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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.

art class
“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.

Blessing of the Animals, St. Anthony’s Day » January 17

On Saturday, Januarty 17th at 11:45 am, all people are invited to bring their household animals to Puerto del Cielo, the chapel of Hacienda San Angel, at Miramar 363, Colonia El Cerro, Downtown Puerto Vallarta.

This event is Free and Open to the Public. Refreshments will be available.

Animals (household pets only) will be blessed by Esteban Salazar Gonzalez, Parroco

This event is sponsored by SPCA de PV

St. Anthony Abbot, much venerated throughout Italy, is a hermit-saint who died in the deserts of Egypt on January 17th in the fourth century (not to be confused with St. Anthony of Padua, a Franciscan saint of the thirteenth century). Legend has it that during his periods of prayer and fasting in the desert, his only companions were the animals. Occasionally, the local people brought him bread. An integral part of St. Anthony’s feast day, even today, is the blessing of the animals followed by the receiving of the pane benedetto (“blessed bread”). Like most feast days in Italy, the Feast of St. Anthony is intertwined with the ancient Roman world. The long period between the winter solstice and summer equinox was replete with festivities and rites of purification, of the animals, the fields, the people – propitious offerings for fertility and regeneration of the cosmos. Today, under the veil of religious feast days, local customs are tied to those ancient rites of fecundity and regeneration. The blessing of domestic animals on the Feast of St. Anthony was considered auspicious, keeping away evil forces from the home and land, bringing fertility, fecundity.

The mission of SPCA de PV is to help fund and promote sterilization,
adoption and healthcare efforts for companion animals in the Puerto
Vallarta area, with the goal of eliminating the euthanasia of
healthy and adoptable animals. Monies raised will support these
various goals in ways that are most feasible within the community.

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7th Annual R.I.S.E. for Hope ¡Fiesta Mexicana! » February 7

7th Annual R.I.S.E. for Hope Fundraiser

by Sue Fornoff

February 7th is the date of the 7th annual RISE for HOPE fundraiser benefiting the Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza children’s shelter in Puerto Vallarta. This once a year gala party raises much of the money needed to run the shelter that is home to approximately 50 children.

RISE Poster

The Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza, A.C. (R.I.S.E.), is a non-profit shelter for infants and children under the age of 14 who have been turned over to R.I.S.E. by DIF (Desarrollo Integral de la Familia), a Mexican government organization that is the legal representative for minors under the age of 14.

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Biggest benefit Concert ever on the Riviera Nayarit » January 18

Biggest benefit Concert ever on the Riviera Nayarit
By Bill Bell

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to bring a community together. The recent auto fatality of well known Nayarit’s Rincon de Guayabitos resident Kenny Thompson and serious injuries to his wife Jomie has not only brought together local American, Canadian and Mexican friends but also the entire Riviera Nayarit music community.

Ten well known Country and Western, Folk, Blues, Rock, and Mexican bands from Melaque, Bucerias, San Pancho, Las Varas and Rincon de Guayabitos will be coming together Sunday January 18th in La Penita (50 kilometers north of Puerto Vallarta) for an one day benefit concert to help pay Jomie Thompson’s medical bills.
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2009 Open Studio Evenings » Pat Henry

Pat HenryThe Pat Henry Studio has announced a series of Open Studio Evenings, and Friday, January 9, marks the first event for the 2009 season. Henry will welcome visitors to see her new direction in painting as well as a series of monotypes from 6:00 PM until 9:30 PM at Jacarandas 183 in the Zona Romantica.

Henry has been a well-known member of the permanent expat community of Puerto Vallarta ever since she arrived alone on her sailboat more than eleven years ago at the end of a solo around-the-world adventure. She financed that voyage with colorful, highly detailed watercolors of the ports where she stopped along her 40,000 mile voyage.
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