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Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos is one of the numerous Mexican towns that embrace Santo Santiago (St. James the Greater) as patron saint.
Renowned classical guitarist Francisco Bribiesca will appear as the featured musical performer during the first week of activities for Sincrónico, Chapala’s month-long contemporary arts festival.
Pleasing strains of traditional Mexican music will fill the air throughout next week as musicians from near and far congregate in Chapala to engage in the 14th Encuentro de Arpas, Salterios y Mas.
The works of renowned sculptor Miguel Miramontes Carmona, a longtime Chapala resident who died in October of last year at the age of 97, will be exhibited at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo, with the inauguration slated for Saturday, May 28, noon.
Artist Teresa Loza exhibits pieces at Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia at the corner of Madero and Hidalgo in Chapala beginning May 28; cocktail at 6 p.m.
Trained in a technique that goes back to ancient Greece and Rome and used by Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera in the early 20th century,
Jayme Littlejohn, artistic director/producer of My, My How Nice Productions, directs two talented Lakeside actors, Roger Larson and Ken Yakiwchuk, in a gripping, funny and moving drama, “Visiting Mr. Green” by Jeff Baron.
