Puerto Vallarta Information & Events
There will be a Free Health Fair in the Main Plaza in downtown Pitillal on Friday, February 8 from 9am until 4 pm.
Free blood type testing, lots of free health information and tons of free condoms….
All services are free and confidential.
Because of the success of this event, similar health fairs are to be held in many outlying communties around Puerto Vallarta. We will announce them here as they are scheduled.
At 7:30 pm on Thursday nights at the International Friendship Club (IFC), theater director Eileen O`Leary is hosting Theater Fun Nights. Any interested person is welcome to participate in play readings and comedy improv, Eileen says. Her experience includes acting in more than 60 plays and directing 25, with 13 of them here in Puerto Vallarta, including Arsenic and Old Lace, The Mousetrap and Love Letters.
A donation of $50 pesos is requested for IFC charities.
The IFC is upstairs behind the HSBC Bank at the corner where Insergentes turns into Libertad (in Old Town Vallarta).
For more information, call the IFC Clubhouse at 322 222 54 66
The Dangerous Quest for a Better Life
by Miles Merritt
The war in Iraq and immigration continue to dominate the news in the United States today. To some of us the concepts of war and immigration remain abstract notions. We hear statistics about a war that is taking place thousands of miles from home. We see the faces of strangers on the news who are being killed or wounded in action every day. But unless we know someone personally who is involved in this war, chances are we haven’t been asked to make any kind of real sacrifice ourselves.
The same is true of immigration. Many people in the U.S. see pictures on TV of people climbing walls or fences – and falsely assume that they are all merely criminals trying to flee to American soil. Most of them never get the chance to meet or know any of these people personally. They can only see that they are from a different culture and speak a different language – and for a variety of reasons there are those who feel threatened by that. Yet, in reality, the vast majority of these emigrants are simply trying to find a better life and be able to provide for their families. And who among us wouldn’t do the same?
The quest for a better life always involves some type of risk. In 2002, President Bush issued an executive order that offered the opportunity of accelerated citizenship to those foreign nationals who enlisted in the U.S. Military to fight against terrorism. As U.S. Citizenship is often seen by many Mexicans as a road to a better life, the risk these days often means young people joining the armed services and being sent to war.
Hope everyone has survived the holidays!
There will be a Superbowl XLII Party at the Miguelito’s Treehouse on Sunday, February 3rd. Kick off is at 5:00 pm. We will have many food specials as well as football pools, SuperBowl trivia, bingo, and free tequila shots when you team scores!
ADDRESS: Basilio Badillo # 287, Old Town, Puerto Vallarta
TEL: 223-1263
There is a new gay venue in town called Secret Oasis, a day resort, retreat, along the Cuale River, out past Paso Ancho where you can soak the sun and relax after a hard night of partying. Nature is great.
