La vida tiene que continuar y la trova también por eso es que este viernes, 20 de febrero, Puerto Peñasco recibirá a Mauricio Diaz “El Hueso”. Reconocido en el ámbito trovador como uno de los maestros e impulsor de este género en México, “El Hueso” traerá su música a Puerto Peñasco en un concierto recital […]
Each year, the Sonoran Institute of Culture (ISC) presents economic grants through the Stimulus Program for Creation and Artistic Development (PECDA) of the State Fund for Culture and the Arts (FECAS). On February 11th, FECAS honorees were recognized in Hermosillo during disbursement of the first part of the grants for those within the Traditional Categories […]
Por: Coordinación de Información Cultural Instituto Sonorense de Cultura A partir de este domingo 8 de febrero y hasta el martes 28 de abril de 2015, estará abierta la convocatoria a nivel nacional del Programa de Apoyo a las Culturas Municipales y Comunitarias, PACMYC 2015, que tiene como propósitos impulsar el desarrollo de las culturas populares e […]
RockyPoint360 staff: Wendy Fregozo & Shandra Keesecker @samipenasco Just recently we found out this week, Feb. 2nd – 8th, is being heralded as Butterfly Week on social networks (Mexico.mx) Check out this video –> Butterfly Week Being this the case, we began to investigate across the web to see what else we could learn about […]
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers’ Americana desert rock has been filling the summer night skies over Puerto Peñasco for more than a decade, and drifting out over the bay each January for the past eight years. More than a rock concert, since 2008 January Jam has brought various musicians and fans together to share in […]
This Friday, Jan. 30th El Tapeo Wine Bar will host TAPEO Cultural, highlighting a raffle for a number of items done by Puerto Peñasco native and world-traveled artist Guillermo Munro Colosio (a.k.a. MEMUCO). In addition to his background in graphic design, MEMUCO’s work has included artwork for Greenpeace, individual shows in CA and Asia, and […]
Beyond its beaches and spectacular sunsets, Puerto Peñasco is a community full of artists and active cultural event promoters. For a third year in a row, this past Saturday evening the annual Eddie Awards recognized many of these diverse accomplishments from 2014 during a night of music, good spirits, and good friends. The stage for […]
Puerto Peñasco invites people on FAOT adventure Jan. 24 – 26 The 31st Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Cultural Festival, the greatest stage for song in northwestern Mexico, will be held from January 23rd – 31st in the magical pueblo of Álamos, Sonora. This year will include the presence of artists from Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, […]
Imagine a detailed mermaid grasping a fish and pearl in her hands bursting from an inert piece of wood, or the figure of a Yaqui woman now adorning the Presidential residence of Los Pinos emerging from a trunk of ironwood. Roberto Solorio, ironwood sculptor and craftsman, stops to reflect how his weathered hands continue to […]
[Excerpts from Press Release] The 31st Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Cultural Festival, the greatest singing stage in northwestern Mexico, will be held January 23rd – 31st in the magical pueblo of Alamos, Sonora. This year will include artists from Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cuba, United States, Spain, France, Mexico, Poland, and the Ukraine. The overall […]
The food and beverage filled fiesta marathon with family and friends, which began in Mexico on December 12th (Día de la Virgen), wraps up on January 6th with celebration of Día de los Reyes Magos (Kings Day). During this nearly 4 week stretch (26 days to be exact since we’re talking marathon), certain excesses are […]
As has become tradition, and apparently a last minute tradition at that with just 5 days to go until Christmas and Hannukah already begun, we’ve pulled together a list of gift ideas that should fit into any stocking or sombrero. Plus, remember the 12 days of Christmas? Jan. 6th (Kings Day) offers another opportunity for […]
By Wendy Fregozo About two years ago I learned how to decorate tiles, adorning them with a drawing and then applying varnish. Yet, after I saw Loly’s work I felt I had simply taken baby steps. Her artistry is astonishing; she makes decorative tiles with embossed reliefs. I met Loly through Esther, and from the […]
By Wendy Fregozo Her name is Jesús Ivonne, though out of affection we call her Jesu. I met her as a student in one of my candle workshops. When we met I was intimidated because she was very curious and wanted to know everything. I was afraid I wouldn’t have an answer for it all. […]
