Merida Events: Week of August 24

23 August 2015 Events 0

This week probably finds a lot of Meridanos dealing with closing up beach houses and getting kids back in school. We saw on someone's Facebook page that a whole group of foreign exchange students have just arrived from Europe. As you reflect about how your summer went, take our beach poll (above) and let us know which beach YOU prefer... there are so many to choose from!

In Merida, there are not a lot of new and different events this week. And it is supposed to rain. But fear not! The movie selections are quite amazing, and soon Merida will be brimming over with exciting new things to do. In the meantime, relax, come inside and see something fun on a big screen!

Events

Film Anime Films: Howl's Moving Castle "Howl ugoku no Shiro"
- Sun August 23rd 2015
- 11:00 am
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 2005). Director: Hayao Miyazaki Synopsis: When an insecure young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insec more »
Film Stranger than Paradise
- Sun August 23rd 2015
- 6:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(United States 1984). Language: English with Spanish subtitles. Director: Jim Jarmusch. Synopsis: Two friends from Budapest, along with one's girlfriend, move to Florida and have a number of adventure more »
Film Camille Claudel 1915
- Sun August 23rd 2015
- 8:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(France 2013). Language: French with Spanish subtitles. Director: Bruno Dumont Synopsis: In 1915, Camille Claudel (Juliette Binoche ) is institutionalized by her family in a home for the mentally ill more »
Dance The Rhythm of Jazz and Tango
- Sun August 23rd 2015
- 8:00 pm
- Free
- Teatro Jose Peon Contreras MAP »
This is a performance by the Classical Dance Company of Yucatan. more »
Film Goodbye Lenin!
- Tue August 25th 2015
- 8:00 pm
- Free
- Centro Cultural Jose Marti / Parque de Las Americas MAP »
(Germany 2003) Director: Wolfgang Becker. Starring: Daniel Brühl, KatrinSass and Chulpan Khamatova. Synopsis: In October 1989, right before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Alex Kerner (Daniel Brühl) is more »
Film Stella Cadente (Falling Star)
- Wed August 26th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
(2014) The difficulty of establishing beauty and the futility of power... an almost hallucinatory look into the world of Amadeo van Savoy, who for two years was king of an ungovernable Spain around 18 more »
Dance DiDaNzA
- Wed August 26th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Teatro Jose Peon Contreras MAP »
This is a performance by the Alfedo Cortes Aguilar Folkloric Ballet of the State of Yucatan, under the direction of Raul Castillo and acompanied by the Orquesta Jaranera del Mayab, which is under the more »
Film Eden
- Wed August 26th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
EDEN is an affecting trip into the electronic dance movement in Paris whose rhythms echo its textures and feeling. Based on the experiences of Hansen-Løve's brother (and co-writer) Sven, the film fol more »
Film Un Hombre que Vivió en un Zapato (The Man Who Lived in a Shoe)
- Thu August 27th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
(2011 Mexico) This is a story of a man, Jose Luis El Guero Robles Gil, a story of reality versus fantasy, love and madness, in the blink of an eye. A life poised almost at the border of fiction. It is more »
Film Sailor Moon S: The Movie
- Thu August 27th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 1994). Director: Hiroki Shibata. An unusual snow storm hits the town and the Sailor Scouts discover that an evil snow queen Kaguya, wants to freeze the entire earth. It's up to the Inner Sailor more »
Film Camille Claudel
- Thu August 27th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(France 2013). French with Spanish subtitles. Director: Bruno Dumont . In 1915, Camille Claudel (Juliette Binoche) is hospitalized by her family in a home for the mentally ill in southern France. No more »
Film Jauja
- Thu August 27th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA 68 Cultural Center MAP »
(2014 Denmark) A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization. Stars Viggo Mortensen. more »
Film Searching for Sugarman
- Fri August 28th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 Swedish–British documentary film of a South African cultural phenomenon directed and written by Malik Bendjelloul which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in more »
Dance Hasta El Hartazgo
