Merida Events: Progreso Clinic and Book Fair
This Week... starting March 10, 2014
In The City
Monday (Lunes) March 10
UADY International Reading Fair 2014: March 08-14
Lots of events going on this week at the International Book Fair. Dancing, music, theatre, conferences, book presentations and more! Look for a complete list of events here: www.filey.mx/calls.php
Location: Centro de Convenciones Siglo XXI
Time: Noon to 10:00 PM
Admission: Free
Tuesday (Martes) March 11, 2014
Movie: Paris, I Love You
(France, Liechtenstein, Sweden, Germany, 2006). This is a brilliant collection of short films whose central theme is love in the city of Paris. In Paris, love is everywhere: in bars, cafes, beneath the Eiffel Tower, and even in the subway ... Paris , I love you shows the French capital through the eyes of some of the most acclaimed directors in recent years.
Location: Centro Cultural Jose Martí, Av. Colon x Calle 20
Time: 8:00 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free
Wednesday (Miercoles) March 11, 2014
Presentation of the Piece of the Month: Pilar Camara: Artist and Woman
This event is in honor of Merida’s own Pilar Camara, well known art teacher and talented visual artist. Following a brief illness, Pilar Camara passed away on December 15, 2013, at the age of 71. She left a large family, a larger circle of friends and art lovers too numerous to mention to mourn her passing.
Location: Museum of the City of Merida, Calle 65 x 56
Time: 10:00 AM Wednesday
Admission: Free
Movie: El Puente
(Spain 1984) Exciting adventures experienced by those who for injustice or poverty have fled their countries and decide to try their luck on this side of "The Bridge".
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Music: Cultural Promotion: Niños Musicos de Cacao of Comisaria Abala
We hope everyone takes the time to come and see every performance given by the children of Yucatan. The choirs are simply magnificent, whether they are from the city or from small towns. Each of these children has their own special voice. We hope you enjoy them.
Location: Area Ludica del Salon Chichen Itza, Siglo XXI Convention Center.
Time: 5:00 PM, Wednesday
Admission: Free
Music: Cultural Promotion: The Children’s Choir of Yucatan
Once again, please do not miss a chance to see a wonderful performance, as well as the opportunity to let the children and young people of Yucatan know how much their hard work is appreciated. This choir is accompanied by pianist Maria Teresa Novelo and directed by Maestro Gaspar Gamboa.
Location: Salon Merida,, Siglo XXI Convention Center.
Time: 6:00 PM, Wednesday
Admission: Free
March Chelem Elves’ Raffle
The Chelem Elves are back at work!! Last Christmas, they gave away over 1000 toys to children from all over Yucatan and their coffers are empty. So now its time to play some Bingo and raffle off some great prizes.
Location: The Bull Pen in Chelem
Time: When: March 12 at 7:00 PM (Just show up at the old time of 6:00 pm - have some drinks and buy some raffle tickets, have some more drinks, buy some more raffle tickets, rinse and repeat)
Admission: Free – but please do come prepared to play Bingo and buy some raffle tickets
Movie: Maria y Yo
(Spain 2010) María lives with her mother May, in the Canary Islands, 3000 km from Barcelona, where Miguel Gallardo lives. Sometimes Miguel and María go on holiday together, spending a week at a resort in Gran Canaria South; an unusual setting that doesn´t often have among his guests a single father who used to be a well-known underground comic books author and his fourteen year old autistic daughter. This is the story of one of their journeys, but above all its an original tale, full of humour, irony and sincerity, about how to live with a disability. See the trailer on YouTube here.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Thursday (Jueves) March 13, 2014
Movie: The Upsetter
(USA 2008) The definitive life story about Jamaican musical legend Lee 'Scratch' Perry.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Movie: Frances Ha
(2013 USA) A story that follows a New York woman (who doesn’t really have an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she’s not really a dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possibility dwindles.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn
Music: Trio Trova Nova
Trio Trova Nova is a long-time member of the Yucatan Trios Association, but this performance is billed as youth music and is in a venue that usually hosts young people. This sounds as if it is going to be an evening of discovery for young and old alike.
