Bare Stage Theatre
Don’t miss “Death of a Salesman,” Arthur Miller’s award-winning masterpiece. Since its 1949 premiere, it has been revived on Broadway five times and adapted into ten film versions.
Bare Stage Theatre brings this iconic drama to life under the direction of Rosann Balbontin. Performances run Friday to Sunday, July 25–27, at 4 p.m. at San Lucas 19 in Riberas del Pilar. The venue now features air conditioning and hearing assist devices.
Tickets are 200 pesos and can be reserved by emailing: 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..">.
LCS Art Camp sale
Nearly 200 enthusiastic children filled the LCS Art Camp campus, participating in 14 engaging workshops—including watercolor, textile art, drawing, crochet, embroidery, literature and photography. See their creativity and energy on display at the art sale and exhibition, Saturday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Exhibits
Art from about a dozen artists from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, will be displayed, Friday, July 25, at La Cochera Cultural, Javier Mina 49 in Ajijic. An opening cocktail with live music begins 6 p.m.
Painting and graphic art by Gabriel Mariscal is up through August 3 at the Centro Cultural Ajijic.
Dance
Cautivos, a choreographic journey that explores slavery as an open wound in the history of humanity, will unfold at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes de la Ribera, Sunday, July 27, 6 p.m. Free entrance. Tickets at voayalteatro.com.
Live Music
FRIDAY
• Elizze Music (full band) performs at 9:30 p.m. at The Spot, Ajijic.
SATURDAY
• The Joco Loco Fiesta at Casa Joco has been canceled due to illness. It will return with the same bands on October 11.
• Sonora Pikante brings danceable rhythms to Pasta Trenta at 8:30 p.m. Reservations: 376-766-1121.
SUNDAY
• The Flamenco Quartet—Carlos Iván de León, Gilberto Ríos, Emiliano Huerta, and Juan Pablo Medeles—performs a free concert at 12:30 p.m. at the Centro Cultural González Gallo in Chapala.
• The Eleazar Soto Quartet kicks off a 10-concert tour of Costa Rica with a send-off performance at La Cochera Cultural, 7 p.m. Tickets are 400 pesos. Reserve by 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..
• The Blues Jam returns to La Bodega de Ajijic at 5 p.m. No cover (100 pesos minimum). Featured musicians include Jim Pansa, Charlie Cook, Sergio Casas, Javier Villaseñor, and Elmo. Argentine Ulises Germani joins on harp and sax, and Kirk Petty is on keyboard.
COMING SOON
• Festival del Lago students and faculty will perform a series of string quartet concerts from July 29 to August 8 at Haus Der Musik. Tickets for unsold performances are available 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.. A grand finale concert will be held Saturday, August 10, 5 p.m., at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes de la Ribera. Tickets available at the auditorium box office, Wednesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Opera del Lago presents Beloved Opera Duets on Thursday, July 31, and Sunday, August 3, at 4 p.m., at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. Sopranos Margaret Stricklett and Janeene Williams, with pianist Robert Thieme and narrator Michael Atkinson, will perform duets from nine famous operas. Tickets (350 pesos) can be reserved at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or purchased at the door.
• “The Sound of Music” returns to the stage at Lakeside Little Theatre on Friday, August 1, 6 p.m., and Sunday, August 3, 1 p.m.. This Spanish-language production by the Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (CREM) features 30 children, 15 adults, and a live band of eight musicians.
Tickets, 350 pesos, are available at lakesidelittletheatre.com or at the LLT box office prior to showtime.
Art Tour
Stephanie Schneiderman will lead an art tour of Tonalá on Wednesday, July 30. Learn the history, culture, and aesthetics of Tonalá ceramics. Meet at Black Coffee at 8:30 a.m. Cost: 190 pesos. RSVP to: 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..">.
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Children’s Art Sale
The Efrén González Children’s Art Program will hold a Children’s Art Sale on Saturday, August 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Art Connection’s Art in the Plaza exhibition in the main plaza of San Antonio Tlayacapan (note the change of venue from Centro Laguna Mall).
Discover charming art cards featuring reproductions of original works by talented young artists. A limited number of original pieces will also be available. Fifty percent of proceeds go directly to the artists, supporting the next generation of Lakeside’s creative talent.
Founded by internationally renowned local artist Efrén González, the program fosters creativity among children ages 7 to 12 through instruction and inspiration.
Auditions
Lakeside Little Theatre will hold auditions for “The Tin Woman” by Sean Grennan on Thursday, August 7, and Friday, August 8. The production will run November 7–16.
The play follows Joy, a heart transplant recipient who feels compelled to meet the donor’s family. The emotional encounter leads to laughter, tears, and healing. The cast includes five women and two men. Colette Clavadetscher will direct.
Interested actors should email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to receive audition materials. Auditions begin at 10 a.m.; registration opens at 9:30 a.m.