August 2003 Events Calendar in San Miguel de Allende

1st-3rd: Women & Money Workshop, 8 hour workshop by Judith Chaikin, contact: womenandmoney@unisono.net.mx, tel: +52 (415) 152-4957.
1st: Lecture, 5 p.m., Writers Week: local novelist and journalist, Lou Christine, Instituto Allende auditorium, $50 pesos.
1st: Art Exhibit, 6 to 8 p.m., Geoff Winningham exhibits prints from his book In the Eye of the Sun. Galeria de Arte Fotografico, Reloj 46.
1st: Exhibit, 6 to 8 p.m., Encounters with Texture, photographs by Carlos Slim, Galeria Izamal, calle Mesones, next to Teatro Angela Peralta.
1st: Monte Carlo Night - Centro de Crecimiento Benefit, 7 p.m., casino, auction, music and great door prizes, Hotel Real de Minas, Salida a Celaya. Tickets available in the Jardin 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., $600 pesos and at the door.
1st: Exhibit, 8:30-10:30 p.m., cambiateclima, Pol 5 Suiza, Kansthaus Santa Fe, Santa Fe 22A Colonia Allende, tel 152-5608.
1st: Music, 10 p.m., Charrock Blues present Luis and Martha Monroy and Los Arcaicos, Charrock, corner Correo and Sollano. $50 pesos.
2nd: Musical Matinee, 2:30 p.m., Les Troyens part II sung in Fr w/Eng subtitles, Teatro Santa Ana, $40 pesos.
2nd: Classic Jazz, 7-9 p.m., Las Leyendas, Agave, Mesones 80.
2nd: Exhibit, 7 p.m., Seductive Serenity, paintings by Jorge R. Puron, and cocktail reception, Artes Mexico Galeria Carlos Muro, Zacateros 81. Web site: www.artesmex.com.
2nd: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Ying Quartet with Elinor Freer, piano, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
2nd: Music, 10 p.m., Charrock Blues present Luis and Martha Monroy and Los Arcaicos, Charrock, corner Correo and Sollano. Admission $50 pesos.
3rd: Book Launch, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Reva Brooks: Photography, Leonard Brooks in attendance, Bellas Artes café.
3rd: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 6 p.m., Eric Nowlin, Viola, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
4th: Exhibit, Magdiel Pérez shows abstract work at Lloyd's, San Francisco 33.
4th: Concert, 12:30 p.m., Young Scholarship Musicians, Sala Quetzal, Biblioteca Pública Free.
5th: Exhibit, Masks, Puppets by Centro de Crecimiento kids, The Estudio Keith Keller/Lisa Simm, Zacateros 46, open 10-2 and 4-8, Tuesday to Saturday, the exhibit runs through Aug 16.
5th: Summer Cineclub, 4, 6:30 and 9 p.m., 27 Missing Kisses, Russian/Spanish subtitles. Cinemas Gemelos, room 1. More information about the film: www.sanmiguelguide.com/cineclub/eng.htm .
5th: Lecture, 5 p.m., Adios is not Goodbye: (Mis) adventures in Language and Culture by Robert de Gast, Teatro Santa Ana, $50 pesos.
5th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Fine Arts Quartet, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
6th: Hiroshima Day Peace Vigil 12 noon, to commemorate Hiroshima Day; a half-hour silent prayer/meditation for world peace with brief readings in Spanish and English, northwest corner of Parroquia beneath the statue of Fray Juan de San Miguel. This is not a political event.
6th: Concert, 5 p.m., Orchestra Tipica, Instituto Allende back patio, weather permitting, or theater. Instituto Allende, $50 pesos (includes margarita or soft drink).
6th: Theater, 7.30 p.m., Murder At The Howard Johnson's presented by San Miguel Playreaders, St. Paul's Parish Hall, calle Cardo. Door open 7 p.m., $10 pesos admission.
6th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., St. Petersburg String Quartet, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
7th: Audubon video, 4 p.m., The Private Life of Plants series, episode 3, The Birds and the Bees, Hotel Villa Jacaranda, Aldama 53. Admission $50 pesos/members free. Web site:www.audubonmex.org.
7th: Exhibit, 5 to 8 p.m., paintings by Jim Giampaoli, cocktail opening at Galeria Josh Kligerman, San Francisco 11, Centro.
7th: Lecture, 5:30 p.m., Women and Art in Mexico given by Karen Karabasz, Warren Hardy School, San Antonio Abad13 (blue door), $50 pesos.
