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Dec. 4, 2005 - Issue #65
News and Features about Puerto Vallarta on Mexico´s Gold Coast
Tips and Topics on Living in Your Own Dream Location
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CONTENTS:
• CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO
• INVITATION TO DECEMBER ART EVENTS
• MISS E-MEXICO
• RETIREMENT FROM A CHILD´S VIEWPOINT
CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO
We have no snow, but the Christmas decorations are going up all over town. The hotels have fabulous Christmas trees, poinsettas, piñatas and lights in their lobbies, homes and businesses feature beautiful decorations and on the drive into downtown you will see lights encircling the palm trees and decorations over the streets provided by
the City Hall. The Christmas spirit is definitely alive in Puerto Vallarta.
The perigrinations to our crowned Church of Guadalupe started on Dec. 1 and will continue through Dec. 12 with groups from all over the city dressed in white carrying candles and gifts to the church, accompanied by floats, marching bands, mariachis, and Aztec dancers. This is a very special tradition in Puerto Vallarta.
On a sad note, CARLOS MUNGIA, our respected city historian, recently passed away and will be missed by all. He has written books on the history of Puerto Vallarta and was a former cultural director for the city. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Christmas is the time to think of giving to others and there will be several charity benefits during December. An exhibit of art dedicated to the Virgen of Guadalupe is being held at T. Fuller Gallery through Dec. 12 with all proceeds going to the Make a Wish Foundation. Visit their new location on Corona Street from 5 to 8 p.m.
On Dec. 10th, a Grand Bazaar will be held at Nikki Beach at the Westin Regina Resort for benefit of the scholarship program of Colegio Mexico Americano.
On Dec. 11 from 7 to 11 p.m. there will be a dinner dance at the Hotel Tropicana on Los Muertos Beach. All proceeds will benefit Casa Hogar, our local orphanage.
On Dec. 17 there will be gala dinner fundraiser at the Vista Vallarta Golf Club to benefit Toys for Tots. Toys are distributed to needy children on Jan. 6, 2006 on Three Kings Day. You can also donate toys or money to purchase them at the International Friendship Clubhouse upstairs just across from the Municipal market.
Also you can start thinking of things to donate to the IFC for their annual bazaar to be held on Feb. 26, the R.I.S.E annual fundraiser on Feb. 18, and the BECA Ball silent auction for scholarships on March 4, 2006. Locations will be announced at a later date.
There are so many wonderful things available for Christmas gifts in the Vallarta stores and galleries. Art makes a very special gift and you will find selections for every taste at the weekly Old Town Art Walks on Wednesday nights from 6 to 10 p.m. Pick up a copy of the map of the best specialty shops in Old Town, (centro historico) which, by the way, is located between the Hotel Rosita and including the Isla Rio Cuale, centered with the Plaza Principal.
INVITATION TO DECEMBER ART EVENTS
Galeria Vallarta invites you to our Christmas Jewelry Exhibition and New Paintings by Ruben García Cocktail Inauguration on Wednesday, December 7th and Wednesday, December 14, 2005 from 6-10 p.m. Show continues daily until Dec. 20th, participating in the Old Town Art Walk. Galeria Vallarta, Juarez 265, 1/2 block south of the Main Plaza Puerto Vallarta, Jal. Tel. 222-0290
Ruben Garcia will present his unique painting style at his exhibition at Galeria Vallarta on Wednesday, Dec. 7, during the Old Town Art Walk. He combines oil, gold leaf and special textures to give a richness to his dramatic portraits, as well as his abstract and impressionist creations.
Ruben graduated from the School of Plastic Arts at the University of Guadalajara and has won many prizes and recognitions for his artwork. He was chosen to paint murals in the buildings at our local Centro Universidad de la Costa, the Museum of Paleontology and the Planetarium Severo Diaz Galindo in Guadalajara, and recently has been chosen to painte two murals at Morton College in Cicero, Illinois. He has participated in many exhibitions in Mexico and his works are permanently exhibited at Galeria Vallarta. Come to meet the artist from 6 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 7th.
Select unique jewelry creations from these artists at our annual Jewelry Show on Dec. 7th to Dec. 20th: Fabio Rizzo, Fabio Vanin, Ndo Lozano, Jorgé Flores, Oscar Tavitas, Barbara Peters, Robin Manoogian, Luis Cervantes, Beatriz Flores, and more! Opening Night Special: 15% Discount on Jewelry and Selected Original Art. Wednesdays only.
On Wednesday, Dec. 21 Galeria Vallarta presents Oil Paintings by Kimberly Porras Peters, 6-10 pm. Kimberly from Puebla, Pue, Mexico, has a degree in fine art from the University of Texas in Austin, and this will be her first solo exhibition, although she has won various prizes for her paintings in Texas.
Galeria Dante is hosting a show of sculptures by Gabriel Colunga which opened on Dec. 2. Galeria Gradiva currently is showing Alejandra Villegas, and will present Amador Montes during the next week. This gallery specializes in art from Oaxaca.
The Marina Art Night was held last weekend with Art by Design and Galeria EM showing new works. These galleries are located around the yacht basin. Galeria AL will have José Guerrero and Yolanda Marroquin on Dec. 28th and is currently showing Marta Gilbert.
A special showing of works by Nunik Sauret from Mexico City was held at the Centro Cultural on the Isla Cuale on Friday night. She presented a special course to local artists during the past week. The Cultural Center has recently been remodeled and the guests were entertained by a musical group from Sayulita.
MISS E-MEXICO
One of our local beauties from Puerto Vallarta has been chosen Miss E-Mexico by E Entertainment. She is Grecia Ascencio and she will be hosting her own TV show. There will be a special show about her on E-Entertainment international network next Tuesday, Dec. 6th. She will be a great promoter for Puerto Vallarta and we are very proud that she was chosen.
RETIRMENT FROM A CHILD´S VIEWPOINT
After Christmas a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One student actually wrote the following:
"We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Arizona. Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass."
They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they don´t know who they are anymore. They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed because it is okay now and do exercises there, but don´t do them very well. There is a swimming pool too, but in it they all jump up and down with hats on.
At the gate there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out. They go cruising in their golf carts. Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And they eat the same thing every night... Early Birds.
Some of the people can´t get out past the man in the doll house. The ones who do get out bring food back to the wrecked center and call it pot luck. My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too. When I earn my retardment I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out so they can visit their grandchildren.
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