US, Sonora to Be Guests of Honor at Cervantino Festival
The festival, considered to be the most important culture forum in the country, is set to be held in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato from Oct. 13 through Oct. 29
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900 Artists Leap and Spin in International Day of the Dance Celebration
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A conglomeration of more than 900 modern, classic and traditional Mexican dancers from 80 different troupes participated in a daylong, five-venue celebration of International Day of the Dance on Monday, May 2. The XV Plural Dance Encounter in Mexico City marked a return to post-covid-19 face-to-face performances, organized by the capital’s Culture Secretariat’s Ollin
Read morePlay Explores Pain of Social Isolation, Death
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart), a subsidiary of the country’s Culture Secretariat, premiered on Thursday, April 28, an abstract, multimedia production of “The Szechuan School of Human Pain,” a powerful play based on the novel with the same name by Mexican-Peruvian author Mario Bellatin. Set in imperial China, the play, which includes
Read moreInterventions Museum Presents Dolores Altar Exhibit
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In observance of the upcoming Easter holiday, Mexico City’s Interventions Museum (MNI) in Coyoacán, opened an altar exhibit on Friday, April 8, dedicated to the Virgin of Dolores. The exhibit, which will be open to the public through May 15, outlines Mexico’s history of the religious practice of making Dolores altars. The placing of
Read moreEl Carmen Museum to Open Easter Exhibit of Virgin Mary
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City’s El Carmen Museum, which for years has presented altars of the Virgin Mary’s sorrows during the Holy Week of Easter, but which has been closed for the last two years due to the covid-19 contingency, will reopen with a limited seasonal display to the public on Thursday, April 7. The exhibition, “The
Read more‘Grandeur of Mexico’ Opens in Two Mexico City Locations
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A 1,500-piece exhibition of Mexican history titled “La Grandeza de México” (“The Grandeur of Mexico”) was inaugurated on Monday, Sept. 27, by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The exhibit, which celebrates 200 years of the consummation of the country’s independence, a date commemorated that same day with parades and a gala reenactment of the
Read moreTeotihuacán Could Lose UNESCO World Heritage Status
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Teotihuacán, the center of Mexico’s most famous pre-Hispanic pyramids, could lose its status as a UNESCO World Heritage site, according to the president of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (Icomos). Current construction work being conducted in the Teotihuacán archaeological zone with heavy machinery for the new Santa Lucía airport — one of
Read moreTulum Archeological Site to Reopen in Quintana Roo
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s renowned Tulum archeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula state of Quintana Roo is set to reopen to the public as of Wednesday, May 12, the government’s Culture Secretariat announced Tuesday, May 11, through its subsidiary National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The site, the only Maya temple to be built along the
Read moreMillions Tune in to Virtual Cervantine
By KYLIE MADRY With the International Cervantine Festival’s (FIC) closure Sunday, Oct. 18, organizers reported that over 4.2 million viewers tuned in to the virtual fest throughout its five-day run. The Cervantine moved on line this year due to the covid-19 pandemic and restrictions on in-person events. “Millions of people, from Mexico and from countries like the United States, Spain,
Read more120 Mexican Dancers Perform Virtual Ballet
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As part of the national safe-distancing celebration of Mexico’s 210th Independence Day holiday, the federal Secretariat of Culture and the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) has produced a video of more than 120 dancers performing a gala virtual interpretation of the classic Mexican song “Son de la Negra.” The performance has
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