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Abren nuevo curso de inglés en la UTPP

Colaborador: UTPP •    Se impartirán clases para los niveles 1, 4 y 6 Como parte del programa de educación continua, la Universidad Tecnológica de Puerto Peñasco informa que están abiertas las inscripciones para el curso de inglés en los niveles 1, 4 y 6, el cual será impartido durante 3 meses en cada nivel a […]

Bacanora – Sonora’s own agave tradition

Republished from August 2012 – Taste Bacanora at the Tequila Fest tonight May 4! It’s time to learn a bit about Bacanora, a drink made exclusively in Sonora that has won over more than one of us with curiosity as its taste impregnates our palate. Yet, what is Bacanora? Bacanora is a time treasured beverage […]

Salomón: The young artist

As a continued celebration of Children’s Day, which was April 30th, we bring you an interview with one of our city’s young artists who at just 6 years old is already carving out a space in the local world of art. By MoKa Hammeken “By the artist.” That is the title I gave to a […]

Pedro Ultreras in rocky point - puerto peñasco

Pedro Ultreras in Puerto Peñasco

Thousands of years ago the wind and sands fought and from that struggle arose this town of arid scars ~ Eddie Wharez By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero Filmmaker and journalist Pedro Ultreras, originally from Durango (Mexico), may have hazy memories from his first trip with friends to Puerto Peñasco nearly a decade ago, though that will surely […]

Xoja en movimiento

The community of artists within Puerto Peñasco continues to grow. A welcome addition to this landscape is Xochitl Jasso (Xoja [pronounced So-Ha]), originally from Monterrey, with a theater background who moved to the area just last Fall and quickly jumped onto the Peñasco stage (literally). This past weekend, Xoja’s second group from a children’s theater […]

Celebrate Earth Day April 22nd!

Contributor: Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) At the end of the 60’s the US environmental movement was in its infancy in a planet that was transitioning from local production to mass production due to accelerating technological advances. The use of “cheap” fossil fuels were intensified to produce plastics that flooded […]

Nourished by everything I see ~ Panóptica in Puerto Peñasco

Semana Santa festivities in Puerto Peñasco may generally be associated with the sounds of banda, yet this year the electronic dance rhythms and “urgent mix of modern electronic” music of internationally known Infected Mushroom, Panoptica, and Black & Blonde lit up the stage at the Bonita RV Park along the Calle 13 on Friday, March […]

Buena Vibra Social Sound Jazz/Ska Tour April 11th

On Thursday, April 11th, Buena Vibra Social Sound is bringing ska, jazz, swing, and Latin rhythms to Puerto Peñasco. Many may remember Buena Vibra Social Sound from when they amazed crowds in the malecón one year at the September Cervantino festivities, so now’s a chance to catch them on their Ska/Jazz tour! Pre-sale tickets available […]

Inauguran oficialmente las Fiestas del 6 de Abril 2013

Inauguran oficialmente las Fiestas del 6 de Abril 2013 IV Coloquio Internacional de Historia, Cultura y Medio Ambiente  The traditional 6 de Abril Fiestas in Caborca officially got underway this Thursday, April 4th. Those attending the IV International Colloquium on History, Culture, and the Environment were part of the audience at the opening presentation led […]

Poster de Las Fiestas de Caborca 2013

Caborca prepares for annual 6 de Abril Fiestas!

On Thursday, March 14, invited members from the local press met with Caborca Mayor Francisco Jiménez Rodríguez for breakfast during his tour through Northwestern Sonora, promoting Caborca’s 6 de Abril Fiestas commemorating the 156th Anniversary of the city’s Historic Stance. The Fiestas, under the emblem of “Millennial Heritage of Culture and Liberty” will last 4 […]

Stations of the Cross: An Easter tradition

By MoKa Hammeken (republished from April 2012) In Mexico, the conquest of land by the Spanish in the 16th century was done differently than in other parts of the globe; at that time, the Catholic Kings and their empire spread their belief as a divine duty throughout all the newly “discovered” land, which is why religion […]

Fariseos – A Sonoran tradition

Republished from March, 2012 By MoKa Hammeken “Is it that time of year already?” This is what a friend exclaimed when she could hear the sound of drums and rattles, and perceive two men adorning masks in the distance. Definitely, time flies and the Fariseos, traditional figures from the Sonoran panorama, year after year come […]

Vista desde el centro de viitantes suck toak en la reserva de la biosfera del pincacate y gran desierto de altar, puerto penacso sonora

Tourism Workshop at Schuk Toak Visitors Center

On Monday, March 18th, the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve put on a workshop about the Pinacate and Schuk Toak Visitors Center, directed principally to those in the area of tourism as a way to ensure people have sufficient knowledge and information to give out to both national and foreign tourists with respect to the location, values, […]

International Women’s Day 3/8

By: MoKa Hammeken *Excerpts first published in 2012* March 8th is a celebrated day that spreads across the world as an electric impulse, regardless of creed, language or culture: it’s International Women’s Day. For women who walk upon the earth and are able to turn the world around with solely a desire, this day is […]