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Merida's Attractions, Events & Activities
Thursday, May 1st
Labor Day: no work, no banks!
 FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Merida's City Hall - Ayuntamiento
Evening: Free Serenade at Sta. Lucia Park C. 60 by 55 - open-air concert featuring Yucatecan dress, dance, music and folklore, 9 pm
Progreso - Cruise Ship Schedule
Grandeur of The Seas - 8 am - 5 pm
Baseball
Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz @ Leones de Yucatan, 9 pm
Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has
Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Alcoholics Anonymous - in English
Merida English Library / 7 PM /
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Friday, May 2nd
DENIS’S NAFTA
Canadian Denis Lafoy hosts cash bar cocktails the first Friday of each month. People at these get togethers are a mixed variety of the ex-pat community, locals and other people that just want to get together with old friends and new. Held at the Hach Bar Fiesta Americana Hotel from 6:30 PM – 11 PM, there is a cash bar and free snacky things.
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Baseball
Petroleros de Minatitlan @ Leones de Yucatan
9 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has
Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Cycle: Western Anthology
Stagecoach (United States, 1939) by John Ford
Videoroom, Olimpo Cultural Center / 5 pm and 7 pm
Adolescents and Adults / Free / Limited seating
Mérida Dances / Grupo Lluvia con Sol
Col. Melitón Salazar
For the whole family / 8 pm / Free
Saturday, May 3rd
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Noche Mexicana
Starts on Paseo de Montejo / 8 pm - midnight
Trova singers at the
Corazon de Merida festival
Baseball
Petroleros de Minatitlan @ Leones de Yucatan
7 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has
Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Play Workshop
Theme: The One Hundred Year Anniversary of the Ex-Federal Palace and the Post Office
Activity: Hands-on
Audiovisual room, Merida City Museum / 10 am - 12 noon / Children ages 6-12 /
Free / Limited seating
Play Workshop: Learn to Play
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas / 10 am / Children 5 years and older /
Free
Plasticine Workshop
Olimpo, Central patio / 10 am
Children 5 years and older /
Free / Limited seating
Playing with Science
Theme: Surprising Bubbles
Olimpo, Central patio / 11 am
Children 5 years and older /
Free / Limited seating
Virtual Conference
XIII Extra-galactic Astronomy. Types of galaxies, locations, evolution, and classifications. Quasars
Talk from the basic Astronomy Course of the Sonora University
Speaker: Dr. Julio Saucedo Morales.
"Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" Planetarium, Olimpo Cultural Center
From 11 am - 3 pm / Free
Limited seating / Adolescents and Adults
Cycle: Western Anthology
They Were Expendable (United States, 1946) by John Ford
Videoroom, Olimpo Cultural Center / 6 pm and 8 pm /
Adolescents and Adults / Free / Limited seating
Talk / The Flower in the Mercury
Women's Self-Portraiture
Presenter: María Teresa Mézquita Méndez
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas / 8 pm /
For the whole family / Free / Limited seating
Show Inauguration
Mexican Photography
Collection of 10 photographers
Merida City Museum / 8 pm /
Adolescents and Adults / Free
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Sunday, May 4th
Merida on Sunday - an outdoor handcraft market and food festival on the Main Plaza, and up Calle 60 to Hidalgo Park and Santa Lucia Park - streets are closed, live music 9 am - 9 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Bici Ruta - bring your bike or rent one as all the main streets close from 8 am to 12 noon.
Baseball
Petroleros de Minatitlan @ Leones de Yucatan
7 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has
Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Cinema / Shrek 3
Videoroom, Olimpo Cultural Center / 10 am
For the whole family / Free /
Limited seating
Play Workshop
Olimpo, Central Patio / 11 am
Children 5 years and older / Free
Astronomy
The Celestial Planisphere; learning to identify the constellations
"Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" Planetarium, Olimpo / 10 am /
For the whole family / Free / Limited seating
Documentary Video
The Future is Wild - after 100 million years
Subtitled in Spanish
Natural History Museum / 12 noon
For the whole family / Free /
Angel and Andrea present:
Songs and Dreams with Cri-Cri
Auditorium, Olimpo / 1 pm /
For the whole family/ General Entrance: $ 30.00 M.N
"Castillos de Rock" Concert
Musical Tribute to Rafael Castillo Canto
Olimpo, Central Patio/ 8 pm
Adults and children 6 years and older / Free /
Limited seating
Monday, May 5th
Batalla de Puebla
Conversations with Friends
One hour in English, one hour in Spanish. These are not classes, just a great opportunity to practice your language skills
and meet new people! All are welcome.
