If you enjoy going to a good show at Mazatlán’s historic Angela Peralta Theater, you’re in town at the right time. November and December are, for the performing arts, the most crowded months of the year, for the Sinaloa Arts Fair is still in progress at the beginning of November and the Mazatlán Cultural Festival is barely getting under way. Not only are there events to look forward to in the theater, there are also free shows of various kinds in the downtown streets and plazas. The callejoneada (ca-yeh-ho-ney-AHda) or street procession marking the Day of the Dead kicks off the proceedings at 7:00 p.m. the evening of Thursday, Nov. 1. This traditional public walkabout in the Centro Historico leads the participants to various altars set up for the dear departed. And speaking of the departed, this year’s Mazatlán Cultural Festival has been dedicated to the late Don Julio Berdegué, local hotelier-developer who died in April of 2007. An ardent supporter of the arts, he is being honored for his generosity in providing hundreds of rooms and meals to performers both in the Cultural Festival and during many editions of Carnaval Mazatlán.  Here is the calendar of events both within and outside of the theater during the Sinaloa Arts Fair (S) and the Mazatlán Cultural Festival (M). For events that require tickets, you can obtain them at the box office to the right of the theater entrance. And remember, it’s always a good idea to check the website: www.culturamazatlan.com.mx to verify performance times and dates as well as new events that may pop onto the schedule after the Pearl’s press time. NOVEMBER Nov.1: Callejoneada (promenade) for Day of the Dead (M), 7pm at the Plazuela Machado Nov. 2: Oscar Chavez, Los Morales, Voz en Punto & Maria Ines Ochoa (S),7pm, Plazuela Republica Nov. 2: Arte Espacio with Fernando Guerra (S), 8pm, Antonio Haas Theater  Nov. 3: Tribute to Pedro Infante (S) Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra of the Arts, Sinaloa Opera Chorus with soloist Manuel Chu, 7pm, Plazuela Republica Nov. 8: String Orchestra concert, 8pm, San Jose Church, centro, Free Nov. 9 & 10: La Boheme, the lyric opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini (M), Sinaloa

Symphony Orchestra directed by Enrique Patron de Rueda, 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater Ticket prices: 180, 200, 250 & 350 pesos Nov. 13: Delfos Danza Contemporanea (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater , Ticket prices: 80, 100, 120 & 150 pesos Nov. 13: Concert by the Camerata Mazatlan , 8pm, San Carlos Borromeo Church, Free Nov. 16, 17 & 18: (16th & 17th) Sleeping Beauty (M), National Dance Company, 8pm: (18th matinée) 12:00 noon, Angela Peralta Theater , Ticket prices: 120, 250 & 300 pesos   Nov. 21: Pasarela Pacífico (M), Leading Mexican fashion designers preview their spring ’08 collections, 7pm, Angela Peralta Theater , Cost: $1,000 pesos, ticket includes jewelry show at Emerald Bay at 9pm. Nov. 23: Jazzerata (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater, Ticket prices: 120, 180 and 250 pesos Nov. 27: Mozart’s Requiem with the Da Corneto Opera of Chicago (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater , Ticket prices: 120, 180 & 200 pesos Nov. 28: Tribute to Queen (M), Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra of the Arts & the Aleph Liverpool Group, 8pm at  the Antigua fábrica de hilados de Villa Union, Ticket prices: To be announced Nov. 30: Don Pasquale, the comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater, Ticket prices: 120, 250 & 300 pesos DECEMBER Dec. 1: Don Pasquale, the comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater, Ticket prices: 120, 250 & 300 pesos Dec. 5: Concert by Camerata Mazatlan, 8pm., Christian Church, centro, Free Dec. 6: String Orchestra concert, 8pm, Sagrada Familia Church, Fracc. Gaviotas, Free Dec. 7: Jane Saborio, Exhibition of paintings (M), 7pm, Angela Peralta Gallery Dec. 8: Tania Libertad, Peruvian-born, internationally renowned singer  (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater, Ticket prices: 150, 280 & 350 pesos Dec. 10: “A Romance of Tablao” by Miura Expresión Flamenca (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater, Ticket prices: 80, 150 & 180 pesos Dec. 14 & 15: Christmas Gala in music and song (M), 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater, Ticket prices: 180, 220 & 280 pesos Dec. 17 & 18: The Nutcracker (M), Municipal School of the Classical Ballet, Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra of the Arts, Enrique Patron de Rueda, conducting, 8pm, Angela Peralta Theater Ticket prices: 100, 150 & 200 pesos