Archive for ‘Atención’
Art and Culture Feb 20-26
Vie/Fri, Feb 17 10am Plática/ Occupy Wall Street San Miguel Discussions on Education, Poverty and Heath Care con/w James Palombo (entrada Gratuita/Free entry) 12:30pm Teatro Santa Ana Película/Film: Ballroom 3pm Teatro Santa Ana Película/Film: Ballroom 3:30pm Plática/Talk What You Should Know About International Law con/w David Barrow 5pm Presentación Especial Película/Special Film Presentation: Navajo Weavers, [...]
En Portada
El séptimo Congreso de Escritores y Festival Literario, se realizará del 16 al 19 de febrero, teniendo como tema principal este año “Cruce de caminos creativos para las Américas”. Los organizadores han trabajado para unir por primera vez tres culturas, invitando a escritores de renombre de Canadá, Margaret Atwood, Estados Unidos, Joy Harjo y [...]
Birdwatching and kayacking trip to Barra de Potosí
By Colleen Besman Escape to Barra de Potosí. Are you tired of cold nights and chilly mornings? Do you dream of tropical breezes and warm sandy beaches? Well, now you have a chance to escape the mountains and spend some time enjoying the smell of the ocean and the natural beauty of the Barra de [...]
Live From New York, It’s Scotty Watson!
By April Gaydos Comedian and actor Scotty Watson is coming all the way from New York City to teach at the San Miguel Writers’ Conference. While he’s in town, he’ll be performing his hilarious Tour de Farce comedy show at Los Milagros Restaurante. Comedy show: Tour de Farce w/Scotty Watson. Mon, Feb 20, 6:30pm. Restaurant [...]
Smile, You are in San Miguel
Your Weekly Wake-up Call to Create the Intimate Relationship You Desire I looked for love and it was nowhere. I loved and it was everywhere. — Anthony Silard When we look for love, we seek it in exactly the form we desire it in, and ignore it in the various forms in which it already [...]
Come and be green! at La Biblioteca
By Luc Monzies As many of you know, 2012 is an important year in Mexican history as it marks the end of a very long cycle. Optimists throughout the planet are hoping for a long overdue change in consciousness. Our mother Earth is tired of our ways. We have mistreated her for too long; we [...]
February 19 Audubon Birdwalk at Peña Blanca
By Signe Hammer With leaders Bob Graham, Norman Besman, Signe Hammer, and Luke Rich, we’ll head to Peña Blanca, a few miles past the Presa Allende. Open farmland, trees and a stream provide habitat for a good mix of raptors and songbirds, including Crested Caracaras and Red-tailed Hawks, such familiar friends as the Golden-fronted Woodpecker [...]
US student loan model a mistake for Mexico?
By Oswaldo Mejía President Felipe Calderón has announced the Financing Program for College Education, which is intended to provide 2.5 billion pesos in student loans to benefit 23,000 youths who otherwise could not pay for their professional training. Students will receive 215,000 pesos to finance their university degrees and 280,000 pesos for postgraduate studies. The [...]
Former train station to become a museum
By Antonio De Jesús Aguado The train station facilities were handed over as bailment to the municipality in 2010. Recently, Mayor Luz María Núñez Flores signed an agreement with federal authorities in order to receive the financial resources to turn the former train station into a museum. En 2010, the space of close to 4,000 [...]
Cuba in San Miguel de Allende
By Atención Staff Cuba Fest 2012, the festival of Cuban culture in San Miguel de Allende, will take place this year from March 8 to 18. Each year the Festival offers the best in literature, music, art, film, and even the Cuban cuisine in activities free of charge. This year, Cuba Fest pays tribute to [...]
