"Arcilla, Sol, Agui-las Seres Verdade-ros" Art Exposition (thru August 24). Place: Galeria de la Ciudad in the nor-thern end of the Rivi-era Cultural
Center, Blvd. Costero, Ense-nada. Clay ceramics by Ensenada artist Ana Yadira Manri-quez. Gallery
hours: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri., closed Sat. & Sun. Free admission. Info: Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, tel. 646-177-3130; email: ensenadaicbc@baj
a.gob.mx
"Ultramar Poetico" Art Exposition (thru September 1). Pla-ce: La Esquina de Bodegas, Calle 6 & Av. Miramar, Ensena-da. Experience a va-riety of artistic styles, mediums and inter-pretations
of the oce-an at a collective sho-wing of paintings by Francisco Merino, Pedro Camarena, Carlos de La Torre, Luisa Acosta, Silvia Chavez and Paty Lopez accompanied by poems by Fran-cisco Morales. Galle-ry hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Sat., clo-sed Sun. Free admi-ssion. Info: Curator Berta Armas, tel. 646-154-2114; email: richberta1@yahoo.
com
Art Exhibit (Sept. 1 thru Sept. 15) Art n Stuff Gallery,
Km 103, Coast Hwy, El Sau-zal, 5 miles North of Ensenada, above Ophelia's
Restaurant, next to the Natalie Hotel. Collective
show includes works by Francisco Merino, Silvia
Chavez, Maria Luisa Acosta, Patri-cia Lopez, Noemi de la Mora and Cecelia Juarez. Reception
opening night, Sept. 1 from 5 pm to 8 pm., with the Artists in attendance. Info call 175-8859.
"Siqueiros: La Co-leccion
Museo Sou-maya" Art Exposi-tion (thru October 31). Place: Sala de Exposiciones of the Centro Estatal de las Artes (CEARTE) on Blvd. Costero & Calle Riviera, Ensenada. An exhibition
of the works of famous
Me-xican painter and muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros from the collection
of Mexico City's Museo Souma-ya. Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. Free admission.
Info: CE ARTE, tels. 646-173-4307 & 646-173-4308; fax 646-173-4309.
"El Vuelo de Mi Hermano (The
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Flight of My Bro-ther)" Art Expositi-on (thru October 31). Place: Sala de Conferencias of the Centro Estatal de las Artes (CEARTE) on Blvd. Costero & Calle Riviera, Ensenada. Extraordinary large format mixed media works and oil paint-ings by Ensenada artist Ernesto Munoz Acosta. Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. Free admission.
Info: CEARTE, tels. 646-173-4307 & 646-173-4308; fax 646-173-4309.
Classical Guitar Con-zcert
(August 23). Place: Teatro Benito Juarez, Av. Guadalupe between Calles 2 & 4, Ense-nada. Ricardo Rodri-guez performs
works by Bach, Weiss, Ho-ughton and other composers at 7:30 p.m. General admi-ssion is $7 USD, students $5 USD. Info: Cirilo Liera Muri-llo, UABC School of Arts, tel. 646-176-30 05 or 646-177-1195; email:lmcc@uabc.mx
Orchestra of Baja California
in Con-cert (August
24). Place: Teatro de la Cuidad, Av. Diaman-te, Ensenada. A per-formance by the re-nowned orchestra at 8 p.m. Admission: $10 USD. Tickets available at the Te-atro de la Cuidad box office, tel. 646-177-0392 or at Ensena-da's Centro Estatal de las Artes (CEAR TE), Blvd. Costero & Calle Riviera, tels. 646-173-4307 & 646-173-4308; fax 646-173-4309.
San Vicente Ferrer 200 Offroad Race (August 24 & 25). Place: Near the Dele-gacion Office in San Vicente, 50 miles so-uth of Ensenada. Mo-re than 200 cars, trucks, ATVs and motorcycles from both sides of the border compete on a challenging
50-mile lap course. Info: RE-CORD Off-Road Se-ries/Ramon Castro, tel. 646-176-1637.
Progressive Rock Concert
(August 25). Place: Teatro de la Cuidad, Av. Dia-mante, Ensenada. Mexicali's Grupo Cast, which has per-formed internationa-lly,
appears in concert at 8 p.m. Admission:
$5 USD. Tickets available at the Tea-tro de la Cuidad box office, tel. 646-177-0392 or at Ensena-da's Centro Estatal de las Artes (CEAR TE), Blvd. Costero & |
Calle Riviera, tels. 646-173-4307 & 646-173-4308; fax 646-173-4309.
Classical Guitar Concert
(August 31). Place: Teatro Benito Juarez, Av. Guadalupe between Calles 2 & 4, Ense-nada. Carlos Patino and Cesar Marmolejo perform works by Giuliani, Diabelli and Bellinati at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $7 USD, students $5 USD. Info: Cirilo Liera Murillo, UABC School of Arts, tel. 646-176-3005 or 646-177-1195; email: lmcc@uabc.mx
Baja Open Interna-tional Beach Volley-ball Fiesta
(August 31-September
2). Place: Playa Hermo-sa, one mile south of Ensenada. From aro-und the world, novice and professional men and women's teams compete for medals and a purse of $3,000 USD starting at 11 a.m. on Sat. and 9 a.m. on Sun. Spectators welcome, free admission. For tournament
info visit www.bajaopen.com or contact Ensenada Sports Promotions/
Alberto Arreola, tels. 646-177-9829, ext. 4 or 646-149-0013; email: bajaopen@ya
hoo.com
Club Companeros de Baja Norte Su-mmer Luau (Sep-tember 1). Place: Companeros Club-house,
Calle Maza-tlan #256, Fracc. Acapulco, one mile south of Ensenada.