- Fri August 28th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Teatro Jose Peon Contreras MAP »
This is a performance by the internationally recognized Alsur Contemporary Dance Company of Yucatan. The coreographer is Rosalia Loeza. more »
Film Anime Film Series: Battle Royale
- Fri August 28th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 2000). Director: Yojiro Takita. Under the guise of a "study trip," a group of students from Shiroiwa Junior High School in the fictional town of Shiroiwa (Kagawa Prefecture) are gassed on a bus more »
Film Club Sandwich
- Fri August 28th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Mexico 2013). Director: Fernando Eimbcke. Language: Spanish. Synopsis: Paloma (Maria Renee Prudencio) and her 15 year old son, Hector ( Lucio Gimenez Cacho) have a very strong and special relationshi more »
Film "Pappas" The Sandlot
- Fri August 28th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe Mérida, Yucatán.
(United States 1993). Director: David M. Evans. Language: English with Spanish subtitles. Scotty beause he didn't know how to throw a baseball. But everything changes when the leader of the neighborho more »
Film Plot for Peace
- Fri August 28th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND HISTORY, a well-kept secret behind the world-wide icon: Nelson Mandela’s release was a Plot for Peace. For the first time, heads of state, generals, diplomats, master spies a more »
Film Alamar
- Sat August 29th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
(2009 Mexico) Before their inevitable farewell, Jorge, a young man of Mayan roots, and Natan, his half-Italian son, spend time together living off the Banco Chinchorro coral reef. English subtitles. more »
Film Sal de Tierra (Salt of the Earth)
- Sat August 29th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
(2014) 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 the major events o more »
Film Anime Film: Origin: Spirits of the Past
- Sat August 29th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- Free
- Mérida, Yucatán.
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama. It has been 300 years since mankind's interference with the environment left Earth in ruins. Now, the remnants of humanity are divided as never before.The crumbling reamain more »
Film Camille Claudel 1915
- Sat August 29th 2015
- 7:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(France 2013). French with Spanish subtitles. Director: Bruno Dumont . In 1915, Camille Claudel (Juliette Binoche) is hospitalized by her family in a home for the mentally ill in southern France. No more »
Film Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Sat August 29th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(United Kingdom 2010). Director: Banksy. Language: English with Spanish subtitles. Synopsis: Thierry Guetta is a Frenchman who lives in Los Angeles, and whose only obsession is to record everything wi more »
Film El Cielo Sobre Berlin (The Sky Over Berlin)
- Sat August 29th 2015
- 9:00 pm
- $35 pesos, $20 pesos students
- LA68 Cultural Center MAP »
(1987) Originally called Wings of Desire, the story goes like this: An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal. more »
Film Anime Films: Whisper of the Heart
- Sun August 30th 2015
- 11:00 am
- Free
- Videosala of the Olimpo MAP »
(Japan 1995). Director: Yoshifumi Kondo. A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and the boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses. more »
Film Documentary: The Ultimate Guide to Dolphins
- Sun August 30th 2015
- 12:00 pm
- Free
- Museum of Natural History MAP »
Dolphins are one of man's most beloved creatures of the sea. pampered pets of man. The latest research reveals new information about these fascinating creatures, more »
Film Club Sandwich
- Sun August 30th 2015
- 6:00 pm
- $35 pesos
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(Mexico 2013). Director: Fernando Eimbcke. Language: Spanish. Synopsis: Paloma (Maria Renee Prudencio) and her 15 year old son, Hector ( Lucio Gimenez Cacho) have a very strong and special relationshi more »
Film Down By Law
- Sun August 30th 2015
- 8:00 pm
- TBA
- Cairo Cinema Cafe MAP »
(United States 1986). Director: Jim Jarmusch. Language: English with Spanish subtitles. Synopsis: Zack, Jack and Roberto share a jail cell. Zack is a DJ; Jack, a small-time pimp and Roberto, an Italia more »
Art Maya, the Language of Beauty
- Mon August 31st 2015
- 8:00 pm
- TBD
- Palacio Canton (Museo Regional de Antropología Yucatán) MAP »
Come enjoy the opening of this newest exhibit about the Maya at the beautiful Palacio Cantón. more »