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The Lake Chapala chapter of Democrats Abroad is sponsoring movies each Sunday, 1:30 p.m. at Cinemas del Lago in Plaza Bugambilias to help support their local voter registration program.
Russian music concert
The principal flautist in the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, Belarus-born Antonio Dubatovka, returns to Ajijic Saturday, March 12, to join well known pianist Timothy Welch in a performance of Russian music for flute and piano.
A multitude of options exist for enjoying live music at area restaurants and bars Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6. Here are a few of our favorites:
As the Northern Lights Festival de Febrero entered its final week, a sellout audience at the opulent Moon Estate basked in the glow of two New York musicians, violinist Benjamin Bowman and cellist Joel Noyes, in a concert that seemed to epitomize the series, now 14 years old.
A chorus line of nuns, dressed in full clerical garb, kick off the Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) musical for Season 51. “Nunsense,” one of off-Broadway’s biggest successes, ran for 3,672 performances from 1982 to 1993. By the time it closed it had been translated into 21 languages with more than 5,000 productions worldwide. Writer/composer Dan Goggin followed it with six sequels featuring the zany antics of “The Little Sisters of Hoboken.”
One of the more ingenious presentations of the Northern Lights Festival de Febrero is set for Friday, March 4, 7:30 p.m., when Patricia O’Callaghan, a versatile Toronto singer described as both masterful and tender, takes the stage at Auditorio de la Ribera with her longtime collaborators The Gryphon Trio, a well-known, Canadian piano trio that is said to be “redefining chamber music for the 21st century.”
Northern Lights
The Northern Lights Festival de Febrero continues with classical and jazz concerts by renowned international musicians almost daily through March 5.