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Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea A Groundbreaking Exhibition

Posted 05 August 2010 | By madair | Categories: Arts and Culture | 1 Comment

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
August 29, 2010-January 2, 2011
Saint Louis Art Museum
February 13, 2011 – May 8, 2011
By Marita Adair
It’s happening again. Revolutionary, knowledge-changing insights into the ancient Maya world.  Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, an exhibition opening Aug. 29, 2010 at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, breaks new ground [...]

Olmec Symposium and Exhibit In Austin

Posted 07 November 2008 | By madair | Categories: Arts and Culture | 1 Comment

Marita Adair
Olmec Symposium NOV 21-22
Austin, Texas
9-ton Olmec Head The Centerpiece

The unveiling of a gift replica 9-ton colossal stone Olmec head on Nov 19, at the University of Texas’ Mexican Center of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), in Austin, Texas is such a big deal, that it spawned a [...]

Placido Domingo Concert Update

Posted 04 August 2008 | By madair | Categories: Arts and Culture, Travel | 1 Comment

Update on the Placido Domingo Concert
Chichen Itza, Oct. 4, 2008
By Marita Adair
 August 4, 2008. Placido fever is spreading, or so it seems. One message I read has a daily countdown to his Oct. 4 concert at Chichen Itza. There’s expectation that the concert will be a sellout and that hotels will fill. One source [...]

Placido Domingo To Star At Chichen Itza

Posted 31 July 2008 | By madair | Categories: Arts and Culture, Travel | 1 Comment

Placido Domingo To Perform  Oct. 4, 2008 at Mexico’s Chichen Itza
Tickets Available Now
By Marita Adair
Luciano Pavarotti appeared there in 1997.  So will Placido Domingo, Saturday, October 4, 2008. “The Concert of the Thousand Columns, Placido Domingo at Chichén Itzá, will feature the world-renowned operatic tenor using the same memorable backdrop as for Pavarotti: the “Temple [...]

Tourism Going Strong in Mexico

Posted 14 July 2008 | By madair | Categories: Travel | 1 Comment

By MP Mexico News Staff
• Monarch Butterfly Biosphere and San Miguel de Allende, two new attractions in Mexico
• Archaeological sites, traditions, gastronomy and the friendly people are top reasons Americans travel to Mexico
• US tourist flow increases to 3 million during the first 4 months of 2008
• More than 40% of Americans travel to Mexico [...]