By Khaki Scott
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This Week… starting March 11 , 2013

Municipal Fiestas This Week

As we continue through Lent, there are no new Festivals or Fiestas beginning this week.

But be prepared for the crowds and excitement of Semana Santa (Holy Week). This nationwide holiday takes place during the week prior to Easter Sunday and the week after. As holidays tend to grow, festivities surrounding this annual celebration are likely to begin prior to the weekend of Palm Sunday (weekend of March 24, 2013) and run through Easter Sunday itself (March 31, 2013).

Monday (Lunes) March 11, 2013

Check out our calendar of Ongoing Events.

Tuesday (Martes) March 12, 2013

Tuesday of Trova: Trio Los Andes
This trio is under the direction of Francisco Vázquez. Trova is the musical signature of Yucatan and this Tuesday event always features one or more of the very best trios in Yucatan.
Location: Auditorium of the Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 8:30 PM Tuesday
Admission: Free

2013 Murder Mystery Theater
Another performance of the 2nd annual Merida Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre “Murder in Merida: Love Hacienda Style”. Join the hilarity when Inspector Gustavo returns along with F.B.I. Criminal Profiler Marilyn Weatherbean and they present a whole new mystery to solve! YOU get to solve the MURDER! Proceeds to benefit Evolución A.C, AMANC A.C. and Hogar Nueva Vida.
Location: Hennessy’s Irish Pub, on Paseo de Montejo
Time: 6:30 PM
Admission: $395 pesos. Tickets include the show plus a three-course meal.
More information: For more information visit the Merida Murder Mystery Theater website or email info [at] meridamysterytheatre [dot] com

Wednesday (Miercoles) March 13, 2013

Movie: How to Make a Book
A fabulous German documentary about bookmaking and making the perfect book. If you are a booklover, you will find this fascinating. Find out more at the website about How to Make Book.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

2013 Murder Mystery Theater
Another performance of the 2nd annual Merida Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre “Murder in Merida: Love Hacienda Style”. Join the hilarity when Inspector Gustavo returns along with F.B.I. Criminal Profiler Marilyn Weatherbean and they present a whole new mystery to solve! YOU get to solve the MURDER! Proceeds to benefit Evolución A.C, AMANC A.C. and Hogar Nueva Vida.
Location: Hennessy’s Irish Pub, on Paseo de Montejo
Time: 6:30 PM
Admission: March 12-14, $395 pesos. Tickets include the show plus a three-course meal.
More information: For more information visit the Merida Murder Mystery Theater website or email info [at] meridamysterytheatre [dot] com

Book Signing: Merida Writers Wednesday March 13, 2013
The authors of “Our Yucatan: Tales and Poems, Mostly True, But Laced with Artistic License” are having a book signing! The books will be at a special discounted price of $120 mxn (a savings of 30 pesos over the regular price). Please try to make it to this event. Everyone is invited!

Location: Costa Brava Condos, Calle 19 #194, Chicxulub
Directions: Go into Progreso heading to the malecon. At Calle 27, turn right and keep on that road until you come to Costa Brava Condos – about 1 km. Look for OXXO on left and for Red & White Balloons
Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Admission: Free
More Information: Email lg5050 [at] hotmail [dot] com

Coronation of the Reina de los Trovadores (Queen of the Trovadors)
The lineup for tonight is amazing: Trío Peninsular, Mérida Colonial, Inútil Fuga, Quisiera
Sindicato Único de Trovadores de Yucatán Armando Manzanero, Trío Los Mensajeros, Serenata de Luceros, La Cita, Platícame de Amor, Unión de Trovadores de Yucatán Guty Cárdenas, Trío Los Tres Yucatecos, Otoño en Flor, Amor y Dolor, El Muro, Unión de Trovadores de Yucatán Pastor Cervera, Los Embajadores, Reina de Reinas, Nuestra Catedral, Aires del Mayab, Unión de Trovadores Pepe Domínguez Zaldívar. And to have all this at the Museum that honors this music is quite a treat… we highly recommend this event!
Location: Museo de la Cancion Yucateca, Calle 57 at Calle50
Time: 9:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