Hawaiian style fiesta with hula dancers and dinner
of teriyaki chicken, Kaluha pork, Spam musubi,
appe-tizer, salad, and de-ssert. Time: 1-4 p.m. No host bar, Hawa-iian attire
suggested. Donation: $7 USD. Advance tickets re-commended. Info: Fred Patzold, tel. 646-174-5872; email: freddyp@prodigy.ne
t.mx
4th Baja California Film Festival Aw-ards Ceremonies
(September 1). Place: L.A. Cetto Wi-nery in Valle de Gua-dalupe. A red carpet evening starting
at 5 p.m. that includes a wine and hors d'oe-uvres reception, wi-nery tour, grape cru-shing contest, casino night benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of Mexico, live music, a variety of dance performances
and shows, and the Baja California Film Fes-tival Awards Ceremo-ny.
NOT sold at the door, tickets ($100 |
USD) are available in Ensenada at D'Vola-da Cafe, tel. 646-173-5400. For tickets that include transpor-tation from Tijuana or Rosarito
($120 USD) contact L.A. Cetto in Tijuana at 664-685-3031; email: cavatiju
ana@gpocetto.com. (Discount available if ticket purchased be-fore August 27.)
Vicente Fernandez in Concert (Septem-ber 2). Place: Cam-po Nuevo Ensenada Soccer Field, Av. Di-amante & Av. Pedro
Loyola, Ensenada. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the 8 p.m. concert by Mexico's famous "King of Ranchera Music." Ticket prices range from $30-$110 USD. Tickets & info: Viajes Damiana, tel. 646-178-2211.
Don Eddie's Labor Day Sportfishing Tournament
(Sep-tember 2 & 3). Pla-ce: Don Eddie's Lan-ding
Motel on San Quintin Bay. Anglers compete for trophies and cash prizes (100% of entry fees) while trying to hook up with the heaviest sport fish over a two-day period. Daily start is 6 a.m. Entry fee ($75 USD/per-son) includes
post-tournament fiesta. Info: Don Eddie's Motel/Heriberto Mar-quez, tel. 616-165-60 61 or 616-165-6062; email: doneddie@
hotmail.com
"Homage to Jose Alfredo
Jimenez" Concert (Septem-ber 6). Place: Teatro Benito Juarez, Av. Guadalupe between Calles 2 & 4, Ense-nada. A musical tri-bute to the illustrious
Mexican singer/song-writer by the UABC Rondalla Todos San-tos, Trio Azteca and Mariachi Jalisco. Ad-mission: $10 USD. Info: Cirilo Liera Mu-rillo, UABC School of Arts, tel. 646-176-30 05 or 646-177-1195; email: lmcc@uabc.mx
Jorge Luna Art Ex-position
(Septem-ber 6-October
6). Place: La Esquina de Bodegas, Calle 6 & Av. Miramar, Ensena-da. Colorful contem-porary and abstract paintings by Ense-nada artist Jorge Luna. The September 6 artist reception at 7 p.m. is open to the public. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Sat., closed Sun. Free admission. Info: Curator Berta Armas, tel. 646-154-2114; email: richber ta1@yahoo.com
Freestyle Moto- |
cross La Fiesta (September 15). Place: Campo Nue-vo Ensenada Soccer Field, Av. Diamante near Av. Pedro Loyo-la, Ensenada. A spectacular acrobatic show and contest featuring
internatio-nally recognized
com-petitors from the X-Games, Dew Tour, Gravity Games, etc. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. For tickets
and info visit www.bajadv
entours.net
Cabalgata de la In-dependencia
2007 (September
15 & 16). Place: Sierra de Juarez. A 4-5 hour guided horseback riding adventure from Rancho Bajio Largo to Laguna Hanson in Parque Nacional Constitucion de 1857. Ride starts at 9 a.m. on Sat. Info & registration fees: Al-fredo Vizcarra, cell tel. 646-179-5074; email ranchoalamar
@yahoo.com
Festival Taurino (September
22). Place: Plaza de To-ros of L.A. Cetto Winery in Valle de Guadalupe,
Km. 73.5 on Ensenada-
Tecate Highway 3. Club Rotario Ensenada Centenaria presents its annual celebration and fund-raiser that includes bullfights, Spanish paella and live entertainment starting at 12:30 p.m. Advance
tickets ($50 USD) recommended. Info & tickets: Jose Borbolla, tel. 646-178-3694; email: jantonio@borbolla
.com.mx
ROSARITO
United Society of Baja California (US BC) Meeting
(Sep-tember 1). Place: Salon Terraza at the Rosarito
Beach Ho-tel, Blvd. Benito Jua-rez, Rosarito. Open to the public, this 10 a.m. meeting features special guest spea-ker Cesar Rivera, President of the Ro-sarito Beach Conven-tion & Visitors Bure-au. Breakfast availa-ble,
parking valida-ted. Info: Anne Hines, Tijuana tel. 664-631-3967 or U.S. tel. 619-407-7574; email: annehinesmex@rosa
ritotowncrier.
com
Guadalupe Valley Wine Trip (Septem-ber 6). Place: Rosa-rito to Valle de Gua-dalupe. Hosted by Dorothy & Bruce Southern,
the bus trip departs promptly at 8:30 a.m. from Rene's Restaurant in Rosarito. Donation ($27 USD) includes transporcontinued
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