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Personal Improvement Program Lake Chapala Society's - Personal Enrichment Program (PEP)
Click the link below to learn more about the courses that will be offered. LCS members canenroll on-line or visit the LCS Office.

[a href="personal_enrichment.php" name="Personal Enrichment Program"]LCS Personal Enrichment Program[/a]

Seminars begin July 22, 2019

A minimum of 11 students -- maximum of 20 students per class are required.

This is your opportunity to participate in the Lake Chapala Society's new PersonalEnrichment Program designed to fulfill our members' call for more programs that areboth entertaining and informative.

Our next series of programs draws from the expertise and experiences ofhighly qualified experts. Each lecturer will present topics that will enrich yourunderstanding of Mexican history, culture and our Lakeside community. The programis open to LCS members only.
Prueba Mexico Prueba Mexico

Mexican Manners
Instructor: Alfredo Perez
Course Fee: $250 MXN
July 25, 10:00 - 12:30 PM
Course Location: Sala
Min/Max Students required: 20/40
Enrollment ends July 20

.[a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a]
OR, Sign-up at Service desk
LCS Members only. Membership must be current.
No Refunds

Description:
Cultural shock is a normal part of life when we move to another country whose habits are different, we have to observe and learn thelocal rules of urbanity, what body language issues are appropriate and which are not.

Why the behavior of the inhabitants of the new place is different. What do local people expect from me as a new inhabitant of the area?What phrases should I use and at what times? What should I understand about the time structure of the local people so different from mine?Why are the procedures with the authorities so complicated? And a long etc.

Our intention is to help you understand these basic and necessary questions for the real and adequate coexistence with my new neighbors.

Another way to know Mexico.
film_festival8 Mexican Film Festival

Friday, July 26, 7:00 PM
CREED II LA LEYENDA DE ROCKY (Creed II, 2018) Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson.

Synopsis from IMDB:
Years after Adonis Creed made a name for himself under Rocky Balboa's mentorship, the young boxer becomesthe Heavyweight Champion of the World. While life is good with that victory and his marriage to Bianca, trouble comes to Philadelphiawhen Ivan Drago, the Russian boxer who killed Adonis' father, Apollo, arrives with his son, Viktor, to challenge Adonis. Against Rocky'sadvice, Adonis accepts the challenge without his mentor's participation and pays the price in a punishing bout he wins only by atechnicality. Now injured and demoralized, Adonis cannot bring himself to back into the game, leaving his spirit and title in jeopardy.Together, Adonis' family and Rocky must find a way to rekindle Adonis' fighting spirit to face the future in whatever choice he makes.Meanwhile, the Drago family have its own troubles trying to regain the respect in their homeland that they lost at Rocky's hands as theywonder whether is it truly worth it.

Sinopsis de IMDB:
Años después de que Adonis Creed se hiciera un nombre bajo la tutoría de Rocky Balboa, el joven boxeador se convierteen el Campeón del peso pesado del mundo. Mientras la vida es buena con esa victoria y su matrimonio con Bianca, los problemas llegan a Filadelfiacuando Ivan Drago, el boxeador ruso que mató al padre de Adonis, Apollo, llega con su hijo, Viktor, para desafiar a Adonis. Contra el consejo de Rocky,Adonis acepta el desafío sin la participación de su mentor y paga el precio en un combate de castigo que gana solo por un tecnicismo. Ahora herido ydesmoralizado, Adonis no puede volver al juego, dejando su espíritu y título en peligro. Juntos, la familia de Adonis y Rocky deben encontrar unamanera de reavivar el espíritu de lucha de Adonis para enfrentar el futuro en cualquier elección que tome. Mientras tanto, la familia Drago tienesus propios problemas tratando de recuperar el respeto en su tierra natal que perdieron en manos de Rocky mientras se preguntan si realmente vale la pena.
CAP Children's Art Camp
July 29 - August 2, 10:00 - 12:00



Starting Monday, July 29 and ending on Friday, August 1, approximately 125 children will take part in drawing and painting,making blankets and wind socks, watercolour, acrylics, abstract, mosaics, papel maché, learning how to make tissue paper flowersand corn husk decorations at the Lake Chapala Society. There will also be daily projects for kids aged 6 and under(those aged 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult).

This annual project wouldn’t be possible without the generous financial support of the Ajijic Society of the Arts (ASA)and the dedication of its members, who come every day to help with the workshops. LCS members as well as members of the community,also donate their time to this worthy project.

This year, our workshop leaders are: Javier Zaragoza and Jesús López Vega (legacy artists); Dan Williams; Robina Nicol, Rodrigo Zuloaga;Arvada Parrish, Juan Ramón Soto, Lori Polanco, Jeri Van Dyke, Gail McManus, Melody Peterson and, Genero Reyes

An Open House and Sales Event will be held on Saturday, August 2nd. Here, some of the art made by the kids during Art Camp will besold as well as the popular Children's Art Cards. As always, the kids get a portion of the proceeds. This sale is always a bigconfidence booster for the kids, and makes them feel proud that something they created has value to someone else.The following Saturday (August 10), the kids receive the money they earned plus a recognition/completion certificate.

