The recent works of painter Adriana Perez Cadena – including this piece titled “Impression in movement” – will be shown at Galeria Gecko (Ocampo 6, Ajijic), with an opening reception scheduled for Saturday, June 8, 5-8 p.m. Wine and snacks will be offered.
The exhibit will be up until July 8.
VIVA
Talented concert pianist Rosa Maria Valdez performs at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church on Sunday, June 16, 4 p.m. – the perfect opener for VIVA la Musica’s summer concert series.
Valdez, who has soloed with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, has planned a program of lovely, accessible music, starting with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s “Solfeggio” and Beethoven’s piano sonata “Quasi una fantasia.”
After the intermission, Valdez will continue to enchant with a Chopin Nocturne, a Debussy Arabesque and two works by Mexican composers: Manuel Ponce’s popular “Scherzino Mexicano” and “Song without Words” by Alfredo Carrasco.
Her finale will be Franz Liszt’s concert study, “A sigh,” or more musically put in Spanish “Un suspiro.”
During the intermission there will be a cash bar in the garden with champagne, as well as the usual drinks.
Tickets are on sale at the Lake Chapala Society from June 7 through June 14, 10 a.m. to noon, and at Diane Pearl Colleciones. Tickets are 200 pesos for Viva members, 300 pesos general, with a great offer of a 20-percent discount for the entire series of five concerts for only 800 pesos for VIVA members.
To join VIVA call Ann Barry at 766-2942.
Photos of Cuba
The exhibit “Cuba Today – Street Photography” by Jorge A. Santana will open at the Ajijic Cultural Center with a reception on Saturday, June 22, 4-7 p.m.
After 40 years of teaching Hispanic culture and Spanish at the university level, Santana retired to begin a “creative phase.” Photography and videography have always interested him, as he has led more than 50 travel-study groups abroad, always with a camera in hand. His first images were exhibited in the 2011 Viewpoint Photographic Art Center exhibition titled “Parallels.”
The exhibition will remain in place until July 11.
For the Lake
A summer benefit concert to aid the recovery of Lake Chapala takes place Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Casa Collignon (Paseo de las Brisas 45, La Floresta).
Headlining the event will be acclaimed countertenor Santiago Cumplido. Also on the bill are the Zapopan Choir and a jazz combo.
Scheduled events are as follows:
10:30 a.m. & noon – Classes in Hatha Yoga
1 p.m. – Concert by the Zapopan Choir
2-4 p.m. – Dinner and live guitar music.
4 p.m. – Presentations of projects to benefit Lake Chapala
5-7 p.m. – Auction and raffle
7 p.m. – Concert by countertenor Santiago Cumplido
9 p.m. – Exhibition of Arco Yoga and music.
Tickets are 250 pesos each and guarantee access to all the concerts, a raffle ticket and participation in the day’s events. They are on sale now at Farmacia Unica in Plaza Montana or call 766-0533 or (cel.) 333-190-0010.
Terra Nova
Don’t miss the sixth edition of “Terra Fest,” a show put on by the students of the Terra Nova School, on Friday, June 14, 6-8:30 p.m.
All of the students will participate, whether dancing, singing or acting. Admission is free.
Terra Nova is located at Rio Lerma 19 in Rancho del Oro.
Naked Stage
Next up for the Naked Stage Minimalist Reader’s Theater is “Occupant” by Edward Alby.
The story is an interview of a famous sculptress who has been dead for 30 years. It stars Pat Carrol and Jertiza McCarter. Betty Lloyd Robinson is directing. Performance dates are Friday, June 21; Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, 4 p.m.
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Gonzalez Gallo
Several first-class presentations are scheduled at the Gonzalez Gallo Cultural Center in Chapala this month.
- Classical guitar duo David Mosqueda and Winfried Kellner play works by De Falla, Rodrigo, Mertz, Grandos and others on Thursday, June 13, 6 p.m. The donation is 50 pesos to be used for the kids’ summer program at the center.
- The Festival of Harps, Psalteries and Other Acoustic Instruments takes over the center on Tuesday, June 18, from 6 to 10 p.m.
- Soprano Myriam Villafuerte, lyric tenor Jesus Cortes, dramatic tenor Alessandro Distaffano and pianist Carlos Arellano present a program titled “La Lirica Bohemia” on Sunday, June 23, 12:30 p.m.
You will find the Cultural Center (the old train station) at Avenida Gonzalez Gallo 1500 in Chapala.
Fiesta!
Tickets are going fast for the “Spectacular Fiesta Mexicana” set for Saturday, June 15 on the Ajijic plaza.
Organizers hope the event will raise the remaining 40,000 pesos needed for the completion of the Miguel Miramontes statue, recently donated to the Ajijic Cultural Center. The gala event will feature dance troupes Son de Mexico and the new Sones de Ajijic, which will be making its debut. Both troupes are directed by Luis Guzman.
The schedule is:
6 p.m. – Welcome cocktail and “banda songs’ with a sayaca performer.
6:30 p.m. – Dinner
7:15 p.m. – Mariachi music
8 p.m. – Son de Mexico interprets regional colonial dances. Followed by Sones de Ajijic dancing to music from Jalisco. Ajijic Cultural Center Director Efren Gonzalez will join in the finale.
Dinner will be a Mexican buffet of pozole, tamales and tostadas. The raffles will be held with the event tickets.
Tickets cost 300 pesos and are available at the Efren Gonzalez Gallery (Marcos Castellanos 7, Ajijic), La Nueva Posada, Actinver Ajijic and the Cultural Center. The ticket entitles the holder to a free margarita.
This is a great way to get out, enjoy some Mexican culture and support the Ajijic Cultural Center.