Wednesday, August 15, 2012
BON APPETIT! WATCH: PBS Wishes Julia Child A Happy 100th Birthday With This Amazing Remix Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/watch-pbs-wishes-julia-child-a-happy-100th-birthday-with-this-amazing-remix-20120815/#ixzz23fjAx5E6
BON APPETIT!
WATCH: PBS Wishes Julia Child A Happy 100th Birthday With This Amazing Remix
Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/watch-pbs-wishes-julia-child-a-happy-100th-birthday-with-this-amazing-remix-20120815/#ixzz23fjAx5E6
Published on Aug 14, 2012 by pbsdigitalstudios
In celebration of her 100th birthday, Julia Child Remixed by John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep, for PBS Digital Studios. Please support your local PBS station: http://www.pbs.org/donate
Visit pbs.org/food to join in the celebration, with additional videos, recipes and more. You can leave your own tribute to The French Chef by cooking a Julia recipe and sharing it on Facebook and Twitter with #CookForJulia.
Special thanks to the Julia Child Foundation (http://www.juliachildfoundation.org/) for their support. The French Chef episodes used courtesy of WBGH/Boston. For more, go tohttp://www.wgbh.org/JC100
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Visit pbs.org/food to join in the celebration, with additional videos, recipes and more. You can leave your own tribute to The French Chef by cooking a Julia recipe and sharing it on Facebook and Twitter with #CookForJulia.
Special thanks to the Julia Child Foundation (http://www.juliachildfoundation.org/) for their support. The French Chef episodes used courtesy of WBGH/Boston. For more, go tohttp://www.wgbh.org/JC100
This is the third in a series of PBS icons remixed. Subscribe to the PBS Digital Studios channel to be the first to know about new remixes. And check out our playlists to watch all of the web series from PBS Digital Studios.
TO SUBSCRIBE: Create a YouTube account and visit youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios. Click the SUBSCRIBE button in the top left corner of the page. Once you subscribe, you'll receive updates about our icon remixes, original web series and other videos created by PBS specifically for the web.
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Follow on Twitter: @pbsds
Watch Bob Ross Remixed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA&feature=BFa&list=PL26EE489...
Watch Mister Rogers Remixed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM&list=PL26EE48981A093CA0&in...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Welcome to oaxacacalendar.com where you will find up-to-date information about the wonderful events happening in Oaxaca, Mexico. Please, if you know of an event that should be listed, email me at events. If you want more info contact me here. The Oaxaca Calendar is now on Facebook Oaxaca Spanish Magic
Welcome to oaxacacalendar.com where you will find up-to-date information about the wonderful events happening in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Please, if you know of an event that should be listed, email me at events. If you want more info contact me here.
The Oaxaca Calendar is now on Facebook
Oaxaca Spanish Magic
A Spanish language school where you will discover the magic and joy of learning Spanish in a personalized setting.
Place your Ad on the Oaxaca Calendar!
For more information
Contact us here
Recurring Events
Bridge - ACBL Sanctioned Duplicate Game
Weekly - Friday
5 de Mayo just north of Constitutiión
Weekly - Friday
12 noon - $20 pesos
Hotel Casa de la Tia
5 de Mayo just north of Constitutiión
Click for more info
Bridge Group
Weekly - Tuesday
Pino Suarez 519
Weekly - Tuesday
2 to 5pm - Free
Oaxaca Lending Library
Pino Suarez 519
No partner necessary. Bridge lessons before starting at 1:15.
Danzón with the Marimba Band
Weekly - Wednesday
Weekly - Wednesday
6:30pm - Free
Zócalo
A tradition imported from Cuba, the danzón is a stately dance with syncopation. The citizens of Oaxaca gather weekly to dance and watch the dancers.
Ethnobotanical Garden Tours in English
Weekly - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Weekly - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
11am - $100 MXP
Entrance Reforma & Constitutión
The only way to see this wonderful garden is on a tour. The tour is at least two hours long so come with water and sunscreen. There are also tours in Spanish which last one hour and cost 50 pesos daily at 10, 12 and 5pm. Arrive ten minutes before the tours to purchase tickets.
Guided Tour of the San Pablo Academic & Cultural Center
Daily - Monday (in English) & Tuesday (Spanish)
Daily - Monday (in English) & Tuesday (Spanish)
4 pm - Free
Antiquo callejon de San Pablo (Independencia 904)
Don't miss this brilliant new addition to the Historic Center of Oaxaca.
