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Bomb scare...
On March 10, the area in front of the former Presidencia on the Jardín was the scene of a bomb scare. Originally reported on 066, the report said there was a strange object in front of the old Presidencia that might be a bomb. Civil Protection department called in the Red Cross and Fire Department and the Army for help. The package was removed to a bucket, and the bucket to a construction rock bank off the Salida a Querétaro. Army specialists in explosives decided to burn rather than try to open the package. The burning brought on no explosion. The residue will be analyzed.
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Reduction in crime...
Already, the drive to have citizens report wrong doing quickly seems to have reduced, rather than having an increase in local crime. In addition, the effort by police officials to organize the various gangs into viable soccer teams has taken some
of the youthful steam into a better direction than it has taken only recently. Let us hope this good news continues.
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SMA is in the grips of the many traditional Catholic observances of the holy days between Friday of our Lady of Sorrows and Easter Sunday. Since schools are on vacation, SMA is full of family groups vacationing, of visiting family members. Along with all of these observances are Juarez's birthday observance and St. Patrick's Day. Friday of our Lady of Sorrows is marked by a unique to SMA tradition when many doors, windows and public fountains are decorated. Many of the statues used in these decorations are cared for through the year also by tradition by certain families.
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Félix Luna Romero has for many years acted as the expert on SMA traditions and artisans. Luna passed away on March 6.
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Groups and Meetings
Mar. 16
- The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hear Professor Marybeth C. Stalp, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Northern Iowa, on women's historical role as actors and producers of art. The Fellowship, which welcomes people of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientation, and gender identity, meets each Sunday in La Posada de la
Aldea, Ancha de San Antonio 15 at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome.
Mar. 16
- The old Presidencia Building on the Jardín will be the site of the Garden Club of San Miguel's flower show entitled "A Victorian Dream" from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00. Those entering displays should bring them to the old Presidencia on May 15 between 10:00 a.m. and noon. Entries should be accompanied by a 5"x3" card folded so the name of the entry or plant is on the outside and exhibitor's name on the inside. For more information, call Jeananne Mitchell at 152-7809.
Mar. 24
- The Jewish Forum of Shalom San Miguel will have its third annual literary program at 5:00 in the Hotel Quinta Loreto TV Salon, Loreto 15. Readers will be Judith
Jenya, Murray Kamelhar, Sharon Leder, Noah Stevens, Milton Teichman and Sid
Yakerson.
Mar. 29
- SMA Democrats Abroad will celebrate the Jefferson Jackson Day with a dinner in Real de Minas Hotel. Ana Maria Salazar Slack, who served in the first Clinton White House and who currently anchors two English language radio programs, will address them. Funds for voter outreach programs for USA citizens in Mexico is the goal of the fundraisers. Tickets are available at Border Crossings, La Conexión and Solutions.
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Lectures
Mar. 14
- Richard Adelman and Ana Luisa Martinez will talk about "Rediscovering the Pleasure of Your Body: Connecting motions and emotions" at the LifePath Center, Recreo 80 at 7:00. This will be an introduction to a workshop on March 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00.
Mar. 17
- Rossana Quiroz Ennis will lecture on the "Duality in Pre-Hispanic Culture in the Santa Ana Theater at 5:30. Entrance at Insurgentes 25.
Mar. 18
- SMA's Audubon will sponsor Sallie Kravetz with her slide lecture on "Antarctica Sharing the Splendor, a Multimedia Journey" in the Villa Jacaranda at 4:00. FREE to members.
Mar. 18
- Photographer, lecturer, author Robert de Gast, will give a lecture/slide show based on his book Behind the Doors of San Miguel in the Santa Ana Theater at 5:00. Entrance at Insurgentes 25.
Mar. 19
- Retired professor of Humanities Guillermo Méndez will lecture in English on the Aztec Codex Mendoza in the Santa Ana Theater at 3:00. Entrance at Insurgentes 25.
Mar. 21
- Dr. Craig Landry will lecture on "Enjoyable Detoxification, Nutrition and Aging Reversal" in the Biblioteca Pública's Sala Quetzal at 2:00. Entrance at Insurgentes 25.
Mar. 30
- Wim Coleman will read from his Canto I of his verse epic in the PEN Writers Aloud Series in the Biblioteca Pública's Sala Quetzal at 4:00. Entrance at Insurgentes 25.
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Tours
Mar. 15
- Saturday Adventure Tours usually visits an in-town artisan or artist and then goes out to the country to visit one of the businesses that surround our town. The tour leaves from in front of the Parroquia at 10:30.
Mar. 16
- The House and Garden Tour begins gathering at the Biblioteca Pública at 11:00 a.m. and leaves at noon.
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 part in the tour helps provide medical and dental care for children in need through Patronato Pro Niños.
Mar. 22
- Instituto Allende's field trip is to the State of Querétaro to visit Bernal and the capital city. A FREE lecture on the forthcoming tour is held at the Instituto on March 19 at 4:00. Bilingual guides lead all Instituto tours. Reservations are required and fees must be paid in advance at Instituto
Allende, Ancha de San Antonio 20. Telephone 152-0226.
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Movies
Biblioteca Cinemateca - Francophone Film Festival
Mar. 15
- La Class de Madame Lise, Fr/Sp - 11:00 a.m.
- Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande Seduction), Fr/Eng - 7:00
- Kids Matinee - Vintage Cartoons - Noon - FREE
- Opera Movie - Mozart's Requiem Mass in D minor - 2:30
Mar. 17
- Au Revoir les Enfants, Fr/Eng - Noon
- Global Justice Film: Grand Strategy, Noam Chompsky + discussion - 3:00
- Global Justice Film: Fidel: The Untold Story - 7:30
Mar. 18
- Le Grand Voyage, Fr/Eng - noon
- Bioneers Films - 3:00
Mar. 19
- Le Bonheur est dans le Pré, Fr/Eng - noon
- Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud, Fr/Eng - 5:30
- Nathalie - 7:30
Mar. 20
- L'Atalante, Fr/Eng - noon
- Global Justice film: An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore - 3:00
- Une Liason Pornographique, Fr/Eng - 5:30
- La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, Fr/Eng - 7:30
Mar. 21
- The Soong Sisters - 7:30
MM Cinemas - For schedule www.mmcinemas.com or 120-4743
El Market Bistro, Hernández Macías 95, Sala Alex Philips - 1:30, 4:00 & 7:00
French Speaking Week
Mar. 15
- La Môme (La Vie en Rose) - homage to Edith Piaf (2007)
Mar. 16
- Gad Elmaleh: L'autre c'est Moi (French only) (2005)
Mar. 17
- Moliere (2007)
Mar. 18
- Continental, Un Film Sans Fusil (Continental, A Film without Guns) (2007) -
1:30 only
- Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran (2003) - 4:00 & 7:00
Mar. 19
- Bon Voyage (2003)
Mar. 20
- Casque D'Or - (Golden Helmet) (1952)
Mar. 21
- L'Homme du train (The Man on the Train) (2002)
Villa Jacaranda, Aldama 53, 152-1015
Mar. 14 thru 3-28 - For schedule, please call
The Meditation Center, Callejón Blanco 4
Mar. 20
- Zen Video Series: A Zen Journey across Japan - 5:30
Jovenes Adelante, Hotel Quinta Loreto TV Salon, Loreto 15
Mar. 18
- Film about Paul Robeson - 5:00
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Performing Arts
Mar. 16
- Beginning a 4-week series, tenor Xavier Hernández will sing Love Songs and the Latin Soul. Hernández is also plays flute and guitar, and will be accompanied by Enrique Prado and Liliana Gutiérrez. On the 16th, and 30th, Hernández and Prado will bring Love Songs at 2:30. On March 23 and April 6, Hernández, playing flute and guitar will be accompanied by Gutiérrez in music with Latin Soul.
Mar. 17
- Sergio Basurto will give a concert of folklore harp in music of South America in the Biblioteca Pública's Sala Quetzal at 7:30. Entrance at Reloj 50A.
Mar. 17
- Doris Rogers and Ken Basman will perform an evening of hits from the '40s in a benefit for the Midday Rotary Club in the Santa Ana Theater at 7:00. Entrance at Reloj 50A.
Mar. 19
- Center for Global Justice sponsors at play by Professor Emeritus of geography and international studies at Texas State University David
Stea. Members of the Center will play the parts in "Perish from the Earth" in the Biblioteca Pública's Sala Quetzal at 10:30 a.m. Entrance at Insurgentes 25.
March 21
- Junta Flamenca will perform in the Santa Ana Theater at 5:00. Entrance at Insurgentes 25.
Mar. 22
- El Viejo Topo Café'Teatro, Calle Stirling Dickinson 28 will have guitarist Jimi Mamou and his rhythm and blues to SMA for an 8:00 show.
Multimedia
A Video Dance Festival - VideodanzaBA will have three difference shows, each a little over an hour long. Thirty videos from 13 different countries will be screened. The first show will be Mar. 20 at El
Sindicato, Recreo 4, at 8:00
Show II will be
Mar. 21 at Kunsthaus Santa Fé, Santa Fé 24, Col. Allende at 8:00
and Show III will be
Mar. 22 at El Alacrán, Aparicio 10 at 8:00
All showings are FREE. Attendees must be at least 18 years old.
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Exhibitions and Openings
Mar, 21, 22 & 23
- Instituto Allende will have a three-day Arts and Crafts fair with over 90 vendors and food and all-day entertainment. Ancha de San Antonio 20.
Mar. 20
- The Bordello Galería, Casa de la Turca, Órganos 19, will have an opening for the works of father Steve and son Noah Mendelson from 6:00 to 8:00.
On exhibit through March 31
- Paintings by Jacques Desgagnés in the Biblioteca Pública's Café Santa Ana.
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Workshops and Classes
Mar. 19 thru April 4
- Eva Hunter has scheduled an 8-session prose writing course for beginning to advanced writers. For more information contact
evemhunter@gmail.com or call 152-6634.
Beginning April 5
- Children's Theater Workshop taught by José Luis Mendoza. Classes will be FREE for children and youth ages 10 to 20. The classes will last six months and will be taught Saturdays from 10:00 'til noon. Another workshop at the Biblioteca Pública is painting on Mondays through Friday from 4:00 to 6:00.
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