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Becas Vallarta Valentine Benefit Concert Under the Stars » February 6

With a brand New Year just starting out, be sure to plan on the attending the first ever Valentine Romantic Concert under the Stars on February 6th!… a very special event in an equally enchanting venue…

The price is only 200 pesos (adults) and 100 pesos (students). So hurry and do secure your seats pronto as this is a winner of an event not to be missed! It just doesn’t get any more romantic than this! See you all there!

Becas Vallarta Valentine Benefit Concert Under the Stars – Friday, February 6, at 7 pm at the Westin Resort & Spa.

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The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema

MOVIE OF THE WEEK:

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THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst. With his engaging and passionate approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves.

THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA offers an introduction into some of Zizek’s most exciting ideas on fantasy, reality, sexuality, subjectivity, desire, materiality and cinematic form. Whether he is untangling the famously baffling films of David Lynch, or overturning everything you thought you knew about Hitchcock, Zizek illuminates the screen with his passion, intellect, and unfailing sense of humour. THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA applies Zizek’s ideas to the cinematic canon, in what The Times calls “an extraordinary reassessment of cinema.”

The film cuts its cloth from the very world of the movies it discusses; by shooting at original locations and on replica sets, it creates the uncanny illusion that Zizek is speaking from within the films themselves. Described by The Times as “the woman helming this Freudian inquest,” director Sophie Fiennes’ collaboration with Slavoj Zizek illustrates the immediacy with which film and television can communicate genuinely complex ideas. Says Zizek: “My big obsession is to make things clear. I can really explain a line of thought if I can somehow illustrate it in a scene from a film. THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA is really about what psychoanalysis can tell us about cinema.”

THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA is constructed in three parts. Says Fiennes: “The form of the Guide is a deliberately open one. There are three parts, but there could be more. Zizek’s method of thinking is exciting because it’s always building. Things relate forwards and backwards and interconnect into a mind-altering network of ideas. The film’s title is something of a McGuffin – just a way to get you into this network.”

Poetas de la Calle » January 16

The dance company Espacio Cero will present its spctacular dance show “Poets of the Street” Friday, January 16, at 8:30 pm at the Los Arcos Amphitheater. As with all events at this location, it is free.

Poetas de la Calle

Chance and Chinese Art in Puerto Vallarta

EVENTS:

  • January 13 – Visiting artist Hung Liu and her husband Jeff Kelley will lecture about contemporary Chinese art Tuesday evening, January 13th, at the Cuale Cultural Center at 7:30. This lecture is free and open to the public. The presentation will be in both Spanish and English.
  • January 14 – Hung Liu will then open a show at Omar Alonso Galerie Wednesday, January 14th, during the Vallarta ArtWalk, 7 to 9 pm.
  • January 16 to 31 – Hung Liu will also participate in a show with six other artists that opens on January 16th at the Cathy von Rohr Studio.

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Art Exhibition at Los Mangos Library » Jan 7 to 17

An exhibition of the students of the Painting Workshop, January 7 to 17 at Los Mangos Library.

To promote the talents of Vallarta and artists in the art of painting, the work produced during the last semester will be displayed to the public starting this Wednesday at the library Los Mangos.

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“At the workshop there is no strict academic pretension and, on the contrary, we have the slogan of giving freedom to discover each individual’s own taste for drawing,” said Ireri Topete, a teacher of the workshop, who also noted that the form of teaching is based on Betty Edwards School, where the students draw live models.

This exhibition covers the work of the last 6 months at the Cuale Cultural Center. The exhibition opens WednesdayJanuary 7 at 7 pm and runs until January 17, from 9 am to 9 pm in the Bernice Stars Room at the Los Mangos Library.

Exhibited will be the work of Barbara Drucker, Barbara Mandel, Amparo Topete, Margot Mcghan, Mark Zeller, Gregorio Mendoza, Liljana Yashruti, Lourdes Merino, Irma Dichirico, Lola Deziel, Samantha Salgado and Zina Sirutis.