Holy Trinity Anglican Episcopal Church
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
11 am -
Crespo 211 (between Morelos & Matamoros)
Liturgy followed by coffee hour. Information: 951-514-3799
Oaxaca is More Beautiful on a Bicycle
Weekly - Friday
Weekly - Friday
9 pm - Free
meet in front of the Santo Domingo church
A group (sometimes very large!) ride through the streets of Oaxaca
Open Mike for Poets and Musicians
Weekly - Tuesdays
Weekly - Tuesdays
8pm -
La Nueva Babel
Profirio Díaz 224
Religious Society of Quaker Friends Meeting
Monthly - 1st & 3rd Saturday
Monthly - 1st & 3rd Saturday
2 pm - Free
Also the 2nd and 4th Sunday at 11 am. For more information and location contact Lorena Cassady atcassady@gmail.com
Spanish English Intercambios
Weekly - Saturday
Pino Suárez 519
Weekly - Saturday
10 to noon - Free
Oaxaca Lending Library
Pino Suárez 519
An opportunity to practice your Spanish and help a Oaxacan learn English. Just arrive at 10 and you will be paired with someone. All levels of Spanish accommodated - including beginners!
Streets in Centro Closed for Bicycling
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
9 am to 1 pm - Free
Independencia to Reforma to Conzatti Park to García Vigil back to Independencia
Tamayo Museum Tour
Monthly - 4th Friday of the month
Morelos 503
Monthly - 4th Friday of the month
5 pm - $100 pesos
Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Hispanic Art
Morelos 503
The collection, donated by artist Rufino Tamayo, focuses on the aesthetic qualities of ancient artifacts and traces artists developments in pre-conquest times. Benefits the Oaxaca Lending Library. sign up and pay in in advance at the OLL, Pino Suárez 519. Museum admission of $35 pesos to be paid at the museum
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá Guided Tours
Daily - Monday to Friday
Daily - Monday to Friday
12 and 2 pm - $20 pesos
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
In Spanish but seeing the theater is well worth it even if you don't understand the guide.
Textile Museum - Guided Visit in Spanish and English
Weekly - Wednesday
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Weekly - Wednesday
5 pm - $10 pesos cover
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Click here for more info
The Oaxacan State Band Concert
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
12:30 - Free
Zócalo
A wonderful tradition, sometimes other orchestras perform.
Tour to Teotitlan del Valle
Weekly - Thursday & Saturday
Av. Juárez 909
Weekly - Thursday & Saturday
9 to 5 pm - $655 pesos
Instituto Cultural Oaxaca
Av. Juárez 909
Travel, Learn, Fight Poverty Fundación En Vía is a non-profit microfinance organization providing tours to communities around Oaxaca where participants visit women in need of small loans to improve their lives. 100% of the tour fees are given to the entrepreneurs as an interest-free micro loan.
Click for more info
Walking Tour of Churches
Weekly - Tuesday & Saturday
Weekly - Tuesday & Saturday
10 am - $100 pesos
meet in front of the Cathedral
A tour for the devout, the lapsed, and the never-were. For more information or tours at other times writeridgecliff@hotmail.com. Fee benefits a Oaxacan program for families of the hospitilized.
Zumba
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
9 to 11 am - $15 pesos
Llano Park (Parque Juárez)
southeast corner Zumba combines Latin and International music with a fun and effective workout system. Another Zumba session takes place in the Merced Market every Saturday from 8 to 9 am
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, August 14 - 7:30 pm - Free
Movie: Land and Freedom
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.
Tuesday, August 14 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: Manon of the Spring
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Click here for more information
Wednesday, August 15 - All Day - Free
Exhibit andSale: Textiles of Silk, Ixtle & Cotton from Sector Cajones, Sierra Norte
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Wednesday, August 15 - 4 to 7 pm - $450 pesos
3 Day Workshop: Creating Borders on Shawls
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
In the style of San Antonino Castillo Velasco
Wednesday, August 15 - 9:30 pm - Free
Movie: Finisterrae
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
Click here for more information
Wednesday, August 15 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: Erin Brockovich
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Click here for more information
Thursday, August 16 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: Water
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Click here for more information
Thursday, August 16 - 7 pm -
Theater: Adictos anonimos (O ¿De Cuál Fuma Usted?)