7th: Theater, 7:30 p.m., Murder At The Howard Johnson's presented by San Miguel Playreaders, St. Paul's Parish Hall, calle Cardo. Door open at 7 p.m., $10 pesos admission.
7th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Trio Harada, Hattori & Stancul, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
8th: Art Exhibit, Nancy Nugent's oils and acrylics, Lloyd's, Calle de San Francisco, continues all month.
8th: Art Opening, 7 p.m., collective show Esencia Plástica, Diego Rivera, Leonard Brooks, Rafael Coronel and many others, cocktails, Casa Sierra Nevada en el Parque.
8th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Ying Quartet & St. Petersburg String Quartet, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
9th: Instituto Allende's Arts and Crafts fair, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., over 80 artists and vendors and live music, rain or shine, Instituto Allende.
9th: Musical matinees, 2:30 p.m., Nureyev's Don Quichotte, Teatro Santa Ana, Biblioteca, $40 pesos.
9th: Art Opening, 6 p.m., Ellen Sanders exhibits acrylics at Galería Mariposa, Recreo 38, continues through Aug 15.
9th: Silver Waltz Gala, 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival Celebration, 7:25 p.m., Bellas Artes, $250 pesos. Tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141.
10th: Instituto Allende's Arts and Crafts fair, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., over 80 artists and vendors and live music, rain or shine, Instituto Allende.
10th: Art Sale, 4 to 8 p.m., Christina Sol discounts all paintings at La Casa de Las Cruces y Los Milagros, Almeisur 8, Col Rincones de Montitlán, info 154-6477.
10th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 6 p.m., Jose White String Quartet, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
11th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 12:30 p.m., Concert by students, Biblioteca, free, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
11th: Art Sale, 4 to 8 p.m., Christina Sol discounts all paintings at La Casa de Las Cruces y Los Milagros, Almeisur 8, Col Rincones de Montitlán, info 154-6477.
12th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 12:30 p.m., Concert by students, Biblioteca, free, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
12th: Art Sale, 4 to 8 p.m., Christina Sol discounts all paintings at La Casa de Las Cruces y Los Milagros, Almeisur 8, Col Rincones de Montitlán, info 154-6477.
12th: Summer Cineclub, 4, 6:30 and 9 p.m., Sur Mes Leves, French/Spanish subtitles. Cinemas Gemelos, room 1. More information about the film: www.sanmiguelguide.com/cineclub/eng.htm .
12th: Art Opening, 6 to 8 p.m., Ingalora Dwyer exhibits at Galería RaLuz, Posada de San Francisco, Plaza Principal 2 (Jardín), Interior 1.
12th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Gustavo Rivero Weber, piano, plays Armengol, Ponce, de Elías Castro, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
13th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 12:30 p.m., Concert by students, Biblioteca, free, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
13th: Voice/Guitar Concert, 5 p.m., Rafael de la Rocha plays at Instituto Allende, Ancha de San Antonio 20, $50 pesos includes margarita and soft drink.
13th: Flamenco Performance, 8 p.m., Flamenco Lightning, Lorena Vargas and dance/music partners, Teatro Santa Ana, tickets at Biblioteca front desk.
13th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Casals String Quartet plays Bach and Mozart, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
14th: Textile Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Amuzgo weavers from Guerrero show traditional pre-Hispanic fabrics, Museo Allende, Cuna de Allende and Umarán, closed Mondays, continues through Aug 30.
14th: Audubon video, 4 p.m., The Private Life of Plants series, Living Together by David Attenborough, Hotel Villa Jacaranda, Aldama 53. Admission $50 pesos/members free. Web site:www.audubonmex.org.
14th: Players Workshop, 8 p.m., The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon-marigolds, Teatro Santa Ana, $100 pesos (1st row $50 pesos).
15th: Art Opening, 6 p.m., Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate art show by Rocio Gordillo de Lira, Casa Allende, corner of Cuna de Allende and Umarán.
15th: Exhibit and Discussion, 6 p.m., Deborah Donnelly abaut her work and self-publishing, Galería de Arte Fotográfico, Reloj 46.
15th: Players Workshop, 8 p.m., The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon-marigolds, Teatro Santa Ana, $100 pesos (1st row $50 pesos).
15th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Corigliano Quartes plays Beethoven, Smetane, Mumford, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
16th: CASA Professional Midwifery School Graduation, 10:30 a.m., Santa Julia 15, Colonia Santa Julia, info: 154-6060.
