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Lakeside Little Theatre’s final show of its 50th season is a gentle comedy which relates the seldom tranquil lives of five former members of their college swim team, “The Dixie Swim Club,” during their 30-plus years of friendship. Directed by Barbara Clippinger, it runs March 27 to April 5, except March 30.
A slate of six distinguished speakers took to the podium to share writing and publishing tips and experience with the 75 participants at the 11th Annual Lake Chapala Writers Conference on Thursday and Friday, March 12 and 13 at the Hotel Danza Del Sol in Ajijic.
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Becky McGuigan is singing at La Rueda in San Juan Cosalá on Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m. McGuigan performed during the 2014 season at a variety of venues including the Piano Rojo and Squeaky Wheels readings at La Rueda. La Rueda is a combination venue which includes an art gallery, cultural center, café
, coffee house, wine bar and entertainment setting on Calle Porfirio Diaz, about two blocks west of the plaza in San Juan Cosalá. Watch for the white building with the big sculpture on the rooftop terrace.
Announced as “Adventures with Peter O’Toole, Life and Buddhism,” Elizabeth Richardson’s unusual one-woman show, “Going On,” on March 3 and 4 was the first production in Lakeside Little Theatre’s occasional Spotlight Series featuring visiting performers from further afield.
The turnout for the magnificent solo piano concert by Maestro Antonio Cabrero at the Auditorio de la Ribera del Lago on March 5 was surprisingly small. Nevertheless, his exquisite musicianship and the beautiful melodies completely captivated his audience.
April 8 will mark the 95th birthday of Chapala’s former railway station, an architectural gem that has survived a checkered history to stand out as the city’s most imposing landmark in its reincarnation at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo (CCGG).
I’m still reeling from watching a rehearsal for My, My How Nice! Productions’ upcoming one-woman stage-play, “I Claudia: at the New Bravo! Theatre, on Ajijic’s Rio Bravo. This is an absolutely outstanding “must see” on so many levels – and I now understand what made it such a huge sell out and frequently reprised production in Canada.