Merida Events: August 17-23, 2015

16 August 2015 Events, Reader's Polls 0

In the middle of August, you'll be hard pressed to find any self-respecting Meridano of a certain economic class in downtown Merida. Life at the beach is more fun and a lot cooler! Still, for those who live in the centro, the dog days of summer are also quiet days and we kind of like that! Luckily, there are some great films being shown and the usual ongoing events are also still around. By the way, the movie at Hennessy's this Monday night will be As Good As It Gets, starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. Great film.

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Events

Music Classic Rock: The Fabulous Yucatones
- Sun August 16th 2015
- 3:00 pm
- Free
- Lizard Joe's in Chelem MAP »
The Yucatones are a group of expat rockers determined to make this a night you'll never forget. THE FABULOUS YUCATONES stuck their big toes in the water a week ago, and it felt so good they're gonna j more »
Film Club Sandwich
- Sun August 16th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Mexico 2013) Director: Fernando Eimbcke. Starring: María Renée Prudencio, Lucio Giménez Cacho, Danae Reynaud. Hector and his young mother Paloma go on vacation. Out of season their hotel is desert more »
Film Film Socialisme
- Sun August 16th 2015
- 8:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(France 2010). Director: Jean Luc Godard. Starring: Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture, Mathias Domahidy Synopsis: "Film Socialisme" is a symphony in three movements. "Things like" on a Mediterranean c more »
Film Opera
- Tue August 18th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Italy 1987). Director: Dario Argento. A young opperata is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself. Italian with Spanish subtitles. more »
Film Eden
- Wed August 19th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
2014 - Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music. English a more »
Film Sueño de Invierno (Winter Sleep)
- Wed August 19th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
Turkey 2014 - Probably has English subtitles Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is more »
Film Alivio
- Thu August 20th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
2015 - Three single mothers from different regions in Mexico attempt to heal painful memories of abuse through a shared profession they've fought very hard to achieve: Being nurses. Probably in Spanis more »
Film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
- Thu August 20th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Thailand 2010). Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Synopsis: Uncle Boonmee, suffering from acute kidney failure, decides to end his days among his people in the field. Surprisingly, the ghost of h more »
Film Anime Films: The Vision of Escaflowne
- Thu August 20th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 1996). Director: Kazuki Akane, Yoshiyuki Takei Synopsis: Hitomi is a young Japanese student who is mired in a state of depression and wants to disappear. Surprisingly, her desire is fulfilled a more »
Film Gueros
- Thu August 20th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
(2014) Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City. Probably in Spanish. more »
Film Club Sandwich
- Thu August 20th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Mexico 2013) Director: Fernando Eimbcke. Starring: María Renée Prudencio, Lucio Giménez Cacho, Danae Reynaud. Hector and his young mother Paloma go on vacation. Out of season their hotel is desert more »
Film Vuelve a la Vida (Return to Life)
- Fri August 21st 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
2010 - The love story between a top model from New York, a Mexican scuba diver and a shark. In Spanish... maybe with subtitles. more »
Film Martha Marcy May Marlene
- Fri August 21st 2015
- 7:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(United States 2011). Director: Sean Durkin Synopsis: Haunted by certain facts and dominated by a growing anxiety, the young Martha leaves a cult and goes to live with her sister Lucy and her sister's more »
Film Anime Films: Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen
- Fri August 21st 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 2012). Director: Keishi Otomo. Synopsis: Himura Kenshin (Takeru Sato) tries to lead a quiet life with Kaoru (Emi Takei) and forget his past as the legendary Battosai, but a new threat hangs ove more »
Miscellaneous Cus Cus Cirkus: Humor and Collective Delusion
- Fri August 21st 2015
- 8:00 pm
- General: $50 pesos, Students and INAPAM: $25 pesos
- Central Patio of the Olimpo MAP »
This show features Daniel Quesadas. more »
Film Room 666
- Fri August 21st 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders set up a static camera in room 666 of the Hotel Martinez and provided selected film directors a list of questions to answer concerning the future of cinem more »
Film Camille Claudel 1915
- Fri August 21st 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(France 2013). Director: Bruno Dumont Synopsis: In 1915, Camille Claudel (Juliette Binoche ) is institutionalized by her family in a home for the mentally ill in southern France. She will no longer sc more »
Film Hasta el último trago... corazón!
- Sat August 22nd 2015
- 12:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
This documentary is a valentine to Mexican music and the women who have contributed to its development. Chavela Vargas, Lila Downs, Eugenia Leon, Astrid Hadid, La Negra Graciana, and Iraida Noreiga ar more »
Film Respira (Breathe)
- Sat August 22nd 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
Charlie is an average French suburban teenager, but when she becomes fast friends with Sarah, the rebellious new girl at school, she discovers there's nothing average about how she feels in Melanie La more »
Film Dodtooth
- Sat August 22nd 2015
- 7:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Greece 2009). Director: Giorgos Lanthimos. Synopsis: A couple with three children lives in a mansion on the outskirts of a city.The boys, who have never left home, are educated according to the metho more »
Film Anime Films: A Letter to Momo "Momo e no Tegami"
- Sat August 22nd 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 2011). Director: Hiroyuki Okiura. Clinging to an unfinished letter written by her recently deceased father, young Momo moves with her mother from bustling Tokyo to the remote Japanese island of more »
Film La Sal de la Tierra (Salt of the Earth)
- Sat August 22nd 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
2014 - For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events o more »
Film Club Sandwich
- Sat August 22nd 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Mexico 2013). Director: Fernando Eimbcke Language: Spanish Synopsis: Paloma (Maria Renee Prudencio) and her 15 year old son, Hector (Lucio Gimenez Cacho), have a very strong and special relationshi more »
Film Anime Films: Howl's Moving Castle "Howl ugoku no Shiro"
- Sun August 23rd 2015
- 11:00 am
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 2005). Director: Hayao Miyazaki Synopsis: When an insecure young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insec more »
Film Stranger than Paradise
- Sun August 23rd 2015
- 6:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(United States 1984). Language: English with Spanish subtitles. Director: Jim Jarmusch. Synopsis: Two friends from Budapest, along with one's girlfriend, move to Florida and have a number of adventure more »
Film Camille Claudel 1915
- Sun August 23rd 2015
- 8:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(France 2013). Language: French with Spanish subtitles. Director: Bruno Dumont Synopsis: In 1915, Camille Claudel (Juliette Binoche ) is institutionalized by her family in a home for the mentally ill more »