16th: Art Opening, 7 p.m., Santiago Corral exhibits paintings, Galería Indigo, Mesones 76.
16th: Opening/Closing, 6 to 9 p.m., final public event in Jim Johnston Studio, Calzada de la Luz 54, tel. 152-77-64, web site: www.jimjohnstonart.com .
16th: Players Workshop, 8 p.m., The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon-marigolds, Teatro Santa Ana, $100 pesos (1st row $50 pesos).
16th: Concert, 8 p.m., Trío Buffet (clarinets) Casa de la Cultura in coordination with El Recreo, Recreo 4.
16th: 25th Anniversary Chamber Music Festival, 8 p.m., Last Concert of the Season!, Casals and Corigliano Quartets play Corigliano, Shostakovich, Debussy, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets and info: Bellas Artes, 154-5141, more information: www.sanmiguelguide.com/camara/.
17th: Players Workshop, 5 p.m., The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon-marigolds, Teatro Santa Ana, $100 pesos (1st row $50 pesos).
18th: Mexican Music & Dance Week, 5 p.m., Los Camperos Mariachis, Instituto Allende theater, $50 pesos, (margarita or soft drink included) or $250 pesos for all six days, advance purchase available as of Monday, August 18.
18th: PEN lecture, 6 p.m., Elizabeth Rosner speaks on Writing as Journey, Bellas Artes Auditorium, free.
18th: Accordion Concert Series Opening, 8 p.m., Salomón Canelo plays French Music and Something Else, Teatro Angela Peralta.
19th: Dream Group, 4 to 5:30 p.m., telling and interpreting dreams, moderated by dream expert & author Joseph Dispenza, Animas 51, info: 152-0624.
19th: Summer Cineclub, 4, 6:30 and 9 p.m., Common Ground, Spanish. Cinemas Gemelos, room 1. More information about the film: www.sanmiguelguide.com/cineclub/eng.htm .
19th: Mexican Music & Dance Week, 5 p.m., Flamenco guitarist, Javier Estrada, Instituto Allende theater, $50 pesos, (margarita or soft drink included) or $250 pesos for all six days, advance purchase available as of Monday, August 18.
19th: Lecture, 5:30 p.m., The Romance of Ruins: San Miguel's Abandoned Chapels by photographer Robert de Gast, Warren Hardy School, San Antonio Abad 13 (blue door), two blocks below Canal/Quebrada bridge, $50 pesos.
20th: Mexican Music & Dance Week, 5 p.m., Aztec dancers, Instituto Allende theater, $50 pesos, (margarita or soft drink included) or $250 pesos for all six days, advance purchase available as of Monday, August 18.
20th: PEN lecture, 6 p.m., David Isay speaks on the power of radio, Bellas Artes Auditorium, free.
21st: Audubon video, 4 p.m., series The Private Life of Plants series, Living Together the next episode, Hotel Villa Jacaranda, Aldama 53. Admission $50 pesos/members free. Web site: www.audubonmex.org.
21st: Mexican Music & Dance Week, 5 p.m., Estudiantinas, Tuna Provenciana, Instituto Allende theater, $50 pesos, (margarita or soft drink included) or $250 pesos for all six days, advance purchase available as of Monday, August 18.
21st: Theater, 5:30 p.m., preview/dress rehearsal of Chinese Coffee, Teatro Santa Ana, $30 pesos.
21st: Playreaders, 7:30 p.m., The Misanthrope by Moliere, dir. Gerry Wodin, Saint Paul's Parish Hall, Calle Cardo, doors open at 7 p.m., $10 pesos.
21st: Movie: Preview of PEN Lecture, 7:30 p.m., Riding in Cars with Boys, Teatro Santa Ana, $40 pesos, Beverly Donofrio's talk on her book of the same name follows Mon, Aug 25, 6 p.m., Bellas Artes.
22nd: Mexican Music & Dance Week, 5 p.m., Folkloric dancers, Instituto Allende theater, $50 pesos, (margarita or soft drink included) or $250 pesos for all six days, advance purchase available as of Monday, August 18.
22nd: Fire Department Parade, 7 p.m., from Mirador Salida a Querétaro to the Jardín, 8 p.m., Mass in Templo de Las Monjas.
22nd: Galería OM Opening, 6 to 8 p.m., owners Chi and Eva Kaplan exhibit paintings and jewelry, Recreo 21A.
22nd: Art Exhibit, 7 p.m., Intervenciones Urbanas/Urban Intervention, by Instituto Allende art students, Jardín.
