All phone numbers listed are in Juaréz. Boliches Pete’s — Hermanos Escobar Avenue one block west of Perez Serna Avenue, Camino Rivereño. Live rock with Kyptarollyn, Day light, Before The Tempest, Buzon,Evil Thing, Fermonts and Vynil is at 9 p.m. Friday, April 3. Admission is 30 pesos. El Rincon De Ana Lucia — The café- gallery is at Blvd Tomas Fernandez 8215-2A (lower level in front of Torres Campestre building). Seven music groups perform beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 4. Admission 25 pesos. “Charlas Fotograficas,” a series of lectures on the art of photography, is 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Admission is 20 pesos, includes one coffee. Continuing all month: an exhibit the art and photography collective “Juárez Difuso.” Cibeles Convention Center — Av. Tomás Fernández 8450, between Calle Portales and Antonio J. Bermudez, Zona Campestre. • Easter buffet brunch at Jardin Terraza begins at 9 a.m. Sunday, April 5. Reservations: 656 6880560/92 (in El Paso, call 915-235-1406). • “Ladies and Gentleman Night,” a charity event for Salesianos A.C., is 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 22. Lottery and dominos. Tickets are 250 pesos, available at 20 de Noviembre 4305-7 and at the door. Information: djnsalesianos.mx Lienzo Charro Adolfo Lopez Mateos — Av. Del Charro at Henry Dunant. Toro Fest, with rodeo and live music, is 2 p.m. to midnight Sunday, April 5. Admission is 80 pesos (under age 12 free). Auditorio Benito Juárez — Ignacio Ramirez and Vicente Guerrero, one block from Parque Borunda. • The Primer Congreso de Autismo is 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 9-10. Admission is 100, 150 and 350 pesos. • Mexicanto 30th anniversary tour with special guest Alejandro Santiago is at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23. Tickets: 250 to 400 pesos. • Theater group La Tropa Lascurain presents “Mi Corazon es Tuyo” at 4 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Tickets: 450, 600 and 750 pesos. Plaza de Toros Alberto Balderas — Francisco Villa 201 Centro (one block east of Avenida Juárez). Matadors Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza, Ignacio Garibay and Juan Pablo Llaguno headline an unusual nighttime bullfight event that begins at 8 p.m. Friday, April 10. Tickets available at Ticketmaster and box office. Museo del Chamizal — Chamizal Park (next to the Bridge of the Americas). Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Information: 611-1048. • Through Sunday, April 12: paintings by Guillermo Torres, “La luz en ti ... la luz en mi.” • Artist Guillermo Torres will present “Pirogrado,” a technique using fire on paper, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 17. Moroccos - Inside Jardines Carta Blanca, Reforma at Peru. Los Enanitos Verdes rock group’s Tic Tac Tour show is at 8 p.m. Friday, April 17. Admission: 250 pesos. Centro Cultural Paso del Norte - Av. Henry Durant, Zona Pronaf, across from the Red Cross. Information: 1730300 or Page 10 El Paso Scene ccpn.com.mx (Facebook: ccpnteatro). Tickets for many events sold at donboleton.com, and the center’s box office. • Theater performance of “La Fierecilla Tomada,” with Jacqueline Andere, Hector Bonilla, Chantal Andere, Norma Lazareno, Monica Sanchez Navarro and others, is at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19. Tickets: 350, 550 and 750 pesos. • “A Vivir! Ten Years of Success,” presentation by Odin Dupeyron, is at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. Admission: 250 to 500 pesos. Centro de Convenciones Cuatro Siglos - Cuatro Siglos Boulevard 8989 (at Florida). Packing and Supplies Expos for the maquiladora industry is April 23-24, with booths, presentations and food area. Information: packingexpo.com, 656 625-6735. Centro Cultural Universitario — Plutarco Elias Calles and Av. Hermanos Escobar. The University Jazz Group presents a 10th anniversary concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30. Admssion: 40 pesos. La Rodadora — The interactive children’s museum is in the city’s Parque Central. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission: 65 pesos (around $5). Information: 52-656-558-2415 or larodadora.org. 3D Theater admission: 30 pesos ($2.50 US). Theater/museum combo is 79 pesos ($6.25 US). Family package is 299 pesos. Museo de la Revolucion de la Frontera (MUREF) — Old Customs House, Zona Centro, Av. 16 de Septiembre at Ave. Juárez. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Information: muref.org, inah.org or Facebook. The anti-bullying puppet show “Camila Aprende” is offered at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Interactive museum tours are offered at noon and 2 p.m. Sundays. Puppet show is 1 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Permanent exhibitions in nine rooms highlight the Mexican Revolution. Displays include the Francisco Madero carriage, Pascual Orozco hat, Francisco “Pancho” Villa displays and a scale model of Juárez-El Paso during the Mexican Revolution. Museo del INBA - Circuito Jose Reyes Estrada, Zona Pronaf. Admission is free. Information: 616-7414. Showing all month: “Encuentros,” a major exhibition by top Juárez artists. Downtown Juárez Tours — Juárez bus tours are offered Mondays through Saturdays, leaving at 11 a.m. from El Paso Saddleblanket , 6926 Gateway East, in El Paso and returning at 3 p.m. Cost is $12 round trip. Information: (El Paso) 307-4210. Bazar Del Monumento — The weekly bazaar is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays at the Benito Juárez Monument downtown, Vicente Guerrero and Constitucion Avenues. Art, antiques, books and more sold and traded. The event also features live music. The book, “Memorias del Monu,” about the people of the bazaar over the years, is available for purchase at the Pablo Montalvo/Carolina Rosas Heimpel booth. — Juárez correspondent Walter Schaefer 2 022988 ([email protected] or [email protected]) April 2015
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