Merida English Library
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Progreso – Cruise Ship Schedule
Fantasy 7 am – 4 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Tuesday, May 6th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Dance to and enjoy big band music of the 40's. Santiago Park on the corner of Calle 59 and 72, 8:30 pm
Evening: Trova Music Show at the Olimpo Cultural Center at 9 pm
Progreso – Cruise Ship Schedule
Ecstasy 9 am – 5 pm
Traveler's Books
Andando ando con la comedia jugando
Enacted by Bertha Merodio in character as: "La Gallipava"
Police Station: Sac Nicté / 10 am /
For the whole family / Free / Limited seating
Foreign Cinema
Cycle - Civilian Victims: Butterfly's Tongue (Spain, 1999) by José Luis Cuerda
Commentator: Mario Helguera Bolio and
Raúl H. Pérez Navarrete.
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas / 8 pm / Free
Trova Tuesdays
Trío los Bohemios / Director: Armando Carrillo
Auditorium, Olimpo Cultural Center / 8:30 pm /
Adults and children 6 years and older
Free / Limited seating
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Wednesday, May 7th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Concert Wednesdays
Flores de Otoño (Autumn Flowers)
An open space for those young at heart
Director: Rosa María Herrera Sosa
Auditorium, Olimpo Cultural Center/ 9 pm /
Adults and children 6 years and older /
Free / Limited seating
The One Hundred Year Anniversary of the Ex-Federal Palace and the Post Office
May 5th 1908-2008
Unveiling of the Commemorative Plaque
Presentation of the Play of the Month
Participation of the State Folkloric Ballet with selections from the programs: "Valses de México 1900" and "Yo Baile con Don Porfirio"
Director: Raúl Castillo Alfaro
Choreographers: David Lizarraga and Alfredo Cortés
Merida City Museum /8 pm / Adolescents and Adults / Free
Wednesday Theater
Elenco Group
Col. Emiliano Zapata Oriente / 8 pm /
Free
Thursday, May 8th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Free Serenade at Sta. Lucia Park C. 60 by 55 - open-air concert featuring Yucatecan dress, dance, music and folklore, 9 pm
Alcoholics Anonymous - in English
Merida English Library / 7 PM /
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
NEW EXHIBITION GALERIA INLA'KECH
Opening for the exhibition of Otto Bauerle in Galeria Inla'kech, Thursday at 8:00 p.m. In my first note I referred to his ¨lush¨ underwater work, but in truth there are more appropriate adjectives to describe these monumental pictures. They are lucid, the colors subtle, the design, which borders on abstraction, is intelligent. And the text that accompanies them, a poem by José Antonio Ceballos R., only serves to
enrich the presentation.
Join us on Thursday at 8:00 p.m.
Calle 60 #595A x 73 y 75 Merida Centro
www.bmcaphoto.com
www.galeriainlakech.com
www.artworksbc.com
Tel: land line 928 9235
Cel: 999 242 3948
Vonage: 415 (California) 259 4594
Emergency Preparedness--Hurricane Season:
With hurricane season on the horizon, the U.S. Consulate is teaming up with Yucatan state officials for a special town hall meeting on emergency preparedness at 10 AM on Thursday, May 8 at the Palacio de Gobierno in Progreso, Yucatan. Consulate officials will provide some tips on how to prepare for the upcoming season. In addition, Yucatan's Civil Protection agency will brief participants on potential emergencies and the local alert system that is used to communicate with the public. Tourism officials will also be on hand to answer your questions. You are cordially invited to attend.
Please pass this invitation on to other American citizen residents and tourists in our consular district.
