This weekend is bonanza time for art lovers with the third annual Open Studios Tour offering endless opportunities to get behind the walls for close-up encounters with 59 local artists. Organized by the Ajijic Society of the Arts (ASA), the event runs Saturday, February 8 and Sunday, February 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for self-guided visits to 18 different locations.

Theater-lovers are in for a special treat with My, My, How Nice Productions’ presentation of Ivan Menchell’s 1990 comedy, “The Cemetery Club.”

If you feel like a laugh and some nostalgia on Valentine’s Day, head over to El Piano Rojo to see internationally acclaimed impersonator Michael Holmes in his riotous show, The Judy Show.

¡Viva La Música’s! presentation of The Three Sopranos at the Auditorio de la Ribera on January 23 with their selection of Songs of Latin America, was a great success.

The fourth play of Lakeside Little Theatre’s 49th season is Canadian Governor General’s 1981 Award winner,  ‘Blood Relations’ by Sharon Pollock. Transporting audiences back to Fall River, Massachusetts to examine the events surrounding the trial of Lizzie Borden, it raises the perpetual question — did she or didn’t she?

Plans are well advanced for the 11th annual Scotiabank Northern Lights Music Festival, which will take place in various Lakeside locations between February 17 and March 1.