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Merida Events: Movies & Hamlet

4 August 2014 Events 1

This Week... starting August 04, 2014

In The City

Traditional Fiesta in San Sebastian in Merida

Wilberto Canton Theater Festival: August 2 – 16 This week and next, there will be more theater performances in Merida than anyone can imagine. The festival is to showcase the marvelous dramatic talent produced in this state, along with its exceptionally talented directors. However, the festival is also in honor of Wilberto Canton, who was born in Merida (1923) and died in Mexico City (1979). The life between those years was amazing. Wilberto Canton studied law at UNAM and literature in Chile and Paris. Ultimately, he chaired the Departments of Theater Arts and Literature at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and served as president of the Drama Critics Guild in the 1950s. He was a playwriter, a poet, a teacher, and even a cultural ambassador for Mexico to Belgium (1972) and UNESCO (1974). This national recognition of one of Merida’s own favorite sons is deeply appreciated and we know everyone will find at least a few performances to see before the 16th. All performances are in Spanish. Please don’t let this stop you from attending these events. Great theater is a language of its own. Check the events here!

Monday (Lunes) August 04, 2014

Opera Yucatan Summer Repetitions
Katia Kabanova by Janacek. These events are sponsored by Opera Yucatan, A.C., a non-profit civil association created to promote the art of opera in Yucatan. During their “Seasons of Opera at the Movies” they have shown 40 operas in 60 shows and 6,658 persons came to see operas at the movies. Facebook: operayucatan, Website: operayucatan.org
Location: Sala Mayamax, Gran Museo del Mundo Maya
Time: 7:00 PM Monday
Admission: Free

 

Tuesday (Martes) August 05, 2014

NEW Ongoing Event: Wholefood Market
Lots of great food, as well as jewelry, blankets, trinkets, etc. every week.
Growing List of Vendors:
• Anita, Sausage Lady, A & A Deli, Sausage, Ham, Bacon, Sauerkraut and more.
• Virginia, V's Good Eats, Ready to Eat Foods, Pierogy, Meatballs, Baked Mac N Cheese, Homemade Soups, and more.
• Linda, Just Like Back Home, Baked Sweets, Cheesecake, Pies, Cakes, Fudge, PB & J Puddles and more.
• Todd & Allison, Broken Spoke Beef Jerky, several flavors
• Pistache, French Almond Croissants
• Claudia, Fresh Pasta and Sauce
• Loft, Kefir and Peanut Butter
• Granola, Marmalade, Organic Goat Cheese and Bratwurst
• Hot, fresh Tamales
Location: on the highway between Chelem and Churburna, beside Natural Thangs Garden Center on Graciella's beautiful property.\
Time: Every Tuesday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Movie: Little Miss Sunshine
(U.S. 2006). Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin and Alan Arkin. A seven year old girl, from a dysfunctional family, prepares to compete in a beauty pageant.
Location: Centro Cultural Jose Marti / Parque de las Americas
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: Free

Tuesday of Trova: Trío Del Sureste
This trio is part of the growing group of trovador trios that keep trova alive and defined for their generation in Yucatan.
Location: Auditorium of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:30 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

 

Wednesday (Miercoles) August 06, 2014

Movie: Atomic Age
(France 2012) Movie about teenegers living in Paris. French with Spanish subtitles.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: Lorca, muerte de un poeta
(Spain, 1987) The series aims to accurately recreate the wonderful and terrifying journey of poet from the child who could hear the leaves of the poplars in the breeze sang his name, the man who hears terrified how their executioners cocked rifles that will end his life .
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Movie: Cronica de Una Caida
(USA 2013)The dramatic story of one unforgettable athlete, Kevin Pearce; one eye-popping sport, snowboarding; and one explosive issue, Traumatic Brain Injury. A comeback story with a difference.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Thursday (Jueves) August 07, 2014

Movie: History of Fear
(Argentina 2014) While attending a communist sponsored youth conference held in North Korea, a member of the Argentinian delegation encounters a South Korean activist who captures the attention of the media and all those in attendance with her message of reunification.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: Super Dimensión Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
(1984) Dir. Shouji Kawamori y Noburo Ishiguro.
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Opera Season: Maria de Buenos Airés
Under the direction of María Eugenia Guerrero by Cía. Ópera Viva.
Location: Central Patio of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Movie: Chungking Express
(China 1994) Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Movie: R100
(Japan 2013) An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. The man enters into a whole new exciting world he never before experienced where crazy love goes wilder and crazier. Is it an illusion or is it real? Welcome to the world no one has dared to explore until now!
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

 

Friday (Viernes) August 08 , 2014

LIX Municipal Book Fair
Great opportunity to find books. Ends on the 17.
Location: Municipal Palace, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 11:00 AM to 11 PM
Admission: Free

Movie: Like Father Like Son
(Japan 2013) Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth, he must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Friday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: Nodame Cantabile
(Japan 2009) Nodame Cantabile is less about the realities of classical music than its romance, but it's firmly rooted in its manga roots - and it's more enjoyable for this. Although it takes place in Europe, the film playfully apologizes for the fact that nearly all of the non-Japanese dialog will be dubbed. The film still manages to work.
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Movie: Surprise Movie
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Street + Music: Son of the South
American Folk Fusion
Location: Galeria La Eskalera Calle 70 No. 474b from 57 to 59 Center
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $50 pesos, $25 pesos students

Movie: Paprika
(Japan 2006) When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free

 

Saturday (Sabado) August 09, 2014

Movie: Polisse
(USA 2011)A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters an affair with one of her subjects.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: Short Peace
(Japan 2013) Dir Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Shuhei Morita, Hiroaki Ando, Hajime Katoki, Koji Morimoto.Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy.
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Movie: Hard to Be a God
(Russia 2013) A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $35 pesos, $15 pesos students

Night of Cultures: Hamlet
Performance of Hamlet, straight from The Globe Theatre in England. Wow!
Location: Cathedral de Merida, Calle 60 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Opera Season: Maria de Buenos Airés
Under the direction of María Eugenia Guerrero by Cía. Live opera performance.
Location: Central Patio of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Movie: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
(USA 2012) An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

 

Sunday (Domingo) August 10, 2014

Documentary: Lakes and Rivers
We travel to large and turbulent rivers in the world and towards the prosperous kingdom of crystal clear waters of the lagoons. Both sides have been the source of survival of great civilizations.
Location: Museum of Natural History, Calle 59 next to the Zoo.
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Sunday Camera: Distant Voice
Recital of classical singing. Soprano Abigail Coral Almeida and Zuleika Diaz Piano.
Location: Auditorium of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 6:00 PM Sunday
Admission:$50 pesos

Movie: Tales from Earthsea
(Japan 2007) Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange...
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Movie: Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(France 2007) The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

 

Monday (Lunes) August 11, 2014

Opera Yucatan Summer Repetitions
Otello by Verdi.
Location: Sala Mayamax, Gran Museo del Mundo Maya
Time: 7:00 PM Monday
Admission: Free

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