22nd: Theater, 8 p.m., Chinese Coffee, with Murray Kamelhar and Jerry Phalen, Dir. Nancy Nugent, Teatro Santa Ana. $50 pesos.
23rd: Mexican Music & Dance Week, 5 p.m., Orchestra Tipica, Instituto Allende theater, $50 pesos, (margarita or soft drink included) or $250 pesos for all six days, advance purchase available as of Monday, August 18.
23rd: Course in Poetry and Prose of 20th century Hispano-America, 5 to 8 p.m., in Spanish, Prof. Antonio Vilanova de Allende, continues every Saturday for 6 months, El Recreo, Recreo 4, info: Guadalupe Deanda, 152-0131.
23rd: Collar de Viento Concert, 7:30 p.m., Teatro Angela Peralta, $30/15 pesos.
23rd: Benefit Concert for the Festival Internacional de Guitarra, 8 p.m., young Greek virtuoso Varvara Gyra, Bellas Artes, $100 pesos, $50 pesos students & INSEN members, info: Mireya Pons, 154-5095.
24th: Charreada (rodeo), noon, 20th Anniversary of SMA Fire Department, Lienzo Charro (bull ring facing Los Frailes entrance on the road to Celaya).
24th: SPA Benefit Dog Day Afternoon, 12 to 6 p.m., stupid pet tricks, BBQ Bob, Hotel Verde, tickets at $200 pesos in Jardin from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
24th: Theater, 8 p.m., Chinese Coffee, with Murray Kamelhar and Jerry Phalen, Dir. Nancy Nugent, Teatro Santa Ana. $50 pesos.
25th: Musical Lecture, 5 p.m., Dave Schaner on Ladies and Gentlemen of Jazz and the Big Band Too, Teatro Santa Ana.
26th: Summer Cineclub, 4, 6:30 and 9 p.m., 27 Magdalene Sisters, English/Spanish subtitles. Cinemas Gemelos, room 1. More information about the film: www.sanmiguelguide.com/cineclub/eng.htm.
26th: Lecture, 5 p.m., Up, up and away! Illustrated talk on history of ballooning & ballooning in San Miguel, by photographer and balloon pilot Robert de Gast, Teatro Santa Ana, $50 pesos.
27th: Benefit Party for matador Curro El Marabino Ortega, 4 to 6 p.m., Hotel Villa Jacaranda, Aldama 53, $150 pesos.
27th: PEN Lecture, 6 p.m., Surprise, I'm a Fiction Writer, A Memoirist's Liberation, by Susan McKinney de Ortega, Bellas Artes auditorium, $50 pesos.
28th: Women in Change/Mujeres en Cambio Luncheon, 2 p.m., Hacienda de las Flores, Hospicio 16, $100 pesos, info & reservations: Elsmarie, 152-0935, or Georgeanne, 152-6902.
28th: Audubon video, 4 p.m., series The Private Life of Plants series, It's a Jungle out There, Hotel Villa Jacaranda, Aldama 53. Admission $50 pesos/members free. Web site: www.audubonmex.org.
28th: Concert, 7 p.m., Orquesta Típica, Teatro Angela Peralta, tickets $100 pesos at box office.
29th: Special Yoga with Monica Voss, 8 - 9:30 a.m. (intermediate, 9:30 - 11 a.m. (beg./gentle), Vanda Scaravelli method, Bellas Artes, $20 w/mat, $30 w/out, continues Sep 1 and 3.
29th: Frank Bravo in Concert, 8 p.m., Encuentro Sonero, Cuban rhythms, Teatro Angela Peralta, $100/80/60 pesos.
30th: Kids Baseball Camp Fundraiser, 11 a.m., to 7 p.m., Stirling Dickinson Field, music, food, entertainment, $50 pesos adults, free for children, info: 152-0657.
30th: Store Opening, 6 to 8 p.m., meet local artists and autohors, Casa de Papel, Mesones 57.
30th: Accordion Concert Series, 8 p.m., Salomón Canelo plays Spanish Music and Something Else, Teatro Angela Peralta.
30th: Concert, 8 p.m., Caracol de Fuego and Tim Hazell play blends of experimental and innovative pre-Hispanic music on copies of original instruments, Teatro Angela Peralta, $30 pesos.
31st: UU Film Club, 3 p.m., Shadowlands, starring Debra Winger and Anthony Hopkings, dir. Richard Attenborough, Callejón de los Muertos 28, $10 pesos.