Merida Events: Opera, Art & Bananas
The week might be a little sleepy but the weekend is full of surprises and attractions. Now is the best time to enjoy Merida! The weather borders on hot during the day but cools off beautifully for each lovely evening. The air is fresh, people are preparing for the holidays (in this case, Virgen de Guadalupe Day, Christmas, New Years Even and Kings Day). And everyone just seems happy to be here! We know that we certainly are!! Oh, and if you haven't gone yet, the state fair at Xmatkuil (from which the banner photo is taken...) is still happening. There's a lot to see there, so leave yourself plenty of time to enjoy the spectacle!
Here are the events we know about this week...
Events
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Film Citizenfour
- Wed December 2nd 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
After Laura Poitras received encrypted emails from someone with information on the government's massive covert-surveillance programs, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong to meet the sen more »
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Music Concert: 1Er Macro De La Mejor Mérida
- Wed December 2nd 2015
- 7:00 pm
- not definite as of now
- Centro de Espectáculos Montejo at Xmatkuil MAP »
1Er Macro De La Mejor Mérida is a very popular radio station in Merida and this concert collects some of the best cowboy groups to be found today. If you like Tex-Mex, these are the Texans you want t more »
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Film La Sal de la Tierra (Salt of the Earth)
- Wed December 2nd 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $15 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
Synopsis from IMDB.com: For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of t more »
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Film A Band Called Death
- Thu December 3rd 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
A 2012 American documentary film directed by Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett. The documentary is about the 1970s rock band Death and their new-found popularity decades after the group recorde more »
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Film Cinema Classic: Duck Soup
- Thu December 3rd 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(United States 1933). Director: Leo McCarey. Starring Groucho, Harpo, and Chico Marx. Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over t more »
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Music Concert: Fidel Rueda
- Thu December 3rd 2015
- 9:00 pm
- Free
- Centro de Espectáculos Montejo at Xmatkuil MAP »
This young man has won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Banda Album. He is a singer-songwriter who is going to be with us for a lifetime. more »
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Film The Field
- Thu December 3rd 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
Bull McCabe, an Irish farmer, dumps a dead donkey in a lake. It transpires that McCabe's son, Tadhg, killed the donkey after discovering it had broken into the field the family has rented for generati more »
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Art AANY's Arte a Mano Show
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 5:00 pm
- Free
- CANACO MAP »
Huge showing of unique and handmade art by artisans from around the Yucatan Peninsula. Artisans are screened and hand-picked by the AANY committee, which also supports their efforts to show and sell t more »
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Miscellaneous Closing of the Training Centers
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- Free
- Concha Acústica del Parque de las Américas MAP »
Students get to show what they have been doing this year. There will be a Catwalk, as well as an exhibition of face painting and handicrafts. Please come out and support our talented young people. more »
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Dance Contra Dance Lessons
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Centro Cultural Carlos Acereto MAP »
We will learn new contra dance moves and dance two or three dances that feature those moves. And we will include some swing dance and country western line dance, if time permits. Dancers should bring more »
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Film Woody Allen: Bananas
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(United States/Sweden 1971). Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban. When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin more »
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Film Grand Opening Cineco 2015 - 2018
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Animaya Bicentennial Park Zoo MAP »
These films will include: caring for the environment, urgent action resources, changing habits and participation in conservation as everyone's responsibility. Animaya has been given the tas more »
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Art Inauguration of the Exposition: Balconear
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 8:00 pm
- Free
- Calle 40 #501K entre 61 y 63, Colonia Centro MAP »
