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10 February 2014 Events 6

This Week... starting February 10, 2014

There are no new Festivals or Fiestas beginning in any of Yucatan’s 106 Municipalities this week. Everyone is getting ready for Carnival to begin on February 26. See Yucatan Living’s Schedule of Carnival Parades in our Coming Soon section toward the end of this page.

Ongoing Exhibits in Valladolid

Exhibit: Photos by Francisco Hernandez Until February 20
Francisco Hernandez, a Mexican born U.S. citizen and director of the Valladolid English Library, graduated with a Master’s Degree in International Development Studies from Iowa State University. Francisco has had the privilege of working for and on behalf of minority and marginalized populations in Mexico, U.S.A., El Salvador, Haiti and Jordan. He enjoys international travel and has visited parts of India, Cambodia, Thailand, and Europe. All photos in this exhibition are for sale.
Location: : CONATO Restaurant, Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico
Time: All Day during restaurant hours
Admission: Free

Ongoing Exhibits in Merida

Exhibition by Vicente Razo: December 7 – February 28
This is an exhibition brought to Merida by the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City. This artist includes rewritten or transported texts from the Palacio Nacional murals and texts by a number of well known writers.
Location: Galeria Manolo Rivero/Muro 51, Calle 51 x 60, Centro (Santa Lucia)
Time: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Admission: Free

Visual Arts: Immortality and Passion
This exhibition is of the sculpture of Humberto Peraza. Walk down Paseo de Montejo and enjoy these pieces along the way.
Location: Paseo de Montejo
Time: All Day during Merida's Birthday Celebration
Admission: Free

Historical Photographs of Marcelo Cervantes: From February 7 to March 9.
Location: Galeria Callejon de Congreso del Teatro Peon Contreras (next to the theatre, on the walk street)
Time: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Admission: Free

In The City

Monday (Lunes) February 10

No Events planned for Today that we know of...

Tuesday (Martes) February 11, 2014

Movie: On the Bowery
(U.S. 1956) Director: Lionel Rogosin, Starring Gorman Hendricks, Fred Matthews and Ray Salyer as himself. A mix of documentary and scripted footage about the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray. He is younger and more vigorous than most on the Bowery. He arrives in Manhattan with a suitcase and a little money in his pocket. On his first night, he drinks himself into a stupor, falls asleep on the sidewalk, and is robbed of his suitcase. Over the next two days, we follow both Ray and the thief, who befriends him. Is there any hope Ray can get out of town and restart a life of work and sobriety, or is he stuck on the Bowery? Can the good thief help?
Location: Centro Cultural Jose Marti / Parque de Las Americas, Av. Colon x Calle 20
Time:8:00 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

Tuesday of Trova: Trio Trovemia
Little by little, the faces of the most beloved trova trios in Yucatan are getting younger. We are blessed that this state is open to each year’s new voices and takes such pride in the evolution of this wonderful form of music and song.
Location: Central Patio of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time:8:30 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

 

Wednesday (Miercoles) February 12, 2014

Movie: Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
(Canada 2011) The ancient Maya believed this present world would end and a new cycle arise after 5125 years. How does the story end? Does the water change color? Do the oceans collapse? Does the sky fall as the last tree is cut?
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

Concert: Yucatan’s International String Quartet
Tonight’s music is by Mozart and Bethoven… played by an extremely talented group, and all in a venue that is the stuff of dreams.
Location: Hacienda Xcanatun
Time: 8:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $200 pesos per person. Tickets available at the front desk of Hacienda Xcanatun. The February 13 performance is sold out.

Opening of the Exhibition: Ten International Artists
Galeria La Eskalera invites you to an exhibition of the work of Ten International Artists.
Location: Galeria La Eskalera, Calle 70 #474-B x 57 y 59, Barrio de Santiago
Time: 8:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Movie: To Play and To Fight
(Venezuela 2006) To Play and To Fight presents the captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System, an incredible network of hundreds of orchestras formed within most of Venezuela's towns and villages. Once a modest program designed to expose rural children to the wonders of music, the system has become one of the most important and beautiful social phenomena in modern history.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

 

