Merida Events: Showcase of Homes!
Now that the excitement of Hanal Pixan is over, the cavalcade of winter events continues! This week, there are various free concerts at the Peon Contreras as part of the fifteenth annual Festival of Choruses here in Merida. And next weekend, the event of the season from Fundación BAI, the 7th Annual Merida Showcase of Homes. The winner of our drawing for two free tickets is Vicki Hillman... so if you are NOT Vicki, we encourage you to get your tickets early because the show can sell out! It's a great way to spend a day, enjoying some beautiful Merida homes and meeting new people.
Events
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Tour MEL House Tours
- Tue November 3rd 2015
- 9:00 am
- $150 to $200 pesos
- Starts at Merida English Library MAP »
The city of Merida has the third largest collection of colonial homes in Latin America, surpassed only by the historic centers of Havana, Cuba and Mexico City. These centuries-old residential treasure more »
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Music Leo Dan in Merida (early show)
- Tue November 3rd 2015
- 7:00 pm
- VIP: 870 pesos, Intermediate: 720 pesos, General: 620 pesos, Balcony and patio: 370 pesos
- Teatro Armando Manzanero MAP »
Leo Dan is an Argentine composer and singer born in Villa Atamisqui, Santiago del Estero Province. He has recorded more than 20 albums during his long career in both Argentina and Mexico. His apprecia more »
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Music Conjunto Vocal de Yucatan
- Tue November 3rd 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Teatro Peon Contreras MAP »
As part of the 15th Annual Chorus Festival, this vocal group will perform for the public. more »
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Music Leo Dan in Merida
- Tue November 3rd 2015
- 9:00 pm
- From $370 to 870 pesos
- Teatro Armando Manzanero MAP »
Leo Dan is an Argentine composer and singer born in Villa Atamisqui, Santiago del Estero Province. He has recorded more than 20 albums during his long career in both Argentina and Mexico. His apprecia more »
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Lecture Talk About Chicungunya & Dengue
- Wed November 4th 2015
- 3:00 pm
- Free
- Botica del Barrio MAP »
A lecture and Q&A about both dengue and chikungunya with Dr. Tony, the owner of the Botica. more »
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Film Ilo Ilo
- Wed November 4th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
A hardworking mother (Yann Yann Yeo) becomes jealous of her rambunctious son's (Koh Jia Ler) close bond with his nanny (Angela Bayani). more »
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Music Vok and Ecovocal
- Wed November 4th 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Teatro Peon Contreras MAP »
Vok, a 6 man vocal ensemble, is directed by Arturo Velazquez. They are joined by Ecovocal, a woman's choral ensemble from Colombia. Part of the 15th Annual Choral Festival. more »
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Film Cartel Land
- Wed November 4th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has w more »
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Film Intimacies of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo
- Thu November 5th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
The lodging house owned by Rosa Carbajal at the corner of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo streets in Mexico City conceals an intimate, passionate story. Twenty years ago, Rosa met Jorge Riosse, a young te more »
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Music Leo Chamber Chorus from Cuba
- Thu November 5th 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Teatro Peon Contreras MAP »
Chorus from Cuba, directed by Corina Campos. Part of the 15th Annual Choral Festival. more »
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Music Singing Children of Morelia
- Thu November 5th 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Teatro Peon Contreras MAP »
A choir of children from the neighboring state of Michoacan. Directed by Hernan Cortes. more »
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Film Bambi
- Thu November 5th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 cultural Center MAP »
A French film, directed by Sébastien Lifshitz, the film is a profile of Marie-Pierre Pruvot, an Algerian-born trans woman who had a long and prominent career as a dancer and showgirl in Paris in the more »
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Film Cartel Land
- Fri November 6th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has w more »
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Film Citizenfour
- Fri November 6th 2015
- 9:00 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 Yucatan Symphony Orchestra: Program 5
- Fri November 6th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- Varies
- Teatro Jose Peon Contreras MAP »
This program features Jupiter Symphony 41 by Mozart, an Overture by Korsakov and Polish Dances by Borodin. Get your tickets here: http://teramultimediasystem.com/ventadeboletos/ more »
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Art Collage of Hanal Pixan
- Sat November 7th 2015
- 10:00 am
- Free
- City Museum MAP »
A collage of historical magazines and photographs showing Hanal Pixan celebrations from the past in Yucatan. more »
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Theatre The Barber of Seville
- Sat November 7th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- Free
- Sala Mayamax del Gran Museo del Mundo Maya MAP »
Rossini's Barber has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has been described as the opera buffa of all "opere buffe". Even after two hundred years, its popularity more »
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Music Voz en Punto
- Sat November 7th 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Teatro Peon Contreras MAP »
A vocal ensemble from Mexico, José Galván director. Also, the Jubilee Singers from the United States, directed by Albert Mcneil. more »
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Music Noche de Trova
- Sat November 7th 2015
- 8:30 pm
- Free
- Parque de los Heroes MAP »
Beautiful trova music for which Yucatan is famous... outdoors, under the stars, in the park! What could be better?? more »
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Music Yucatan Symphony Orchestra: Program 5
- Sun November 8th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- Varies
- Teatro Jose Peon Contreras MAP »
This program features Jupiter Symphony 41 by Mozart, an Overture by Korsakov and Polish Dances by Borodin. Get your tickets here: http://teramultimediasystem.com/ventadeboletos/ more »
Comments
Peter Solomon 9 years ago
Working Gringos;
We look forward with delicious anticipation to having our copy of your book in hand. We purchased the book via PayPal. We are in Mérida until the end of November. When and where can we pick up our copy?
Saludos, Peter
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Working Gringa 9 years ago
Peter, thank you for buying a copy and supporting us. Copies will be available in Merida starting November 28. If you need to pick yours up before the December 8 Book Signing Party at Hennessy's at 7 pm, email info@yucatanliving.com and we'll arrange another place for you to get your copy.
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Sue Klinger 9 years ago
I purchased your book on October 7, 2015 thu Paypal. Do you have any idea when it will arrive here in South Carolina? I can't wait to see it! After living in Tucson for a number of years we built a home in Mexico on the Sea of Cortez in Puerto Penasco in the State of Sonora for six years in the late 8o's. We put many miles on our car traveling in Mexico and exploring many small towns. We loved the people and their many crafts & so enjoyed the country-side. We moved to Austin TX, lived there for another 6 years and have now lived in South Carolina for the past 13 years. We'll be in Merida for a week in January taking a five day cooking class. We look forward to meeting you --reading your blogs makes us so homesick for Mexico--S. Carolina is definitely far from it-- in lots of ways! Hope the book arives soon!
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Working Gringa 9 years ago
Sue, the books will arrive in the USA in about two weeks (end of November) and we will ship them out soon thereafter. In addition, we'll have about 100 of them for sale in Merida in early December. Our book-signing is Dec. 8 at Hennessy's, and there might be a few left for sale (that haven't already been spoken for). Thank you for ordering yours ahead of time... you will get it in mid-December, and definitely before Christmas.
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