If you would like to help at Art Camp, make a small financial contribution or donate materials, please email Danielle Pagéat childrensart@lakechapalasociety.com.
film_festival0 Mexican Film Festival

Friday, August 2, 7:00 PM
GODZILLA II, KING OF THE MONSTERS starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown.

Story line from IMDB:
The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient superspecies, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

Sinopsis de IMDB:
La nueva historia sigue los esfuerzos heroicos de la agencia de cripto-zoológicos Monarch cuando sus miembros se enfrentan a una batería de monstruos del tamaño de un dios, incluido el poderoso Godzilla, que choca con Mothra, Rodan, y su némesis final, el Rey Ghidorah de tres cabezas. Cuando estas antiguas superespecies, que se consideran meros mitos, vuelven a surgir, todos compiten por la supremacía, dejando la existencia misma de la humanidad en juego.
Tonala Bus Trips
Wednesday, August 7
Tonala
Cost 395 MXN for members and 495 MXN for non-members.
Remember: no refunds or exchanges.

Ticket Sales:
** In-person ticket sales from 10:00 to 2:00 at the LCS Office, OR
[a href='bustrip_form.php' target='_blank']** CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ON-LINE USING PAYPAL / CREDIT CARD[/a]

Please note: tickets for bus trips must be purchased no later than two days before the trip.

Tonala is the place to shop for home decor, especially accessories, including tableware for fine dining. Visit the studios of world famous Dutch glass sculptor Max Koekkoek Birfelder and the renown Mexican ceramist Galeria Bernabe. The streets are lined with shops offering all sorts of interesting objects and good eateries.
A street map of the area will be provided to you.

Bus departs promptly at 10:00 AM from the sculpture in La Floresta.
Prueba Mexico Prueba Mexico

Temazcal: ancient Mexican ritual.
Instructors:Ricardo Navarro Yohualoceloth and Cesar Matta
Course Fee:$800 MXN
Course Dates:August 9, 2019 Course Time:Friday, 11:30 - 4:00 pm
Course Location: Tlatonal Community (Nearby Ixtlahuacan)
Min/Max Students required: 10/17
Enrollment ends August 5

.[a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a]
OR, Sign-up at Service desk
LCS Members only. Membership must be current.
No Refunds

Description:
According to Ricardo Navarro, leader of the community Tlatonal, the temazcal is an alternative for purification in different ways.In the past, people were born, prepared and healed in a temazcal.

At present, this ritual has different contexts. Usually, it is a way of entering into introspection, different from psychiatry and psychology.Besides entering the psyche, it makes people touch their skin, touch their interior and express their thoughts in a single excursion, that is,they unite body, mind and spirit to transmute some physical circumstance or discomfort, or to transmute some psychological circumstance that isspinning in your head. And why does it transmute it? Because steam, heat and isolation cause you to enter a different way of thinking and actaccordingly when you go back to the outside world. It is an encounter with Mother Earth.

The temazcal is a ritual of Pre-Hispanic Mexico that consists of a steam "bath" with aromatic herbs and songs.

The price includes round trip transportation. It is necessary that to participate men wear only shorts or swimsuit and women a long skirtand a blouse (all natural fibers). In the Tlatonal Community there will be a place to change clothes. At the end of the ritual, we will beserved a naturist dish.

Instructors:
Ricardo Navarro Yohualoceloth: He is a Mexican, promoter of the primal cultures, danzante del sol (Dancer of the sun), tecutli calpully tlaltonal,member of the council of Calpully Confederated of Latin America Calpully Coacalco and Incaltonal A.R. He began his spiritualjourney since 1995 in different institutions, committed to the red road (El Camino Rojo) since 2000 with the symbol of dedicating hislife to the service of people using, as his own philosophy, the traditions of Anahuac (Pre-Hispanic Mexico).

César Matta: He is a young craftsman, apprentice of the red road (El Camino Rojo), aspiring dancer of the sun and a traveler.
Prueba Mexico Prueba Mexico

Mexican Manners
Instructor: Alfredo Perez
Course Fee: $250 MXN
August 22, 10:00 - 12:30 PM
Course Location: Sala
Min/Max Students required: 20/40
Enrollment ends August 19

.[a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a]
OR, Sign-up at Service desk
LCS Members only. Membership must be current.
No Refunds

Description:
Cultural shock is a normal part of life when we move to another country whose habits are different, we have to observe and learn thelocal rules of urbanity, what body language issues are appropriate and which are not.

Why the behavior of the inhabitants of the new place is different. What do local people expect from me as a new inhabitant of the area?What phrases should I use and at what times? What should I understand about the time structure of the local people so different from mine?Why are the procedures with the authorities so complicated? And a long etc.

