Marcia Blondin

From one intimate living room to another, with a few weeks of unavoidable downtime because that happens sometimes when you have live entertainment, the Summer Music Series will continue into its third iteration, starting next Tuesday, 7 pm, August 25, at the Mystic Circle Cafe and Lounge, Naranjo 129 in the Romantic Zone.

La Catrina Cantina needed help keeping its doors open during this particularly economically difficult summer. Six months after our busiest time of the year was abruptly cut short on February 22, the effects are still keenly felt. With some coaching from the Fundraising Queen of Vallarta, Sharon Gerber Scherer, Juan Alvarado, co-owner of La Catrina Cantina, reached out on social media to ask for help. And we came. 

After weeks of competition at La Catrina Cantina and two full days at Coco Cabaret singing with 27 of Mexico's finest voices, Losanna was...

Fifteen singers gathered last evening, in front of four judges, at the Cultural Center on the Isla Cuale to compete for the chance to represent Puerto Vallarta in the upcoming State Youth Finals in Guadalajara. 

Directed by and starring James Wolburg, who, a season ago, broke down barriers in his all-male cast of Swan Lake, can put another glorious feather in his cap. The Nutcracker in Wonderland is about a boy who HAD to dance. And he did. Wolburg's costar, Alejandro Barrón, was superb in every scene.

Saturday I spent hours at SAT yesterday, getting my RFC updated. I had an assistant do all the preparatory work, and I showed up to do the waiting, which is an art form in Mexico. It was only a couple of hours, but sitting quietly with dozens of others was...

Encapsulated in her column “From Here”, Marcia Blondin captures the joy and fun of her and her sister's reunion.

Don't miss Ricky Martin's revised tribute at the Palm Cabaret! Read Marcia Blondin's article in Out and About for more info.

Cindy wrote Lavender Rain a decade after that devastating ordeal. She captured our current fragility by recalling her own from 2005 and singing this beautiful ballad

I have witnessed four hurricanes since moving to Vallarta in 1991. Each left a personal memory or two that immediately springs to mind if someone says, "Kenna, Dean, Nora," and now, "Lidia."

Marcia Blondin covers all the weekly happenings in Puerto Vallarta, and this week praises Chris Lopez and his productions at The Palm.

In her weekly column Marcia Blondin talks about Health Seminars, La Voz, and the Annual Isla de Los Muertos Fiesta.

Colina Spay & Neuter Clinic Bingo fundraisers are back upstairs at Nacho Daddy every other Wednesday at 4 pm. It was so good to see Lydia, Colette, Santiago, Tammy and all the usual bingo-playing suspects.

It is officially Fall, and time to start thinking about your winter trip to Vallarta and what to pack.

Marcia Blondin's column "From Here" in the Puerto Vallarta publication The Mirror brings you a fresh view of current news.

Last Wednesday's Greatest Show at Act2PV was delightful for two solid hours. It began with Kevin Anthony hosting a nearly sold-out appreciative audience. We saw new performers, new dancers, musicians and new productions by the Act2 family of entertainers.

Selena Luna was on a mission to find two specific items for daughter Patriz to wear in her upcoming duet with Alejandra at Act2PV

Marcia Blondin writes about all the happenings in Vallarta Entertainment this past week.

We're excited to welcome Marcia Blondin and here weekly column, From Here. O&APV offered space with the news that the PV Mirror has suspended operations for the rest of the summer.]