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Since 2009 the Nino Vallin Society has been working to promote chamber music in Guadalajara and showcase established and emerging talent. Under the direction of maestro Claudio Sotelo the society has programmed 14 concerts for 2012, all on Wednesday evenings and all at the Teatro Jaime Torres Bodet (España 2020, by the Niños Heroes monument).
Aside from an array of live performances, this year’s May Cultural Festival will also host three exhibitions of Quebec art.
The 15th Festival Cultural de Mayo kicks off Friday, May 11 and runs for the next 17 days.
Music fans of all ages lapped up concerts given by two legends of 1960s rock and pop: Sir Paul McCartney and the freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
To get an idea of the horror caused by the April 22, 1992 explosions in Guadalajara, head over to the Centro Cultural Patio Los Angeles (Cuautla and 28 de enero) in the Analco neighborhood of the city, near the old bus station (Central Viejo).
There will be more than 50 free open-air presentations by some of Quebec’s finest street circus artists and performers.
There’ll be plenty of drama happening during the Dia del Niño weekend – and we don’t just mean theatrics over gifts, candies and the like.