Location: Foro K’aay T’aan in Casa de la Cultura del Mayab, Calle 63 x 64
Time: 8:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free
Movie: Synecdoche, New York
(2008 USA) A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn
Movie: The Life of Adele
(France 2013) Shown at the Telluride Film Festival. Adele's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss..
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Friday (Viernes) March 14, 2014
Movie: Post Tenebras Lux
(Mexico 2012) Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another. (Probably in Spanish, maybe with English subtitles).
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Pantomime Routine
This performance is part of this week’s ongoing literature convention. It is under the direction of Laura Zubieta.
Location: Area Ludica of Salon Izamal and Valladolid, Siglo XXI Convention Center
Time: 6:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free
Concert: Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil
This performance is under the direction of Maestro Emilio Bueno Salazar,
Location: Escenario de la Explanada in Siglo XXI Convention Center
Time: 8:00 PM Friday
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: 7:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn
Popular Music: I Know You’ll Be Back at First Light Fridays: March 7, 14 & 21
Director: Francisco Sobero “Tanicho” Starring Tanicho, Juan Luis de Pablo Enriquez Rohen and Beatriz Rosado. Executive Production: Ivan Rubio / Grupo Arpa Merida.
This is a weekly musical soiree that is well suited for foreigners because this music has no language or borders.
Location: Casa Teatro Tanicho (Calle 66 # 369 x 41, Centro)
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $100 pesos, Students and INAPAM: $60 pesos. Reservations: 927-3207
Movie: Don Jon
(2013) A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn
First Merida Saint Patrick’s Irish Festival March 14, 15, 16 & 17
This Festival is important to both Mexicans and Irish because, in 1846, the “Batallón de San Patricio” (Saint Patrick’s Batallion) fought with Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Most of this batallion had deserted or defected from the United States Army. Their original countries of origin included: Ireland, and Germany, as well as Canada, England, France, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, and Mexico. Most of its members were members of the Catholic Church. Their ranks also included a number of escaped slaves from the Southern United States. This will be the first Saint Patrick’s Irish Festival ever to be celebrated in the city of Merida, and it will be organized by Hennessy’s Irish Pub and Heineken, with support from the Merida City Hall and Patronato del Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de Mérida.
Location: in front of Hennessey's Pub
Time: Friday (14) and Saturday (15): 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Not sure about the other two days.
Admission: Free
Special Symphony of Yucatan Performance: 100% Russian
The guest director for this performance is Mark Kadin.
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: Tickets on sale at the box office.
Movie: Venganza!
There are many movies with this name. We think it will be the one from Mexico in 2007: Ramon, an ambitious criminal and the ultimate adrenaline junkie is part of a crew that specializes in impersonating the DEA and steal drug shipments from the Mexican mafia. Coming off the buzz of his last drug heist, Ramon is blinded by an infatuation with Carolina, a young and beautiful college student. After being rejected, Ramon becomes maniacally determined to posses Carolina, destroy her family and take down one last score. Ramon's insatiable appetite for easy money and revenge lead to a Mexican standoff where greed, passion and betrayal meet in a deadly dance of blood and bullets.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Opening of the Exhibition: Bajo La Superficie
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of Barbara McClatchie’s new exhibition. This invitation is extended by La Secretaria de Cultura de Yucatan, La Direccion de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Merida, El Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia and la Galeria In La ‘Kech.
Location: Calle 59 s/n entre 58 y 60, Col. Centro. Located between la Sagrada Familia and El Congreso del Estado
Time: 8:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free
Saturday (Sabado) March 15, 2014
Artisan Festival
Festival of local artisans featuring local fine artists and craftsmen, live music and a flavorful vegan cuisine by Lo Que Hay Café.