The Importance of the Yucatán Peninsula for Birds
Barbara MacKinnon de Montes is a recognized expert on the birds of the Yucatán Peninsula and is a conservationist. She has lived in Mexico since 1969 and became a Mexican citizen in 1981. She is the Founding President of Amigos de Sian Ka’an A.C. and remains active as an Honorary Board Member. This conference will be presented in English.
Location: Tecnologia Turistica Totál school in Mérida centro, Calle 57, # 492, x 56 y 58
Time: 7:00 PM Wednesday
Admission: Free

Thursday (Jueves) March 14, 2013

Movie: Raymundo
This documentary from Argentina is about a documentary filmmaker from that country who was kidnapped and murdered by a military dictatorship in 1976. Find out more at the very ambitious website about the film here.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Thursday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students

Classic Movie: Casablanca
(1942 USA). Director: Michael Curtiz. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and more. Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Location: Videosala del Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Museum of the City of Merida: Monthly Presentation
This event is an opening of an exhibit of photos and various objects that are associated with the history of the City of Merida.
Location: Museo de la ciudad, Calle 56 x 65
Time: 10:00 AM Thursday
Admission: Free

Mobile Museum: Inauguration of Exhibition: 19th and 20th Century Carnivals
If you are like us, you are probably curious about how Carnival has grown and become what it is over time here in Merida. This will be a great place to get great ideas for next year’s Carnival and to appreciate how much Carnival has grown in Yucatan over the years.
Location: Centro Comercial Plaza Fiesta
Time: 7:00 PM Thursday
Admission: Free

Friday (Viernes) March 15 , 2013

Dinner for FILEY
Tonite, LA68 will be the scene for a dinner in honor of FILEY, the international reading festival. Find out more about FILEY at the website here.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission:We don’t know… check with LA68.

Movie: The Bride Wore Black
(1968 France) Director: Francoise Truffaut. Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Michel Bouquet. Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She then proceeds to track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose? Watch the movie and find out!
Location: Videosala del Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free

Art Opening at La Eskalera
Galeria la Eskalera invites you to the opening of the exhibitons by Cuban painter Israel Leon and Luis Velarde.
Location: Galeria La Eskalera, Calle 70 #474B X 57 Y 59
Time: 8:00 PM Friday
Admission: Free

Music: Canadian Choral Music of Canada
This performance is by an all male choir from Canada, under the direction of Don James. The number of fine cultural events in the eastern portion of the state continues to grow. This one is well worth taking an overnight trip to see.
Location: San Antonio de Padua Convent, Izamal, Yucatan
Time: 8:30 PM Friday
Admission: Free

Symphony Orchestra of Yucatan
Tonight’s Guest Conductor is Mario Mateus. The featured violinist is Ukrainian-born Alina Komissarova, currently the principal violinist for the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. Tonight’s performance will treat our tropical audience to the lovely, Nordic sounds of music by Jean Sibelius and Edvart Grieg. If you are a Peer Gynt fan, this event is for you.
Location: Jose Peon Contreras Theater, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 9:00 PM Friday
Admission:Tickets on sale at the box office

Saturday (Sabado) March 16, 2013

Movie: First Position
Here is an American documentary that follows some very talented young dancers as they try to earn scholarships and positions with ballet companies around the world. There is some amazing dancing in this movie and some great stories. A very enjoyable film! Find out more at their website here.
Location: LA 68, Calle 68 at Calle 55, Centro
Time: 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, $15 pesos students.

