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By Carole Schor San Miguel de Allende is a magical place that inspires painters, musicians and writers. Every year in May, thanks to the Literary Sala, a handful of talented authors come together to read from their “Works in Progress.” This year, on May 9, the Sala is proud to present an evening of authors [...]
By Marge Fahey For Judyth Hill and Eva Hunter, writing is a way of life. Hunter knew she wanted to write before she could read. Hill began writing poetry in third grade at PS 166 in New York. Literature Judyth Hill and Eva Hunter SOL literary reading Thu, Mar 21, 4:30pm Café Santa Ana La [...]
By Sheridan Sansegundo Though she is probably best known in San Miguel de Allende as a photographer and painter, Lulu Torbet has never quit her “day job” as a ghostwriter and developmental editor/consultant. She is the author, ghostwriter or editor of over 30 books. On Tuesday, February 26, at 6pm, she will give the closing [...]
By Deborah Kent Stein On Thursday, February 21, the Sol Literary Series will present readings by two outstanding San Miguel writers, Sharon Conklin and Sandra Gulland. The readings will take place at the Café Santa Ana in La Biblioteca at 4:30pm. Both writers are longtime San Miguel residents and are active members of the town’s [...]
By Susan Page Lecture “Drug Trafficking and Literature: The Seduction of Crime” Mon, Feb 18, noon By Dr. Cecilia López Badano Hotel Real de Minas Free Lecture “How Ms. Magazine Changed the World — And My Life!” Mon, Feb 18, 3pm By Suzanne Braun Levine US$25 or 300 pesos Hotel Real de Minas Tickets available [...]
By Suzanne Ludekens February is the ideal time to unleash and unblock your creativity in workshops with art therapist Rebecca Peterson and artists Angelina Pérez Ibargüen and Patricia Mahan. These workshops, designed to explore metaphors in our life, create a path between spirit and body by allowing the imagination to flourish. By exploring your own [...]
By Lee Bellavance It’s a topic that fascinates gringo residents and tourists alike: what was San Miguel like in the 1950s and ’60s when the first wave of North Americans began arriving here — many to study art at Bellas Artes or the Instituto Allende, fueled by the GI Bill. San Miguel Literary Sala presents [...]
By Cliff DuRand The foibles of naïve gringos who come into the unfamiliar culture of Mexico are often the brunt of light conversation among ex-pats in San Miguel. Now writer Mark Saunders has turned this into an art form in his book Nobody Knows the Spanish I Speak. These are the memoirs of Mark as [...]
By Sharon Leder Shalom San Miguel presents its seventh annual literary program with readings of original fiction and poetry. The presentations from different Jewish perspectives will be tragic and comic in subject and tone and will involve intrigue and truth-telling. All are welcome to attend the reading. Literature:7th Annual Shalom San Miguel Literary Reading. Tue, [...]
By Glenda Robinson This year Valentine’s Day presents a unique opportunity. You can focus on your own relationship — or lack thereof — or you can join sanmiguelense Austin Briggs, a 50-year professor of English Literature at Hamilton College, as he ponders his lifelong relationship with the poet Ezra Pound. Lecture: Ezra Pound: My Fascist/Traitor/Lunatic/Anti-Semite/Genius [...]
