October’s looking like a lively month for events on the arts scene. For one thing, the Sinaloa Arts Festival always brings both national and international performers to the stage of the Angela Peralta Theater as part of their tour of the state’s major cities. Even before the festival begins its Oct. 14-24 run locally, however, a retrospective exhibition of works by Sinaloa’s most famous artist, Antonio Lopez Saenz, is scheduled to open. This show packs a double whammy, since jewelry by Justina de Cima with designs inspired by petroglyphs found in Southern Sinaloa will share exhibit space with the Lopez Saenz art. Inauguration of this event takes place at 8:00 pm October 8 at the Mazatlán Archaeological Museum, on Calle Sixto Osuna half a block behind Olas Altas. Most of the month’s performing arts events take place in and around the Angela Peralta Theater during the Sinaloa Festival. All performances begin at 8:00 pm unless otherwise noted. Where tickets are required, prices were yet to be announced at press time. They can be obtained at the box office, to the right of the theater entrance. You may also want to ask about a season ticket arrangement; details were being worked out when the Pacific Pearl went to press. Here are the dates and events: October 14: “Farinelli Evirato,” an Italian production featuring the operatic arias favored by Evirato, the last of the famous castrati of the 19th century October 15:

Tango Folklorico of Argentina, in the Plaza Republica in front of City Hall. Admission Free October 16: Highlights by the Opera Chorus of Sinaloa from Culiacan, accompanied by Eric Steinman on piano October 17: The National Dance Company from Mexico City, together with the Sinaloa Orchestra of the Arts conducted by Maestro Enrique Patron de Rueda, performs at 7:00pm October 18: “La Bayaderi,” a youth dance group performs October 19: “Pant-sula,” a south African stomp (all percussion) group plays its rhythms in the Plaza Republica at 6:00 p.m. October 19: “I Solisti Venetti,” chamber orchestra from Padua, Italy, performs in the theater at 8:00 p.m. October 20: “Fotografias Explicitas,” a play in Spanish, on the theater stage October 21: Erik Burdon and the Animals, the 1970s American rock group, at the theater October 22: “Misa Flamenca,” authentic flamenco from Spain features Tito Lozada October 23: Sinaloa Orchestra of the Arts meets a typical Banda Sinaloense in an open-air concert with 62 musicians, at 8:00 p.m. in Olas Altas. Free October 24: A gala double feature wraps up the final day of the Sinaloa Festival. At 8:00 p.m. Andriana Varela, an Argentine tango singer, performs in the theater, and at 10:00 p.m. in the Plazuela Machado there’s a free open-air dance featuring Cuban-style salsa by the musical group called Sazon October 29 and 30: the Angela Peralta Chorale presents “Majisimo,” a musical treat with favorite songs from various zarzuelas (Spanish light opera).