Thursday (Jueves) February 13, 2014

Movie: El Acordeon del Diablo
(Mexico 2003) The movie seems to follow the principles of magic realism. Schwietert, the director, loves Gabriel García Márquez. But this movie is about reality. Magic reality, yes, but reality, in fact. Around the Caribbean and Colombia, things that might look weird actually happen there. The accordion, vallenato and the Caribbean style of life is very well told in this documentary combined with poetry and a touch of loneliness.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: How to Make Money Selling Drugs
(2012 USA) Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws..
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn

Movie: Alfie
(UK, 1966).Director: Lewis Gilbert, Starring: Michael Caine and Shelley Winters. An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61 Col. Centro
Time: 7:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Concert: Yucatan’s International String Quartet
Tonight’s music is by Mozart and Bethoven… played by an extremely talented group, and all in a venue that is the stuff of dreams.
Location: Hacienda Xcanatun
Time: 8:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $200 pesos per person. Tickets available at the front desk of Hacienda Xcanatun. The February 13 performance is sold out.

An Invitation from the Artist: Juan Pablo
You are cordially invited, by artist Juan Pablo, to attend his expo “The Musician and the Underworld.”
Location: Teatro Felipe Carrillo, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Movie: The Bling Ring
(2013 USA) Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn

Movie: Village Without Women
(France 2010) On a mountaintop in southwest Serbia lies the womanless hamlet of Zabrdje, where the Jankovic brothers hold the fort.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

 

Friday (Viernes) February 14, 2014

Movie: Amour
(France 2012) Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested. This movie won an Academy Award.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: Berberian Sound Studio
(2012 UK) A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn

Movie: A Very Long Engagement
(France, 2004). Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon and Jodie Foster. This is the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
Location: Videosala del Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61 Centro
Time: 7:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free

Movie Series: Musicians on the Screen
(France, 2002). "Rapattack" takes a look back on the history of Hip Hop in France, from its emergence to its democratization. Composed of archive footages and interviews, this documentary follows the different actors in the movement such as rappers, DJ's, dancers and graffiti artists. Movie is in French with Spanish subtitles.
Location: Cineteca Nacional Manuel Barbachano Ponce in Teatro Armando Manzanero , Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free

Orquesta Sinfonica de Yucatan: Pequeña y Gran Rusia
Director: Juan Carlos Lomonaco, Guest Pianist: Edison Quintana
Location: Peon Contreras Theater, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: Purchase tickets online or call (999) 923-1333.

Movie: Les Invisibles
(France 2012) Several elderly homosexual men and women speak frankly about their pioneering lives and their fearless decision to live openly in France at a time when society rejected them.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: The Great Beauty
(Italy 2013) Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn

Saturday (Sabado) February 15, 2014

2nd Annual Artist Studio Tour Saturday, February 15
Hosted by the Merida English Library. Step inside the homes and studios of over 20 artists and see where creativity lives. Many of these artists are well represented in galleries, but the MEL Artist Studio Tour is the only time their working spaces will be open to the public. Be your own guide and plan your day with the artists who interest you most. Walk, bike, drive, bus, or taxi your way around Merida, and fall in love with the city and her artists. Each artist will have pieces for sale. Space is limited, so buy your tickets soon – or you’ll have to wait until next year for this once a year opportunity!
Locations: Various Artists' Studios. Be Your Own Guide.
Time: 10 AM to 3 PM
Admission: Tickets are only 200 pesos and are on sale at the Merida English Library (Mon-Fri 9am - 1pm, Mon Eve 6:30 - 9:00; Sat 10 - 1pm), Habla, The Centre for Language and Culture (Mon-Fri 8:30am-2:30pm, Sat 10am-2pm),and the Colonia México SlowFood Market (Saturday mornings).

Movie: The Story of the Weeping Camel
(Germany 2003 ) When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: Noon Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

Blue Moon Jazz Festival
Don’t miss jazz on the beach. This has become a beloved and well-attended event and looks as if it will be better than ever this year!
Location: Telchac, Villas Wayak
Time: 4:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $250 pesos, $300 pesos at the door. More info: telchacsusan@gmail.com

Movie: Love Story
US, 1970). Director: Arthur Hiller. Starring: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal, John Marley and Ray Milland. Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri marry, inspite of their opposite backgrounds and over his wealthy father’s objections. Relying only on each other, they believe love can fix anything. But fate has other plans. Soon, what began as a brutally honest friendship becomes the love story of their lives.
Location: Videosala del Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61 Centro
Time: 7:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free