La Casa de los Teatros
Murguía 406
Thursday, August 16 - 7 pm - Free
Discussion: "La Migración de la arracada" by Elia Murrieta
IAGO - Graphic Arts Institute
Av. Juárez 203
Showing of a video and discussion following. In Spanish
Friday, August 17 - 10:30 pm - $80 pesos
Music: Kumbia Queers
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
Friday, August 17 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: The Source
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Click here for more information
Friday, August 17 - 7 pm - Free
Book Discussion: Civil Disobedience by Henry Thoreau
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
Lead by Vivian Abenshushan in Spanish
Friday, August 17 - 7 pm -
Theater: Adictos anonimos (O ¿De Cuál Fuma Usted?)
La Casa de los Teatros
Murguía 406
Friday, August 17 - 10 pm -
Music: Ragtime Blues
Nueva Babel
Porfirio Díaz 224
Friday, August 17 - 5:30 pm - Free
Movie: Elizabeth - The Golden Age
Stamp Museim - MUFI
Ref
Click here for more information
Saturday, August 18 - 12 noon - Free
Marionette Performance
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Saturday, August 18 - 6 pm - Free
Exhibit Opening: Sari, Sarong & Posahuanque
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, August 18 - 7 pm -
Theater: Adictos anonimos (O ¿De Cuál Fuma Usted?)
La Casa de los Teatros
Murguía 406
Saturday, August 18 - 10 - 2 - Free
Workshop: Tinsmithing by Víctor Rubén Hernández
San Pablo Cultural Center
Fiallo between Independencia & Hidalgo
Sunday, August 19 - 12 noon - Free
Music: Jose Luis Mendoza, clarinet, & Eliseo Martínez, piano
Santo Domingo Cultural Center
to the left of the Santo Domingo Church on the Alcalá
Monday, August 20 - 7 pm - Free
Movie: On the Waterfront
HUB Oaxaca
Cosijopii 203-A
Click here for more information
Tuesday, August 21 - 7:30 pm - Free
Movie: It's a Free World...
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
Angie gets the sack from a recruitment agency for bad behaviour in public. Seizing the chance, she teams up with her flatmate, Rose, to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate to work the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times. Written
Wednesday, August 22 - 9:30 pm - Free
Movie: Terraferma
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
Click here for more information
Wednesday, August 22 - 7:30 pm - $30 pesos
Documentary: Yatasto (2011, Argentina)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Thursday, August 23 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Movie: Duce de Coco (Brazil, 2010) & Canicula (Mexico 2011)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Friday, August 24 - 5:30 pm - Free
Movie: Alice in Wonderland
Stamp Museim - MUFI
Reforma 501
Click here for more information
Friday, August 24 - 7 pm - Free
Photography Opening: Daniel Molina
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Friday, August 24 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Movie: Sangre de Mi Sangre (Portugal, 2011)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Saturday, August 25 - 6 pm - Free
Demonstration about conservation are restauration of textiles
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, August 25 - 7:30 pm - Free
Music: Jazz Festival
Biblioteca Henestrosa at the Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Saturday, August 25 - 8 pm - Free
Art Opening: Rodrigo León
Galeria Casa Crespo
Crespo 114 (corner Morelos)
Monday, August 27 - 7 pm - Free
Movie: The Misfits
HUB Oaxaca
Cosijopii 203-A
Click here for more information
Monday, August 27 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Movie: Bestiaire
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Click here for more information
Tuesday, August 28 - 7:30 pm - Free
Movie: Looking For Eric
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Tuesday, August 28 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Documentary: Two Years at Sea (Great Britain, 2011)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Wednesday, August 29 - 8 pm - $80 pesos
Theater Premiere: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
A contemporary tragedy in thee acts by Kurt Hackbarth (author of "La [medio] diezmada" and directed by David Luciano Ruíz Durán. In Spanish - Brief Synopsis: "Orphaned at birth, young Gabriel is initiated into a hostile society, the dream of love and the reality of exile." Click here for more information
Wednesday, August 29 - 9:30 pm - Free
Movie: Faust
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
A version of the German legend in which a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge.
