Thanksgiving meal
Time is running out to book your Thanksgiving dinner at the American Society (AMSOC).
Traditional home-baked turkey with all the trimmings will be served on Thursday, November 26, with tickets costing 200 pesos for members and 225 pesos for guests. Pumpkin pie with whipped cream will be the dessert.
With a limit of 150 seats available now is the time to act!
The bar opens at noon, and the dinner is served around 1 p.m.
The American Society is located at San Francisco 3332, Colonia Chapalita. Call (33) 3121-2395 to book tickets.
Art Fair
The American School in Guadalajara is once again inviting artists, art lovers, the school community and the public in general to its Art Fest 2009.
The aim of the event is to celebrate the importance of art within the school and to promote the culture of art within the city.
The action starts Friday, November 20 with the traditional auctioning off of 52 works by recognized Mexican and foreign artists.
The invited artists include names such as Alejandro Colunga, Ulises Gonzalez, Diego Martinez Negrete, Lila Dipp, Lucia Maya and Manuel Bautista. Entrance is free and the auction starts at 7 p.m.
On Saturday, November 21 the festival begins in earnest from noon. Forty-four artists will be on hand to exhibit their works and to sell them for very reasonable prices.
A space will also be reserved for the best student works selected by the school’s art teachers.
There will also be art workshops for adults on drawing, sculpturing, watercoloring and acrylics; children’s workshops; international food, music and shows.
The festival will be brought to a close at 6 p.m.
The American School is located at Colomos 2100, one block from Lopes Mateos in Colonia Providencia.
Violence against women
The Municipal Institute for Women in Guadalajara have scheduled a line-up of activities to commemorate the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”.
The conference “Feria del Buen Trato,” dealing with domestic violence, takes place at their headquarters (Mitla 386, Colonia Monumental) on Saturday, November 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On Sunday, November 22 there will be a walkathon “for a life free of violence” along Avenida Chapultepec and Niños Heroes beginning at 10:30 a.m. Those interested in participating should call (33) 3638-5288 for T-shirts which will be handed out on the morning of the walkathon.
On Wednesday, November 25, a conference to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will be held at Plaza Universidad (Pablo Neruda 4341, Colonia Jardines Universidad) between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Return of the Jurassic Era
Prehistoric animals will invade the city this December. The Walking with Dinosaurs Live Experience tour comes to Guadalajara from Wednesday, December 2 through to Sunday, December 6 at the Arena VFG, on the highway to Chapala.
The show is a live adaptation of the series that originated in Australia and that was first aired by the BBC in 1999. Its 2007-2008 U.S. tour attracted over two million spectators.
Patrons will see a portrayal of the dinosaurs’ evolution and also the cause of their extinction. The show highlights ten dinosaur species including the Brachiosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Plateosaurus. Stage design and imagery will be done by Peter England, who helped to coordinate the 2002 Sydney Olympic Games.
The original documentary series was said to have recreated the most accurate portrayal of prehistoric animals ever seen on the screen. Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics effects, the series took two years to make. The Guinness Book of World Records reported that the series was the most expensive documentary series per minute ever made.
Tickets to see the two-hour show range from 330 to 1,210 pesos. For more information on starting times, check www.ticketmaster.com
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