Although the high season has come to an end, May is bringing a promising — if diverse — array of arts events, starting right out with the season’s last Artwalk and wrapping up with music on all sides. The Artwalks on the first Fridays of every month during the winter-spring have proved overwhelmingly popular with the gallery-going public. Held from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the artists’ own studios in the Centro Historico, they provide a unique glimpse into the working milieu of nearly two dozen local artists, sculptors and craftspeople. It’s likely that the studios will reopen in the fall, but May 2 is the last one for now. Then the salute to the beatniks originally announced for April 25 had to be jumped forward by a week because the Mazatlán Art Museum had another event planned for the first date announced. The jazz and poetry session in honor of the visit of Ginsberg, Keroac & friends will go forward without a hitch, however, on the evening of May 3. Or so the Mazatlán Historical Society assures us. OSSLA, the Spanish acronym for the Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra of the Arts, returns to Mazatlán for a concert in midmonth, and on the very last day of May, the ever-popular Day of Music takes over the Centro Historico with five sites ranging from the Machado to Olas Altas, each playing a different style of music: classical, pops, salsa, rock and trovo (guitar-strumming balladeers).  Arrangements for the appearance of “Forever Tango,” the touring troupe that has appeared in Mazatlán before to wild audience acclaim, were still incomplete as the Pacific

Pearl went to press. An offshoot of the original Broadway cast, this group of Argentine singers, dancers and musicians bring the stirring rhythms of backstreet Buenos Aires to life for fans of the infectious musical style. Tickets probably will be expensive, but as one aficionado pointed out, “It’s cheaper than a trip to Argentina.” And by the way, word is that the OSSLA will be back in town again on June 1, for a presentation of the zarzuela (Spanish light opera) called “Luisa Fernanda.” Do stay on the lookout for further news about that. You can save the information we have at press time in the calendar below, but be sure to check the website — www.culturamazatlan.com.mx — for additions and corrections. Click on the flag in the upper right hand corner for the English version. MAY 2 — First Friday Artwalk, a self-guided tour of artists’ studios. 4:00-8:00 p.m., Centro Historico. Free. 3 — “HOWL!” Salute to the beatniks: poetry and jazz. 7:00 p.m., Maz- atlán Art Museum. Free.    16 — Spring Season 2008: Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra of the Arts presents the Nutcracker Suite with Big Band from Mexico City as soloists. 8:00 p.m., Angela Peralta Theater Tickets: 80, 100 and 150 pesos 21 — Spring Season 2008: String Orchestra of Municipal Center for the Arts 8:00 p.m., Angela Peralta Theater Tickets: 60 pesos general admission 24 — Forever Tango 7:00 & 9:30 p.m., Angela Peralta Theater Tickets: Prices to be announced 31 — Day of Music, five sites and five styles of music 7:00 p.m. -midnight, Centro Historico Free.