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El arte y sus motivos » Marcos Ramirez (ERRE), February 26

Contemporary Art Lecture: Marcos Ramirez (ERRE): “El arte y sus motivos” (Work and its motivations)

Thursday, February 26, 2009, 7 – 10 pm, at the Cuale Cultural Center Auditorium.
In English & en Español

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Marcos Ramirez ERRE was born in 1961 in Tijuana, Baja California Mexico. He holds a Law Degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. Erre immigrated to the United States where he worked for seventeen years in the construction industry as a carpenter.

In 1989, he became active in the field of visual arts, since then he has participated in different individual and collective exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, Russia, Puerto Rico, France, Spain, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and has participated in major exhibitions, such as InSite94; InSite97; the VI and VII Havana Biennials; the 2000 Whitney Biennial; the San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial; Made in California; Mexico Illuminated; From Baja to Vancouver, and Politica de la Diferencia, Arte Iberoamericano de fin de siglo; Human/Nature, the 2007 Sao Paulo /Valencia Biennial; the California Biennial 08; and the second Moscow Biennial among others. In 2007 received a USA Artist Fellowship, and is currently developing a program for Estacion Tijuana, a non-profit alternative space at the San Diego-Tijuana border with a focus in Art, Architecture, Urbanism and Popular Culture. Erre will have a the first one-person exhibition at El Cubo, a new museum in Tijuana in 2009.

LOS ARTISTAS DEL BARIO Art Exhibition » February 27

LOS ARTISTAS DEL BARIO ART EXHIBITION

LOS ARTISTAS DEL BARIO

Milan Mansfield
Come and meet the new generation of 4 Puerto Vallarta boys who will be showing their works of art at a one-night exhibition and cocktail reception on Friday, February 27th at Espacio de Angeles, Lazaro Cardenas 452, Colonia Emiliano Zapata (223-9832) from 6 pm to 9 pm. This event is being held in the old Machis Restaurant location at the corner of Lazaro Cardenas and Jacarandas.

Sebastian Loza
These very young artists, Alessandro Luthi, Ernesto Gispert, Milan Mansfield and Sebastian Loza, ranging in ages from 11 to 13 years old, have dedicated themselves to painting for the past three years in the Workshop of Maestro Oscar Montiel. It´s an extraordinary moment in any life to find a calling at such a young age!

Ernesto Gispert
What´s more extraordinary is their desire to create a scholarship fund for a less fortunate child by donating 15% of the proceeds from the sale of their paintings and they have chosen R.I.S.E. (Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza) in the hopes that another young artist will have the opportunity to be nurtured in the craft of art as well. Maestro Montiel will match the proceeds raised.

Alessandro LuthiInstead of kicking back with a video game after school, these exceptional young boys made their way to Montiel´s workshop, mixed a palette, found a brush and set to work on their latest creations from lyrical animals to impressionistic still life’s to natural realism landscapes, offering something to every art lover.

Not only is the art fantastic, meeting these young boys will be a real treat.

BACH, BEETHOVEN AND JAZZ » Vallarta Chamber Orchestra, March 15

BACH, BEETHOVEN AND JAZZ
PUERTO VALLARTA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’S MARCH 15 CONCERT

Canadian Composition to be performed in March Chamber Orchestra Concert

Prepare for an evening of musical treats on March 15 at the American School when the Vallarta Chamber Orchestra presents its spring concert. One of theses treats will be a performance of Hinemoa and Tutanekai by John Robertson, a Canadian composer and arranger. This composition features the string section and local flautist, d’Rachael.

John Robertson was born in New Zealand where he began his study of music with three years of his post secondary training being in music. He moved to Canada in 1967 and took a three year course at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Although his career was not in music, composing has been a life long passion.

Mr. Robertson has had his compositions performed about thirty times, including four times by the Puerto Vallarta Chamber Orchestra. Since first becoming associated with the orchestra, numerous pieces have been arranged by Mr. Robertson to suit the orchestras specific instrumentation.

The same concert also features local bassoon player, Emilia Torres who will play the first movement of the J.C. Bach Bassoon Concerto. The very talented, Ms. Torres has been a member of the orchestra for four years.

Filling out the program are works by Beethoven, Bach, Verdi and Grieg. Truly there will be something for everyone in this magical evening of music. The concert begins at 8 p.m. The American School is located directly south of the airport, near Plaza Marina. For further information please call Mary MacLachlan 322-134-8855.

The American Classic Jazz Festival » February 14 and 15

For the first time in Puerto Vallarta the American Classic Jazz Festival brings to the city 2 great jazz bands from our sister city: Highland Park: The Clark College Band and Ft. Zumwalt HS Band.

Performances are Saturday, February 14, at 7 pm at the Los Arcos Amphitheater and on Sunday, February 15, at 3 pm at the Presidencia Square Kiosk. All performances are Free.

Jazz Festival

Milk, the Movie » Thursdays in February at PJ’s Comedy Club

I lived in San Francisco when Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were murdered by a man, Dan White, whose defense was that he was high on Hostess Twinkies. The times were surreal.

Hostess kept a large billboard up above the freeway heading into town with the slogan, “San Francisco, Home of Twinkies.” Life was sad then.

This movie is about those times.

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Thursdays thru February at 7:30 pm. 50 pesos.
PJ’s Comedy Club, The San Franciscan Resort, Calle Pilitas #213 (half a block off of Olas Altas) 222-6473, ext 122