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Yesterday was teh Benny Ibarra concert at the State Auditorium Josefa Ortíz de Dominguez, it was good full, not crowded but full and a very good audience.

So here are the next concerts in the city:


August 30th - Pablo Milanes Bohemian night with wine in the hotel "Misión Juriquilla"


September 6th - Belanova: Fantasia Pop, a pop band very popular in the spanish speaking world, in the state Auditorium "Josefa Ortíz de Dominguez"


September 19th - Scorpions: Electro Acoustic World Tour, the famous german band in the Bullring "Plaza de Toros Santa María"


October 17th - Zoe & Kinky, the most popular band in Mexico in this days, in the bullring "Plaza de Toros Santa María"


October 24th - Intocables, the most popular band of mexican music (banda) at the Football (soccer) stadium "Corregidora"

Theater.

11 y 12 the play from Chespirito.
September 20th in the state auditorium "Joséfa Ortíz de Domínguez"

Something to do in the city

Today I went to downtown historic disctrict, to see some theater, there is the alternative theater international festival, but also I went to a local theater "La Casona del Árbol" a small theater to see the play "Departamento de Soltero" (Single guy apartment) a comedy of a divorced college professor who has a gay friend that just fight with his partner at a disguise party (the gay guy is dressed as a priest) the guy that fix everything in the apartment building, the wife of mister fix it, a college student who has a crush on her professor so she go to his place to "read" books, and a friend of the professor who happends to be a young twenty something girl who just broke up with his boyfriend (whom she used to life with), I almost forgot, the crazy hot sister of the profesor who wants sex no mater what or with whom.

So the comedy elements are very obvious, the story is not very original, the professor starts to lie to everybody and trying ot keep everybody hidden to the others, except his gay friend who is helping him, pretending to be a priest.

I spent good time laughing, which made the play worth, the actors are good at improving their act and their mistakes to made the play funnier, but still is not the smartest of the humor and has a character that is worthless (the professor sister) whose only part in the play is trying to have sex with the gay friend.

I like that they used spanish names, or real ones, in other plays they tend to use names like "John" instead of Juan, talking about "5th avenue" instead of "Av. Zaragoza" making reference that the play took place in some place like NY, but in this play they made reference to local stuff, making it obvious that it happend in Queretaro, which helps to identify with the play.

The price of the tickets is $120.00 pesos ($12.00 usd) which is fair, not cheap, not expensive, in the entrance of the theater they claim to accept credit card, which they don't. In the theater entrance there is a bar (that you need to cross to reach your seat) called "Back Stage" which is a good place to spent some time before the play starts or after it ends.

If you want some fun, it is worth and recommended, you will have a good time.
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From August 8th to the 10th there will take place the "Festival Internacional Alternativo de Artes Escénicas Querétaro 2008" or "International Alternative Scenic Arts Festival Queretaro 2008"

Is a festival where mix of theater and other forms or art and entertainment like circus or "Lucha Libre" or any other kind of theater takes place in all the venues of the city, including public plazas, gardens, museums, most of the events are free.

Some plays you may find them weird, but interesting, trying to understand the author's pourpose.

The last month (july) from 15 to 19 it took place the "Sixth National Show of Young Theater" so there is a lot in the area coming to town.

If you are arround, you can take a moment of the day a see a play.

Culture Ministry of Queretaro www.culturaqueretaro.gob.mx

Today we had a great looking day, all clouds, not a single ray of sun, so nice, cool and rainy. I love this weather, my friends from other countries like Canada, Switzerland and England tell me I'm crazy, but really it is great, this kind of weather is rare here, even in winter, you can count the cloudy days with your fingers, all year here is sun and a blue sky. ALL YEAR! it can be like 0°C but with sunny sky, even rain with SUN c'mon!.

But today was calm, bright colors and cloudy skies, so nice.

The people from other countries that live in Queretaro organized, with help of local goverment, a festival of two days, with music, food, clothing and many other stuff that define their cultures. They wanted to show the Queretanos a bit of their home lands.



According to the organizers there where 33 nations represented in the event (more than I expected).

I like this kind of events because it helps to understand our neighbors better also to understand the world.

The biggest communities:

- Spain
- USA
- France
- Italy
- Korea (south)
- Chinese
- Germany

That explains why there are consulates of Spain (and Vasque country), France, Italy and Germany in the city, being so close to Mexico City.