arpa1The Vallartense Institute of Culture organized the first encounter of the island music that brings together 10 major local talent genres jazz, rock, pop, classical, spiritual, flamenco, traditional Cuban and Mexican, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday  February 7 to 28 of February in the Cuale Cultural Center auditorium, promptly at 7 pm.

To inaugurate the splendid musical encounter this Thursday 7, at 7 pm with a cost of $ 30 pesos generally

MetroOperaTony Award-winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. The new staging moves the opera’s tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960.

jenniriveraThe legacy of late Latin star Jenni Rivera is set to continue as she has received 11 posthumous nominations for the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

The singer died in a plane crash in Mexico on December 9, along with six other passengers, but her contribution to the Latin music industry is still being recognised.

Rivera is up for 11 awards including Artist of the Year, Female Songs Artist of the Year, and a double nomination for Album of the Year for her two records, "Joyas Prestadas: Pop" and "La Misma Gran Senora."

Don Omar is also set for a big night at the prestigious ceremony, landing 18 nominations including Artist of the Year and Male Songs Artist of the Year. Prince Royce and Pitbull, major finalists last year, have picked up 10 and nine nominations respectively, while newcomers 3BallMTY received eight nods. The ceremony will take place on April 25 at BankUnited Center at the University of Miami, Florida.

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sangreThe U.S. Consular Agency of Vallarta is requesting blood donations of B-Negative or O-Negative for an American citizen, Herbert M. Heinstein, who is still hospitalized at Amerimed Hospital. The local blood banks have no stock of the blood he needs.

We are urgently seeking blood donations.

The blood bank is located at San Javier Marina Hospital – Across from the Maritime Terminal in Vallarta.

setac1Paco Arjona, Director of SETAC (Solidaridad Ed Thomas A.C.), announces the Fourth Annual Duckaton Fundraiser where you are guaranteed an evening of fun while supporting the SETAC Puerto Vallarta GLBT Community Center.

The 2013 Duckaton will be held on Wednesday, February 20, from 7:00 until 11:00 and will once again be held and hosted at the Boana Torre Malibu condo-hotel on the poolside terrace, located at 325 Amapas street,

Learn-SpanishLearning Spanish in Vallarta is the ultimate compliment to our friends and hosts in Mexico.  Mr Raul Gomez, an accomplished Spanish teacher from the Northwest of the United States, retired to Banderas Bay and is now giving back!

After 28 years teaching Spanish to children in Portland Oregon, Mr Gomez is now teaching those with piquito language skills to be able to communicate effectively.

Classes are inexpensive and are held in Marina Vallarta!

Vamos a aprender juntos!! No esperes más!

Homenaje Trayectoria presents the photo exhibition of Mr Scott Breitag, born in Bemidji, MN, USA on February 16, 1971.

galavallarta1The Twentieth Gala Vallarta will take place from february 6 to 9, this is an event that will bring together the National and International Wholesalers of the hotel industry of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit.

This is a structure based in a format of business meetings

preestablished with a minimum duration of 30 minutes each, which are scheduled from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m and resume at 3 p.m.to 6p.m.

chimo2CHIMO - During March 25th-29th,  a group of American volunteers is traveling to Chimo, a small fishing village west of Puerto Vallarta, to lead a community mural project. Working with school children from the Chimo primary school, the volunteers will create four colorful outdoor murals that depict and celebrate

the rich animal and plant life of the Pacific Ocean, including sea turtles, humpback whales, dolphins, manta rays, fish, and other sea life.

FESTIVALThe Music Festival is a 3 day event held annually in San Pancho for the last 13 years. The Festival has always been free to the public, and amazingly it still is.

The 13th annual San Pancho Music Festival for 2013 will be held Friday through Sunday, 02/22 through 02/24/2013 in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico.  As in the past years,

luismiguelThe governor of Nayarit, Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, said the free concert of singer Luis Miguel in Nayarit Fair 2013, to be held on March 4, will cost 50 percent less than usual .

At a press conference, the state governor said that a month ago the singer of "Unconditional" was hiring   for less, because for the same dates he will be in Guadalajara and is not a specific concert for Nayarit.

"When is a tour costs  cheaper, almost half," said Sandoval Castañeda, who declined to give the cost of the event, due to a request for confidentiality of the contract of the singer. Luis Miguel concert is schedule  according to the governor from February 24 and  28 in Guadalajara.

It is expected an attendance  more than 100,000 people in the forecourt of the fairgrounds, where there will be dedicated areas, will be mount an extensive security device and the event is free.

Given the criticism that the state leader in social networks for this concert, Sandoval Castañeda said that "artists do not have a specific collection, so do not worry about the price."

  The intention of bringing the singer, who will be in Guadalajara days before, was for the benefit of Nayarit. "I always think of the families of Nayarit, looking to make a great effort, we took on the task, Rodrigo Perez, Minister of Tourism and a server, to bring this level of artists," he said.

Nayarit Fair 2013 will be held from March 1 to 23  at the fairgrounds and will be free. It is expected that on  February 4 authorities shall disclose the other artists that integrate the billboard.

Yesterday, on his Twitter account, Nayarit Governor announced that the singer Luis Miguel will perform a concert in this city, which today he will give more details.



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Chef Thierry Blouet, your host at Cafe des Artistes celebrates the Vallarta Lobster Festival in style! 

January 15th through Febuary 28th is the celebration of the lobster in Vallarta.  Cafe des Artistes celebrates in a gourmet style with especially selected lobster unusual for the Vallarta area.