Sincerely,
U.S. Consulate Merida
Cinema Classics
Lili Marleen (Germany, 1980) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Videoroom, Olimpo Cultural Center / 6 pm / Adolescents and Adults / Free /
Limited seating
The One Hundred Year Anniversary of the Ex-Federal Palace and the Post Office
May 5th 1908-2008
Opening of the Photography Exhibition: "Historic Panorama "
Performance of "Tertulia 1908" by the Provincial Ballet Company / Director: Víctor Salas
Merida City Museum
Grain Hallway / 7 pm /
Adolescents and Adults / Free
Cinema Classics
The Witches
Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini,
Luciano Visconti, Franco Rossi,
Vittorio de Sica, and Mauro Bolognini
Videoroom, Olimpo Cultural Center / 8 pm / Adolescents and Adults / Free /
Limited seating
Show Opening
Polyphonic Surface / Lithography of Salvador Baeza
Rooms 1 and 2
The Rooms / Paintings by Adela Isaac
Room 3 Fernando Espejo Méndez
Olimpo Cultural Center / 9 pm /
Free
Friday, May 9th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Merida Dances
Carlos Tello and his friends
Col. Santa Ana / 8 pm
For the whole family / Free
Mexican Night in Your Neighborhood
Col. Santa Rosa / 8 pm
For the whole family / Free
GALERIA LA LUZ Presents:
II SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE FOTOGRAFÍA ERÓTICA (second international erotic salon) from May9th til the 31st.
Inauguration of the event on May 9th at 8PM.
Calle 60 No. 415a X 45 Y 47, centro, Santa Ana. Mérida, Yucatán. C.P.97000.
The One Hundred Year Anniversary of the Ex-Federal Palace and the Post Office
May 5th 1908-2008
Conference: The Ex-Federal Palace and the Post Office, their history and their surroundings
led by Raúl Alcalá Erosa, architect
Audiovisual room/ Merida City Museum
7 pm / Adolescents and Adults
Free / Limited seating
These Voices are for You
Presentation by The Wallis Children's Choir
José Martí Cultural Center/ Parque de las Américas
7 pm / For the whole family /
Free
Cycle: Current Anthology
Rio Bravo (United States, 1959)
by Howard Hawks
Videoroom, Olimpo Cultural Center / 7 pm / Adolescents and Adults / One showing only / Free / Limited seating
Salma la X' nuc niña
Director: Raúl Niño
Auditorium, Olimpo Cultural Center / 9 pm / Adolescents and Adults
General Entrance: $ 70.00 M.N.
Students and INAPAM $ 50.00 M.N.
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Saturday, May 10th
Mother's Day
Noche Mexicana
Evening time has 2 events, one at the end of Paseo de Montejo with Calle 47 called Fiesta Mexicana from 8:00 pm to midnight. The second event is downtown where you find the strees closed to traffic and restaurants with tables on the street and different music on every corner. This event is called Corazon de Merida
and it happens from 09:00 pm to 02:00 am.
Trova singers at the
Corazon de Merida festival
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Play Workshop
Theme: Mother's Day
Activity: Hands-on
Audiovisual Room, Merida City Museum / Children ages 6 - 12 /
10 am - 12 noon / Free
Play Workshop: Learn to Play
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas / 10 am / Childen 5 years and older / Free
Virtual Conference
XIV Cosmology. Cosmological Theories. The Big-Bang. The expanding universe.. Hawking's Theories. Talk from the Basic Astronomy Course of the Sonora University
Speaker: Dr. Julio Saucedo Morales
"Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" Planetarium, Olimpo
From 11 am - 3 pm
Free / Limited seating
Adolescents and Adults.
100th Anniversary of the Ex Federal Palace and Post Office May 5th 1908-2008
Children's Art Competition - Show and Awards Ceremony
"100th Anniversary of the Ex Federal Palace and Post Office"
Merida City Museum / 12 noon
For the whole family / Free
Cycle: Western Anthology
El Dorado (United States, 1967) by Howard Hawks
Videoroom, Olimpo / 7 pm
Adolescents and Adults / One-time showing
Free / Limited seating
Salma la X' nuc niña
Director: Raúl Niño
Auditorium, Olimpo Cultural Center / 8 pm / Adolescents and Adults
General Entrance: $ 70.00 M.N.
Students and INAPAM $ 50.00 M.N.
