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‘Blood Relations' keeps audience glued to Lizzie Borden’s trial

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Details: Published on Friday, 24 January 2014 09:45; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

The fourth play of Lakeside Little Theatre’s 49th season is Canadian Governor General’s 1981 Award winner, ‘Blood Relations’ by Sharon Pollock. Transporting audiences back to Fall River, Massachusetts to examine the events surrounding the trial of Lizzie Borden, it raises the perpetual question — did she or didn’t she?

Scotiabank Northern Lights Music Festival draws up another packed program

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Details: Published on Friday, 10 January 2014 10:39; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

Plans are well advanced for the 11th annual Scotiabank Northern Lights Music Festival, which will take place in various Lakeside locations between February 17 and March 1.

‘The Heiress’ enchants & raises Little Theatre’s bar even higher

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Details: Published on Friday, 15 November 2013 19:38; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

“The Heiress,” directed by Roseann Wilshere, is delighting Lakeside Little Theatre audiences and earning standing ovations each night. Written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, the play – first staged in 1947 and subsequently made into a movie in 1949 – is based on the 1880 Henry James novel “Washington Square.”

Gifted performer mixes jazz, blues & stride at Number Four

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Details: Published on Friday, 10 January 2014 10:36; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

Patrons of Number Four, on Ajijic’s Donato Guerra, were luxuriating this weekend, and not just in the superb cuisine. In the first of three consecutive weekend performances, diners were treated to the outstanding pianistic and vocal talents of award winning composer, lyricist and musical director, John Roby.

Fast-paced ‘Don Quixote’ receives merited standing ovation

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Details: Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 13:22; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

Ballet aficionados have been enjoying “Don Quixote,” this year’s Russian State Ballet Mari El’s tour, at locations all over Mexico since September 29. The company’s month-long schedule comprised 20 performances at venues including Guadalajara, Mexico City, Queretaro, Acapulco and Ajijic. Returning to Russia on October 29 it has only a short turn-around before taking “The Nutcracker” to Germany in mid-November.

Hilarious dueling divas entertain with wacky, unforgettable show

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Details: Published on Friday, 03 January 2014 12:41; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

The weekend before Christmas, Ajijic’s El Piano Rojo was the venue for three performances of the live female celebrity impression act starring Chi Chi Rones and Joanna – otherwise known as the Dueling Drag Divas.

A night of romance comes to Atequiza Theater

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Details: Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 13:07; Written by Dale Hoyt Palfrey

A gala concert entitled La Bella Epoca de Mexico Romantico will be staged Saturday, November 16, 7 p.m. at the stately and historic Teatro de Atequiza, located in the eponymous town that lies on the eastern boundary of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

Young musicians, singers dispense heartwarming seasonal fare

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Details: Published on Friday, 27 December 2013 10:31; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

At the Ajijic Auditorio on Thursday, December 19 there was great excitement and standing room only for some, even though additional chairs were brought in. People turned out in droves for the CREM (Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales) annual “Concierto de Invierno,” featuring the Orquesta Víctor Manuel Medeles and the Orquesta Infantil y Coro del CREM.

The Naked Stage: Only the bare essentials

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Details: Published on Friday, 25 October 2013 12:43; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

The Naked Stage concept exists around the world under various names including “Readers’ Theater” and “Bare Bones Theater.” Long-time Lakeside resident Jeritza McCarter founded one as an expat in Japan, which is still going. In 2009 she brought the idea to Lakeside where it has flourished and the entire community benefits as all profits go to the Red Cross.

Jazz, big band sound overwhelms Auditorio

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Details: Published on Friday, 20 December 2013 14:44; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

A surprisingly small audience at the Auditorio de la Ribera gathered for the concert of the Big Band Jazz GDL on December 15. It is difficult to know whether the low turn-out was due to the early (noon) start, it being a Sunday, or to the show being in competition with the many other events taking place at Lakeside over the festive season.

Student troubadours shine

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Details: Published on Friday, 25 October 2013 12:25; Written by GR Staff

Despite a late start that prompted a last-minute change in logistics, the Estudiantina music program held at the Chapala Malecon last Saturday provided two hours of knock-out entertainment for spectators who patiently waited out the delay.

Michoacan artisans show off creative talents and grit against adversity

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Details: Published on Friday, 20 December 2013 14:28; Written by Dale Hoyt Palfrey

Last weekend’s Purépecha Festival at the Ajijic plaza drew big crowds of eager shoppers looking for deals among the superb selection of hand-made goods while sampling the sights, sounds and flavors of life in the state of Michoacan.

LLT emergency election may soon be called

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Details: Published on Friday, 18 October 2013 14:00; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) members returning after the summer have been surprised and disappointed to learn that President Pat Carroll and his wife Terri returned permanently to Canada in early July. A very popular president for ten years, Carroll was an invaluable, well-respected champion of LLT both as an actor and a pro-active board member. His departure will leave a great void at the theater and the wider Ajijic community.

‘Tengo famiglia’: Bittersweet, tender play underscores family dilemmas

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Details: Published on Friday, 13 December 2013 11:00; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

Lakeside Little Theatre’s production of “Over the River and Through the Woods,” written by Joe DiPietro, is a delightful jigsaw of family ties, achievements and values, many pieces of which will be all too familiar to its audiences.

Rondalla Chapala back in business

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Details: Published on Friday, 18 October 2013 12:56; Written by Dale Hoyt Palfrey

La Rondalla de Chapala is making a comeback after a 15-year hiatus. The original all-male vocal troupe was formed in 1976. A second generation reached its heyday in the mid-1990’s. The group reemerged six months ago with a dozen young musicians coming aboard with a similar number of old-timers under the direction of Felipe de Jesus Ochoa Hernandez.

Christmas concert pleases all

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Details: Published on Friday, 13 December 2013 10:45; Written by Emma Bergh Apton

Few members of the audience at the Auditorium in Ajijic last Friday could have anticipated the treat that awaited them at The Hermosillo Family and Friends’ Christmas Concert. Presented by ¡Viva La Música!, it featured operatic and Christmas music in a “Tribute to Harlan Snow,” who died in 2010 aged 82.

LLT season opens with a ‘must-see’

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Details: Published on Friday, 11 October 2013 11:42; Written by Emma Bergh-Apton

“Local Hero” is the opening production of Lakeside Little Theatre’s 49th Season. The comedy-drama is directed and adapted for the stage by Neal Checkoway, from Scottish writer-director Bill Forsyth’s original 1983 screenplay which starred Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert.

Canadian jazz great Basso warms up for lakeside show

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Details: Published on Friday, 06 December 2013 12:22; Written by Dale Hoyt Palfrey

It’s a rare day that lakeside audiences have the opportunity to be entertained by crack musicians such as Guido Basso, the Canadian jazz artist critics acclaim as a brilliant trumpeter and soulful genius on flugelhorn.

MAS era ends with boost for local music school

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Details: Published on Friday, 11 October 2013 11:24; Written by Dale Hoyt Palfrey

Lakeside’s Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (CREM) has been named as the beneficiary of assets being liquidated by the Music Appreciation Society (MAS) after three other prospective candidates bowed out of the running.