Thursday, August 30 - 7 pm - $300 pesos
Inauguration: Gastronomic Festival 2012
Plaza de la Danza
Morelos & Independeicia
Traditional cooking of the 8 Oaxacan regions. Purchase tickets at Fusion Travel ( Armenta y Lopez 104-1), Hotel Casa Oaxaca (García Vigil 407) or Galeria Quetzalli (Constitution 104)
Thursday, August 30 - 8 pm - $80 pesos
Theater: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
Click here for more information
Friday, August 31 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 1st Dinner
Origen
Hidalgo 820-1
Box Office Info: for reservations call 951-501-1764
Chefs Guillermo González (Pangea/Monterrey) & Abdiel Cervantes (Montery). Five course dinner with paired wines, tip included
Friday, August 31 - 10 to 6 pm - Free
Expo and Sale of Textiles from Santo Tomás Jalieza
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, September 01 - 12 noon - Free
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Barrio Festival
Jalatlaco
Tasting of food traditional to the barrio of Jalatlaco
Saturday, September 01 - 4 pm -
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Wine tasting
Bar of the Camino Real Hotel
5 de Mayo 300
Saturday, September 01 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 2nd Dinner
Casa Oaxaca
Constitución 104-4
Chefs: Elana Reygadas (Rosetta México/DF) & Enrique Olvera (Pujol/México DF). Five course diner with wine parings, tip included. Reserve at 516 8531
Saturday, September 01 - 10 to 6 pm - Free
Expo and Sale of Textiles from Santo Tomás Jalieza
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, September 01 - 8 pm - $80 pesos
Theater: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
Click here for more information
Sunday, September 02 - 2 pm - $650 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Yucatan Comida
Hotel Victoria
Carretera Internacional Km 545
Roberto Solis (Nectar/Mérida) & Luis Barocio (Local 3/Mérida). With wine, mezcal and beer, tip included. Reserve at(951) 502 0850.
Sunday, September 02 - 10 to 6 pm - Free
Expo and Sale of Textiles from Santo Tomás Jalieza
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Sunday, September 02 - 6 pm - $80 pesos
Theater: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
Click here for more information
Tuesday, September 04 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 3nd Dinner
Hotel Azul
Abasolo 313
Chefs: Roberto Solís (Nector/Mérida) & Adrián Nerrera (Fonda San Francisco/Monterrey). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 501 0016
Wednesday, September 05 - 2 pm - $650 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Comida
Café Casa Oaxaca
Jazmines 518
Colonia Reforma
Chefs: Martha Zepeda (Tierra y Cielo/Chiapas) & José Ramón Castillo (Que bó/México, DF). With wine, mezcal and beer, tip included. Reservations at (951) 502 6017.
Wednesday, September 05 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 4th Dinner
Hotel Camino Real
5 de Mayo 300
Chefs: Edgar Nuñez (Sud 777/México DF) & Jorge Vallejo (Quintonil/México DF). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 501 6100
Thursday, September 06 - 2 pm - $620 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Comida Oaxacalifornia
Casa Chata
Av. Juárez 909
Chefs: SAbina Bandera (La Guerrerense/Ensenada), Benito Molina (Corazón de Tierra/Ensenada) & Javier Plascencia (Misión 19/Tijuana). Tickets sold at ICO, Av. Juárez 909 - (951) 515 3404
Thursday, September 06 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 5th Dinner
El Vasco
Portal del Flores 10-A
Chefs: Juantxo Sánchez (Le basque/Cuernavaca) & Vincente Torres (Oca/México DF). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 514 4755.
Friday, September 07 - 7 pm - Free
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Presentation of Book "Entre dinettes. Crónicas comilonas" by Martin Caparrós
San Pablo Cultural and Academic Center
Hidalgo 907 (Antiguo Callejón de San Pablo
Friday, September 07 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 6th Dinner
Pitiona
Allende 108
Chefs: Pablo San Román (DO/México DF) & Mario Espinosa (KUUK/Mérida). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reserva at (951) 514 0690
Friday, September 07 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 7th Dinner
Hotel Hacienda Los Laureles
Av. Hidlago 21
San Felips del Agua
Chefs: Mónica Solis (Casa Colorado/Guanajuanto) & Ricardo Muños Zurita (Axul y Oro/México DF). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 501 5300.
Saturday, September 08 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 8th Dinner
Catedral
García Vigil 10
Chefs: Sergio Camacho (Ambrosia/México DF) & Jair Téllez (Merotoro/México DF). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reservationa at (951) 516 3285.
