Free concerts
CREM, Lakeside’s regional music school, is playing free concerts each Saturday, 6 p.m. in different Lakeside barrios.
May 5, CREM plays at the Chapala plaza, May 11 at San Juan Cosala plaza and May 18 at the Ajijic plaza. The school gives classes to Lakeside students in violin, piano, cello, guitar, saxophone, flute, transversal, clarinet, viola and song.
Auditions
The Naked Stage Readers Theatre is holding auditions for “A Doll’s House, Part 2”, Wednesday, May 9, 2 p.m. at the theater. Director Lila Wells is looking for three women and one man.
The play by Lucas Hnath picks up after Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” concludes. The play begins with a knock on the door – the same door that was slammed shut 15 years earlier when Nora exited at the end of Ibsen’s play. Nora has returned, and it is she who is knocking. After leaving her husband, children, and the nursemaid, Nora became a successful feminist novelist. The reason for her return is to finalize a divorce from Torvald; she needs him to sign the legal papers. Nora is questioned about what she has been doing – the family thought she might have been dead – and the family and the nursemaid express their recriminations of her. The play received eight 2017 Tony Award nominations. Performance dates are June 29, 30 and July 1. Scripts and information are available from Wells 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..
Film Aficionados
Lake Chapala Society members can take advantage of Film Aficionados screenings each Thursday at 2 p.m.
On May 10, “The Distinguished Citizen” (El Ciudadano Ilustre) will be shown. In this 2017 film from Argentina, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature who has been living in Europe for decades,
accepts an invitation to receive an award in his native Argentina. (113 minutes.)
Theater workshop
The Centro Cultural Ajijic will offer an introduction to theater workshop in Spanish starting Saturday, May 12, running each Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. Edgar Cueto will present thecourse, which will cover theory, history, acting methods, methodology, body, voice and emotion, concentration, relaxation before the scene and improvisation.
Cueto has a degree in Artes Escenicas para la Expresion Teatral from the University of Guadalajara, as well as six years’ experience in theater as a dramaturgist, producer, director and actor. For more information, call the center at (376) 766-2373.
Stepping Out
Enjoy great music at some of Lakeside’s best eateries and night spots this weekend.
Friday, May 4
The Snow Trio will perform jazz, standards and world music at LA 133 in San Antonio Tlayacapan from 6:15 p.m.
The Jazz Duet gets an early start at Huerto Cafe in Riberas del Pilar from 11:30 a.m.
Green Clover plays classic rock 9:30 p.m. at Iron Horse Saloon in Riberas del Pilar.
Jonathan and Los Traficantes de Ritmo keep the tunes flowing at Adelita’s Bar and Grill from 8:30-11 p.m.
Amy Santos is accompanied by Paco Casas on guitar at Manix from 7-9 p.m.
Daniel Tejada tinkles the ivories at Roberto’s on the Carretera from 6-9 p.m.
Rodrigo Leal is at the piano at St. Remy du Lac in West Ajijic from 7-9 p.m.
Saturday, May 5.
Tenor Jose Abel performs classics from Mexican composers at La 133 in San Antonio from 6:30 p.m.
Beto Moreno is at Los Telares in Ajjic from 4-6 p.m.
The Lucas Cover band play at Funky Finn’s in San Antonio from 8 p.m.
Javier Raygoza plucks the harp with two guitarists featuring Mexican music at La Bodega in Ajijic from 5 p.m.
Ernesto Hernandez plays flamenco guitar at Adelitas in San Antonio from 8:30 p.m.
Los Tres Amigos are featured at Roberto’s playing cumbias from 7-10 p.m.
La Patrona plays classic rock at the Iron Horse from 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 6
Listen to romantic violin music at Food Lake Container in Ribera del Pilar every Sunday, 4 p.m.
The Jazz Prophets with Mike Fortier on vocals is up at El Bar-Co beginning 5 p.m.
Daniel Cordero gets you in the mood early at the Iron Horse, 3 p.m.