Bravo one-day show
Catherine Clarkson presents the world premier of “Mr. and MissAdventure” at the Bravo! Theatre Sunday, January 15, 4 p.m.
Clarkson is a classically trained singer (with rock and jazz experience as well) and seasoned actor from the Niagara, Canada area. She is looking forward to displaying her talents for a Lakeside audience.
The story revolves around a trip to Puerto Vallarta that was fraught with the titular MissAdventures. The script is hysterical – a fun way to spend a late Sunday afternoon. Tickets, 100 pesos, can be reserved at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or purchased at the door Come early and claim seats and a drink – stay afterward to give the auteur and actress some feedback in a post show talk-back session.
Jazz Greats encore
Tickets are still available for the Jazz Greats concerts at the Auditorio de la Ribera Saturday, January 14, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 15, 2:30 p.m.
Canada’s renowned horn player Guido Basso will lead Mike Murley on sax, Reg Schwager on guitar, Steve Wallace on bass, Ben Riley on drums and vocalist Heather Bambrick in two distinct concert programs.
For tickets, 350 pesos, contact Dawn McGinnis at (376) 766-2030 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
All proceeds support Programa Pro Niños Incapacitados del Lago. Learn more about the charity that helps local children battling serious disabilities and life threatening illnesses at www.programaninos.com.
Mama’s Grammy’s
Mama’s Bar holds its first annual Grammy Awards, Tuesday, January 17, 5:30 p.m. Come in your best formal attire to walk down the red carpet. Mama’s is located at Gonzalez Gallo 86 in San Antonio (behind iShop), tel. 766-2674.
Live from the Met
Viva La Musica sponsors bus trips to Teatro Diana in Guadalajara to view productions of Live from the Met. Saturday, January 21 “Romeo and Juliet” by Gounod is featured; February 25, “Rusalka” by Dvorak; March 11 “La Traviata” by Verdi; March 25 “Idomeneo” by Mozart. April 22 “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky, and May 13 “Der Rosencavalier” by R. Strauss.
Bus tickets, 400 pesos (500 for non-Viva members), are available at LCS on Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon.
Fiber Art
The Kindred Quilters, a local fiber art collective, will be holding their fourth annual Fiber Art Show on Saturday, January 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new location for the show will be Paseo de los Veleros 73 in La Floresta. These eight women each work with different emphasis and style ranging from traditional quilt making to abstract fiber art, to the creation of fiber for weaving. Members have exhibited work throughout Mexico and the United States, as well as Brazil, Argentina, France, Russia, England and Switzerland.
Galeria Sol Mexicano
Lake Chapala Painting Guild artist Anita Lee will give free oil painting demos on January 19 and 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Galeria Sol Mexicano, Colon 13, Ajijic.
Singers needed
Los Cantantes del Lago rehearsals begin this month for the spring concert, “Spring Fever.” The choral group will sing “live” music with piano, drums and trumpet. Enjoy singing disco, Beach Boys and a lot of other period music. Only two rehearsals per week (Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 5:30 p.m.) and two exciting concerts. See www.loscantantesdellago.com to join or contact director, Tim Welch, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
“Mr. Green” reprise
The Bravo! Theatre will reprise “Visiting Mr. Green,” directed by Jayme Littlejohn and starring Roger Larson and Ken Yakiwchuk. This is an endearing play about the unlikely friendship between an old Jewish man and a young Jewish man – each with a secret.
Show dates are January 21, 27 and 28, at 7:30 p.m., and January 22, 29 and 30, at 4 p.m. Tickets, 250 pesos, available at Diane Pearl, Mia’s Boutique or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Mexican Extravaganza
Enjoy the color and magic of Mexican culture at the benefit for Cruz Roja Chapala, Saturday, January 21, 4-7 p.m., hosted by the owners of Rancho Cortijo, located on the western outskirts of Ajijic.
The spectacle will include performances the Ballet Folklorico de Guadalajara, a mariachi band, songstress Lupita Jiménez and a local charro with his high-stepping dancing horse. The admission donation of 1,500 includes bar drinks, cold cut platters and gourmet desserts. Proceeds go towards paying off the bill for a newly acquired Red Cross ambulance.
Miss Conception
Toronto’s Kevin Levesque brings his Miss Conception drag queen persona to lakeside once again with his new show Immaculate Collection, Saturday, January 21, 6 p.m. at the Auditorio de la Ribera.
Opening for Miss Conception is Ajijic’s own Sydney Gay in “A Girl Named Gay.”
This show, sponsored by That’s Entertainment Ajijic, is a fundraiser for Ajijic Cares, an organization that seeks to bring to bring awareness of HIV/AIDS to the lakeside community and to recognize World Aids Day
Tickets from Jose Melendrez, Diane Pearl, Wildes and vallartatickets.com.
Naked Stage
The Naked Stage Readers’ Theatre will feature Roseann Wilshere, Tony Wilshere, Damyn Young and Pierre Blackburn in their next production, “The December Man,” January 27-29 in a benefit for the Cruz Roja Chapala.
The play by Colleen Murph and directed by Lynn Phelan is a riveting, suspenseful drama of courage, survival, heroism and despair. Survival guilt affects all it touches, and is vividly and honestly depicted in this piece. The suggested donation for the show is now 100 pesos, of which any profit is donated to Cruz Roja.
Lake Chapala Chorale
The Lake Chapala Chorale is issuing an open invitation to local singers to audition for a chance to join the already highly successful vocal ensemble.
There’s no need to read music, according to director Cindy Paul, since all the parts are online for comfy home study. Everyone auditioning is welcome to come before any rehearsal between 2:15 and 2:45 p.m. on Fridays at the Little Chapel, just east of the Chula Vista Golf Club on the highway.
Piano concert
Viva La Muscia hosts a musical matinee “Dancing in the Moonlight” with international award-winning pianist Michael Tsalka in the home of Blair Ferguson Thursday, January 26, 4 p.m. Tsalka will play a program of pieces by Chopin, Beethoven, Debussy, Manuel de Falla and others. A champagne reception begins at 4 p.m., followed by the concert at 5 p.m. Tickets are 450 and 500 pesos and available at Mia’s Boutique, the Lake Chapala Society, Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon, or through Rosemary Keeling at 766-1801. Address is on the ticket.
JPO bus trips
Viva la Musica hosts bus trips for the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra concerts next month. Sunday February 5, Gershwin piano concerto, “Porgy & Bess,” and Bernstein’s “West Side Story.” Thursday, February 9, Shostakovich piano concerto No. 1 and Liszt’ “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1”. Sunday, February 19, “The Piper of Hamelin,” with the Ballet de Jalisco. Sunday, February 26, Berlioz’ “Symphonie Fantastique.”
Bus tickets, 450 pesos (550 for non-Viva members), are available at the Lake Chapala Society on Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon.