Christmas concert pleases all

The Hermosillo family, (left to right): Mariana, Antonio, Lucia, Gabriela and Jorge, enraptured the audience at the ¡Viva La Música! Christmas concert on December 6.
The Hermosillo family, (left to right): Mariana, Antonio, Lucia, Gabriela and Jorge, enraptured the audience at the ¡Viva La Música! Christmas concert on December 6.
Acclaimed horn player Guido Basso will appear as lead artist at the Jazz Greats shows.
North shore communities commemorated the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution with splashy parades held on November 18 and 20.
“The Heiress,” directed by Roseann Wilshere, is delighting Lakeside Little Theatre audiences and earning standing ovations each night. Written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, the play – first staged in 1947 and subsequently made into a movie in 1949 – is based on the 1880 Henry James novel “Washington Square.”
Early in Act II Basil feigns suicide with Kitri’s agreement and Don Quixote reprimands the bartender Lorenzo for causing the situation. Foreground (L-R): Sancho Panza – Vladimir Shabalin, Lorenzo – Alexandr Samokhvalov, Basil – Konstantin Korotkov, Kitri – Olga Chelpanova, Don Quixote – Ivan Melekhin, watched by members of the corps de ballet.
The historic Teatro de Atequiza will host a gala concert of Mexican tunes from the region’s 1880-1920 Romantic era.
The Naked Stage concept exists around the world under various names including “Readers’ Theater” and “Bare Bones Theater.” Long-time Lakeside resident Jeritza McCarter founded one as an expat in Japan, which is still going. In 2009 she brought the idea to Lakeside where it has flourished and the entire community benefits as all profits go to the Red Cross.