Sunday, May 11th
Merida on Sunday - an outdoor handcraft market and food festival on the Main Plaza, and up Calle 60 to Hidalgo Park and Santa Lucia Park - streets are closed, live music 9 am - 9 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Bici Ruta - bring your bike or rent one as all the main streets close from 8 am to 12 noon.
Cinema / Superman
Videoroom, Olimpo / 10 am
For the whole family / Free
Limited seating
Play Workshop
Central Patio, Olimpo / 11 am
For children 5 years and older
Free
Angel and Andrea present:
Singing and Dreaming with Cri-Cri
Auditorium, Olimpo / 1 pm
For the whole family / General Entrance: $ 30.00 M.N / Limited seating
The Future is Wild - after 100 million years
Subtitled in Spanish
Natural History Museum / 12 noon
For the whole family / Free
Monday, May 12th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Free outdoor concert with traditional Yucatecan dancing and dress called in Spanish "La Vaqueria". Palacio Municipal on the Main Plaza. 9 pm
Conversations with Friends
One hour in English, one hour in Spanish. These are not classes, just a great opportunity to practice your language skills
and meet new people! All are welcome.
Merida English Library
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Progreso - Cruise Ship Schedule
Holiday - 7 am - 4 pm
Presentation Piece Dedicated to "The 60th anniversary of the State of Israel's Independence"
Jewish Community of Yucatan
Allusive Words: Fernando Berdichevsky Porteny
Documentary: "Jewish Immigration in Mexico"
Merida City Museum / 8 pm
For the whole family / Free
Tuesday, May 13th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Dance to and enjoy big band music of the 40's. Santiago Park on the corner of Calle 59 and 72, 8:30 pm
Evening: Trova Music Show at the Olimpo Cultural Center at 9 pm
Traveler's Books
Andando ando con la comedia jugando
Presented by Bertha Merodio in character as: "La Gallipava"
Xcunyá Police Station / 10 am / For the whole family / Free / Limited seating
Trova Tuesdays
Los Condes
Director: Rosendo Palomo
Auditorium, Olimpo / 8:30 pm
Adults and children 6 years and older / Free / Limited seating
Baseball
Piratas de Campeche @ Leones de Yucatan
9 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Wednesday, May 14th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Theater on Wednesday
Cuxum and his theater company
Col. Vicente Solís / 8 pm / Free
Concerts on Wednesdays
María San Felipe...Contigo
Director: Pedro Carlos Herrera
Auditorium, Olimpo / 9 pm
Adults and children 6 years and older
Free / Limited seating
Baseball
Piratas de Campeche @ Leones de Yucatan
9 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Progreso - Cruise Ship Schedule
ECSTASY 7 am - 3 pm
FANTASY 7 am - 4 pm
Thursday, May 15th
Teachers Day!!
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Free Serenade at Sta. Lucia Park C. 60 by 55 - open-air concert featuring Yucatecan dress, dance, music and folklore, 9 pm
Alcoholics Anonymous - in English
Merida English Library / 7 PM /
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Hurricane Preparedness Meeting
10:00 a.m. at Siglo XXI in Merida.
Teacher's Day
El Brigadista (Cuba, 1977) by Octavio Cortazar
Videoroom, Olimpo / 6 pm
Adolescents and Adults / Free /
Limited seating
Teacher's Day
The Blue Angel (Germany, 1930) by Josef Von Sterberg
Videoroom, Olimpo / 8 pm
Adolescents and Adults / Free /
Limited seating
Classical Thursdays
Concert: El Regreso
Merida Chamber Music Academy
Artistic Director: José Luis Chan Sabido
Auditorium, Olimpo / 9 pm
Adults and children 6 years and older
Free / Limited seating
Baseball
Piratas de Campeche @ Leones de Yucatan
9 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Friday, May 16th
MEL-O NITES
The Merida English Library (MEL) has a once a month social get together - MEL-O nites - the 3rd Friday of each month 7:30–10:30 PM. Held at the library this is a great time to meet new people, see friends, patronize the library and see all the wonderful books. Cash bar and free snacks. Snack donation welcome.