Movie: Mud
(USA 2012) Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love. Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn

Movie Series: Musicians on the Screen
(France, 2002). I Muveirni is a documentary about the Corsican folk group by the famous French-gypsy Tony Gatlif. Tony Gatlif is not only a French director of Romani ethnicity, but also works as a screenwriter and composer.
Location: Cineteca Nacional Manuel Barbachano Ponce in Teatro Armando Manzanero , Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Movie: My First Contact
(Brazil 2007) Following their "first contact" in 1964, the Ikpeng people were relocated to the great Upper Xingu reserve, where their lives would no longer be threatened by settlers. Viewing a filmed record of this signal event in their history evokes a stream of memories and provides a rare account of contact from the indigenous point of view. The consequences of contact and resettlement still have an impact on the community, even as the Ikpeng gain more control over their future.
Location:LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

Movie: Pulp Fiction
(USA 1994) The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn

 

Sunday (Domingo) February 16, 2014

Documentary: Defenses and Weapons of Sea Creatures
In their struggle for survival, sea creatures have developed an amazing array of defenses ranging from armored piercing shells to cells.
Location: Museo de Historia Natural, Calle 59 x Av. Itzaes
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Orquesta Sinfonica de Yucatan: Pequeña y Gran Rusia
Director: Juan Carlos Lomonaco, Guest Pianist: Edison Quintana
Location: Peon Contreras Theater, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Purchase tickets online or call (999) 923-1333.

Movie Series: Musicians on the Screen – double feature
Tonight’s showing features two documentary films. First: The Life of DJ Bob Sinclair and Second: the Life of DJ Gregory. Both films were produced in France in 2003 and both were produced by Sophie Blandillere.
Location: Cineteca Nacional Manuel Barbachano Ponce in Teatro Armando Manzanero , Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Movie: Blue Jasmine
(USA 2013) A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn't bringing money, peace, or love. Amazing performance by Cate Blanchett, directed by Woody Allen.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM Sunday
Admission: $30pesos plus free popcorn and coffee.

Movie: Reservoir Dogs
(USA 1992) After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Sunday
Admission: $30pesos plus free popcorn and coffee.

Monday (Lunes) February 17

No Events to report at the moment.

 

Coming Soon

Yucatan Symphony Orchestra - February Schedule
Yucatan Symphony Orchestra’s 10th Anniversary: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Friday, February 21, 9:00 PM, and Sunday, February 23, 12:00 PM
Director: Juan Carlos Lomonaco, with the Coro Filarmonico de Yucatan, Marcela Chacon (soprano), Alan Pingarron (tenor), Lydia Rendon (Mezzosoprano), and Enrique Angeles (Baratone).
Locations: Jose Peon Contreras Theater , Calle 60 x 57
Time: 9:00 PM Friday and 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: purchase tickets online or by calling (999) 923-1333

Ballet Gala: Russian Ballet February 18 The title of this performance is “Love and Passion,” performed by dancers from St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kiev. This is the first visit to Merida for the stars of the Mariinsky Ballet of St. Petersburg. The Gala will feature pieces from the “White Swan” “Black Swan,” “Tarantella” (choreography by George Balanchine with traditional Italian music), “Bhakti” and duets from “Diana and Actaeon.” “Carmen.” “Les Sylphides.”” Romeo and Juliet.””Spartacus” and “Don Quijote.” The Gala will be divided in two acts, all the dancers will be performing in the final number.
Locations: Teatro Armando Manzanero, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:30 PM
Admission: Tickets on Sale at the box office: Prices are 500, 400 and 300 pesos.

Annual Fundraiser: Protección de Perros y Gatos, a.c - Saturday, February 22
The annual fundraising breakfast for Perros y Gatos will be better than ever this year. Thanks to a generous gift from expat Susan Brown, the new clinic will soon be completed. The Grand Opening will be on March 16. If you are unable to attend the meeting, remember that they can now accept both U.S. and Canadian checks and money orders. Giving has never been easier as you can mail checks or money orders in either currency, payable to Protección de Perros y Gatos a.c., to Apartado Postal No. 30, Progreso 97320, Yucatán, México. You will receive an official receipt and thank you note from us. Donations of US $100 (or equivalent) will entitle you to have your name (or that of a beloved pet) inscribed on the plaque that will be prominently displayed in the clinic’s waiting room later this year.
Locations: Barlovento’s Restaurant on Main Street (Calle 80) Progreso
Time: 6:00 PM
Admission: Buy your own food and please make a donation.

