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A protester blows marijuana smoke against the face of a police officer during a march to mark the 1968 Tlatelolco plaza ‘massacre’ in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Hundreds of student demonstrators were killed by men with guns and soldiers on October 2, 1968, ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Protesters carry posters with pictures of victims of the Tlatelolco massacre during a march to mark the 1968 Tlatelolco plaza “massacre”‘ in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.

 A protester sprays paint on the face of a police officer.

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/tlatelolco.htm

The project has 102 participants from Puerto Vallarta, Banderas Bay, Guadalajara, Nuevo Leon and Mexico City. The competition ¡Vive Puerto Vallarta! has shown success at the time of registration of over 280 art pieces that reflect the happenings of daily, touristic and cultural life.

You will be able to admire the exposition of these images next Monday 7th of July at 6pm at the inside of the municipal hall and will enjoy of a welcome cocktail for the inauguration and a little tour describing the different images.

The art pieces will stay in the municipal hall until the 20th of July and will hold the nomination of the winning picture Monday 14th. First price will be 10 thousand pesos, a painting of one of Vallarta’s icons, the artist Campero plus 2 thousand postcards with the winning image printed on them. Second place gets 6 thousand pesos and third place 4 thousand.

We’ll hope to be there, otherwise we’ll update on the winning pictures nothing. Good look!

Come get down this weekend to the musical soundings of 
Boo - Funk

With a fresh sound, this entertaining and dynamic group comes to Puerto Vallarta as part of the events scheduled for this month by the Department of Arts and Culture. The youth group Boo - Funk, will play their own compositions and arrangements, co-written by all members of the band, their style goes from pop to Latin, to rock and funk.

This group was formed in Mexico D.F. In November 2005. Its members are from several states of the Mexican Republic and are between 18 and 22 years. All of them are students of the Academy of Music Fermatta and are currently studying music professionally.

The strong friendship that unites the members of the group is the main engine that ignites this musical project which seeks to provide the public with a different concept, seeking a new sound and hallmark.

Boo’s style - funk is absolutely integral, as they believe that music and art do not (or should not) have boundaries set by space, time or economic position. They are concerned with creating songs with themes for a variety of audiences, ages, socio-economic levels and tastes in particular.

Despite being young and its recent formation, the group has been very well accepted by the public. Their music is novel and has found a consistent image, which has crept into the youths taste, they also already have a recording titled “Our history has no end…”, which contains 11 tracks and was recorded in 2007 and is already on sale. In addition to that they currently are preparing material for what will be their second album.

The members of this young funk group are all graduates of the best musical academies in Mexico!

The group Boo - Funk will be playing this coming Saturday, February 16th, at the Arches on the Malecon at 8 pm.

The F1 Roadshow was presented in front of over 200 thousand spectators, organized by Giancarlo Fisichella and Nelson Piquet Jr. After 15 years without F1, they rolled once again on the streets of the capital city of Mexico. The event was performed this weekend 13th and 14th of October on the Reforma Street.

In only 12 minutes the Italian Giancarlo Fisichella and the Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr drove the F1 vehicles in front of more than 200 thousand spectators.

The scene was packed with people and most of them could only get a peak of what was going on. Improvising with chairs, boxes, bikes and trees, some lucky ones were able to oversee the crowds and enjoy the event.

Piquet Jr drove the first car at 1:50pm with a deafening sound coming from the machine that cruised around the Reforma Avenue of 2km length, inbetween the Statue of Diana the Hunter and the Palma Glorieta.

With his Renault helmet and suit, the southamerican drove around the street saluting the spectators that where waiting with patience for the event since 8:00 am

After Piquet Jr. it was Giancarlo Fisichella’s turn to drive his car on the capital’s main Avenue with hydraulic asphalt like the one used by Big Racings in F1. Just before the end of his drive, he burned some wheel in a great maneuver, leaving black prints in circles on the Reforma Street under the Angel of Independence which resulted in loud applause by the fanatics.

When the rounds were over, both drivers walked along the Avenue to thank and wave the applauds of the Mexican spectators that have been waiting for a date since F1 Gran Premio in 1992 in the Autodromo Hermano Rodriguez.

To finalize the event, the Mexican driver Mario Dominguez drove a last round in a convertible carrying the Mexican Flag.