Saturday, September 08 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 9th Dinner
Hotel Casa Oaxaca
García Vigil 407
Chef: Ricardo Muñoz Zurita (Azul y Oro/México DF). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at(951) 514 4173
Saturday, September 08 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 9th Dinner
Hotel Casa Oaxaca
García Vigil 407
Chef: Ricardo Muñoz Zurita (Azul y Oro/México DF). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at(951) 514 4173
Sunday, September 09 - 2 pm - $650 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Closing Comida
Hotel Casa Oaxaca
García Vigil 407
Chefs: Mikel Alsons (Biko/México DF). Pablo San Román (DO/México DF), Juantxo Sánchez (Le Basque/Cuernavaca) & vincent Torres (Oca/México DF). With wine, mezcal and beer, tip included. Reservations at (9510 514 4173.
Sunday, October 28 - -
Daylight Savings time Ends in Mexico
Set your clocks back one hour.
Monday, November 05 - 9 to 5 pm - $8900 pesos
Two Week Workshop: Glass blowing/Mixed Media
Studio Xaquixe
Etla
Given by the Brothers de la Torre, Runs Monday thru Saturday. More information at salime[at]xaquixe
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oaxacacalendar.com
Welcome to oaxacacalendar.com where you will find up-to-date information about the wonderful events happening in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Please, if you know of an event that should be listed, email me at events. If you want more info contact me here.
The Oaxaca Calendar is now on Facebook
Upcoming EventsRecurring Events
Bridge - ACBL Sanctioned Duplicate Game
Weekly - Friday
5 de Mayo just north of Constitutiión
Weekly - Friday
12 noon - $20 pesos
Hotel Casa de la Tia
5 de Mayo just north of Constitutiión
Click for more info
Bridge Group
Weekly - Tuesday
Pino Suarez 519
Weekly - Tuesday
2 to 5pm - Free
Oaxaca Lending Library
Pino Suarez 519
No partner necessary. Bridge lessons before starting at 1:15.
Danzón with the Marimba Band
Weekly - Wednesday
Weekly - Wednesday
6:30pm - Free
Zócalo
A tradition imported from Cuba, the danzón is a stately dance with syncopation. The citizens of Oaxaca gather weekly to dance and watch the dancers.
Ethnobotanical Garden Tours in English
Weekly - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Weekly - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
11am - $100 MXP
Entrance Reforma & Constitutión
The only way to see this wonderful garden is on a tour. The tour is at least two hours long so come with water and sunscreen. There are also tours in Spanish which last one hour and cost 50 pesos daily at 10, 12 and 5pm. Arrive ten minutes before the tours to purchase tickets.
Guided Tour of the San Pablo Academic & Cultural Center
Daily - Monday (in English) & Tuesday (Spanish)
Daily - Monday (in English) & Tuesday (Spanish)
4 pm - Free
Antiquo callejon de San Pablo (Independencia 904)
Don't miss this brilliant new addition to the Historic Center of Oaxaca.
Holy Trinity Anglican Episcopal Church
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
11 am -
Crespo 211 (between Morelos & Matamoros)
Liturgy followed by coffee hour. Information: 951-514-3799
Oaxaca is More Beautiful on a Bicycle
Weekly - Friday
Weekly - Friday
9 pm - Free
meet in front of the Santo Domingo church
A group (sometimes very large!) ride through the streets of Oaxaca
Open Mike for Poets and Musicians
Weekly - Tuesdays
Weekly - Tuesdays
8pm -
La Nueva Babel
Profirio Díaz 224
Religious Society of Quaker Friends Meeting
Monthly - 1st & 3rd Saturday
Monthly - 1st & 3rd Saturday
2 pm - Free
Also the 2nd and 4th Sunday at 11 am. For more information and location contact Lorena Cassady at cassady@gmail.com
Spanish English Intercambios
Weekly - Saturday
Pino Suárez 519
Weekly - Saturday
10 to noon - Free
Oaxaca Lending Library
Pino Suárez 519
An opportunity to practice your Spanish and help a Oaxacan learn English. Just arrive at 10 and you will be paired with someone. All levels of Spanish accommodated - including beginners!