Location: Hotel Mediomundo, Calle 55 between 64 and 66 in Centro.
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free!
Movie: Italia Inacabada and El Alumno
Unfinished Italy... we believe this is an architectural documentary. Here's the website: www.unfinished-italy.com/. And, another documentary from Mexico in 2010 (probably in Spanish): "Usain Bolt just made history breaking two sprint world records at the World Championships in less than a week. At the same time, Javier, a young disabled man, whose life is arranged according to a series of routines difficult to modify, dreams of becoming the next top sprinter."
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: Noon Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Movie: How to Make a Book with Steidl
(Germany 2010) Amazing documentary, in English: The movie observes the publisher, as he collaborates with the world famous photographers Joel Sternfeld, Robert Frank, Ed Ruscha, Jeff Wall and Robert Adams, at their studios and other places of work, in New York, London and Paris, in the Katar desert, and, last but not least, in Göttingen. Here, in “Steidlville”, their works are printed on Steidl‘s own machines, in three shifts. In goes the idea, out comes the finished book.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 5:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Movie: Drinking Buddies
(2013) Luke and Kate are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn'tLocation: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos plus free popcorn
First Merida Saint Patrick’s Irish Festival March 14, 15, 16 & 17
This Festival is important to both Mexicans and Irish because, in 1846, the “Batallón de San Patricio” (Saint Patrick’s Batallion) fought with Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Most of this batallion had deserted or defected from the United States Army. Their original countries of origin included: Ireland, and Germany, as well as Canada, England, France, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, and Mexico. Most of its members were members of the Catholic Church. Their ranks also included a number of escaped slaves from the Southern United States. This will be the first Saint Patrick’s Irish Festival ever to be celebrated in the city of Merida, and it will be organized by Hennessy’s Irish Pub and Heineken, with support from the Merida City Hall and Patronato del Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de Mérida.
Location: in front of Hennessey's Pub
Time: Friday (14) and Saturday (15): 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Not sure about the other two days.
Admission: Free
Music: Guitars… Guitars… Guitars…
This will be the event of the week in music in Merida! It includes a Guitar Concert, the Coronation of the Queen of the Trovadores, and the 2014 Festival of the Day of the Yucateco Trovador all rolled into one. This will be an evening to remember!
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Tickets available at the box office
Movie: Hidden Agenda
(U.K. 1990). Director: Ken Loach Starring: Frances McDormand, Brian Cox and Brad Dourif. When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth... which they soon discover to be contained in an audio tape which the man had with him, exposing political manipulations at the highest levels of government. But such underlying agendas require careful considerations to avoid worse things than murder.
Location: Cineteca Nacional Manuel Barbachano Ponce in Teatro Armando Manzanero, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free
Movie: Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo
(Mexico 2009) Yulene Olaizola’s debut film is a thought-provoking portrait of two lonely and strangely intertwined friends. For years, Olaizola’s grandmother Rosa told stories of a handsome young lodger. Living under (and on top of) her roof in the 1980s, he painted strange pictures on the walls and played an important role in Rosa’s emotional life. But this picture of a pleasant, harmless and creative young man slowly gives way to a shocking end. Won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Miami Film Festival.
Location:LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students
Movie: Kings Of Summer
(2013) Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
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) March 16, 2014
Artisan Festival
Festival of local artisans featuring local fine artists and craftsmen, live music and a flavorful vegan cuisine by Lo Que Hay Café.
Location: Hotel Mediomundo, Calle 55 between 64 and 66 in Centro.
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free!
The Ultimate Guide to Predatory Birds:
Learn more about the habits and behaviors of predatory birds and see how they hunt their prey.
Location: Museo de Historia Natural, Calle 59 x Av. Itzaes
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free
Grand Opening: Progreso’s Humane Society Clinic
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
Special Symphony of Yucatan Performance: 100% Russian
The guest director for this performance is Mark Kadin.
Location: Teatro Jose Peon Contreras, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Tickets on sale at the box office.
