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Tiësto » Vallarta March 26

In Search of Sunrise

Tiësto from Holland, here in Puerto Vallarta at the Mar Aqua beach at Boca de Tomates, near the Vallarta Marina, March 26.

AFTER PARTY: 6am, March 27 at Bar Shelona, 712 Juarez, Centro Vallarta. cover

Tiesto in Puerto Vallarta

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Tiësto’s career is punctuated by landmark achievements – the first DJ in the world to sell out a solo stadium event for over 25,000 people 2 nights in a row, he scored a number one hit with his single Traffic, the first instrumental track to reach the top spot in his homeland of Holland in 23 years. His remix of Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan’s Silence was the first house track ever broadcast on daytime radio in North America, (it became an international dancefloor anthem and also spent eight weeks in the UK top 10 chart). He played live in front of billions of people during the Parade of the Athletes at the official opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens. But despite his meteoric success, Tiësto remains grounded about his achievements and clearly loves making and playing music above the accolades it brings.
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Vallarta Verde Fiesta Ecologico » April 6

by Barbara Sands

Puerto Vallarta – Mark Sunday April 6 on your calendars to come by the Fiesta Ecologico to be held from 11 am till 8 pm at Cuiza, on Isla Rio Cuale. Vallarta Verde, a group of young and ardent ecology-minded activists has launched a new initiative to foster “green” thinking among Vallartenses.

Vallarta Verde
Spearheading the new group’s efforts are Greta Fuentes, Tatiana Meneses, Carole Oury and Mercedes Sanchez among others.

The event will feature theater, poetry and an all-day concert featuring Joe “King” Carrasco, Don & Rhonda, Paco Barajas, Azul, Lalo Quimixto, Teocalich, Philippo lo Grande, Oscar Fuentes, Jerôme, Baco, Martín, Los Goodies, Rasta Michol and other local artists who are dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Vallarta’s ecological wonders.

Programa:

  • 11:00 Joe King Carrasco & the PV All Stars (Tequila Reggae) HIMNO A VALLARTA VERDE
  • 11:45 Jorge Luis Vivanco Limón : Comité de Vigilancia Ambiental (Procuraduría federal de protección al ambiente)
  • 12:00 Apertura: Ceremonia Indígena de la Mexicanidad Dr .Ayotl. Circulo Verde Esmeralda
  • 12:30 Javier Fabriz (Orador Los Árboles)
  • 13:00 Azul y Connie ( Guitarra y voz)
  • 13:30 Querreque y Froylan (Violín)
  • 14:00 Maestra Limón (Comité de educación de Profepa)
  • 14:10 BACO & Rasta Michol (Rock & Reggae)
  • 14:50 Nuestra Tierra Grupo Ecológico (Orador)
  • 14:55 Muhallebia & Middle Eastern Dance Group (Belly Dance)
  • 15:00 Don & Rhonda (Dueto Cithara)
  • 15:40 Bobby Tansen & Steve York with Memo
  • 16:20 Paco Barajas con Miguel Salazar & Celebrators
  • 17:00 Vallarta Verde (Presentación de el grupo, reconocimientos)
  • 17:10 Traveling Band (Rock Clásico)
  • 17:50 Oscar Aranda Co Fundador de la Asociación Ecológica de Occidente (Tema: Tortugas Marinas)
  • 18:05 Los Goodies (Rock)
  • 18:45 Javier Niño (Ecología y recuerdos de Puerto Vallarta)
  • 19:00 Max & Shawn ( R&B Acústico)
  • 19:20 Nacho y Cristina Varela (Música Cubana)
  • 19:45 Dr. Ayotl (Tema: El Florecimiento)
  • 19:00 Joe King Carrasco & Los PV All Stars ( Tequila Reggae) HIMNO A VALLARTA VERDE

AND -Martín Montenegro (Sax) – Teocallich (Pintura) – Philippo Lo Grande (Pintura) –

Jerome (Harmónica) – Y MUCHO MAS!!!

Vallarta Verde Meeting

The keynote theme of the day is information and ecological awareness. All it takes, sometimes, is a bit of chit-chat among friends and neighbors to uncover common concerns and to determine ways to address them.
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The Daily Scene » March 16 to 23

the Puerto Vallarta DAILY CALENDAR

March 16 to March 23, 2008

The Puerto Vallarta Daily Schedule of Events is continually updated. Last-minute additions and corrections are frequent. Click on listings for more information about individual events. Salud.

If listings seem a tad skimpy this week and the next, folks, remember that this is the most popular holiday of the year here. Two weeks of non-stop partying and good times.

The first week is generally for families and the second week is for the younger, more “hip” crowd. All you have to do is head for the concentrations of people (the malecón, the beach) to find plenty to do. You don’t need a listing for anything right now.

If I were in my 20s-30s, I’d head out to the raves at Boca de Tomates on the 22nd and 26th. That’s where the action will be for this age group. If I were older, I’d head for the beach (bring lots of sunblocker — the sun is about as strong as it’s going to get here).

