Live Music
FRIDAY
• Singer-songwriter Juanita performs folk ballads and bluegrass at Pancha La Boba.
• Enjoy a blue night with the Grizz Piña Band, 8 p.m. at Luck Bar in Ajijic. Cover: 100 pesos.
SATURDAY
• The Lake Chapala Orchestra presents Masters of Melody, a concert featuring Soloist Elly Molletones on oboe with guest conductor Joan Landry, 2 p.m. at the Robert Kleffel Auditorium at the Instituto Tecnológico de Chapala, Libramiento 200. The program features music by Rossini, Strauss and Mozart. Tickets, 400 pesos, are 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..
• Guadalajara band 4 Seasons plays disco, funk and groove, 7:30 p.m. at Cola de Gallo Bar. No cover.
SUNDAY
• La Trova Nostra performs at 12:30 p.m. at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo. Free entrance.
• Summer Sound Festival takes the stage at the Ajijic Malecon from 1 p.m. to midnight. Bands will include: Los Vaguens, Weapons, Martin Qumo Una Cuerda, Matafuego, REI Volcana, Alvaro Medeles, Delirium, Ley de Tercios, The Manners and Alicelects.
COMING SOON
• Relive your favorite memories of the time at Starlight Lounge 1973 at The BRAVO! Theatre, June 5 to 7, 4 p.m. This musical time capsule is brought to you by owner and host, Mitsy Dacron (Lisa Safran) and her devoted staff: Burlap Joy (Amaranta Santos), Tweed Carlyle (Patrick Trotter), Gloria Chiffon (Laura Medina), Connie Chintz (Amy Stackhouse), and Manly Velour (Brian Mathers). Enjoy a night of nonstop music, a little lounge smarm, a touch of chaos, and, of course, drinks. Tickets, 350 pesos, are 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..">.
Celine Dion
Tickets are going fast for the live May 25, 3 p.m. “Celine Dion: The Power of Love” musical event at the Lake Chapala Society featuring Guadalajara-born Mariana Vigueras. VIP tickets are 600 pesos for cocktail table seating on Lake Chapala Society’s tree-covered back lawn; general tickets are 300 pesos. Tickets are available at programaninos.com. Tickets are not available at LCS or at the door.
Art events
Monday, May 18 is International Museum Day. The San Antonio Community Museum will hold events on the plaza and the Cuauhtemoc Primary School corridor, including a children’s painting workshop, a conference on the international commerce of the prehispanic pieces in the museum from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and finishing with a concert by Ricardo Glauder at 8 p.m.
Tickets are going fast for the live May 25, 3 p.m. “Celine Dion: The Power of Love” musical event at the Lake Chapala Society featuring Guadalajara-born Mariana Vigueras. VIP tickets are 600 pesos for cocktail table seating on Lake Chapala Society’s tree-covered back lawn; general tickets are 300 pesos. Tickets are available at programaninos.com. Tickets are not available at LCS or at the door.
Art workshops
• A Mexican folk art workshop focusing on metal embossing of crosses will take place at El Pilar Bistro in Riberas del Pilar, Saturday, May 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Three techniques will be taught: stained-glass painting, markers and acrylic. All materials included and free coffee and conversation. The cost is 500 pesos. Information and registration: 333-406-9981.
• Kathie Karancz is holding a stained glass round mosaic workshop May 16 to 18, noon to 4 p.m. (ish). Cost is 1,500 pesos, and all materials are included. To register, 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..">.
Exhibits
• Paintings by Arlette Romero and sculptures by David Agredano at “Dos Visiones,” at the Galeria Luis Lopez Terriquez in the Antigua Presidencia in Chapala.
• Chapala-based textile artist Synthia David’s first local show, “Light Up Your Life,” featuring hand-painted silk batik lamps (ArtLites), handcrafted handbags and scarves, is up at Casa del Sol Inn.
• Tapatio artist Diego Reynoso’s photographic exhibit “La Marca del Agua, Capas de un Desastre” that focuses on the environment, is up at the Centro para la Cultura y las Artes de la Ribera, open Wednesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.