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
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s National Museum of History and Chapultepec Castle will reopen to the public starting on Tuesday, May 11. In order to observe strict covid-19 protocols, a maximum capacity of 1,800 visitors will be allowed each day, according to a press release sent out by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) on Saturday,
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By RICH GRANT It would be difficult to overestimate the strange appeal that the American Civil War holds on some people. Historian Ken Burns notes that more than 50,000 books have been written on the conflict. There are obscure books on the buttons of the Civil War, the horses, even the weather. There are eight Civil War magazines and hundreds
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart) will present “The Ninth Symphony: Contemporary Dance” this weekend at the Theater of the Arts in Mexico City. The dance is choreographed by Raúl Tamez, who was inspired by the music of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and will be performed by 20 dancers from La Infinita Compañía. The performance
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s annual International Theater Festival (FIT) will open at the Capilla Gótica of the Centro Cultural Helénico with an all-female interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s fast-paced “Lady Windermere’s Fan” (titled simply “El Abanico,” or “The Fan.” in Spanish), on Saturday, Nov. 21. The four-act comedy is being directed by Mexican thespian Michell Amaro, who studied
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Due to a covid-10 death of one of its security workers, Mexico’s National Center of the Arts (Cenart) announced late Wednesday, Nov. 11, that its facilities will remain closed indefinitely. In order to ensure the safety of its personnel, artists and visitors, Cenart suspended all activities immediately Wednesday in accordance with current covid-19 sanitary
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City’s renowned Museum of Anthropology will reopen to the public on Wednesday, Nov. 11, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Tuesday, Nov. 10. The museum, which was closed in March due to the surging covid-19 pandemic, will be open Tuesday through Saturday, with reduced hours of 10 a.m. to 5
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Monday, Oct. 26, is Austria’s official national day, but because of the still-surging covid-19 pandemic, Austrian Ambassador to Mexico Franz Josef Kuglitsch and his wife Maria Kuglitsch will not be offering their traditional diplomatic reception to mark the day this year. Notwithstanding, Kuglitsch, who will be retiring and returning home to Vienna in January, did send out
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Convexus Ballet Contemporáneo is slated to present a simultaneous live and online dance performance inspired by vanguard body movements and modern design at Mexico City’s Teatro de la Danza Guillermina Bravo on Wednesday, Oct. 21, starting at 7 p.m. The double-hitter program will include two dramatized dance performances, “The Architectural Body” and “Locomotion,”
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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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