‘One Man, Two Govnors’ postponed
Because of technical difficulties, Lakeside Little Theatre was unable to present the National Theatre Live performance of “One Man, Two Govnors.”
This show will now be presented January 4 and 5, 2020. If you wish to see the performance on one of the new dates, bring your ticket/stub and/or a copy of your email order to the LLT box office. To receive a refund, go to the LLT box office, open 10 a.m. to noon between December 4 and 14 (except December 8). Email: 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..
Spotlight Club
SeaSons, four Guadalajara-based musicians who hold dear and vibe with the tunes of great bands that flourished in the 1960’s, 70s and 80s, bring a concert of “happy musical memories” to The Spotlight Club, Friday and Saturday, November 29 and 30, 7 p.m. SeaSons goes one step further than just performing their favorite songs. The experience is a celebration of the music that they love in a carefully crafted non-stop show. They set you on a journey through iconic melodies, carried by four interweaving voices, united onstage in harmony and joy. Tickets are 300 pesos.
Aunt and Uncle Jazz perform a special Christmas show, Thursday, December 12, 7 p.m. Tickets are 300 pesos.
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Dance
Style Dance Company from Tonala presents “Cabareto” by Adrian Arce under the direction of Daniel Perez, Sunday, December 1, 6 p.m. at the Auditorio de la Ribera. Tickets, 220 pesos, are available at superboletos.com or by calling 331-515-4100.
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There are still a few tickets available for the Lake Chapala Community Orchestra’s Music for Art concert, Monday, December 2, 3 p.m. at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church
This concert is in association with the Ajijic Society of the Arts and pairs a diverse selection of orchestral music with works by local artists. The orchestra will perform pieces by Beethoven, Borodin and Tchaikovsky and local vocalist Abby Rivera will perform much loved songs including “Memory” and “The Look of Love.” In addition, the concert will feature the talented students of “Violines de Casa” coached by LCCO violinist Christopher Martin.
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Los Cantantes del Lago
Los Cantantes del Lago choristers present their holiday concert, “A Rose in Winter,” Tuesday, December 3, 7 p.m. and Wednesday, December 4, 4 p.m. at the Auditorio de la Ribera. Wonderful music fills this concert, including pieces by John Rutter, Eric Whitacre, Craig Hella Johnson and Ola Gjeilo. This season’s concert features the Janus Quartet, which includes former Los Cantantes singer Areli Medeles.
The guest director for this concert, Ken Turner, comes to Lakeside from San Antonio, Texas, where he directed for many years what were considered to be among the finest high school choruses in the state. His program for “A Rose in Winter” is varied and has layers of the symbolism of roses from Aphrodite to the Virgin Mary, to the rose being a symbol of love and hope in today’s world.
Tickets, 250 pesos, are available at Diane Pearl, Mia’s Boutique, from any chorister or via 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..">.
LLT main stage event
The December Lakeside Little Theatre production is a combination of two one-act comedies: “The Real Inspector Hound” and “After Magritte,” by Tom Stoppard, directed by Randy Warren and assisted by Suki O’Brien. Show dates are December 6-15.
The first comedy, “The Real Inspector Hound,” is a play within a play merging two second-rate critics and a cliché-ridden whodunit filled with multiple surprises, murderous lunatics, and melodramatic lechery. A classic of the English comic tradition, this play weaves together parody, pastiche and punning to create a wonderfully entertaining and ingenious one-act comedy. It’s part send-up of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” and part dig at the pomposity and self-importance of theater critics.
The second play, “After Magritte,” is an absurdist, surrealist and comic one-act play with a kooky trio: Scotland Yard, a minstrel show and a tuba!
The first Saturday and both Sundays are matinees, 4 p.m., and the evening shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, 300 pesos, are available at the LLT box office, 10 a.m. to noon, every Wednesday and Thursday and every day for the run of the December Mainstage show one hour before curtain – except Sunday. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 376-766-0954.
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Exhibitions
An exhibit of works in pastel by artist Judy Miller and a retrospective of Xill Fessenden’s photographs opens Saturday, December 7, 5 p.m., with a cocktail and botanas at the Centro Cultural Ajijic.
Bravo! Christmas
“Every Christmas Story Ever Told” is Bravo! Theatre’s take on a Christmas play to end all Christmas plays. The curtains rise daily, Monday December 9 through Sunday, December 15. Four shows are at 7:30 p.m. and the Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday shows are at 4 p.m.
Tickets, 300 pesos, are available at Diane Pearl, Mia’s Boutique or via 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..">.
Local young talent
The CREM Regional Center for Music Studies is presenting a Winter Concert Saturday, December 14, 7 p.m. at the Auditorio de la Ribera. The school’s choir and orchestra under the direction of Emmanuel Medeles will perform. Tickets, 200 pesos are available at Diane Pearl, Dental del Lago and the Auditorio.
Christmas murder mystery
Christmas will never be the same. There has been a murder at the Mid-Trimming Manor, otherwise known as Janelle’s Restaurant. Who did it? Cast members are, from left, Zane Pumiglia, Chris L’Ecluse, Donna Blackburn, Kelly Morrow, Pam Pettus and Mark Gulko. This murder mystery is presented in an old-style radio show format, and Christmas music, sometimes off-key, is performed by the Mid-Trimming Carol Singers. It may be a good idea to have your vocal cords at the ready. Shows are Wednesday, December 18, and Thursday, December 19, and include a sumptuous Christmas diner, all for 350 pesos. Tickets are available at Janelle’s, Mia Boutique and Diane Pearl’s.
Christmas Concert
The Kin Quartett, four young musicians from Guadalajara, perform a concert of classical Christmas music including Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, Saturday December 21, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 22, 4 p.m. at the Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT). Playing first violin is Marianna Hermosillo; Brenda Galvan Gonzalez is second violin; the viola is played by Juan Carlos Munez; and Areli Medelez is on cello. All these musicians attended the Festival del Lago Academy last summer. Their teacher and coach, Christopher Wilshire, will perform the solo for the Bach concerto. There will also be traditional popular Mexican music and Christmas carols.
Proceeds from these concerts will be shared with the Festival del Lago Academy. Tickets, 300 pesos, are available at the LLT box office, 10 a.m. to noon, every Wednesday and Thursday and every day for the run of the December Mainstage show one hour before curtain, except Sunday. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 376-766-0954.