AROUND TOWN
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Meetings & Lectures
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
At this Sunday’s meeting, Pakina Langenscheidt discusses Day of the Dead traditions and their relationship to views of creation. Langenscheidt, born in Mexico City and a San Miguel resident since age eight, holds a history degree from the University of Guanajuato and an MFA from Instituto Allende. She taught history at the Piplila Preparatory School and helped establish Mujeres en Cambio and the Casa de Allende museum. She has exhibited art work in Mexico, the US, Chile and Germany.
The UU Fellowship meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at La Posada de la Aldea, Ancha de San Antonio 15. Visitors are invited to attend the service and then join the UUs in the hotel restaurant for brunch.
Midday Rotary Club
On Tuesday, November 4, guest speaker Joseph Dispenza addresses “Common Themes in Dreams.” He says, “Most dreams unfold in a specific place. Each dream-place can help you understand the dream better. All the rooms of a house, for instance, hold meaning in the dream world. Knowing what certain rooms mean in the language of the unconscious often is the key to interpreting your dreams.”
Dispenza is co-founder and facilitator of LifePath programs in personal growth in San Miguel. He maintains a practice as a spiritual counselor, emphasizing dreamwork, and has written 13 books on living a higher quality of life. His most recent book is God on Your Own: Finding a Spiritual Path outside Religion.
The Rotary Club of San Miguel de Allende-Midday meets every Tuesday at Hotel Real de Minas at the intersection of Calles Ancha de San Antonio and Stirling Dickinson. Check-in time is 12–12:25pm and the meeting starts promptly at 12:30. Visit
www.rotarysma.org for more information.
Lions Club International
On Thursday, November 6, Director Hector Ulloa outlines the history of Instituto Allende, founded in 1950, and now Latin America’s oldest and largest school of arts and language for English-speaking students.
Lions Club International meets every first and third Thursday at the Don Quijote restaurant, Prolongación de Pila Seca 55. Check-in time is 12:30pm and the meeting starts at 1pm. For more information, contact Norma Robinson at 120-0726.
Classes & Workshops
Advanced Directives / Care Share Workshops
Hospice San Miguel offers one and one-half hour workshops beginning in November for those who want to prepare their Advanced Directive (Living Wills). The workshops will be intimate (12 persons or less) and we will discuss in detail the considerations and decisions that need to be made to assure your wishes are followed in an emergency. Advanced Directives forms, the book Hard Choices for Loving People and a special book to record pertinent data in one place for those responsible for handling emergencies or your estate.
Care Share Groups allow individuals to band together to assure they have a network of friends who can help each other in time of need. You do not need to be living alone to be part of a Care Share Group.
Workshops cost 200 pesos and are scheduled based upon your preferences for time and day. Call Hospice San Miguel at 154-4287 or email info@hospicesma.org.
Bereavement Support Groups
Hospice San Miguel sponsors two free bereavement support groups. The English group meets Mondays, 3–4:30pm and the Spanish group on Thursdays, 5–6:30pm. Hospice is located in Colonia la Lejona (behind Mega) on Calle Manuel Rocha 35. Call 154-4287 or email
mail@hospicesma.org to make reservations.
New classes at Actors Workshop
San Miguel Actors Workshop classes are on Tuesdays and Fridays, 2–5pm, from November 11 through December 5. The series of eight classes, limited to 10 participants, is 1,500 pesos; call 154-0352 to register, or visit
www.theatersanmiguel.com for information.
Simply Art offers classes
Simply Art brings guest art teachers to San Miguel. The first will be Bonnie Steinberg from Toronto, who will teach a class in watercolors February 16–20. Each daily class lasts six hours. For more information and registration, call Marcia Dworkin at 152-4280.
Tours & Excursions
Saturday Adventure Tours
Come all ye Adventurers to the unusual home-gallery of Lothar Mueller, where concrete reigns, from rough gallery walls to highly polished dining table and smooth kitchen counters. His exhibits are always unusual and unexpected, sometimes even shocking! Above the gallery is his studio, bedroom, office and bath with unusual tub placement. Climbers to the rooftop are rewarded by a great cactus collection.
The roadsides are a riot of yellow flowers as we go out to Rancho La Loma, famous for Andalusian horses. On the extensive grounds are some trojes, wooden homes of the Tarascan Indians from Michoacan. In the large tack room is an amazing collection of antique carriages, including the first taxi in Mexico City. At the grandstand, we enjoy a dressage show of Andalusian beauties showing off their many gaits. Afterwards, ride in a carriage drawn by strong and beautiful Percherons. Cameras? Of course!
This tour leaves from inside the Jardín, across from the Parroquia, at 10:30am.
Botanical Garden tour
El Charco del Ingenio (Jardín Botánico) offers two-hour tours on Tuesdays at 10am sharp. Bring a hat, water and good walking shoes. Fees are 50 pesos for members and 80 pesos for nonmembers. Private tours are 150 pesos per person (minimum five).
The easiest way to Jardín Botánico is by taxi. Staff will call for a taxi for the return trip to town.
Reservations are not necessary. If you have any questions, email nzerriffi@yahoo.com.
Lions Club treks to Cuernavaca and Taxco
On Tuesday, November 18, Lions Club International embarks on a three-day trip to Cuernavaca, the Xochicalco archaeological site, the silver-mining town of Taxco, the caverns of Cacahumilpa, and Metepec, renowned for its Tree of Life sculptures. Reserve through Jean Schickel at 152-0934.
Performances & Events
Festival Internacional de Salsa y Ritmos Latinos
This annual salsa and Latin dance event comes to the Hotel Real de Minas Friday and Saturday, October 31 and November 1, 8pm–2am. The Friday shows and dance are 100 pesos. Saturday is 120 pesos for the dance contest featuring world-champion professional dancers. Call 154-6134 for information.
Authors’ Sala celebrates Beat writers
A Beat Cabaret Dinner Show highlights “A Celebration of the Beat Writers” on December 13, 5–10pm. If you have associations with or personal stories about any of the Beat writers, contact Susan Page: susan@susanpage.com.
Films & Videos
Meditation Center: The Presence of Being
On Thursday, November 6, at 5:30pm, the Meditation Center at Callejon Blanco 4 shows Understanding to Realizing with Adyashanti, a California-based teacher of nondual reality and author of Emptiness Dancing, The Impact of Awakening and My Secret Is Silence. The Meditation Center is Buddhist oriented and open to all forms of silent, still meditation. A donation of 20 pesos is suggested for film presentations. Please arrive early as seating is limited and late arrivals disturb others.
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