Lecture: Alternative Programming for a Comprehensive Human Development of Yucatan, A.C.Tuesday, February 28, 2014
This lecture is part of the 2014 Valladolid Lecture Series. Alter-Int’s office is located in Valladolid. The agency has 17 staff members and they all work in conjunction to develop, coordinate and run the programs across many of the rural areas in the state, including Valladolid. Last year, Alter-Int reached approximately 3,000 people who, the large majority of them, lived in rural and disenfranchised Maya communities. They help with everything from HIV education to organizing a new business incubator. They are especially focused on women and children’s financial and health needs.
Locations: In the Palapa at Casa Hamaca, Colonia San Juan, Calle 49 #202-A x 40
Valladolid, Yucatan, 97780, México, Phone: +52-985-100-4270
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: $50 peso donation to the Valladolid English Library, all of which will be turned over to Alter-Int to help support its many programs.

Merida Carnival 2014: February 26 through March 05
Quema del Mal humor: Outside the Municipal Palace (Calle 62 x 63), 8:00 PM Wednesday
Pre-School Parade: From the Municipal Palace (Calle 62 x 63) to Parque Santa Lucia (Calle 60 x 55), 4:00 PM Thursday
Carnval: Corso Parade: Fair Grounds at Xmatkuil, 7:00 PM
Carnaval: Fantasy Parade Fair Grounds at Xmatkuil, 7:00 PM
Carnaval: Bachata Parade Fair Grounds at Xmatkuil, 12:00 PM
Carnaval: Regional Parade Fair Grounds at Xmatkuil, 7:00 PM
Carnaval: Battle of the Flowers Parade Fair Grounds at Xmatkuil, 12:00 PM
Burial of Juan Carnaval Outside the Municipal Palace (Calle 62 x 63), 8:00 PM

Grand Opening: Progreso’s Humane Society Clinic March 16
The opening of this state-of-the-art clinic has been a long time in coming. On this day, a brand new clinic will belong to the people of Progreso, fully equipped and debt free. To make this day all the sweeter, the opening is set for Kitty’s Birthday! It has been more than a few years since those first meetings at Natasha’s, but the end is in sight and that makes it worth every struggle along the way.
Location: TBA
Time: TBA
Admission:Free

Merida Music Festival - March 29, 2014
Location: Hacienda Dzibikak
Time: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Admission: Tickets are available at Hennessy’s Irish Pub in Paseo Montejo and La Bierhaus in Colonia México. Normal price: $250 pesos, Presale price: $200 pesos, VIP ticket: $1000 pesos – Food and drinks included in special viewing area, and Children under 12: FREE Sell Your Wares: Stands prices are as follows - Arts and crafts - MX$1,000 Non-alcoholic drinks (coffee, etc), desserts (ice creams etc) - $2,000 Hot food (burgers, hot dogs, etc) and alcoholic drinks - $3,000 Stands are limited and will be taken on a first come first serve basis so that no 2 are alike (ie only 1 burger stand, etc)
More Information: Merida Music Festival http://meridamusicfestival.com/ The email is: info@haciendadzibikak.com and the phone numbers are: 988-933-0006 or 999-245-7562. Or talk to Sean Hennessy at Hennessy's.

Fourth Season of Opera at the Movies
March 8, ANNA BOLENA by Donizetti,
April 26, DON PASQUALE by Donizetti,
May 3, Wagner’s Bicentennial - TRISTAN und ISOLDE.
The cycle “The Ring of the Nibelung” by Richard Wagner will be shown (Saturdays at noon):
May 24, 2014 – Introduction (Opera talk and documentary),
May 31, 2014 – DAS RHEINEGOLD (The Rhine Gold),
June 7, 2014 – DIE WALKÜRE (The Valkyrie),
June 14, 2014 – SIEGFRID,
June 21, 2014 – GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Twilight of the Gods)
Location: Sala Mayamax del Gran Museo del Mundo Maya.
Time: Opera Talk: 11:30 AM, Film: 12:00 PM
Admission: Free
More Information: Facebook: operayucatan, Twiter: @operayucatan, Website: operayucatan.org

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