SUNDAY March 16

 • PALM SUNDAY » The “official” beginning of the Semana Santa Holidays
 • MUSIC » Municipal Band, 6 pm, Presidencia Square, FREE
 • DANCE » the Sunday Evening Dance, 7 pm, Presidencia Square, FREE
 • CULTURE » Xiutla Ballet, Los Arcos on the Malecón 7:30 pm
 • CONCERT » Chamber orchestra, American School, 8pm
 • THEATER » Kinsey Sicks, “Wake the fuck Up America,” (Finale)
 • EXPOSITION » Explo Regional, Park Hidalgo (last day)

MONDAY March 17

 • HOLIDAY » St. Patrick’s Day. Banks closed. Get Drunk.

TUESDAY March 18

 • TOUR » IFC NorthSide Home Tour
 • BINGO » Charity (R.I.S.E.) Bingo for the Kids at Santa Barbara Theater

WEDNESDAY March 19

 • SPORTS » Bullfight at La Paloma
 • ART » Puerto Vallarta Art Walk
 • ART » Sol y Luna “PrimaVera” Exhibition
 • TOUR » IFC Southside Home Tour
 • FILM » William Stafford & Iraq War Celebration, Cafe Roma, 7pm
 • BENEFIT » Banana Cantina raffle and dinner
 • WORKSHOP » Wise Wo-Men, 10am at the IFC
 • THEATER » Dolly Would if Kenny Could! @ Santa Barbara Theater

THURSDAY March 20

 • VERNAL EQUINOX and FULL MOON
 • TOUR » IFC Southside Home and Botanical Garden Tour
 • WORKSHOP » Theater Fun Night at the IFC

FRIDAY March 21

 • THEATER » Bob Fosse And All That Dance, Act II, Santa Barbara Theater
 • CULTURE » Xiutla Ballet, Park Lazaro Cardenas, 7:30 pm

SATURDAY March 22

 • LITERARY » Vallarta Writers’ Group Meeting
 • DANCE » Belly Dance, Los Arcos, 8pm, Free
 • RAVE » Psysenses.Escape 2008, Somewhere on the beach…

SUNDAY March 23

 • EASTER SUNDAY » The “official” end of the Semana Santa Holidays
 • MUSIC » Municipal Band, 6 pm, Presidencia Square, FREE
 • DANCE » the Sunday Evening Dance, 7 pm, Presidencia Square, FREE
 • CULTURE » Xiutla Ballet, Los Arcos on the Malecón 7:30 pm
 • LAST DAY OF WHALE WATCHING SEASON

If you have an event that you would like to see listed here, please email events (at) pvscene.com. The Listings are Free.

A Festival of Flowers » Spring Fashion Expo 2008 » March 15

KARLA MORENO PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

SPRING FASHION EXPO 2008, A Festival of Flowers

Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens.
PROGRAM:

  • LUNCH SERVED ALL AFTERNOON (10% discount at the Gardens Restuarant)
  • 4:00 PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
  • 5:30 FASHION SHOW BEGINS

A special bus will be available for attendees. It will leave Park Cardenas on Old Town at 3pm and return at 6:30pm. Parking at the Gardens is very limited.

Botanical Garden admission is 30 pesos.

Iraq War 5th Anniversary “Celebration” » March 19

March 19 is an international day of commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the United States.

At 7 pm in Cafe Roma, a one-hour film about the American poet and pacifist William Stafford will be shown. Some would say that this is a political event. This even is free and open to the public.

Look: no one ever promised for sure
that we would sing. We have decided
to moan. In a strange dance that
we don’t understand till we do it, we
have to carry on.

Just as in sleep you have to dream
the exact dream to round out your life,
so we have to live that dream into stories
and hold them close at you, close at the
edge we share, to be right.

We find it an awful thing to meet people,
serious or not, who have turned into vacant
effective people, so far lost that they
won’t believe their own feelings
enough to follow them out.

The authentic is a line from one thing
along to the next; it interests us.
Strangely, it relates to what works,
but is not quite the same. It never
swerves for revenge,

Or profit, or fame: it holds
together something more than the world,
this line. And we are your wavery
efforts at following it. Are you coming?
Good: now it is time.
—William Stafford

A group of us are going early to have a bite before we begin the showing. A discussion will follow. If you have something short (three minutes) you would like to read after the video, you are welcome to do so after the video. Please pass this on to anyone you feel might be interested. Cafe Roma is upstairs overlooking the Rio Cuale in the block between Vallarta St. Bridge and the Wiggly Constitution Bridge on the north side of the river.

“Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.” – Pablo Neruda

“I asked William Stafford ‘how can you write a poem every morning?’ and Bill said, ‘Just lower your standards.’” – Robert Bly

DANZA DE LA BAHIA » March 26, 8pm

PRO-DANZA PRESENTA “DANZA DE LA BAHIA”

Pro-Danza

On Wednesday, March 26, at 8pm at the Los Arcos Amphitheater on the Malecón, The Academy of Classical Dance “Pro-Danza” (Directed by Déborah Bravo) will present a classical ballet, “Danza en la Bahia.”

Pro-Danza is a local Classical Ballet School in Colonia Versalles.

FREE

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