General News
Citizens of the USA as of next Monday, June 1, entering the USA will be required to show a passport or equivalent.
SMA, Guanajuato, Mexico and about 180 other countries will join in celebrating World Environment Day on June 5. There will be city-wide events starting June 1 through June 5.
Sergio Espinolo, SMA’s new president of the National Chamber of Restaurants and Seasoned Foods (CANIRAC) and his organization continue to search ways to entice tourists, not only to SMA, but to Guanajuato.
There is just a few days more than a month until SMA municipal elections on July 5. Four candidates are running for mayor, and they have scheduled one-and-a-half-hour talks before the foreign community in the Santa Ana Theater, Reloj 50-A.
June 3 – Lucy Zavala will appear at 2:00:
June 4 – Cristóbal Franyuti at 1:00:
June 5 – Miguel de Jesús Rangel at 2:00:
June 6 – Alberto Mendoza at 2:00.
San Julia is one of SMA’s orphanages (casas de hogar). Thanks to Terri Carlton and the group she founded, the Fairhope (Alabama) Chapter of Friends of Santa Julia, the home has an operating solar thermal water heating system, and is able to save $500 to $1,000 pesos a month even though the children now can have showers daily. Also involved were Solar Solutions and Rotary. For further information, contact Robin Loving Rowland in SMA at 152-3709 or in the USA at 925 418-8003.
Groups and Meetings
May 29 and 30
- Shalom San Miguel will meet in the TV Salon of the Hotel Quinta Loreto, Loreto 15 for Shavuot Friday at 9:30 a.m. and Yizkor the next day at 9:15 a.m.
May 31
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hear a follow up to Rev. Tom Rosiello talk about relevance of religion in our secular lives by King Culp, Lee Veal and Marge Zap. The Fellowship welcomes all races, religions, sexual orientation, and gender identity, when it meets each Sunday in La Posada de la Aldea, Ancha de San Antonio 15 at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome.
June 2
- The Midday Rotary Club has its weekly meeting in the Hotel Real de Minas. Check-in hour is from noon to 12:15, and the meeting starts promptly at 12:30. General Coordinator and co-founder of Environmental Education Project Eugenia Velasco will tell about the program and its operations.
June 10
- Singles Group is now meeting each Wednesday at Woolis Kaban Restaurant, San Francisco 25 from 5:00 to 7:00. Newcomers, singles, couples and just those interested in meeting new folks are invited to come.
Lectures
Lectures in the Biblioteca Pública’s, Insurgentes 25, Sala Quetzal (SQ), Gloria Grant Room (GGR) and Santa Ana Theater (SAT)
June 1 – SQ – Lauren Lesko will continue her monthly astrology lectures beginning at 3:00
June 2 – SQ – Armando Padilla Verdad will lecture on “Handling Stress in Times of Crisis” at 1:30.
June 2 – SAT – Arturo Morales Tirado will give a slide lecture on “Environmental Challenges” at 1:30.
June 2 – SQ – Bilingual talk – Ken Acosta will speak about traditional medicine in India at 3:00.
June 3 – SQ – In Spanish – Atahualpa Caldera Sosa will speak on “Sustainable Dwellings” at 2:00.
June 3 – SAT – Images of the SMA 2008 celebration of Santa Cruz day, with accompanying explanations will be given by Rafael Almaguer Valadéz at 4:00.
June 4 – SAT – In Spanish – Enrique Caldera Muñoz, President of the Energy, development and environment group will speak on the subjects at 3:00.
June 5 – SQ – In Spanish – Atahualpa Caldera Sosa will give a talk on “The Laja River and its ecological importance” at 4:00.
Tours
May 30
- Saturday Adventure Tours usually visit a home or business of an artist or artisan (Tomas LeNoir) and then go to a place of interest out of town (La Landeta). The tour leaves from the Jardín at 10:30 a.m. and benefits the Centro de Crecimiento.
May 31
- House and Garden Tour begins gathering at the Biblioteca Pública at 11:00 a.m. Two houses are scheduled to be visited.
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, a walking tour of historic SMA led by SMA volunteers leaves the Jardín in front of the Parroquia. The tour lasts a little over two hours and is mostly level walking. Taking the tour helps provide medical and dental care for children in need through Patronato Pro Niños.
June 2 and 4
- The Tuesday and Thursday tours of the botanic garden El Charco del Ingenio continue. To join the tour, meet at the main entrance to leave promptly at 10:00 a.m. The tour lasts about two and a half hours. Bring hat and water and wear comfortable walking shoes. For further information, call 154-8838 or visit the new website http://www.elcharco.org.
Movies
Biblioteca Cinemateca
May 29
- Match Point, Woody Allen Dir, Eng – 3:00
- The Overture, Thai/Eng – 5:00
May 30
- Kids Matinee – Cartoons – noon – FREE
Jun 1
- Moliere, Fren/Eng – 2:00
- 13 Pueblos, Doc, Span – 5:00
Jun 2
- Yesterday, Zulu/Eng – 3:00
- Encounters at the End of the World, Doc, Eng – 5:00
- The Butterfly, Fren/Eng – 7:00
Jun 3
- 13 Pueblos, Doc, Span – 7:00
Jun 4
- Yesterday, Zulu/Eng – 5:00
Jun 5
- Moliere, Fren/Eng – 5:00
Jun 6
- Kids Matinee – Cartoons – noon – FREE
MM Cinemas – For schedule 120-4743
Movie Pocket Theater – El Market Bistro, Hernández Macías 95 – 1:30, 4:00 & 7:00
Café Monet, Zacateros 83, – reservations 154-8348
May 31
- Dinner & Movie at 6:30
The Meditation Center, Callejón Blanco 4 (off Quebrada)
May 31
- Pema Ghodron’s Good Medicine Part II – 5:30 – Please be early to get seated.
The Arts
May 29
- SMA’s Ángela Peralta Theater, Corner of Hernández Macías and Mesones, will have their album presentation by 12 musicians under the name of Josué Tacoronte y Skao, beginning at 7:00.
Exhibitions and Openings
May 29
- An opening of works by Martha López Gallegos entitled “Puras Marías” will begin in the Flor Acosta Galería del Atelier, Col. Guadalupe, Tata Nacho 8 at 7:00.