Culture

At the Movies (Sort of)

FYI – NEW MOVIE THEATER OPENING IN IXTAPA – DECEMBER 1ST (located in the shopping area behind Señor Frogs, next to Nueva Zelanda) There is a movie theater in Downtown Zihuatanejo. CINE PARAISO, on the pedestrian walk at the corner of Nicolas Bravo and Cuauhtemoc. The higher ups of this publication have decided to go ahead with this column, even...

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Beach reading – She’s Come Undone

She’s Come Undone, by Wally Lamb This one’s been making the circuit lately. But for the stragglers out there who haven’t read it: We follow our hero, Dolores, as she lumbers through the veritable mine fields of adolescence, college and adulthood with only sarcasm, scowling and self loathing for her defense. A triumph for its...

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At the movies…

A great way to beat the heat in Zihua is to take in a movie. With air conditioning and comfortable seats, the local theaters offer incredible value for your peso. There are two theaters in downtown Zihuatanejo, showing two different films every week. Nightly showing times differ, but they usually start between 6:00-6:30 for the...

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