Rebecca Ford photos
A unique opportunity to own one of Rebecca Ford´s framed art photographs from her travels throughout Mexico and the world.
Independencia 27, Ajijic Centro. Open weekly, Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 3 to 6 p.m.
Classic del Toro
Guillermo del Toro’s “El Laberinto de Fauno” (in Spanish) shows Wednesday, 6 p.m. at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes de la Ribera. Free tickets at the door.
LLT meet and greet
Lakeside Little Theatre is opening its doors Sunday, June 18 for a meet and greet event. If you’ve never been to LLT, this is a perfect introduction to the theater and to volunteering opportunities in the community. LLT is a local nonprofit and has been providing Ajijic with fun and exciting theater since 1965. Come for an afternoon of live music, a cash bar and to see how the magic is made. Allen W. Lloyd Drive, San Antonio Tlayacapan.
LLT auditions
Auditions for “Jesus Christ Superstar” are Thursday and Friday, June 22 and 23. Registration 1 p.m. and auditions 1:30 p.m. Directors Ann Swiston and Dave McIntosh are looking for lead role singers: eight men and one women. Ensemble song and dance auditions will be held in October. For music and audition details, email 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..
Mata Ortiz pottery class
Diane Pearl Galeria Arts and Activity Center (Santa Margarita 23 in Riberas del Pilar) is holding a class with Mata Ortiz pottery masters Jose Loya and Ana Peña, June 20-23, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is 2,000 pesos. Reserve at 376-766-5683.
Art Auction
Efren Gonzalez will hold an art auction in benefit of Sergio Unzueta Flores, Thursday, June 22, 4:40 p.m. on the forecourt of the Ajijic Cultural Center. Bid on art by local and Guadalajara artists.
Bare Stage Theatre
“Exit Laughing” by Paul Elliot is Bare Stage’s next production, with show dates Friday to Sunday, June 23 to 25.
When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night out with the girls what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies?
If you’re Connie, Leona and Millie, three southern ladies from Birmingham, you do the most daring thing you’ve ever done. You “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper, and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’re truly living.
Roxanne Rosenblatt directs Sally Jo Bartlett, Linda Freeman, Pamela Johnson, Kathleen Pharis and Ken Yakiwchuk.
Curtain rises at 4 p.m. Tickets, 200 pesos, are available 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..
Bare Stage is 261 on the mountain side of the Carretera in Riberas del Pilar across from the Catholic Church. Door and bar open at 3 p.m. Seats are held until 3:50 p.m. The auditorium curtains will be open for air flow. Facebook/barestagetheatre2018, but use the gmail address above for reservations.
Free classical concert
The Lake Chapala Orchestra is delighted to offer a free concert by the Kanus Quartet, four of its talented young string players, at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Saturday June 24, 3 p.m.
The concert is a way of thanking the community for donating to the orchestra’s fundraising campaign to provide a travel bursary for the quartet’s upcoming participation in the Virtuoso and Belcanto Music Festival being held in Lucca, Italy July 17 to 30. The campaign raised over 30,000 pesos.
Brenda Galvin, Mariana Hermosillo, Luis Barrios and Isaac Reynega, performing as the Kanus Quartet, will be representing Mexico as some of the finest young musicians in the State of Jalisco.
The concert will feature works by Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovitch and is open to anyone who would like to hear these amazing musicians.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church, 250 San Jorge, Riberas del Pilar. Free admission and no need to reserve.
LLT cocktail party
Lakeside Little Theatre President Brian Mattes is holding a cocktail party to benefit LLT, Sunday, June 25, 5 to 8 p.m. at his home, El Tempisque 13 in Ajijic. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and live music by Christy Carter Caldwell, Kristine Handgen, Brian Mathers, Johannys Jimenez-Hartog, Soffia Ramirez, Eleazar Soto, Robert Thieme and Doug Botnick in one of Ajijic’s most beautiful homes. Festive cocktail attire is recommended. Proceeds will be used for a new light control board, microphones, a smoke machine and other hardware needed for future shows. Tickets, 3,000 pesos, are available at lltmex.sales.ticketsearch.com.
BRAVO! Zarzuela concert
Tenor Ricardo Calderón (right) and pianist Timothy G. Ruff Welch present a concert of pieces by Spanish composers and zarzuelas, “Con Amores a España,” Saturday, July 8, 4 p.m. at BRAVO! Theatre in Riberas del Pilar. Two of these pieces will be world premieres and the program is the same that Calderón will be performing next month at an important festival in Spain. Tickets, costing 550 pesos, can be reserved 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..
Summer Art Camp
The LCS Children’s Art Program is holding its annual Art Camp running from August 7 to 11, from 10 a.m. to noon each day. This popular community event usually attracts more than 120 local kids to various art workshops held over the five-day span. This year, Art Camp is offering 11 workshops including different painting media, sketching, mosaics, pottery, and corn husk flower making; plus a workshop for children aged five and under. If you would like to volunteer to help in a workshop and/or donate supplies, contact the program manager, Danielle Pagé, 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..