Streets in Centro Closed for Bicycling
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
9 am to 1 pm - Free
Independencia to Reforma to Conzatti Park to García Vigil back to Independencia
Tamayo Museum Tour
Monthly - 4th Friday of the month
Morelos 503
Monthly - 4th Friday of the month
5 pm - $100 pesos
Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Hispanic Art
Morelos 503
The collection, donated by artist Rufino Tamayo, focuses on the aesthetic qualities of ancient artifacts and traces artists developments in pre-conquest times. Benefits the Oaxaca Lending Library. sign up and pay in in advance at the OLL, Pino Suárez 519. Museum admission of $35 pesos to be paid at the museum
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá Guided Tours
Daily - Monday to Friday
Daily - Monday to Friday
12 and 2 pm - $20 pesos
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
In Spanish but seeing the theater is well worth it even if you don't understand the guide.
Textile Museum - Guided Visit in Spanish and English
Weekly - Wednesday
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Weekly - Wednesday
5 pm - $10 pesos cover
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Click here for more info
The Oaxacan State Band Concert
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
12:30 - Free
Zócalo
A wonderful tradition, sometimes other orchestras perform.
Tour to Teotitlan del Valle
Weekly - Thursday & Saturday
Av. Juárez 909
Weekly - Thursday & Saturday
9 to 5 pm - $655 pesos
Instituto Cultural Oaxaca
Av. Juárez 909
Travel, Learn, Fight Poverty Fundación En Vía is a non-profit microfinance organization providing tours to communities around Oaxaca where participants visit women in need of small loans to improve their lives. 100% of the tour fees are given to the entrepreneurs as an interest-free micro loan.
Click for more info
Walking Tour of Churches
Weekly - Tuesday & Saturday
Weekly - Tuesday & Saturday
10 am - $100 pesos
meet in front of the Cathedral
A tour for the devout, the lapsed, and the never-were. For more information or tours at other times write ridgecliff@hotmail.com. Fee benefits a Oaxacan program for families of the hospitilized.
Zumba
Weekly - Sunday
Weekly - Sunday
9 to 11 am - $15 pesos
Llano Park (Parque Juárez)
southeast corner Zumba combines Latin and International music with a fun and effective workout system. Another Zumba session takes place in the Merced Market every Saturday from 8 to 9 am
Tuesday, August 14 - 7:30 pm - Free
Movie: Land and Freedom
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.
Tuesday, August 14 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: Manon of the Spring
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
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Wednesday, August 15 - All Day - Free
Exhibit andSale: Textiles of Silk, Ixtle & Cotton from Sector Cajones, Sierra Norte
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Wednesday, August 15 - 4 to 7 pm - $450 pesos
3 Day Workshop: Creating Borders on Shawls
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
In the style of San Antonino Castillo Velasco
Wednesday, August 15 - 9:30 pm - Free
Movie: Finisterrae
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
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Wednesday, August 15 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: Erin Brockovich
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
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Thursday, August 16 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: Water
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
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Thursday, August 16 - 7 pm -
Theater: Adictos anonimos (O ¿De Cuál Fuma Usted?)
La Casa de los Teatros
Murguía 406
Thursday, August 16 - 7 pm - Free
Discussion: "La Migración de la arracada" by Elia Murrieta
IAGO - Graphic Arts Institute
Av. Juárez 203
Showing of a video and discussion following. In Spanish
Friday, August 17 - 10:30 pm - $80 pesos
Music: Kumbia Queers
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
Friday, August 17 - 6 pm - Free
Movie: The Source
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
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Friday, August 17 - 7 pm - Free
Book Discussion: Civil Disobedience by Henry Thoreau
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
Lead by Vivian Abenshushan in Spanish
Friday, August 17 - 7 pm -
Theater: Adictos anonimos (O ¿De Cuál Fuma Usted?)
La Casa de los Teatros
Murguía 406
Friday, August 17 - 10 pm -
Music: Ragtime Blues
Nueva Babel
Porfirio Díaz 224
Friday, August 17 - 5:30 pm - Free
Movie: Elizabeth - The Golden Age
Stamp Museim - MUFI
Ref
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Saturday, August 18 - 12 noon - Free
Marionette Performance
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Saturday, August 18 - 6 pm - Free
Exhibit Opening: Sari, Sarong & Posahuanque
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, August 18 - 7 pm -
Theater: Adictos anonimos (O ¿De Cuál Fuma Usted?)
