Spiritual confab
A five-day peace and spiritual cultural exchange will soon be in full swing, as the Diálogo Multicultural Universal begins Wednesday, August 29 in downtown Guadalajara. The event will bring 140 speakers to the city to give talks on a host of topics on faith and globalization, religious inheritance, spirituality and religion, ecology, human rights and women and faith. There will also be workshops, ceremonies and art, music, dance and cinema expositions.
The event aims to promote peace and equality, open dialogues of unity, regardless of race, creed or social condition, and put forward solutions to the common problems of society. To that end, it will collect Buddhists, Catholics, nonreligious and others from different nations to explore these topics.
The program will count 14 presentations in English, including talks centered on women and faith by Ruth Broyde Sharone and Sande Hart.
It will all take place at the at the Museo de Arqueologia de Occidente in the old military barracks at Zaragoza 224 between San Felipe and Reforma, downtown.
Tickets are 1,500 pesos for the full 5-day treatment or 650 pesos per day. Contact Michelle Schild at (cell phone) (33) 3493 2536 for info.
Childish sculptures
The Instituto Cabañas Cultural is hosting a new exhibtiion by famed sculptor Rodo Padilla. “De los niños es el reino de los cielos” is a collection of 14 ceramic sculptures inspired by childhood and the growth from infancy to adolescence.
The exhibition is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until September 3. It is being held at Cabañas 8 in Plaza Tapatia, just off Avenida Hidalgo. Entry is free. Telephone: (33)3818-2800 (extension 3106).
Women directed porn
This isn’t your father’s pornography—it’s your mother’s. The Muestra Cine y Sexo: la Mirada Femenina (Cinema and Sex Show: the Feminine Perspective) will be making its way to Guadalajara from the capital next week. From August 27 to September 1, this unique festival will set up shop in the University of Guadalajara’s Cineforo, exclusively showing adult films helmed by female directors.
The brand new event arrives with the support of the National Council of Culture and Art (Conaculta) and the National Film Institute (Cineteca Nacional), among others. The cultural exchange kicked off this week in Mexico City, where it ran from August 20 to 26, and included academic roundtable discussions on pornographic expression.
The tapatío version will include a Q&A with director Ingrid Ryberg following the opening film in the series, “Dirty Diaries” at 8:10 p.m. Monday, August 27. Other directors highlighted by the festival include Candida Royalle, Tristan Taormino, Erika Lust, Liandra Dahl, Marir Östber and Jennifer Lyon Bell. Admission to the films is Cineforo’s usual 45 pesos. No minors. The Cineforo is located in the basement of the University of Guadalajara’s main administration building on Avenida Vallarta and Enrique Diaz de Leon. Check www.cineforo.udg.mx for a full schedule.