 2, for an exhibition of his latest works, a series of abstract faces. The exhibition will feature a selection of the artist’s most recent canvases and fused glass pieces.
Marina Riviera Nayarit is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Taste Of La Cruz event to be held Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Malecon and Xiriki Amphitheater of the marina. This year’s event will benefit two local organizations and is presently seeking participants.
The Palm Cabaret and Bar will play host to the very popular cabaret artists Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen, known around the world as “Amy and Freddy”, starting Friday, December 21 at 10pm and continuing through January 7, 2013. Their holiday show “How the Diva Stole Christmas” will be featured December 21, 23 and 24.
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.
The popular Condé Nast Traveler Magazine has released this year’s Gold List, featuring “the world’s best places to stay.” Founded in 1987, the travel publication surveys its readers on an annual basis on the world’s best hotels, resorts and cruise lines. The good news is: it was an excellent year for Mexico.
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.
VirtualVallarta.com has decided to put an end to an annual tradition, the Readers’ Choice Poll. It was in 2002 that Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group began polling locals and visitors on their favorite restaurants, inspired by similar efforts organized by important destination publishing houses in the US and Canada.
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.
“The earth’s current rate of extinction is greater than at any other time since the dinosaurs disappeared around 65 million years ago,” begins an article by Carlos Alcos, recently published in the hugely popular Matador Network. Learn about the Humpback Whale, an endangered species that can be sighted locally.
30 down, 137 to go. That is the number of highway kilometers already finished and waiting to be constructed in order to reach completion of the shortened toll highway from Jala, Nayarit, to Puerto Vallarta.
This year's annual Pet Picnic at Daiquiri Dick's is right around the corner. Now in it's seventh edition, the Pet Picnic is the ideal event for dogs and their human owners, and will take place on Saturday, December 8, starting at 11 am. Tickets are $275 pesos in advance, $300 at the door.
December is considered Argentine Tango Month, worldwide. Important events will take place locally to mark this celebration at Puerto Vallarta's Malecón on Thursday, December 13 and Saturday, December 15, for all visitors and locals to enjoy.
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!
