DECEMBER EVENTS ADD SPARKLE TO MAZATLAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL
By Jackie Peterson

Visitors who arrive in Mazatlán in the month of December can always add a concert or two to their beach vacation, thanks to the events in progress as part of the Mazatlán Cultural Festival. Most of these performances are staged in the historic, restored Angela Peralta Theater, although a few always take place in the theater’s open-air lobby or in the adjacent Plazuela Machado. Here’s what’s on the calendar this month. Unless otherwise noted, these events take place on the dates noted at 8 p.m., in the theater, Calle Carnaval near the corner of Constitucion, in Old Mazatlán. The box office is to the right of the theater entrance. Phone (Spanish only) is 982-4446. Events scheduled for the theater’s lobby or art gallery, or in the adjacent Plazuela Machado, are admission-free. The program as posted below is subject to changes and additions, so we suggest that readers check with the box office or the English language section on the website: www.teatroangelaperalta.com

DECEMBER SCHEDULE
6, 7 — Christmas Concert with the voices of the Angela Peralta Chorale.
8 — Sinaloa pianists Alejandro Madrid and Rosa Maria Valdez, and soprano Edna Rendon perform solos with the backing of the Sinaloa Orchestra of the Arts, starting at 7 p.m.
8 — An open-air tribute to John Lennon and his music in the Plazuela Machado, 9 p.m.
9 — Classical guitarist Fran-cisco Bibriesca performs in the lobby.
10 — Christmas Concert by the children of Colegio Agustina Monterde in the kiosk of the Plazuela Machado (the poor man’s Rockefeller Center).
2,14 — “Nutcracker,” the perennial Christmas family favorite, performed by the Municipal School of Ballet.
1,15 — Gala of Contemporary Dance, featuring the Mazatlán Professional School of Contemporary Dance.
16 — Espacio Siete (Space Seven), a group show by seven well-known local women artists, opens in the upstairs gallery.
17 — Play (in Spanish) “Letters at the foot of a tree,” directed by Angel Norzagaray from Mexicali.
18 — Movidanza, a contem-porary dance company from Guadalajara, performs.
19 — Concert of Christmas music, by the Sinaloa Orchestra of the Arts.
20 — Posada Mexicana, a popular traditional holiday fiesta, begins at 6p.m. and continues with a pastorela, piñatas and public dancing till the wee hours in the Plazuela Machado.

 

 

 

 

 


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