Yorch Place

The lord of the flies, the novel that shows the evilness of mankind, young kids that found themselves lost and alone in an island, everything started fun but ended ugly with murdered kids by the evil hands of other kids.

This book became a movie in the 80's, a movie I watch on TV when I was like 7 years, or so, I got traumatized, since I rememeber everything in the movie, I started to watch since I believed that it was a fun movie of some kids in an island... I bought the DVD but I'm afraid of watching it.

And now in Queretaro a teather company adpted the book into a play with 9 year old kids playing it... fun.

I totally agree that the story is good, it is so good that I still remember it after watching it once 18 or 19 years ago.

So I think, I must fight my trauma and watch the DVD I bought and go to the teather.



You can see some photos (not mine) on flickr.com

There is the frog parade of Santiago de Queretaro, the contest of creating art with frogs made of fiberglass.

It is always good to see, and fun.

Also there is the sofart (Sofa + art) parade, art made with fiberglass sofas.

Some photos.




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The city of Santiago de Queretaro will be host of the "3rd Encounter of Film and Video" a festival where young film creators submitted their work, over 27 movies where submitted and only 11 where chosen to show on the festival.

Last year the main topic of the films where "young problematic" this year is more documentary style, there will be also workshops and conferences.

The organizers are specting over 3000 young students and creators to be at the festival.

The festival will take place from September 5th to 7th on the "Cineteatro Rosalío Solano" in historic downtown Querétaro, in front of Guerrero Garden (next to the municipality art gallery)

In 2006 some college friends submitted their short and was chosen.

For more info: www.lecheazul.com

The city of Santiago de Querétaro will be the host of the "Encuentro de Creadores de Teatro Independiente" (Independent Theater Creator Encounter) a theater festival with authors from all the country.

Over 20 theatre companies will be in the city in ten days, starting in september 3rd, finishing on the 13th.

Great time for theater in the city, a month after two other theater festivals. (alternative theater and youth theater)

This iq the second time the festival takes place.

The places where the encounter will take place are Museo de la Ciudad, Auditorio Esperanza Cabrera, Facultad de Psicología de UAQ, Escuela de Laudería, Casa de la Cultura Epigmenio González and the Centro Cultural La Otra Banda.

The 24 plays will be free of any charge.

So if you are around...

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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