Jazz vocalist
Vocalist/lyricist/composer Candice Reyes performs with bassist Saul Ojeda and pianist Marc Fabbricatore at Casa Domenech on Saturday, October 1, 6 p.m.
An acclaimed Mexican-American jazz vocalist and recording artist originally from El Paso, Texas, Reyes currently resides in New Jersey with husband saxophonist Abel Mireles. Actively involved in the New York City jazz scene, she has released two solo albums, “Crossing Over” produced by Mack Goldsbury with Shade Records in 2014, and her latest album “Your Way” in 2018, which includes original compositions and arrangements produced by Mireles. Their title track single “Your Way” features the dynamic musical couple in action and captures “a refreshing artist processing the changes in life and identifying who she is, with a selection of significant melodies of original songs expressing her self-worth and vision.”
CCA art contest
The Centro Cultural Ajijic is holding an exhibition of previously unexhibited art inspired by Lake Chapala, with an inauguration Saturday, October 1. Prizes will be given for both professional and amateur artists.
LLT Comedy
Lakeside Little Theatre presents “The Revolutionists,” a comedy by Lauren Gunderson September 30 to October 9.
“Sometimes a revolution needs a woman’s touch.” Four passionate badass women strive to find Liberte Egalite and Sororite. This is a brutal, comedic quartet about very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.
Said the Cincinnati Enquirer: “A sassy, hold-on-to-your-seats theatrical adventure …wonderfully wild and raucous.”
Russell Mack directs Lynn Gutstadt, Kathleen Morris, Louise Ritchie and Patteye Simpson. Sally Jo Bartlett is the stage manager.
Weekday shows are at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday shows are at 4 p.m. Tickets, 350 pesos, are available at lakesidelittletheatre.com.
Traditional mariachi
The young musicians of Mariachi Tradicional Los Pitayeros, who have performed at the local, state, national and international level for a decade, seek to strengthen the identity of Jalisco through their music and dance.
The group gives a free concert at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo in Chapala, Sunday, October 2, 12:30 p.m. The group’s stated objective is to revive traditional Mexican music throughout Mexico, restoring its social function, re-signifying the meaning of the fandango — the main base of the traditional mariachi — not so much as a spectacle or show, but as an interaction between people. They aim to “achieve a true community through dance on the stage, where they share, learn and recreate; always taking into account the values of coexistence, identity, equality, respect, solidarity, teamwork and perseverance.”
Jazz at Cochera Cultural
The Cochera Cultural hosts the Andrei Chacón Quartet with Eleazar “Chuco” Soto on sax, Freddy Adrian on bass and Archie Salcedo on drums, Sunday, October 2, 7 p.m. Cost is 350 pesos. Reservations at info @cocheracultural.com.
Mask creations
La Bella Vida is holding fun and creative fall workshops in their garden, beginning with mask creations with Melody, Thursday, October 13, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Nichos for Day of the Dead, Thursday, October 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reserve space at 376-766-5131.
Lake Chapala Orchestra
From “Paris to London, a Musical Journey” is the next presentation by the Lake Chapala Orchestra, conducted by Michael Reason, Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22 at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, San Jorge 250 in Riberas del Pilar. Both shows are at 3 p.m. The program is “Suite Française” by Poulenc; “Pelleas et Melisande” by Fauré; “English Folk Song Suite” by Vaughan Williams; and “Symphony No. 104 ‘London’” by Haydn. Tickets, 300 pesos, are available 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..
Opera Guild
The first Metropolitan Opera HD Live screening at Movie Space Cinema in Ajijic in league with The Chapala Opera Guild, is the premiere of Luigi Cherubini’s masterpiece, “Medea,” starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Saturday, October 22, 11:55 a.m.
Radvanovsky sings Medea for the first time, taking on the tour-de-force role made famous by Maria Callas.
Joining Radvanovsky is tenor Matthew Polenzani, soprano Janai Brugger bass Michele Pertusi and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova.
The transmission is in Italian, with English subtitles, and is a gift of Elizabeth Shepard and Casa del Sol Inn. Reserved season and individual tickets are available daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the box office.
The Met’s 2022-2023 season in Ajijic of live movie theater transmissions features ten spectacular productions, including “La Traviata,” November 5; “The Hours, December 10; “Fedora,” January 14; “Lohengrin, March 18; “Falstaff,” April 1; “Der Rosenkavalier,” April 15; “Champion,” April 29; “Don Giovanni,” May 20 and “Die Zauberflote,” June 3.
In order to fund these transmissions, The Chapala Opera Guild must receive 11 transmission sponsors and 100 guild memberships by December 15, in order to meet its obligations to the Met Live in HD and Movie Space. The Guild is seeking commitments of 10,000 pesos for each live broadcast.
The Guild also seeks a mega-donor of 30,000 pesos to cover the overhead costs, including legal, accounting , desk fees, Internet and website fees.
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Oil painting class
Laura Villanueva will hold a master class, “Pintura alla prima” (Italian for “paint your first impression”), Saturday, October 29 at the Casa del Sol Inn in Ajijic.
The aim is to rapidly paint with oils, wet over wet, with the painting always fresh and spontaneous. The idea is to synthesize form and color without worrying too much about the drawing, detail or the time to dry the layers that traditional oil paintings take.
Villanueva has a 25-year career, with studies in design, painting and art education. She has held ten individual expositions and has shown in some 60-plus collective exhibits in Mexico and abroad.
For more information, call Elizabeth Shepard at 333-964-5320.