Ajijic Film Festival puts focus on Alzheimer’s
A selection of ten acclaimed motion pictures highlighting the life experiences of people afflicted by Alzheimer’s disease will be screened next week at Ajijic’s Cinemas del Lago, Plaza Bugambilias.
A selection of ten acclaimed motion pictures highlighting the life experiences of people afflicted by Alzheimer’s disease will be screened next week at Ajijic’s Cinemas del Lago, Plaza Bugambilias.
Fans of talented local jazz singer Marie Claire Figadere are thrilled that she’s back home in Ajijic and planning several concerts before returning to her studies in Montreal.
Following the enthusiastic reception of the Bravo! Theatre’s first Actors’ Showcase, fans will be excited to hear that its Acting Scene Study Workshop – open to all every Monday, from 3 to 5 p.m. – will be showing off yet more exceptional talent in a new production.
Seven delightful scenes from plays by Norm Foster, Paddy Chayefsky, Harold Pinter, David Mamet and other great writers are scheduled in the August 17 and 18 performances.
The next special summer event at the Lakeside Little Theatre is the Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and 16, 3 p.m. National Theatre Live (NL) high definition screenings of Bernard Shaw’s “Man + Superman” featuring Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes.
The first public concert by the Academia de Ukuleles de la Ribera will be held Saturday, August 8, 7 p.m. at the Ajijic Cultural Center.
Festivities surrounding the annual summer visit of the Virgen de Zapopan to Chapala were replete with all the usual religious fervor and pageantry, plus some novel twists for the several thousand pilgrims in attendance.
Two top-notch Mexican folk dance troupes are scheduled to appear Wednesday, July 29, 6:30 p.m., at the Auditorio de la Ribera.