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Baseball
Tigres de Quintana Roo @ Leones de Yucatan
9 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Yucatan Symphony Orchestra
La Traviata - Verdi
Concert Director: Gert Meditz
Scene Director: Maria Eugenia Guerrero
NIna Vitol, Arturo Martin, and Jesus Suaste
9 pm, Peon Contreras Theater
Cycle: Western Anthology
Tiempo de morir (México, 1965) by Arturo Ripstein
Videoroom, Olimpo / 6 pm and 8 pm / Adolescents and Adults /
Free / Limited seating
Show Opening: Phases
Presenter: Eugenia Cortés
José Martí CulturalCenter / Parque de las Américas / 8 pm / For the whole family / Free
Mérida Dances
Grupo Los Auténticos / Col. San Sebastián
8 pm / For the whole family / Free
Salma la X' nuc niña
Director: Raúl Niño
Auditorium, Olimpo / 9 pm
Adolescents and Adults / General Entrance: $ 70.00 M.N. Students and INAPAM $ 50.00 M.N
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
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La Vaqueria dance on Sunday & Mondays
Saturday, May 17th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Noche Mexicana
Evening time has 2 events, one at the end of Paseo de Montejo with Calle 47 called Fiesta Mexicana from 8:00 pm to midnight. The second event is downtown where you find the strees closed to traffic and restaurants with tables on the street and different music on every corner. This event is called Corazon de Merida
and it happens from 09:00 pm to 02:00 am.
Trova singers at the
Corazon de Merida festival
Baseball
Tigres de Quintana Roo @ Leones de Yucatan
7 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from
the Calle 65 & 56 area which has Kukulkan marked on the windshield).
You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Play Workshop
Theme: Museum Day
Activity: Trip to the permanent exhibits with activities
Audiovisual Room, Merida City Museum / Children ages 6 - 12 /
10 am - 12 noon / Free
Play Workshop: Learn to Play
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas / 10 am / Childen 5 years and older / Free
Virtual Conference
XV Life in the Universe Conditions and possibiities of lif in the universe. The SETI program.
Talk from the Basic Astronomy Course of the Sonora University
Speaker: Pablo Loera González
"Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" Planetarium, Olimpo
From 11 am - 3 pm
Free / Limited seating
Adolescents and Adults.
Cycle: Western Anthology
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
(Italy, Spain, 1966) by Sergio Leone
Videoroom, Olimpo / 7 pm
Adolescents and Adults / One-time showing
Free / Limited seating
Mama...this is your day
Cuxum and his regional theater company
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas / 8 pm / For the whole family / Free
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
Adaptation by José Ramón Enríquez
Director: Raquel Araujo
Auditorium, Olimpo / 5 pm and 8 pm / Adolescents and Adults / General Entrance: $ 60.00 M.N. Students and INAPAM $ 30.00 M.N. Limited Seating
Sunday, May 18th
Merida on Sunday - an outdoor handcraft market and food festival on the Main Plaza, and up Calle 60 to Hidalgo Park and Santa Lucia Park - streets are closed, live music 9 am - 9 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Bici Ruta - bring your bike or rent one as all the main streets close from 8 am to 12 noon.
Baseball
Tigres de Quintana Roo @ Leones de Yucatan
7 pm / Kukulkan Stadium, a 20 min bus ride from downtown (take any bus from the Calle 65 & 56 area which has Kukulkan marked on the windshield). You can buy tickets at the stadium ticket office.
Yucatan Symphony Orchestra
La Traviata - Verdi
Concert Director: Gert Meditz
Scene Director: Maria Eugenia Guerrero
NIna Vitol, Arturo Martin, and Jesus Suaste
6 pm, Peon Contreras Theater
International Museum Day
Guided visits, play workshops and many more surprises
Mérida City Museum / 9 am - 7 pm
For the whole family /Free
The celestial planisphere; learning to identify the constellations
Basic Astronomy
"Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" Planetarium, Olimpo
10 am / For the whole family /
Free / Limited seating
Cinema / The Family of the Future
Videoroom, Olimpo / 10 am
For the whole family / Free / Limited seating
Play Workshop
Central Patio, Olimpo / 11 am
For children 5 years and older
Free
Documentary Video
Alien Planet 2
Natural History Museum/ 12 noon / For the whole family / Free
Concert: El Regreso
Merida Chamber Music Academy
Artistic Director: José Luis Chan Sabido
Auditorium, Olimpo / 6 pm
Adults and children 6 years and older
Free / Limited seating
Monday, May 19th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Free outdoor concert with traditional Yucatecan dancing and dress called in Spanish "La Vaqueria". Palacio Municipal on the Main Plaza. 9 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Conversations with Friends
One hour in English, one hour in Spanish. These are not classes, just a great opportunity to practice your language skills
and meet new people! All are welcome.