La Casa de los Teatros
Murguía 406
Saturday, August 18 - 10 - 2 - Free
Workshop: Tinsmithing by Víctor Rubén Hernández
San Pablo Cultural Center
Fiallo between Independencia & Hidalgo
Sunday, August 19 - 12 noon - Free
Music: Jose Luis Mendoza, clarinet, & Eliseo Martínez, piano
Santo Domingo Cultural Center
to the left of the Santo Domingo Church on the Alcalá
Monday, August 20 - 7 pm - Free
Movie: On the Waterfront
HUB Oaxaca
Cosijopii 203-A
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Tuesday, August 21 - 7:30 pm - Free
Movie: It's a Free World...
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
Angie gets the sack from a recruitment agency for bad behaviour in public. Seizing the chance, she teams up with her flatmate, Rose, to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate to work the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times. Written
Wednesday, August 22 - 9:30 pm - Free
Movie: Terraferma
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
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Wednesday, August 22 - 7:30 pm - $30 pesos
Documentary: Yatasto (2011, Argentina)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Thursday, August 23 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Movie: Duce de Coco (Brazil, 2010) & Canicula (Mexico 2011)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Friday, August 24 - 5:30 pm - Free
Movie: Alice in Wonderland
Stamp Museim - MUFI
Reforma 501
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Friday, August 24 - 7 pm - Free
Photography Opening: Daniel Molina
Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Friday, August 24 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Movie: Sangre de Mi Sangre (Portugal, 2011)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Saturday, August 25 - 6 pm - Free
Demonstration about conservation are restauration of textiles
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, August 25 - 7:30 pm - Free
Music: Jazz Festival
Biblioteca Henestrosa at the Casa de la Cuidad
Porfirio Diáz & Morelos
Saturday, August 25 - 8 pm - Free
Art Opening: Rodrigo León
Galeria Casa Crespo
Crespo 114 (corner Morelos)
Monday, August 27 - 7 pm - Free
Movie: The Misfits
HUB Oaxaca
Cosijopii 203-A
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Monday, August 27 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Movie: Bestiaire
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
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Tuesday, August 28 - 7:30 pm - Free
Movie: Looking For Eric
La Jicara Librería
Porfirio Díaz #1105
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Tuesday, August 28 - 7 pm - $30 pesos
Documentary: Two Years at Sea (Great Britain, 2011)
Teatro Macedonio Alcalá
Independencia & 5 de Mayo
Wednesday, August 29 - 8 pm - $80 pesos
Theater Premiere: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
A contemporary tragedy in thee acts by Kurt Hackbarth (author of "La [medio] diezmada" and directed by David Luciano Ruíz Durán. In Spanish - Brief Synopsis: "Orphaned at birth, young Gabriel is initiated into a hostile society, the dream of love and the reality of exile." Click here for more information
Wednesday, August 29 - 9:30 pm - Free
Movie: Faust
Café Central
Hidalgo 302
A version of the German legend in which a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge.
Thursday, August 30 - 7 pm - $300 pesos
Inauguration: Gastronomic Festival 2012
Plaza de la Danza
Morelos & Independeicia
Traditional cooking of the 8 Oaxacan regions. Purchase tickets at Fusion Travel ( Armenta y Lopez 104-1), Hotel Casa Oaxaca (García Vigil 407) or Galeria Quetzalli (Constitution 104)
Thursday, August 30 - 8 pm - $80 pesos
Theater: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
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Friday, August 31 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 1st Dinner
Origen
Hidalgo 820-1
Box Office Info: for reservations call 951-501-1764
Chefs Guillermo González (Pangea/Monterrey) & Abdiel Cervantes (Montery). Five course dinner with paired wines, tip included
Friday, August 31 - 10 to 6 pm - Free
Expo and Sale of Textiles from Santo Tomás Jalieza
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, September 01 - 12 noon - Free
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Barrio Festival
Jalatlaco
Tasting of food traditional to the barrio of Jalatlaco
Saturday, September 01 - 4 pm -
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Wine tasting
Bar of the Camino Real Hotel
5 de Mayo 300
Saturday, September 01 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 2nd Dinner
Casa Oaxaca
Constitución 104-4
Chefs: Elana Reygadas (Rosetta México/DF) & Enrique Olvera (Pujol/México DF). Five course diner with wine parings, tip included. Reserve at 516 8531
Saturday, September 01 - 10 to 6 pm - Free
Expo and Sale of Textiles from Santo Tomás Jalieza
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Saturday, September 01 - 8 pm - $80 pesos
Theater: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
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Sunday, September 02 - 2 pm - $650 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Yucatan Comida
Hotel Victoria
Carretera Internacional Km 545
Roberto Solis (Nectar/Mérida) & Luis Barocio (Local 3/Mérida). With wine, mezcal and beer, tip included. Reserve at (951) 502 0850.