October 30, November 13, and December 4 These works are the Installations of Pablo Augusto Tut Villegas more »
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Sports World Wrestling Returns to Yucatan
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Teatro del Pueblo at Xmatkuil MAP »
Please note that this is a change of date. This event was originally scheduled for November 20. Several fights are scheduled for tonight, including fights for women wrestlers. more »
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Music Concert: Bilboa Show
- Fri December 4th 2015
- 11:30 pm
- VIP $500.00 ORO $250.00 GENERAL $150.00 pesos
- Palenque at Xmatkuil MAP »
Think you understand Spanish well enough to enjoy musical comedy? If you do, this is the show for you. It has long been a favorite with Merida audiences. more »
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Art AANY's Arte a Mano Show
- Sat December 5th 2015
- 10:00 am
- Free
- CANACO MAP »
Huge showing of unique and handmade art by artisans from around the Yucatan Peninsula. Artisans are screened and hand-picked by the AANY committee, which also supports their efforts to show and sell t more »
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Lecture Mezcal Tasting
- Sat December 5th 2015
- 11:00 am
- $100 members, $150 non members
- Merida English Library MAP »
Come and taste a range of mezcals... educate your palette! more »
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Theatre Opera: Rusalka by Dvorak
- Sat December 5th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- Free
- Sala Mayamax de Gran Museo de Mundo Maya MAP »
An opera ('lyric fairy tale') by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil (1868–1950) based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erbenand Božena Němcová. Rusa more »
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Film Woody Allen: Annie Hall
- Sat December 5th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(United States 1977). Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, and Tony Roberts. Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. more »
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Music Concert: Julión Álvares & Su Norteño Banda and Liban Garza
- Sat December 5th 2015
- 10:00 pm
- $250 pesos
- Centro de Espectáculos Montejo at Xmatkuil MAP »
This is the last of the cowboy concerts for this year, so be sure not to miss it. more »
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Music Concert: Matute
- Sat December 5th 2015
- 11:30 pm
- VIP $600 Gold $500 General $350
- Palenque at Xmatkuil MAP »
Matute is a Mexican band that pays tribute to the music of the 80s in English and Spanish, with the music of such iconic singers as Madonna, Depeche Mode, and Tina Turner. The group was formed in 2007 more »
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Sports Third Disability Walk
- Sun December 6th 2015
- 8:00 am
- Free
- at the head of Paseo de Montejo MAP »
This event is in honor of the International Day of Disabled Persons. Registration begins on site at 7:00 AM. More information at: at 9420000 extension 80024, 80025 and 80026 more »
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Miscellaneous La Plancha Cleanup
- Sun December 6th 2015
- 10:00 am
- Free
- MAP »
Gran Parque La Plancha, A.C. will sponsor a short (1- 2 hour) maintenance session to prune and paint the bark of the trees we planted in 2012, and generally tidy up the stretch along Calle 46 between more »
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Film Documentary: Walking With Dinosaurs: New Blood
- Sun December 6th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- Free
- Museum of Natural History MAP »
In the Triassic Era, 220 million years ago, it is believed that dinosaurs were represented by Coelophysis, a group of theropods, emerging and starting to displace other more primitive animals. more »
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Music Yucatones in the Sun
- Sun December 6th 2015
- 2:00 pm
- Free
- Lizard Joe's MAP »
Enjoy the great music of the Yucatones and the sunshine at the beach! more »
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Music Concert: Cd9
- Sun December 6th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- VIP $600.00 ORO $500.00 GENERAL $350.00 pesos
- Palenque at Xmatkuil MAP »
Cd9 is a popular Mexican boy band. Their music is in demand throughout Mexico and Latin America. They've only been around for going on three years, but have already won the MTV Europe Music Award and more »
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Fiesta Ten Years of Yucatan Living Book Signing Party
- Tue December 8th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free (but we'd love you to buy a book!)
- Hennessy's Irish Pub MAP »
Come pick up your Ten Years of Yucatan Living coffee table full color book of photographs of the Yucatan! We'll be serving cochinita tacos so you can get a few unique stains on your copy :-) Seriousl more »
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Music Tuesday of Trova: Trio Los Tres Yucatecos
- Tue December 8th 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Auditorium of the Olimpo MAP »
These are performances by the signature trova trios in Yucatan. more »
