Announced this week the Merida Fest 2022 will be happening January 5th-23rd with both online and in person shows. What is the Merida Fest? Every January 6th, we celebrate the anniversary of Merida. This year marks the 480 year anniversary which kicks off a month long celebration of cultural and artistic events around the city known as …
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WEEKEND’S CALENDAR OF EVENTS! What’s Happening this Weekend and Where Can You Go?? 🎶 🎸 🎷 🎙 If you are getting out here are some great spots to check out for live music or cool stuff to do! They are following all the safety protocols and ask their customers to as well so we can …
October 27th 6:30pm Hanal Pixan Festival of Animas Night with Film Director Miguel Ventura: Gastronomy, Film and Culture Wednesday, October 27th 6:30pm MID CityBeat, Teya Viva Restaurant and Cine Janal are hosting a night of culture, gastronomy and film to celebrate Hanal Pixan Festival of Animas. In a non-pandemic year, Hanal Pixan (Day of the Dead …
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Plaza Carmesí: Merida Centro’s Newest Hot Spot for Shopping, Coffee & Cuisine Plaza Carmesí The newest addition to the historic Centro’s urban cool vibe is Plaza Carmesí. Located on the corner Calle 62 and 53, it is in the heart of the Centro — close to the Plaza Grande, the cathedral, and Centro’s culinary center: …
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Hanal Pixan in the Time of Covid19 We are now entering into the revered time of Hanal Pixan or as you might know it, Day of the Dead. Hanal Pixan means “food for the souls” in the Mayan language. It is celebrated on November 1, for the souls of children and on November 2, for …
Filmmaker from California Makes a Quarantine Film in Chelem, Yucatan Vanessa Coleman is a local artist, gallerist & filmmaker from Oakland, California. After initial exhibitions of her work around the Bay Area and Brooklyn in 2005 then living at art cooperatives with prestigious artists in Oakland, She established Fort Gallery in San Francisco in 2007. …
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Tierra de Cafe: Small Family Coffee Farmers from the Highland of Chiapas The rich & flavorful coffee of Tierra de Cafe Tierra de Cafe is a local coffee roaster company and coffee shop on Calle 62 x 45 and in Merida, Yucatan owned by husband and wife team from Chiapas Luis Andres and Hanny. They …
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Written by Stephanie Carmon Last week I had the pleasure to interview Miguel Ventura, winner of the prize Estudio 5 de Mayo in the prestigious 2010 Morelia International Film Festival and the creator of Cine Janal, a movie project that creates short films intertwining beloved traditional Yucatecan dishes with the lives, dreams, and struggles of Yucatecan families. …
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Written by Shelley Marmor Yucatán Social Enterprise Offers Educational Stingless Bee Honey Tastings With 20,000 species of bees, and honey a staple superfood on six of the Earth’s seven continents, “What is honey?” is a very interesting question — and one regular consumers likely don’t know the answer to. “We live in a world with so much access …
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Written by Stephanie Carmon We have been checking out some of our favorite shops and unique new gift ideas to let you know where to pick up classy and original gifts. Here we have come up with seven great finds for gift ideas in both Fashion & Design and Home & Garden. eo. Great Finds in …
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