Merida English Library
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Progreso - Cruise Ship Schedule
Fantasy 7 am - 4 pm
Tuesday, May 20th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Dance to and enjoy big band music of the 40's. Santiago Park on the corner of Calle 59 and 72, 8:30 pm
Evening: Trova Music Show at the Olimpo Cultural Center at 9 pm
Trova Tuesdays
Trío Los Mayas de Cancún
Direcctor: Francisco Eriberto Aguilar
Auditorium, Olimpo / 8:30 pm /
Adults and children 6 years and older /
Free / Limited seating
Yucatan Symphony Orchestra
La Traviata - Verdi
Concert Director: Gert Meditz
Scene Director: Maria Eugenia Guerrero
NIna Vitol, Arturo Martin, and Jesus Suaste
9 pm, Peon Contreras Theater
Progreso - Cruise Ship Schedule
Ecstasy 9 am - 5 pm
Traveler's Books
Andando ando con la comedia jugando
Presented by Bertha Merodio in character as: "La Gallipava"
Tamanché Police Station / 10 am / For the whole family / Free / Limited seating
Foreign Cinema
Cycle / Civilian Victims: The Road to Guantanamo (United Kingdom, 2006)
by Matt Whitecross and Michael Winterbottom
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas / 8 pm / For the whole family / Free
Wednesday, May 21th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Miércoles de Teatro
Catalina y Uxmal / Col. San Antonio Xluch II / 20:00 horas / Evento gratuito.
Miércoles en Concierto
Oliver en concierto
Dirección Musical: Roger Loría
Auditorio del Olimpo / 21:00 horas
Adultos y niños mayores de 6 años / Evento Gratuito Cupo Limitado
Thursday, May 22nd
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Free Serenade at Sta. Lucia Park C. 60 by 55 - open-air concert featuring Yucatecan dress, dance, music and folklore, 9 pm
Alcoholics Anonymous - in English
Merida English Library / 7 PM /
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Yucatan Symphony Orchestra
La Traviata - Verdi
Concert Director: Gert Meditz
Scene Director: Maria Eugenia Guerrero
NIna Vitol, Arturo Martin, and Jesus Suaste
9 pm, Peon Contreras Theater
Recordar es Vivir
Parque Zoológico del Centenario / 16:00 horas
Clásicos del Cine
Los Crímenes en el Museo de Cera (Estados Unidos, 1955) Director André De Coth
Videosala del Olimpo / 18:00 horas
Adolescentes y Adultos / Evento Gratuito / Cupo Limitado
Clásicos del Cine
El Almuerzo Desnudo (Canadá, Reino Unido y Japón, 1991) de David Cronenberg
Videosala del Olimpo / 20:00 horas
Adolescentes y Adultos / Evento Gratuito / Cupo Limitado
Jueves Clásico
Así canto en mi tierra / Coro de la Ciudad
Dirección Artística: Nidia Góngora Cervera
Auditorio del Olimpo / 21:00 horas
Adultos y niños mayores de 6 años
Evento Gratuito / Cupo Limitado
Friday, May 23rd
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Ciclo: Antología del Western
La Pandilla Salvaje (Estados Unidos, 1969) de San Peckinpah
Videosala del Olimpo / 19:00 horas
Adolescentes y Adultos / Única Función
Evento Gratuito / Cupo Limitado
Baila Mérida / Grupo Los Armónicos
Parque de Mejorada / 20:00 horas
Para toda la Familia / Evento Gratuito.
Salma la X'nuc niña
Dirección: Raúl Niño
Auditorio del Olimpo / 21:00 horas
Adolescentes y Adultos / Entrada general: $70.00 M.N. Estudiantes e INAPAM $ 50.00 M.N .
