Lakeside Living – July 2024

Don Beaudreau

Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com

From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural, civic, or charitable event is the first day of the month, an entire month BEFORE the article can appear in El Ojo Del Lago. Appropriate notices should include the name of the event, its location, date(s), time, and cost (if applicable). Please include a high-resolution photo if possible. But no lengthy articles, please! Send such information to me directly at wbeaudreau@aol.com  Thank you. Don Beaudreau

“ANY FRIEND OF PERCY D’ANGELINO IS a FRIEND of MINE”

Written by Jason Milligan

Directed by Roxanne Rosenblatt

Starring: Roger Larson, Kathleen Morris, Ken Yakiwchuk

Show Dates: Friday July 26, Saturday July 27 and Sunday July 28. All shows are at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $200 pesos. RESERVE NOW at barestagetheatre2018@gmail.com

This side-splitting Mafia comedy begins with a mysterious stranger arriving at the Long Island estate owned by a renowned mob boss. Why is “Tony” there? To kill the venerable Frankie? To work for him? The mobster’s bombshell wife has her own theories. Coercive capers designed to divine Tony’s purpose take the two on a treacherous journey through uncharted fishing holes, a 7-11 robbery, and a rather unlikely showbiz partnership. And whose friend is Percy’s anyway? All questions will be addressed, and laughs will abound as the Bare Stage ensemble takes Brooklyn banter to hilarious heights.

Jason Milligan’s many stage productions include New York Stories; Southern Exposures; Men in Suits, and Walking on the Moon. He currently works as Senior Writer for The Walt Disney Company, for whom he has written literally thousands of scripts, song lyrics, stage shows and storytelling theater pieces for Disney theme parks. 

Returning Bare Stage veteran actors, Roger Larson (Frankie), Kathleen Morris (Sharon) and Ken Yakiwchuk (Tony) are sure to please! Jack Voller, photographer:

Our new location: Saint Andrew’s, 19 San Lucas, one block down from the Catholic Church on the lake side of the carretera in Riberas del Pilar. Look for directional signs. Handicapped parking is available out front and there’s a parking lot across the street. Please note: our theatre is a scent-free location.

Door and Bar open at 3:00 p.m. All bar proceeds go to Operation Feed. Seats are held until 3:50 p.m. Please Like, Follow & Share our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/barestagetheatre2018 BUT PLEASE RESERVE using our gmail address above.

ONGOING GAMES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

(Information adapted from the “Guadalajara Reporter,” Lakeside Community, June 1-7, 2024:

BRIDGE 1: Wednesdays, 1 p.m. at the Lake Chapala Bridge Club at Sol y Luna Hotel, 100 pesos per session. All sessions are drop-in. Information at chapalabridge.com.

BRIDGE 2: Mondays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. on the south campus patio of the Lake Chapala Society. NOT FOR BEGINNERS. Information at gailplusbrenda@gmail.com.

DARTS, EUCHRE: Thursdays, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Mama’s Musical Bar in San Antonio. Sponsored by ANAVETS. Everyone welcome.

PICKLEBALL CLINICS: Mondays,9-10 a.m. at Mel’s Casa Social. Instructor is Yohan Mendoza. Focus points are transition zone, net play and three-shot selection. RSVP 331-791-4244. Drop-in for beginners is Monday, 4-6 p.m.

TRIVIA 1: Britt Brain Benders meet Mondays at Mama’s Musical Bar. Doors open 5 p.m. and play begins 6 p.m. sharp.

TRIVIA 2: Iron Horse Saloon, Tuesday 5:30 p.m. First place: 100 pesos off your bill; second place: 50 pesos off your bill.

TRIVIA 3: Britt Brain Benders. Wednesdays 6 p.m. at The Cocktail Bar in Ajijic.

MEXICAN LOTERIA: Tuesdays, 2 p.m. at Escondido Restaurant. This is

to support Operation Feed in San Juan Cosala. RESERVATIONS: 333-479-7389

CHESS 1: Huara Chess Club. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. at La Alemana, Hidalgo 339 in Chapala.

CHESS 2: Thursdays, 3 – 8 p.m. at El Patio in Chapala.

BINGO: Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m. at El Sombrero Restaurant in Ajijic. All proceeds go to Have Hammers Will Travel carpentry school.

MEXICAN TRAIN: Fridays, 5 p.m. at Mama’s Musical Bar.

AMERICAN MAH-JONGG: Mondays, 2-4:30 p.m. South campus patio of the Lake Chapala Society. Experienced players only. Information: kdkovache@yahoo.com.

SCRABBLE: Tuesdays, 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Ken Gosh Pavilion of the Lake Chapala Society. Information: Catherine.Huff@gmail.com.

CELEBRATING OUR 60^TH SEASON

Mexico’s Oldest English Language Theatre

 Operating Since 1965

Season ticket renewals are being managed now and will go on sale to the general public on August 1.  Individual show tickets can be purchased starting in September.

See the Lakeside Little Theatre website for further details and ticket information: lakesidelittletheatre.com.

Our plays on the Main Stage this season include:

The World Goes Round, Marjorie Prime, Dinner, Man of La Mancha, It’s Only a Play, Grand Horizons

The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30 am. This community gathering in Ajijic presents a wide range of topics. Entrance is by the side gate on Ramón Corona, opening at 9:30am. We recommend bringing a hat and bottled water. To see upcoming topics, and catch past presentations, go to the website: https://opencircleajijic.org.

ST. ANDREWS ANGLICAN/EPISCOPAL CHURCH PRESENTS AN OPERA CONCERT!  Saturday, July 13 at 2 pm

With Victor Valdez and Guadalupe Blanco, and accompanist Caesar Castro.    

Price: 300 pesos.

St. Andrew’s Anglican/Episcopal Church is delighted to bring to you an Opera Concert on Saturday, July 13 at 2 p.m. at the Church, San Lucas #19 in Riberas del Pilar. Parking is available in our lot. Tickets can be picked up at our church office on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, or from Mia’s Boutique in Ajijic and Todo Bueno in Riberas.

KEEP IT LIVE AT LAKESIDE!

Subscribe by going to: francis.dryden@gmail.com

This is an absolute must for anyone at Lakeside wanting to be in the know concerning weekly events of a musical or dramatic nature.

I want to call your attention to Francis Dryden’s superlative website (Keep it Live at Lakeside!) which has for many years been the gateway to information about musical and theatrical events here at Lakeside. Here you will find weekly listings of what’s happening around town. Through this website, you can reach information as it appears on four major sites. Here is the info:

The Cordero’s site at www.bestoflakechapala.com and you’ll find Francis Dryden’s logo by just scrolling down a bit on the right (on a cell go right to the bottom).

Chuck Bolotin’s site at www.bestmexicomovers.com and look under Living in Mexico on the menu and then Lakeside Happenings in the drop down and then download.

And you can go to Francis Dryden’s wife’s website at www.AnastasiaBoyd.com and click on Entertainment at the top of the page and scroll down until you see the box marked click here for event calendar.

Rich Birkett has all back issues of Keep It Live at Lakeside! to January 2019 archived on his great site which is at www.lakechapalaguide.com. Just click on Entertainment in the upper left, scroll down a little to Keep it LIVE at Lakeside! and click on that.

FUNDACION CAUSA AZUL, A.C.

“NOSOTROS, Guardianas de la Cultura”

Art Exhibition until August 4 at the Museo Regional de la Ceramica, #237 Centro, Tlaquepaque, from Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This exhibition is the collective work of 30 women artisans from Tonala, Tlaquepaque and Guadalajara, who preserve the ancestral techniques involved in the different handicrafts made in Jalisco.