Art shows
• The Lake Chapala Society holds Art in the Garden Show, Saturday, February 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with over 50 vendors offering a multitude of art, food, beauty aids, crafts and much more.
• The Artists of Lake Chapala invite you every third Saturday (February 21) to their Artisan (original art only) Art Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes de la Ribera (CCAR) located on the Carretera in La Floresta. Dozens of local artists show and sell their work. Tacos, drinks, and a coffee bar, too. Free entrance.
Exhibits
• The Lake Chapala Fine Artists Guild will hold a group exhibition at the Ajijic Cultural Center, wth an opening reception on Saturday, February 28, from 4 to 6 p.m., featuring live music and refreshments. Art cards and original artwork by the young students of the Efrén González Children’s Art Program will be for sale. The show runs until March 17.
• The Museo El Hospitalito, Calle Cardinal Sur 66 in San Juan Cosala, is hosting an exhibition of oil paintings by Efren Gonzalez.
• The Centro Cultural Ajijic hosts a dual exhibition, with the ground floor featuring a collective show of works by expat and local artists, including alumni of the Neill James Children’s Art Program. Meanwhile, the second floor is showing “Sincretismo Mágico,” a solo exhibition of works by Jesús V. López Vega.
• A retrospective exhibit of the 50 years of work by artist Pat Apt is up at the Ajijic Museo de Arte, Privada Flores Magon 3, in West Ajijic.
Live Music
FRIDAY
• The Soul & Blues Revival, featuring Grizz Piña, performs at 4:30 p.m. at 4to Sentido. Cover 150 pesos. Reservations: 334-669-3642.
SATURDAY
• Willy Zavala and Rousy Jau play from 6 to 8 p.m. at Let’s Pho Vietnamese Restaurant, Colon 43, Ajijic. Reservations: 376-688-8409.
• The Time Machine performs at Unico, El Arabe de la Ribera, 6 to 9 p.m. Call for special Valentine’s Day options: 376-115-8659.
SUNDAY
• The Beatles Tribute Band Garden Fete performs a free concert Sunday, February 15, 12:30 p.m. at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo in Chapala.
• Enjoy an evening of romantic music at the annual Rondalla de Chapala Valentine’s concert scheduled Saturday, February 14, 6 p.m. at the Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia, the former town hall building on Avenida Francisco I. Madero at Hidalgo in Chapala. Tickets, 250 pesos, are on sale at the Cultura office at López Cotilla 278B, or by request at WhatsApp 33-3106-7164.
• Baritone Carlos Lopez and soprano Janeene Williams, accompanied by pianist Roberto Mora, sing pieces from the operas Toreador, Barber of Seville, Granada and more, February 14, 6 to 8 p.m. at La Estacion Sourdough Pizza in Riberas del Pilar. Cover 300 pesos. Tickets at the venue.
COMING SOON
• The Kumbia Kings take the stage at the Chapala Carnaval fairgrounds at Parque La Cristiania, Monday, February 16, 8 p.m. This Mexican-American band from Corpus Christi, Texas, plays cumbia, hip hop and R&B in both English and Spanish.
• New Jazz Classics, featuring Arne Wernink on trumpet, Sofia Ramirez on piano, Freddy Adrian on double bass and Miguel Soto on drums, performs at Cola de Gallo, Hidalgo 17, Ajijic, Wednesday, February 18. Reservations: 331-190-8896.
Northern Lights Festival
The Northern Lights Music Festival runs from Sunday, February 15, through Saturday, February 28, bringing more than 30 international musicians to Ajijic for two packed weeks of performances. Tickets for the Festival Series performances at the Auditorio de la Ribera remain available at La Nueva Posada Hotel on weekday afternoons.
This season features full chamber orchestra performances of Beethoven and Shostakovich at the Gala Concert on Friday, February 20. The closing concert on Saturday, February 28 features all of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. See the full concert offerings at NorthernLightsMexico.com.
. Theater
• BRAVO! Theatre presents “The Dark Lady” by Jessica B. Hill, Friday, February 13, 7:30 p.m.; and at 4 p.m. on Sunday and Monday, February 15 and 16, and Friday through Sunday, February 20 to 22.
Shakespeare and Bassano collide as they wrestle with artistic collaboration, ambition, envy and love — an entanglement that will profoundly shape both their lives and their work.
The theater is at Hidalgo 441 in Riberas Del Pilar. Tickets, 350 pesos, can be reserved by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., via thebravo.org, or in person at Kinda Bazaar … in Riberas del Pilar.
• Rotary Club of Ajijic presents “Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre: Grease - 50 Years Later” on Wednesday, February 18, at El Pilar Bistro, Hidalgo 261, Riberas del Pilar. This fully immersive murder mystery is inspired by the iconic world of “Grease,” reimagined decades later. Old rivalries resurface, secrets come out, and someone won’t make it to the final dance.
The program includes entertainment by Black Sapphire Band from 4 to 5 p.m., a cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres. Dinner is served from 5 to 6:30 p.m., before the play begins.
Tickets, 600 pesos, include appetizer, dinner, dessert and the show. Contact Steve Brown at +1 416-838-4425, or 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.. All proceeds support the Ajijic Rotary Club’s community projects.
• Next up at Lakeside Little Theatre is the musical “Something Rotten,” the hilarious Broadway hit about two brothers trying to beat Shakespeare at his own game. Performances are February 27 to March 10. Tim Johnson directs. Tickets, 500 pesos, available at lakesidelittletheatre.com or at the box office one hour before each show.
Screened Theater Live
“A Streetcar Named Desire” will be projected in Lakeside Little Theatre’s main McIntosh auditorium on Saturday and Sunday, February 14 and 15, 4 p.m. Tickets, 350 pesos, are available at lakesidelittletheatre.com and at the box office before the shows.
Anyone showing a Mexican INE at the box office — or informing the box office ahead of time at tickets@lakesidelittletheatre that they will do so — will receive a 100-peso discount.
Dance Laboratory
Gabriela Aguilar gives sessions in corporal consciousness with free movement and dance creation in her Bailar en Sueños lessons, held every Friday through June 12, 9 to 10:30 a.m., at the CCAR. The cost is 100 pesos per person per class. Sign up at 331-079-3389.