Saturday, May 24th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Noche Mexicana
Evening time has 2 events, one at the end of Paseo de Montejo with Calle 47 called Fiesta Mexicana from 8:00 pm to midnight. The second event is downtown where you find the strees closed to traffic and restaurants with tables on the street and different music on every corner. This event is called Corazon de Merida
and it happens from 09:00 pm to 02:00 am.
Trova singers at the
Corazon de Merida festival
Yucatan Symphony Orchestra
La Traviata - Verdi
Concert Director: Gert Meditz
Scene Director: Maria Eugenia Guerrero
NIna Vitol, Arturo Martin, and Jesus Suaste
9 pm, Peon Contreras Theater
Sunday, May 25th
Merida on Sunday - an outdoor handcraft market and food festival on the Main Plaza, and up Calle 60 to Hidalgo Park and Santa Lucia Park - streets are closed, live music 9 am - 9 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Bici Ruta - bring your bike or rent one as all the main streets close from 8 am to 12 noon.
Monday, May 26th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Free outdoor concert with traditional Yucatecan dancing and dress called in Spanish "La Vaqueria". Palacio Municipal on the Main Plaza. 9 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Conversations with Friends
One hour in English, one hour in Spanish. These are not classes, just a great opportunity to practice your language skills
and meet new people! All are welcome.
Merida English Library
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Tuesday, May 27th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Dance to and enjoy big band music of the 40's. Santiago Park on the corner of Calle 59 and 72, 8:30 pm
Evening: Trova Music Show at the Olimpo Cultural Center at 9 pm
Wednesday, May 28th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Thursday, May 29th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Evening: Free Serenade at Sta. Lucia Park C. 60 by 55 - open-air concert featuring Yucatecan dress, dance, music and folklore, 9 pm
Alcoholics Anonymous - in English
Merida English Library / 7 PM /
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Friday, May 30th
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Saturday, May 31st
FREE walking tours, a tour around Merida's historic district 9:30 am. Meeting point: information office at City Hall. Calle 62 between 61 and 63 on the Main Plaza.
Noche Mexicana
Evening time has 2 events, one at the end of Paseo de Montejo with Calle 47 called Fiesta Mexicana from 8:00 pm to midnight. The second event is downtown where you find the strees closed to traffic and restaurants with tables on the street and different music on every corner. This event is called Corazon de Merida
and it happens from 09:00 pm to 02:00 am.
Trova singers at the
Corazon de Merida festival
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Six Yucatecan Sculptures
Since Friday February 8th there is a new exhibit at the MACAY museum, "Six Yucatecan Sculptures" and the participants are Beatriz Castillo, Diana Mendieta, Colleen Casey, Marcela Díaz, Pilar Goff and Rosamaría Rubio who will show their work at the Pasaje Revolucion that is located between the MACAY museum and the Cathedral.
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
First Friday of the Month
DENIS’S NAFTA
Canadian Denis Lafoy hosts cash bar cocktails the first Friday of each month. People at these get togethers are a mixed variety of the ex-pat community, locals and other people that just want to get together with old friends and new. Held at the Hach Bar Fiesta Americana Hotel from 6:30 PM – 11 PM, there is a cash bar and free snacky things.
Every Monday
Conversations with Friends
One hour in English, one hour in Spanish. These are not classes, just a great opportunity to practice your language skills
and meet new people! All are welcome.
Merida English Library
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Every Thursday
Alcoholics Anonymous - in English
Merida English Library / 7 PM /
Calle 53, #524, between 66 and 68 / All are welcome
Click Here for a complete description of all the new happenings in the city of Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula.
3rd Friday of the Month
The Merida English Library (MEL) has a once a month social get together - MEL-O nites - the 3rd Friday of each month 7:30–10:30 PM. Held at the library this is a great time to meet new people, see friends, patronize the library and see all the wonderful books. Cash bar and free snacks. Snack donation welcome.
Free Weekly activities:
Every Monday
Free walking tour of the Plaza at 9:30 am at City Hall.
Free outdoor concert with traditional Yucatecan dancing and dress called in Spanish "La Vaqueria". Palacio Municipal on the Main Plaza. 9 pm
Vaqueria traditional dance
Every Tuesday
Free walking tour of the Plaza at 9:30 am at City Hall.