Sunday, September 02 - 10 to 6 pm - Free
Expo and Sale of Textiles from Santo Tomás Jalieza
Textile Museum
Hidalgo & Fiallo
Sunday, September 02 - 6 pm - $80 pesos
Theater: El Ostrakón
Teatro Juárez
Av. Juárez at LLano Park
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Tuesday, September 04 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 3nd Dinner
Hotel Azul
Abasolo 313
Chefs: Roberto Solís (Nector/Mérida) & Adrián Nerrera (Fonda San Francisco/Monterrey). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 501 0016
Wednesday, September 05 - 2 pm - $650 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Comida
Café Casa Oaxaca
Jazmines 518
Colonia Reforma
Chefs: Martha Zepeda (Tierra y Cielo/Chiapas) & José Ramón Castillo (Que bó/México, DF). With wine, mezcal and beer, tip included. Reservations at (951) 502 6017.
Wednesday, September 05 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 4th Dinner
Hotel Camino Real
5 de Mayo 300
Chefs: Edgar Nuñez (Sud 777/México DF) & Jorge Vallejo (Quintonil/México DF). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 501 6100
Thursday, September 06 - 2 pm - $620 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Comida Oaxacalifornia
Casa Chata
Av. Juárez 909
Chefs: SAbina Bandera (La Guerrerense/Ensenada), Benito Molina (Corazón de Tierra/Ensenada) & Javier Plascencia (Misión 19/Tijuana). Tickets sold at ICO, Av. Juárez 909 - (951) 515 3404
Thursday, September 06 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 5th Dinner
El Vasco
Portal del Flores 10-A
Chefs: Juantxo Sánchez (Le basque/Cuernavaca) & Vincente Torres (Oca/México DF). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 514 4755.
Friday, September 07 - 7 pm - Free
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Presentation of Book "Entre dinettes. Crónicas comilonas" by Martin Caparrós
San Pablo Cultural and Academic Center
Hidalgo 907 (Antiguo Callejón de San Pablo
Friday, September 07 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 6th Dinner
Pitiona
Allende 108
Chefs: Pablo San Román (DO/México DF) & Mario Espinosa (KUUK/Mérida). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reserva at (951) 514 0690
Friday, September 07 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 7th Dinner
Hotel Hacienda Los Laureles
Av. Hidlago 21
San Felips del Agua
Chefs: Mónica Solis (Casa Colorado/Guanajuanto) & Ricardo Muños Zurita (Axul y Oro/México DF). 5 course meal with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 501 5300.
Saturday, September 08 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 8th Dinner
Catedral
García Vigil 10
Chefs: Sergio Camacho (Ambrosia/México DF) & Jair Téllez (Merotoro/México DF). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reservationa at (951) 516 3285.
Saturday, September 08 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 9th Dinner
Hotel Casa Oaxaca
García Vigil 407
Chef: Ricardo Muñoz Zurita (Azul y Oro/México DF). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 514 4173
Saturday, September 08 - 9 pm - $950 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: 9th Dinner
Hotel Casa Oaxaca
García Vigil 407
Chef: Ricardo Muñoz Zurita (Azul y Oro/México DF). 5 course dinner with paired wines, tip included. Reservations at (951) 514 4173
Sunday, September 09 - 2 pm - $650 pesos
Gastronomic Festival 2012: Closing Comida
Hotel Casa Oaxaca
García Vigil 407
Chefs: Mikel Alsons (Biko/México DF). Pablo San Román (DO/México DF), Juantxo Sánchez (Le Basque/Cuernavaca) & vincent Torres (Oca/México DF). With wine, mezcal and beer, tip included. Reservations at (9510 514 4173.
Sunday, October 28 - -
Daylight Savings time Ends in Mexico
Set your clocks back one hour.
Monday, November 05 - 9 to 5 pm - $8900 pesos
Two Week Workshop: Glass blowing/Mixed Media
Studio Xaquixe
Etla
Given by the Brothers de la Torre, Runs Monday thru Saturday. More information at salime[at]xaquixe
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