Ensemble for Clarinet
Works of Handl and many more in this lovely wind instrument concert.
Location: Videosala of the Olimpo, Calle 61 at Calle 62
Time: 8:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Donations accepted

Movies: Untouchables and Marley
Two great movies in one night! Untouchables: After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker. Marley: A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
Location: Cairo Cinema, Calle 20 #98A x 15 y 17 Colonia Itzimná
Time: 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM Saturday
Admission: $30 pesos, includes popcorn

Movie: Tout le plaisir est pour moi (The Pleasure is All Mine)
A beautiful, self-centered young woman’s life turns upside down when she suddenly “loses her clitoris” (i.e. her ability to have an orgasm)

Location: Videosala del Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday
Admission: Free

Sunday (Domingo) March 17, 2013

Symphony Orchestra of Yucatan
Today’s Guest Conductor is Mario Mateus. The featured violinist is Ukrainian-born Alina Komissarova, currently the principal violinist for the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. Tonight’s performance will treat our tropical audience to the lovely, Nordic sounds of music by Jean Sibelius and Edvart Grieg. If you are a Peer Gynt fan, this event is for you.
Location: Jose Peon Contreras Theater, Calle 60 x 57
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission:Tickets on sale at the box office

Documentary : Six Degrees that Could Change the World.
This documentary details the situation on the Earth if the temperature raises six Celsius grades.
Location: Museum of Natural History, Calle 59 next to the Zoo
Time: 12:00 PM Sunday
Admission:Free

Movie: El Pozo
Pilar does not communicate with other people, she lives in her own world of fantasies, until her family makes a decision that will change the course of their lives. Movie is in Spanish
Location: Videosala del Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 5:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

European Music from the Romantic Era
Piano and Chelo concert by duet Arias-Jimenez
Location: Auditorium del Olimpo, Calle 62 x 61
Time: 6:00 PM Sunday
Admission: Free

Monday (Lunes) March 18, 2013

Check out our calendar of Ongoing Events.

Coming Soon

2013 Spring Cultural Festival: Renew Yucatan With Music – May 2 – 31
During the Spring Cultural Festival, there will be a statewide contest to find the best of Yucatan’s musical artists in traditional Yucateco trova, popular music, chamber music and urban youth expressions. This means that audiences will be treated to the very best in everything from Yucatan’s young composers to soloists, groups and orchestras. We will also get to enjoy a wide variety of music, including rock, pop, funk and reggae. This is where we give our readers a big hint: if it says fusion, in Yucatan, don’t discount it by thinking of fusion from other places. Fusion, in Yucatan, has one of the most enjoyable layers of jazz you will find anywhere in the world.
Location: Yucatan
Time: TBD

p> Opera Yucatan A.C.: New Location, Free Admission, Date Changes
In addition to the March 23 presentation of Fidelio, by Beethoven, Opera Yucatan is pleased to announce a change of venue. The third season of Opera at the Movies will continue at Sala MAYAMAX in the Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya. Due to the change of venue, admission is now free and the new dates for the remainder of the season are:
Saturday, April 13 – KATIA KABANOVA by Janacek,
Saturday, May 4 – ANDREA CHENIER by Giordano,
Saturday, June 1 – OTELO by Verdi
Location: Sala MAYAMAX in the Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya. Parking: open free parking lot at Siglo XXI and a 5-minute walk around the Convention Center, or garage at the Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya. (modest fee).
Time: Opera Talk at 11:30 AM, Show at 12:00 PM
Admission: Free

Tai Chi- Qi Gong: March 26th
Open introductory class open to the public.
Location: Parque de Santa Ana, Calle 60 x 47
Time: 8:00 AM Sunday
Admission: Free. Reservation at: https://www.facebook.com/TaiChiQiGongEnLaPlaya?ref=hl

Soul Collage – March 30
A Soul Collage creativity workshop taught in English. Spend the day using your imagination and intuition and come home with a Soul Collage deck of cards! For more information, email artdeplaya [at] yahoo [dot] com
Location: Artistas de la Playa in Chelem, Yucatan
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, March 30
Admission:$600 pesos

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