CREM chamber orchestra
Emmanuel Medeles directs the Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (CREM music school) chamber orchestra performing “Two Years, Eight Seasons in a Single Night,” featuring music by Vivaldi and Piazzolla, with soloist Maya Kilburn on violin, Friday, July 26, 7 p.m. at the Culture and Arts Center auditorium in La Floresta.
Jayme’s last hurrah!
“Lots Of Letters” will be Jayme Littlejohn’s last production at The BRAVO! Theatre before a new group takes the reins. The show is Tuesday and Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m. and July 31, 5 p.m. The letters include: the absolute best letter ever written to a pet; an unusual alternative to bran and the potential side effects; a sweet 97-year-old’s thank you letter; a letter to Hitler; a letter from Elvis to President Nixon; and a letter about five accidents in two minutes. Actors Brian Mathers, John Ward, Roxy Rosenblatt, Damyn Young, Suki O’Brien, Kathleen Pharis, Sally Jo Bartlett, Val Jones, Amy Stackhouse and Jayme Littlejohn bring these letters to life.
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Travesia Musical
Pianists Hangyu Bai from Nanjin, China and Efrain Daniel Ulloa from Jalisco play a four-hand piano concert with traditional music from Mexico and China, Friday, August 2, 7 p.m. at the Culture and Arts Center auditorium in La Floresta.
Children’s art sale
The LCS Summer Art Camp (July 29 to August 2) holds a sale of the unique artworks created by talented local children’s during the camp, Saturday, August 3, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lake Chapala Society.
Exhibit
Contemporary Mexican painters from Revista Arte Mio open an exhibit at the Centro Cultural Ajiic, Saturday, August 3.
National Theatre Live
“Dear England,” a new play by James Graham, will be screened at Lakeside Little Theatre, Saturday and Sunday, August 10 and 11, 4 p.m. Tickets, 350 pesos, available 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..
Auditions
• Auditions are being held for the musical comedy, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” at the Bravo Theatre. It will be directed by Suki O’Brien, with musical direction by Timothy G. Ruff Welch. Audition dates are August 9 and 10. Performances are November 15-24. To arrange an audition appointment, 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.. If you are unavailable August 9 and 10, you can request alternate dates.
• Dance auditions for “Movies and Icons: A Dance and Song Extravaganza,” a charity benefit for the International Festival del Lago Academy of Music to be held in March 2025, are on Monday, August 12, noon, at the Dance Studio on the 3rd floor of Plaza Bugambilias. Contact roy_at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
LLT and CREM
Las Voces de CREM, the students of the Ajijic Music School, present two concerts featuring the children’s, youth and adult choruses at the Lakeside Little Theatre Friday, August 16, 7 p.m. and Saturday, August 17, 4 p.m. This is a benefit to support ongoing CREM operations and their October presentation of “The Sound of Music.” Tickets, 250 pesos, are available LLT’s box office July 20 and 21 between 3 and 4 p.m. or August 5 before the Festival del Lago concert (4 to 5 p.m.) and one hour before the August 16 and 17 concerts.
Chamber choir
Las Voces del Lago presents Nova Lux in its premiere concert on Friday, August 23 at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church. The 16-voice chamber choir will offer unforgettable choral music from the Spanish Renaissance, along with other beautiful a cappella classics. Tickets, 300 pesos, available 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..">.
Artists of Lake Chapala
ALC will hold its first Art Market at the Garden of Dreams (GOD), Constitucion 105, Ajijic, September 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each exhibitor must be a new member of ALC and have paid their yearly dues before the show, which can be paid at the monthly meetings on August 5 and September 2, 11 a.m. at LCS, or at the third Thursday celebrations August 15 and September 19, 4 p.m. at Elegante Restaurant, Constitucion 59, Ajijic, or by contacting 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..
To register to exhibit, go to artistsoflakechapala. org/art-markets, or contact BJ Hardin at 650-400-8481, 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.. The fee is 200 pesos for a 6’X8’ booth or 350 pesos for a 10’X10’ booth. Tents are available from GOD for 400 pesos.
Lake Chapala Orchestra
The Lake Chapala Orchestra will present An Afternoon with Gustav Mahler featuring Soprano Janeene Williams, under the baton of Michael Reason, Saturday, August 17, with concerts at 2 and 4:30 p.m. at Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Riberas del Pilar.Tickets, 350 pesos, are available at LCCOtickets@gmail .com.