The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Ajijic musician and composer Victor Manuel Medeles was a fellow of the State Council for Culture and the Arts (CECA) when he was commissioned by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA) to create a center for musical education on the banks of Lake Chapala. He founded the non-profit Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales music academy (CREM) in 1990.
Let your holiday spirits get a large boost from the huge array of special events encompassed in the Festival Navideño organized by Chapala’s culture office and the monthly agenda of programs scheduled at the Jalisco Culture Ministry’s Auditorio de la Ribera.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Russian soprano Svetlana Ilchenko performs Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, French classics and other genres of music with piano accompaniment at St. Remy du Lac (at Casa Tres Leones). The four-course gala ginner, including a welcome cocktail, is at 6 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7 p.m.
Most of the dancing in Lakeside Little Theatre’s production of “Stepping Out” is absolutely terrible! And that’s exactly what director Ann Swiston intended!
Art lovers won’t want to miss Perspectivas de Ajijic, a collective show honoring 16 of the area’s most celebrated working artists, opening Saturday November 21, 5 to 8 p.m., at the Centro Cultural de Ajijic (CCA).
Chapala’s Ricky Granna earned first place honors and a cash award of 5,000 pesos for “Elemento Tradicional,” the painting he created during the the Day of the Dead art contest sponsored by the municipal Department of Culture.
An exciting season of top cabaret and musical entertainment from El Piano Rojo Productions in Puerto Vallarta is planned for November through March at the Auditorio de la Ribera.
