April is nearing an end with May just around the corner. Next week launches with Children’s Day activities at schools all over town on Monday, April 30th, and then Tuesday, May 1st, is Labor Day in Mexico (bank holiday). This weekend rundown starts off with a celebration of dance, the 2nd Celebration of International Dance […]
Tiburones baseball is in full-swing and tonight (4/24) they’ll be back in town for a 3 day series against the Marineros of Ensenada (Ensenada Mariners)! Tickets at the gate $35 pesos general stands and $50 pesos seats. It’s been an exciting season so far and last week the Tiburones ran late into the night during […]
“For the language of dance there are no limits, its vocabulary is infinite and together we can share it” – Mariana Zatarain Jiménez The Municipal School of Classic Ballet will be honoring the 2nd Celebration of the International Day of Dance with presentations on April 27, 2012 at the Gran Salón of the Peñasco del […]
If you happen by Phase II of Las Palomas this coming weekend you may find yourself a spectator to some funky volleyball, Funkalicious Volleyball to be exact. Funkalicious, out of Phoenix, focuses on player centered fun and holds volleyball tournaments in Arizona throughout the year plus two yearly trips to the sands of Rocky Point […]
April 23rd is World Book Day, a celebration for the entire world for what is the best friend of imagination; a day on which UNESCO promotes reading, the editorial industry, and protection of intellectual property through copyrights. Here in Puerto Peñasco, in honor of World Book Day the City’s Office on Civic and Cultural Affairs, […]
This weekend rundown comes in just under the wire, and just in time to plan your next few days in Rocky Point! Trucks, cars, bikes, atvs, and utvs will be racing across the desert this Saturday in the S.A.D.R. Sand and & Storm 300, with registration going on at The Reef today, Fri. 4/20 from […]
Missing some sand in the air?? Coming up this weekend – Southern Arizona Desert Racing announces the 2012 Sand & Storm 300 to take place in Rocky Point April 20 – 21. For more information, visit their site: http://www.racesadr.com/ For lodging options be sure to check: www.cometorockypoint.com
Members from the Playa Bonita RV Park are organizing a 24 Hour Cancer Relay for Life, scheduled for this Sat. & Sun. 4/21 – 4/22, in memory of Jaime Bejarano, Sr. who lost his battle with lung cancer on Friday, April 6 at the young age of 60. Jaime had worked at Playa Bonita for […]
Castings for local “Americano” talent to act (and possibly extra) in the upcoming Chavez film begin today over at the OCV (Convention and Visitors Bureau) from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., and spots are also open for both Sunday and now Monday! Chavez (directed by Mexican actor Diego Luna, and co-produced by Gael Garcia Bernal […]
Another week has flown by and the crowds from Semana Santa have dwindled away, but that doesn’t hold back the action around Rocky Point! Here’s a quick rundown to plan your fin de semana here in town. First, on Saturday and Sunday there will be castings held at the offices of the Convention and Visitors Bureau […]
57th Annual Fishing Derby dates of the Cholla Bay Sportsmen’s Club (CBSC) This weekend marks the 2nd (of 4) dates for the 57th Annual Fishing Derby of the Cholla Bay Sportsmen’s Club. The first weekend, back on March 15-18, was able to reel in some good times before the winds picked up on the 3rd & […]
Get stoked and ready to shred across the malecón! This Saturday marks the 3rd Annual Atomic Crew Skate Event (ATMC – Puerto Peñasco’s skate team), with proceeds going to the ongoing development of a skate park here in town. The event, which will take over Governors’ Plaza on the malecón from Noon – 7 p.m., […]
Over the Semana Santa weekend, one of the highlights locally is a sandy race-dragging style run up the Loma (hill) near Cholla Bay. In case you didn’t catch this, or get your fill of a sand-filled landscape hovering over Puerto Peñasco, you’re in luck…next week, April 13th & 14th folks from the Arizona Desert Racing […]
The long awaited Semana Santa is here and Rocky Point is nearly bursting at the seams. Pretty much every hotel and rental agency in town is completely booked for this weekend, or as some tell us they’re at “120%.” It is an exciting time indeed! Much of the activity over this busy Semana Santa weekend […]
Among the Semana Santa (Holy Week) traditions found in Puerto Penasco, and across Mexico, is the Via Crusis Viviente or rather a reenactment of the stations of the cross. On Good Friday, an early service is held at Sacred Heart Chapel (Capilla del Sagrado Corazon) and then around noon those taking part in the procession […]
The final countdown has begun toward Holy Week vacations, which is a whole revolution across Mexico. For schools (whose final day before vacation was Friday, March 30th) this represents two tremendous weeks off, allowing students and teachers to take a break from each other, recharging their strengths before continuing with the rest of the semester. […]