Evening: Dance to and enjoy big band music of the 40's. Santiago Park on the corner of Calle 59 and 72, 8:30 pm
Evening: Trova Music Show at the Olimpo Cultural Center at 9 pm
Centro Cultural Olimpo
Every Wednesday
Free walking tour of the Plaza at 9:30 am at City Hall.
Evening: Intenational Music Show at the Olimpo Cultural Center at 9 pm
Every Thursday
Free walking tour of the Plaza at 9:30 am at City Hall.
Evening: Free Serenade at Sta. Lucia Park C. 60 by 55 - open-air concert featuring Yucatecan dress, dance, music and folklore, 9 pm
Every Friday
Free walking tour of the Plaza at 9:30 am at City Hall.
Evening: University serenade, main University building on the corner of Calle 60 and 57, 9 pm
Every Saturday
Evening: Free Noche Mexicana Paseo de Montejo & Calle 47 at PM
Free "Heart of Merida" festival - Plaza & Calle 60 up to Calle 53. 8 pm. - 1 am
Trova singers at the
Corazon de Merida festival
Every Sunday
Merida on Sunday - an outdoor handcraft market and food festival on the Main Plaza, and up Calle 60 to Hidalgo Park and Santa Lucia Park - streets are closed, live music 9 am - 9 pm
Bici Ruta - bring your bike or rent one as all the main streets close from 8 am to 12 noon.
Yucatan's Culture Website
The state of Yucatan has a very active institute of culture. They keep very busy providing all of us with a lot of activities to choose from every month. For a comprehensive list of those activities, go to their lovely website at www.culturayucatan.com
May - September 2008
Every year the Yucatan Peninsula is visited by the magestic whale shark. Be a part of this incredible experience, swim with huge whale sharks in Holbox Island.
November 2008
The VII Yucatan's bird festival, which will be celebrated from Nobember 13th -16th,2008. The localities will be Merida City and Uxmal.
On November 1st and 2nd, the Mexican people celebrate their loved ones that have passed on. The best way to describe this Mexican holiday is to say that it is a time when Mexican families remember their dead and at the same time, the continuity of life.
Current Exhibits:
Nuances of My Town
Leticia Roche
José Martí Cultural Center / Parque de las Américas
Nuances of My Town
MACAY new exhibit: Sculpture Sisterhoods Germany–Mexico 2008
The Cultural Foundation MACAY, A.C., together with their program Merida of Yucatan, City of Sculpture (MYCE) and the support of the local Municipal Government, organizes yearly Sisterhood in Sculpture exhibitions. This yearly showing of sculpture has been going on for more than five years and has brought together sculptors from the United States, Spain, Japan, Mexico and now in 2008, Germany.
Opening on the Paseo de Montejo infront of the Hotel Fiesta Americana at 5 PM .
Open to the public.
New Exhibition:
SANTUARIO + SANCTUARY
Join us for our upcoming inuauguracion this Wednesday night April 9th at 8 pm. The SATUARIO exhibition will continue until mid May at Galería La CLINICA-arte contemporáneo.
Calle 62 nº 367 (43 x 45) downtown
www.arte-clinica.com
"THE DOORS TO MERIDA"
Benjamin Ramirez shows his first art show at the MACAY with 24 drawings using mixed media on Mylar.
Time: 21:00 hrs
Place: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ateneo de Yucatán (MACAY)
Address: Calle 60 x 63, Centro Histórico de Mérida, Yucatán
www.benjaminramirezart.com
"Las Puertas a Mérida" Técnica mixta sobre Mylar/Mixed media on Mylar, 60 x 48 cms.
Benjamín Ramírez exhibe en el MACAY
La Luz Gallery new exhibit
“Tres Visiones” (three visions)
3 well known yucatecan abstract paintors: Jaime Barrera, Alberto Urzaiz and Alejandro Barrera.
21:00 hrs
The exhibit will be open from April 10th til May 3rd, 2008.
Schedule Monday to Friday 10 am - 2 pm and 4 pm - 7 pm Saturday 10 am - 7 pm Sunday by appointment
Calle 60 No. 415 A x 45 y 47 downtown Santa Ana
Tel. 9245952
www.laluzgaleria.com
info@laluzgaleria.com
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