Sunday Service in English
Mass in English... this doesn't happen every day.
Location: Church of Las Monjas, Calle 65 at Calle 64
Time: 5:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free
Movie: Frances Ha
(2013 USA) A story that follows a New York woman (who doesn’t really have an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she’s not really a dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possibility dwindles.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17, Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM Sunday
Admission: $30pesos plus free popcorn and coffee.
Theater: Impropulsion: A Spectacular of Clown in Movement March 16
This project is part of the Sacbe Circuit, which showcases regional scenic arts. Proceeds will go to benefit the Patronato Tampanco on the Second Anniversary of the Tapanco Centro Cultural.
Location: Auditorium of the Olimpo
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $100 pesos. Tickets on sale in Tapanco, Calle 47 x 68, Centro, Merida.
Movie: Before Midnight
(2013) We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
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) March 17
St. Patrick’s Day
Birthday of Benito Juarez
Casa Zamna’s St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
The doors open at 7:00 PM and a full St. Patrick’s Day dinner will be served at 7:30 PM. Live music will be provided by Matt’s Music.
Location: Hotel Zamna, Calle 53 # 547 x 70 y 72, Barrio de Santiago, Merida
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: $150 pesos, tickets available at hotel reception between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM
Chinese Opera: The Festival of Opera of Pekin
El Instituto Confucio de la UADY has been part of UADY Global since 2008, providing students with access to learning not only the Chinese language, but to learning about Chinese Culture as well. During these years, wonderful business relationships have been forged between students from UADY and China. Every year, there is a celebration of the Chinese New Year in Merida. Now, we are privileged to have a Chinese opera here in Yucatan.
Location: Teatro Felipe Carrillo, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 7:00 PM Monday
Admission: Tickets available at the Confucius Institute at UADY (IC-UADY).
Coming Soon
Yucatan Symphony Orchestra - March Schedule
Program 7: Friday, March 21 & Sunday, March 23
Juan Carlos Lomónaco, Director, Mimi Stillman, Flutist
Music for the evening includes: Concert for Flute, by Jacques Ibert
Fantasy on the Themes of Carmer, by Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms
Program 8: Friday, March 28 & Sunday, March 30
Juan Carlos Lomónaco, Director; Shari Mason, Violín
Music for the evening includes: Overture “Così fan tutte”, K. 588 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concert for violín, Op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Symphony No. 1, Op. 39 by Jean Sibelius
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
Invitation: Program of Activities for Festival of Birds 2014 March 28, 2014
It is time to begin to plan for this fall’s activities. Since Yucatan has become a major birding destination, the program of activities for the Bird Festival has become an important part of activity planning earlier and earlier each year. You are cordially invited to the presentation of the 2014 Festival of Birds in Yucatan.
Location: Multiple Use Salon, Gran Museo del Mundo Maya de Merida
Time: 6:00 PM
Admission: Free: 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 two are alike (i.e. only 1 burger stand, etc.)
More Information: Merida Music Festival website. 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.
Call for Donations: II Evolucion Spay/ Neuter Clinic in Uman March 30
Goal: 100 animals spayed or neutered, with more expected
Cost per animal: $400 pesos, which covers the cost of surgical supplies, anti-parasite meds, follow-up meds and additional vaccinations and antibiotics if required. Most animals get their nails trimmed and their ears cleaned. Vets, vet techs, vet students and volunteers donate their time.
Sponsorship: Can you sponsor one animal? Can you ask your friends to sponsor one animal? Evolucion will send donors, via email, a photo of each animal that they helped sterilize.
How to Donate to the Uman Spay and Neuter Clinic: Online via credit card or Paypal on the Evolucion Animal AC website go to www.evolucionanimal.org/donate.php. Click on the Donate button. Please mark your donation as “Clinic.” If you would like to make a cash donation, please email patintheyucatan@gmail.com
Thanks for being part of the solution!
Fourth Season of Opera at the Movies
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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