Recap: Good Morning, From Here, December 13 - 19 Monday The tiny theatre tucked into Arte VallARTa was overflowing with those who love live theater, and they were most certainly not disappointed by the unusualness of ''Anak ni Tapia: Leaving Mother,'' which starred playwright Lani T. Montreal in a...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, December 06 -12 Monday Forty-five years ago today, John Lennon was shot and killed outside his home in New York City. I was living in Victoria, B.C., an entire lifetime ago. I remember reading that shocking - and breaking - news running across the...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, November 29 - December 05 Monday The sound of rain woke me this morning, suddenly and with a jolt as I remembered the bunch of clothes I had washed and hung up to dry after our foray into the Mojoneras tianguis yesterday. By the...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, November 22 -28 Monday Happy one month to Christmas! A sobering thought that includes winter and New Year's Eve mere weeks away. The only sad part about it is that my sister Patrice will be back in Canada, happily with her menagerie, dealing with...
By Edward Potocek The Vallarta School for Girls was born from compassion and a simple but powerful idea: education changes everything. During the COVID-19 pandemic, founders Cecil Kerfont and Francie Nguyen volunteered together at the Vallarta Food Bank, where they saw how deeply women and girls were affected by...
Good Morning, From Here, November 15 - 21 Monday 'Tease' returns to Coco Cabaret for a second season, with a new, mindblowing show. A few elements from their first shows at Industry three or four years ago remain - the bathtub, fingerpainting in an entirely new (black) light, and...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, November 08 -14 Monday Santi's Place brought in a couple of adorable puppies for adoption at last Friday's 'Game On with Christian' at La Catrina Cantina. Santiago himself was there alongside volunteer David Smith, keeping the two rescue dogs more or less contained on...
Yvonne Kálmán, daughter of the celebrated Hungarian operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán and a lifelong guardian of his musical heritage, passed away on Friday, November 7, 2025, in Los Angeles. She was 88.
Born in Europe and raised amid the turmoil of exile and migration, Yvonne Kálmán devoted her life to...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, November 01 - 07 Monday If you are a fan of Madonna, then get thee hence to Coco Cabaret next Sunday at 9 pm to see Waleska Rondon portray the Material Girl to an exquisite 'T.'
This fast-paced tribute, produced by Chris Lopez, was an...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, October 25 - 31 Monday It's 8 am, and a mere 24 degrees C. A week ago today, at the same time, it was 32º. The difference is so wonderfully dry, and the air feels downright balmy.
Loads of stuff going on this week, with...
