AROUND TOWN

Meetings & Lectures

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

In a follow-up to Reverend Tom Rosiello’s talk last week on the relevance of religion in our lives, longtime UU members Marge Zap, Lee Veal and King Culp will participate in a fishbowl format at this week’s meeting to tell how they personally feel about that topic.

The UU Fellowship meets every Sunday at 10:30am 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, June 2, Eugenia Velasco, the co-founder and General Coordinator of the Environmental Education Project of San Miguel de Allende (PEASMA), will speak about the program and its operations.

Velasco was born in Colima and has lived in San Miguel since 2000. She studied pedagogy and holds a master’s degree in environmental education (Barcelona University). She has worked with Save the Children (FAI) coordinating programs on sex education, children’s rights and environmental education. A young woman and recent mother, she combined passions for nature and children to create PEASMA with Natalia Ortega.


The Rotary Club of San Miguel de Allende-Midday meets Tuesdays at Hotel Real de Minas, intersection of calles Ancha de San Antonio and Stirling Dickinson. Check-in time is 12–12:15pm and the meeting starts promptly at 12:30. Visit www.rotarysma.org  for more information.



Shalom San Miguel

Shalom San Miguel will have religious services for Shavuot on Friday morning, May 29 at 9:30am, with Yizkor on Saturday morning, May 30 at 9:15am as part of the normal Shabbat Service. Both services will be in the Hotel Quinta Loreto TV Salon, Loreto 15.


Stress Management Lecture

Armando Padilla Verdad presents “Handling Stress in Times of Crisis” on Tuesday, June 2, at 1:30pm in the Biblioteca Pública’s Sala Quetzal. His talk explains how to liberate yourself from bad energy and recover the well-being of your body.


Lions Club International

The Lions Club meets Thursday, June 4, at the Hotel Quinta Loreto, Loreto 15. Check in time is 12:30pm and the meeting begins at 1pm. You may order lunch from the special menu and parking is ample. For additional information, contact Norma Robinson at 120-0726.

Tours & Excursions

Saturday Adventure Tours

Most people think of the color amber as a clear drop of honey, but Saturday the Adventurers are going to learn all about the gem that comes in many colors. Tomas LeNoir, who obtains his amber from Chiapas mines, will explain the dangers in mining and what is involved in turning muddy nuggets into the beautiful jewelry in his showroom. He has rare pieces of red amber carved into an Aztec figure and he also shows mossy green amber rings set in gold. Necklaces of round drops of honey strung together evolved from those muddy nuggets from Chiapas.

Now to an ex-hacienda of the sixteenth century, La Landeta, a well-known family name in San Miguel, built by the first governor of this area. You will notice the talent of the Otomí builders through inlaid stonework on the facade of the hacienda. Mosiac stone paths have designs of flowers in various shades of gray stone. We will visit the old chapel, where 400-year-old frescos still are visible. The hacienda today is used as a religious retreat. Cameras will be needed!

These tours benefit the Centro de Crecimiento school for disabled children and leave the Jardín, across from the Parroquia, at 10:30am.

Botanical Garden Tour 

A guided tour in English of El Charco del Ingenio each Tuesday and Thursday, 10am–12:30pm, is a fun and informative activity for people of all ages. Entry is 30 pesos (waived for members) and the tour is 50 pesos. Wear a hat and closed shoes. The juice bar next to the gift shop has water and refreshments. The easiest way there is by taxi. Staff will call a taxi for the return trip. Reservations are not necessary. Information: www.elcharco.org  or email nzerriffi@yahoo.com. 

Lions in Tesquisquiapan

On Monday, June 1, the Lions Club sponsors an overnight stay at the Fiesta del Sol hotel in Tesquisquiapan during the annual National Wine and Cheese Festival. On June 2, comida is at Hacienda Calindo, near Querétaro. Based on 35 people, the cost is 1,100 pesos each for a double and 1,300 pesos for a single, inclusive, plus a donation to the Lions Club, which dispenses glasses and does diabetes testing every Thursday morning at Correo 63. Reserve with Jean Schickel at 152-0934. 

Performances & Events

Thrift Shop opens

A new Thrift Shop benefiting Hospice San Miguel is now open at Salida a Queretaro 54 (cross street: Montes de Oca, just downhill from Hotel Ermita below the Mirador). Its hours, every Tuesday and Saturday, 9am–2pm, make it easy to stop by on the way to the Tuesday Tianguis Market. They accept donations of good quality used/clean clothes and small items (nothing too large, as their space is limited).

Singles Social Group

Single people socialize and lend support to each other at Woolis Kaban Restaurant at San Francisco 25, next door to HSBC Bank. Singles, couples and anyone interested in meeting new people are welcome every Wednesday, 5–7pm, for 2-for-1 national drinks and delicious Mexican botanas.

Films & Videos

Meditation Center

The Meditation Center of San Miguel presents Good Medicine, Part 2 on Thursday, June 4, at 5:30pm, at Callejón Blanco 4. Please arrive before 5:30, as seating is limited and late arrivals disturb others. All presentations of the center are free. Donations are gratefully accepted.