Dear Friends and Fans of ACT2PV

As the newest member of the ACT2PV team, I greet you with great excitement for the upcoming season! It promises to be one of ACT2PV's most artistically fulfilling seasons yet! For those of you who may not know, I have recently accepted a few key positions here at ACT2PV in Puerto...

Show Stopper

Alejandro Balderas is a show-stopper—and he was born that way. In 1982, his incredibly talented mother, Maria De Los Angeles Balderas, won the OTI Galardon singing competition.  Thrilled to win the lead spot on the coveted subsequent tour, pregnant with Alejandro, Maria was told by a producer of the show that if...

Vallarta Gay+ Community Center Announces Permanent Board Members 

Matt Karimi has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Vallarta Gay+ Community Center as Fundraising Chair. Alongside his husband, David Smith, Matt has already demonstrated remarkable dedication and prowess by contributing to a significant fundraising effort, amassing over 80,000 USD for the Center. Operating as a program...

What the Vallarta Garden Club Does

Recently, the founder and first president of The Vallarta Garden Club, Señor Bob Price, AND our current president, Señora Sunny Rossi, met for a collaborative, productive chat at The Vallarta Botanical Gardens (also founded by Sr. Price). A perfect setting for two talented landscape designers to talk about the...

From Sadness to Utter Joy

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, May 10 to 16 Monday It's hard to write this morning. I spent Mother's Day saying goodbye to my last kitty. Miri was 19 and failing and was ready - we were both ready, for her to join her two sisters, Diani, who lived less...

Vallarta Pride Pet Parade and Sunset Dog Walk

By Jeff Wilkie Parque Lazaro Cardenas will come alive again as the city gears up for the highly-anticipated 2nd Annual Puerto Vallarta Pride Pet Parade and Sunset Dog Walk on May 20, starting at 6 pm. This year's event promises to surpass last year's success, offering an evening filled with...

Erik Rivera, “El Niño Terrible,” Comes to Vallarta!

Arte VallARTa Museo announces the opening of VERNÁCULO/VERNACULAR, an exhibition by Erik Rivera, one of Mexico's foremost LGBTQIA+ artists. Known professionally as "El Niño Terrible," this is Rivera's first exhibition in Puerto Vallarta. Having begun its journey in Mexico City and then moving on to Malaga, Spain, Arte VallARTa Museo is the final...

David Sabella Joins Act2PV

Reprinted with permission Out & About Puerto Vallarta Magazine By Jerry Jones Act2PV has announced that David Sabella will join their team as house manager, booking director, and special events producer. With a rich background encompassing prestigious academic institutions and Broadway, Sabella's arrival signals a new era of creativity and...

An Interview and Vallarta Garden Club Fiesta

Recap: Good Morning From Here, May 03 - 09  MondayGet ready Vallarta: M Y S I S T E R I S C O M I N G! Dates to be announced but it will be early June. Forty-eight hours after his explosive debut as Hedwig (and her) Angry Inch, Jordon Carnegie and I sat down...

…and the Shakers, Jordon Carnegie

Stars in Hedwig and the Angry InchThe Palm Cabaret and Bar: May 09, 16 and 27 at 7:30 pm It took Jordon Carnegie three long years - the entire time he and his husband Richard have lived in Vallarta - to secure the rights to bring Hedwig and the Angry...

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