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VALLARTA ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS » January 18 to 25

the Puerto Vallarta DAILY CALENDAR

January 18 TO 25, 2009

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

The tourist High Season in Puerto Vallarta is in full force, considering that the world is collapsing economically. Calendar listings have expanded, the weather is mild, and the activity centers on the clubs and social and cultural activities. Vallarta is alive with new openings and beginnings full of promise and high hopes. It’s a pretty exciting time here, the most exciting in years.

SUNDAY January 18

MONDAY January 19

TUESDAY January 20

WEDNESDAY January 21

THURSDAY January 22

FRIDAY January 23

 
SATURDAY January 24

 
SUNDAY January 25

 
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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.”

Red Ribbon Night » Club Mañana, January 23

Friday, January 23, 2009 from 8 – 10 PM is the “Red Ribbon Night” charity benefit for V.E.S. (Vallarta confronts AIDS). Club Mañana’s very own Joanna and Cassandra headline a star-studded night of celebrity entertainment.

Donation is only $200, 100% of which goes to V.E.S. There will be a cash bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served.

There is going to be some great entertainment at the event, MC’d by Cassandra and starring Joanna, Mikki Prost & Diva. The Condoneras will be handing out Red Ribbons & condoms to all in attendance and there will be an information table set up with everything you need to know about HIV / AIDs and safe sex, along with the usual jar full of condoms and lube. The Condoneras never go without them…

Tickets will be sold throughout town. For a complete list of where to buy tickets go to www.clubmanana.com or call 22-3 05-35 or stop by Hidalgo #457 in el centro.

red ribbon night

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

Can Beer Bottles be Recycled with lime wedges inside?

Empty Corona Beer BottleOf course, any type of glass can be recycled with lime wedges inside. At the recycling plant, the glass is shattered and melted at 1600 degrees, well above the flash point of cerveza-soaked lime wedges.

OK, so this question isn’t totally relevant down here in Mexico where the beer bottles are reused, not recycled.

Can the bottles be reused with wedges inside?

This question was answered rather obliquely late one night by a local bartender who used to work at a Corona Bottling Plant. He said that you will know if a bottle is cleaned and sterilized if it doesn’t have an old lime wedge floating in it before you open it.

And then there’s the old bar bet:

(Indicating an empty Corona with lime wedge in bottom of bottle).

  • “I’ll bet you a beer that I can get this lime out of the bottle in less than a second.”
  • “No, way – you’re on”.

(Rapidly swing the bottle down towards the floor with the opening facing downwards. The lime slides out like grease through a goose.)

If you’re the type of person who thinks that the way to win this bet is to break the bottle, you have perfect personality traits to hang out in a *real* cantina.

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Becas Breakfast at Daiquiri Dick’s » January 14

Becas Breakfast at Daiquiri Dick’s

You can help bright young Puerto Vallarta girls and boys realize their dreams of an education by attending the Becas Breakfast at Daiquiri Dick’s Restaurant, Olas Altas #314 on Los Muertos Beach this Wednesday, January 14 at 9:30 am.

We will have great raffle prizes from the local businesses that continue to support us, and Daiquiri Dick’s will serve you a hot and delicious breakfast of your choice of Chilaquiles, Scrambled Eggs with ham and cheese or Huevos Rancheros. Each comes with hash browns, toast, juice and coffee.

While you are enjoying a fabulous breakfast, and perhaps winning a valuable prize, you will be helping to insure that Vallarta’s bright, but economically challenged young people will be able to get the education they deserve.

Tickets cost just $150 pesos per person and must be purchased in advance by calling:

  • Margaret Tolton – (322) 223-1835
  • Polly Vicars – 223-1371
  • Buri Gray – 221-5285
  • Mariel de Fregoso – 221-0789

Remember, Becas is funding the junior high, senior high and university educations of almost 300 students and with your help we can continue to add to that number. Find out more about this fabulous organization at AmericaMexicoFoundation.com.

To learn more about Becas Vallarta, click HERE or visit BecasVallarta.com. If you would like to volunteer or make a tax deductible donation, please call Polly Vicars at 011-52-322-223-1371 or Buri Gray at (322) 221-5285, or send an email to becasvallarta (at) gmail.com.

Becas Breakfast