Merida Events for the Week
This week the world starts thinking about Christmas, and it's no different here in the Yucatan. The famous Chelem Christmas Toy Drive begins, as well as the Fair at Xmatkuil. A great art opening at the Soho Galleries, and Program 5 of the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra.
And end the week with a bang listening to the Yucatones!
Events
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Art Art + Wine + Bull Pen
- Wed November 11th 2015
- 5:00 pm
- Free
- El Bull Pen Chelem MAP »
Make plans for this Wednesday to come to Chelem and meet local artist Caravana Art! Event starts at 5. They will have 2 wine flights with 6 all new, premium, hand-selected wines for you to try. Stop i more »
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Film Food Inc.
- Wed November 11th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
We don't know what this is about... go and find out! more »
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Film Cinema Classics: Chinatown
- Wed November 11th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(United States 1974). Direcor: Roman Polanski. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corrupt more »
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Film Blood of My Blood
- Wed November 11th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
Blood of My Blood is a 2015 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival and in the Masters section o more »
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Miscellaneous Chelem Christmas Toy Drive
- Thu November 12th 2015
- 8:00 am
- Free
- Rico's Grill and Chill, Chelem MAP »
The local workers are always looking for tools, so if you have any that are rusting away because you don't use them anymore because you call the trabajadores instead, we'd love to have them for our sa more »
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Film The Upsetter
- Thu November 12th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
The Upsetter or The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry is a documentary film about the Grammy Award-winning Jamaican music icon Lee "Scratch" Perry. more »
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Film Anina
- Thu November 12th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
A 10-year-old girl is given the weirdest punishment ever after a playground skirmish. Animated film from Uruguay. Probably in Spanish. more »
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Meeting Evening of Merida Magic - November
- Thu November 12th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- $250 pesos, non members $300 pesos
- A home in Colonia Centro (revealed to ticket purchasers) MAP »
A great evening tasting wine, seeing a beautiful home and meeting new friends. This event begins at 7 pm on November 12. Tickets on sale at the library (MEL) more »
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Music Banamex Concert
- Thu November 12th 2015
- 8:00 pm
- Free
- Auditorium of the Olimpo MAP »
This concert is part of the 6th. Music Education Week in Carnegie Hall in Merida. Performing tonight will be musicians of Carnegie Hall's 5 DECODA. more »
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Fairs & Expos Fería at Xmatkuil
- Fri November 13th 2015
- 10:00 am
- $20 pesos
- Xmatkuil Fairgrounds MAP »
The annual Yucatan State Fair gets better each year. This year, there will be many unique events, as well as daily events that include two circuses (at 10 am and 12:30 pm daily), a Las Vegas magic Sho more »
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Film The Substance
- Fri November 13th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann makes a sensational discovery in the spring of 1943, creating a powerful molecule that will have an impact on the scientific world and recreational drug use. In English. more »
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Art Inauguration of the Exposition: Balconear
- Fri November 13th 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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Film I Am the People
- Fri November 13th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
January 2011 in Egypt was marked by anti-government demonstrations. While tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo, poor villagers in the country's south followed the tense situation on Tahri more »
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Lecture MEL Lecture: Marina Aguirre
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 11:00 am
- Free
- Merida English Library MAP »
Marina Aguirre, popular teacher of Spanish, archaeologist and organizer of trips throughout Mexico,will give a talk on “From Devotion to Revolution: the relationship between religious images and reb more »
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Film Maria Y Yo
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
María lives with her mother May, in the Canary Islands, 3,000 km from Barcelona, where Miguel Gallardo has his home. Sometimes Miguel and María go on holiday together, spending a week at a resort in more »
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Film Anina
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
A 10-year-old girl is given the weirdest punishment ever after a playground skirmish. Animated film from Uruguay. Probably in Spanish. more »
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Art Landscapes of the Soul
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Soho Galleries MAP »
Opening of art exhibit featuring Cuban artists Julia Valdez, Edgar Yero, Roberta Guerra, Jorge Jacas and Carlos Casanova. Drinks and catering by Bucanero & La Cubanita. These are all new artists f more »
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Music Banamex Concert
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 8:00 pm
- Free
- Teatro Jose Peon Contreras MAP »
This concert is also part of the 6th. Music Education Week in Carnegie Hall in Merida. This performance is by young Mexican students, accompanied and directed by professors from Carnegie Hall. Followi more »
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Film Back to the Future Night
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 8:00 pm
- 120 pesos
- Bistro Cultural MAP »
Come watch the movie, win prizes, listen to music, dance and eat great food!! See the movie and relive the adventure - Prizes for best costume, best dancer and quiz winner! - Hamburgers and milkshakes more »
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Film Wolfpack
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
A 2015 Documentary. Locked away from the outside world in a Manhattan apartment, the Angulo siblings satisfy their curiosity, imagination and need to explore by re-enacting their favorite movies. more »
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Music Concert: Saúl El Jaguar, Régulo Caro Y La Bandononona Clave Nueva
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 10:00 pm
- not definite at this time
- Centro de Espectáculos Montejo at Xmatkuil MAP »
In a state noted for its love affair with raising horses and cattle, you can look to see some of the best cowboy songsters in the world at the State Fair. more »
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Music Concert: Alejandra Guzman
- Sat November 14th 2015
- 11:30 pm
- VIP $1,800.00 GOLD $1,500.00 GENERAL $750.00
- Palenque at Xmatkuil MAP »
This concert is not for children. more »
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Music The Yucatones
- Sun November 15th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- ??
- Lizard Joe's in Chelem MAP »
Fabulous band of rockin' expats... you don't want to miss the Yucatones! more »
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Sports Swimming with Horses
- Mon November 16th 2015
- 10:00 am
- $500 MXN per family, $200 MXN per person
- Chicxulub Puerto MAP »
Come and join a group of families for a fabulous day to swim with horses! Bring sunscreen, camera and a picnic and have a great time! Contact Fabienne O'Neill for more details. fabienneo@hotmail.com more »
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Xmatkuil: Special Las Vegas Magic Show
- Mon November 16th 2015
- 3:00 pm
- $15 pesos adults and children
- No fixed location provided MAP »
Today, there will be three Las Vegas Magic Shows, with such international artists as Eriko Trevensolli, magician, illusionist and Brazilian Merlin award winner as the Best Illusionist of Latin America more »
