Los Destos Pastorela 2016 “Antes del Muro”
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Día de la Virgen celebrations endure
For the traditional Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, December 12th, celebrated widely across Mexico, Puerto Peñasco has been holding nightly pilgrimages with diverse sectors of the community. The traditional pilgrimages include nightly mass as well as a celebratory kermes on the final night, which will include different artistic numbers. Along with the evening pilgrimages, […]
Schuk Toak Visitors Center at Pinacate seeks to be self-sufficient
By José Antonio Perez Despite the capacity to receive up to 180,000 visitors annually, the Schuk Toak Visitors Center at the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve is currently underutilized, receiving only about 30,000 tourists a year, reports Federico Godínez Leal, Director at the Protected Natural Area. He explained the ecologically sustainable Visitors Center has always sought to […]
“Internal Camera” @ Schuk Toak Visitors Center
Photos of nature captured by ITAMA interns at the Schuk Toak Visitors Center of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve went on display November 23rd and will remain through January 2017. Images displayed were taken by young women from the Teen Treatment and Implementation Institute (ITAMA) of Hermosillo, Sonora, and are part of an “Internal Camera” project […]
Invitation to donate musical instruments to Puerto Peñasco Music Academy
Local businesswomen, through support of the Peñasco Rotary Club (CR Mar de Peñasco) invite the community to donate any type of musical instrument in good condition to efforts to assist the Puerto Peñasco Music Academy. Currently, dozens of students are part of the Music Academy to learn more about music, though some lack instruments. Lucy […]
Mexican Revolution Day Parade – Nov 21st
The 2016 Mexican Revolution Day Parade in Puerto Peñasco will take place on Monday, Nov. 21st starting at 8 a.m. in front of City Hall. Parade marches from City Hall along Blvd. Juarez to the baseball stadium (plan driving accordingly for detours) * Note: Parade can last several hours *
Monarch butterflies passing through Puerto Peñasco
The National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) at the Pinacate invites the community to take pictures of monarch butterflies spotted in the area to help gather information about migratory routes. In their travels across the country in search of warm areas to hibernate and mate, now is the time that monarch butterflies can often […]
Day of the Dead celebrations Nov 1-5
Day of the Dead activities organized by City Office on Art & Culture / “Rodeo Drive” curios shops All activities along “Rodeo Drive” Calle 32 (former road to Cholla Bay) November 1st – many of the shop owners of traditional ethnic origin install diverse Day of the Dead altars per their varied customs November 2nd […]
Altars at Sea for Day of the Dead
The “Altars at Sea” event organized by Audiorama, scheduled for Nov. 1st and 2nd at the boat launching point “la bajada” on the way to Old Port, aims to honor traditional customs and the deceased. This will be the first time a celebration of this kind will be held, which can be seen more frequently […]
Program for International Cervantino Festival – Extension Puerto Peñasco
International Cervantino Festival – Extension Puerto Peñasco Oct. 13th – 16th, 2016 Thursday, Oct. 13th Plaza Gobernadores 5:45 p.m. Tohono O’odham Mother Earth Ceremony (Stage 1) 6:00 p.m. “Pualani” Polynesian dance group with Angélica Sotomayor Martínez (Stage 3) 6:30 p.m. Rabél Durán (Stage 1) 7:00 p.m. Cheer Tiburones with Claudio Kayito Acedo (Stage 3) 7:10 p.m. […]
“Beautify your Street” project recognizes winning muralists
On Saturday, September 24th, prizes were awarded to the winning mural artists of the “Beautify your Street” project, bringing a wealth of color to the curios “Rodeo Road” area on the way to La Cholla. Organizers Ellie Balderama along with Eddie Wharez and Erick Plata noted the contest, goal of which was to provide more […]
Arthropod Photo Exhibit @ Schuk Toak Visitors Center
An exhibit put on by photographers from the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve will provide a peek at the fascinating world of arthropods, and aims to present the biodiversity of this species within the area. More than forty photographs of insects and arachnides, which CONANP staff at the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve come into contact with daily, will […]
RP360 Photographers in Traveler magazine
A few years ago, the writer Cristina Rascón visited Puerto Peñasco to lead a writing workshop for a few days…and then stayed on for four months. She was drawn by the environment and wanted to delve in as much as possible. Now, the September edition of National Geographic Traveler Latin America features an article by […]
Voting phase of “Beautify your Street”
The “Beautify your Street” contest along the curios street popularly known as “Rodeo Drive” has begun the voting phase on the 17 murals created by artists who participated in the event. Organized by real estate agent Ellie Balderrama, in coordination with business owner Eddie Wharez and Erick Plata, the project aimed to beautify the area […]
¡Viva Mexico! September celebrations
(Republished from September 2012) In Mexico, September is known as “mes patrio”, or rather month of the homeland. From the early minutes of the first of the month, streets within the center of the country become adorned in green, white, and red, along with the national eagle symbol. This fervor is seen along sidewalks, with […]
Peñasco takes stab at Salsa Record
Hundreds of people turned out for Puerto Peñasco’s 1st International Salsa Festival To the rhythm of Luisito Rosario from Puerto Rico, Carlos Rivas from El Salvador, along with Pata de Palo from Hermosillo, hundreds of couples danced for more than three hours this past weekend across the malecón with thousands of families taking in the […]