  Chef Thierry's first thought was to import the delicacy from Canada, New England, San Fransisco or New York.

adanielmartinez"In order to continue In This profession You have to be very stubborn"

Visiting Puerto Vallarta on the anniversary of 21 ½ Eureka! Arts and Production, actor stage combat specialist, talks about the profession of being an actor.

Puerto Vallarta

how you  developed as an actor and what have been your new challenges ?

I think that who is going to developed is yourself or at least that is how I see it, or is it that suddenly you are confronted with different situations cuando  estas empezando tienes mucha energia, lo ideal es que tenga muchas ganas de hacer bastantes cosas, que aguantes los constantes rechazos y que eso te ayude a crear fortaleza en tu espiritu para seguir adelante.

that's how I see it has not changed, the only thing I can say for example has changed, is that now there are more Mexican cinema from  when I started it was very little Mexican films were almost always the same directors a very small pull of actors, among them was my wife, now what we have tried to do with the new incentives for film is that there are more movies, more chance for actors, there more chance for directors, but the medium of television, theater, remains the same, of course, comes new people, new directors, new writers, and that gives a guideline for new stories, and you have to adapt to that, suddenly was said and thought that maybe with this post and new fashion reality shows would stop having jobs for actors, but not necessarily happened, also thought the animation would replace the need for meat and bone , of flesh and sweat, it has not gone entirely, which has always spoken, I am the son of actor, and since I've been in the middle my dad complained, or fellow dad complained of new stream of musicians beginning to act, when I entered my generation actors complained models or foreign flow, but it always has been, always will be room for talented people to not so talented people, for people beautiful, for people not so pretty, the only constant I see is that in order to continue in this race you have to be very stubborn, you have to persevere and urge.

Is the performance underappreciated career?

I believe it is undervalued, yes and no, also depending on the image  you have, the more you image with the public, can give you more prestige, but the fact is that we are dedicated to the performance, yes we as outsiders of society, somehow we are inheritors of these theaters minstrels or traveling, even in the time of Shakespeare, all the actors were people who got into a tent, and that tent mounted  on a carts and went around the country representing their work, living in pretty squalid conditions, then actors somehow  remain outsiders, it is a difficult race, the other constant is uncertainty, finish a job and 90 percent of often do not know what is next, few good times, are given, but at the same time is also a career that gives you many satisfactions, I have done very well, without being a very famous person, or without winning millions and millions, without starring in soap operas, movies I've done and I have a career fascinating to me is really interesting to me that nourishes and fills much

What is the magic of being an actor, to be someone else?

I do not know if it's to be someone else, it depends on how you look, the magic is in making art, in art there is a moment of transcendence, in my opinion, as I see it, is when they say action, it is time when you're on stage and everything is pervaded, is currently at risk of sounding cheesy and idealistic, is a time of spiritual transcendence, you know that's the art, the art that sucks, I do not necessarily see it as this thing to interpret another person, or be someone else, who also currently one it is, is rather create art, create moments for the viewer, the viewer leave their problems, when the viewer is lulled into a chair an hour and twenty or what does the film and is immersed in a story, it's like when you're a kid and you sit with your grandfather, your father, or whoever, and tells a story, and that story makes you quiver, make you spin for days, that's the magic of storytelling and that's the magic of the actor, the magic of the artist, is a moment of transcendence.

What do you prefer, film, theater or television?

Cinema.

For you, the film has a social responsibility or their work is merely entertainment?

Social responsibility is what you decide to do at the time, for example in this film 180 degrees, the responsibility is what the film speaks, is to make a change the social responsibility of being an actor at this time by example I'm in Puerto Vallarta, for me is to make people aware that art is there, that art also makes us tick, then serves many purposes, from awareness to people there are changes to be a better person, for example too much work with the student, that submission is inspiring that is the mission of director, and I gladly participated, although not necessarily share the religious ideals of that person, or simply entertain also, it has nothing wrong with a movie Sunday best, I'm an actor who can make a movie very prickly and very strong, but also epic "epopee" as is Chicogrande, as do a romantic comedy such as Heart of melon, whose main goal is entertain.

Has there been an evolution of the histrionic art?

Yes, and is inward, the bigger you are, the more seriously you take it, the deeper you can get at you, more fiber emotional contact that is in common with you and another character, and the fictional character, then yes there is an evolution , have more capabilities, if you keep watching, if you take care of your body, if you do not lose elasticity, physical work, your body is another tool, to me what I like to explore, for example in each character are different movements, different energies, different rhythms to speak, then yes there is an evolution of your technical tools that are your body, your voice, yet deeper, and that's with all the artists who are serious about their art, their passion, the search becomes more internal, paradoxically at a time, you have more control over your tools on your canvas on your brushes on your saxophone, or about trumpet.

What is the ultimate goal of an actor?

In a selfish way, reusing paradoxical word is from the inside out, get in, finally also do it for yourself, there is nothing more for the viewer, go inward for you, so that in, that fiber be reflected in your eyes, your eyes are full of images and thoughts that captures the audience , what is happening to this guy, right now at this time I is squeezing the tummy? ", is where the stories also become magical, is to go from the inside out. Now, an art, too, but you also have to be pragmatic and must live.

What can you tell us about the movie 180 degrees that are promoting?

180 degrees was released this week, first in Monterrey,is Fernando Kalife movie, we did four years ago in Monterrey, and is just out, is a film with a bill really first world, a pretty cool movie, with a super performance, super direction, I am very proud to have made ​​this film, it is also important, but also marks a pattern, a difference with the characters I've been playing.

 

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