Our intention is to help you understand these basic and necessary questions for the real and adequate coexistence with my new neighbors.

Another way to know Mexico.
film_festival3 Mexican Film Festival

Friday, August 23, 7:00 PM
LA DAMA Y EL VAGABUNDO 2 (Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, 2001 ) Starring Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano, Chazz Palminteri .

Synopsis from IMDB:
Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a pack of stray dogs known as the "Junkyard Dogs." Buster, the pack's leader, takes an instant disliking to the "house-dog" and considers him a rival. Angel, a junkyard pup Scamp's age, longs for the safety and comfort of life in a family and the two become instant companions. Will Scamp choose the wild and free life of a stray or the unconditional love of his family?

Sinopsis de IMDB:
El travieso cachorro de Lady and Tramp, Scamp, está harto de las reglas y restricciones que le impone la vida en una familia, y anhela un estilo de vida salvaje y libre. Se escapa de su casa y se dirige a las calles donde se une a un grupo de perros callejeros conocidos como los "Perros de Junkyard". Buster, el líder de la manada, toma un disgusto instantáneo con el "perro de la casa" y lo considera un rival. Angel, un cachorro de chatarra de la edad de Scamp, anhela la seguridad y la comodidad de la vida en una familia y los dos se convierten en compañeros instantáneos. ¿Escogerá Scamp la vida salvaje y libre de un callejero o el amor incondicional de su familia?
Prueba Mexico Prueba Mexico

Street Spanish
Instructor: Alfredo Perez
Course Fee: $250 MXN
August 28, 10:00 - 1:00 PM
Course Location: South Campus Board Room
Min/Max Students required: 11/40
Enrollment ends August 23

.[a href='prueba_mexico_form.php' target='_blank']CLICK HERE TO ENROLL ON-LINE[/a]
OR, Sign-up at Service desk
LCS Members only. Membership must be current.
No Refunds

Description:
Living in another country and speaking their language, brings an opportunity of expressing ourselves in a completely different way,a way that helps us jump into the locals' culture: food, celebrations, sadness, cheerfulness, insults, and a huge etc.

In this class we'll learn how the locals communicate among themselves. What code they use for a living in a daily basis.Slang, idioms, sayings, phrases, even body language.

Join and dive with us deep into Street Spanish.

This course is open to all members, but we recommend you have an intermediate level of Spanish at least.
Warren Hardy Spanish Term 5: September 2 through October 22. [a href="spanish-classes.php" name="LCS Spanish Classes"]CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ON-LINE[/a],
Or, register in-person for the upcoming classes through August 30 on the LCS campus.
Tuition is $900 pesos.

Classes sessions are an hour and a half and meet two days per week at the Wilkes Education Center (Biblioteca) in Ajijic.

The LCS Spanish program uses the Warren Hardy Spanish language course designed for adult students. Several levels of instruction are available as students progress in the program. Textbooks are available at the LCS Office for 670 pesos.

For more information on LCS spanish classes, go to [a href="spanish-classes.php" name="LCS Spanish Classes"]LCS Spanish Classes[/a] or call the Spanish Program Coordinator, Vivian Sternfield at (376) 766-1140.
film_festival4 Mexican Film Festival

Friday, September 6, 7:00 PM
PERDONAME TODO (Forgive Me Everything, 1995) Starring José José, Alejandra Ávalos, Jose Amador

Synopsis from IMDb:
Ricardo Alfaro is a composer and singer who has failed in life because of alcohol. However, the future changes when he meets Teresa, a young promise of a singer to which he writes melodies with great public acceptance. Both become famous and the hazy past seems to have been forgotten. They fall in love, but the two will face hell when again the vice of man appears.

Sinopsis de IMDb:
Ricardo Alfaro es un compositor y cantante que ha fracasado en la vida a causa del alcohol. Sin embargo, el futuro cambia cuando conoce a Teresa, una joven promesa de la canción a la que le escribe melodías con gran aceptación del público. Ambos se hacen famosos y el nebuloso pasado parece haber quedado en el olvido. Se enamoran, pero los dos enfrentarán el infierno cuando nuevamente aparezca el vicio del hombre.
film_festival5 Mexican Film Festival

Friday, September 13, 7:00 PM
ALPHA (2018) Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Marcin Kowalczyk

Synopsis from IMDb:
An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha is a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man's best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. After the young man reluctantly tames a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.

Sinopsis de IMDb:
Una aventura épica ambientada en la última Edad de Hielo, Alpha es una historia fascinante y visualmente impactante que ilumina los orígenes del mejor amigo del hombre. Durante su primera cacería con el grupo más elitista de su tribu, un joven está herido y debe aprender a sobrevivir solo en el desierto. Después de que el joven domine a regañadientes a un lobo solitario abandonado por su manada, los dos aprenden a confiar el uno en el otro y se convierten en aliados improbables, soportando innumerables peligros y probabilidades abrumadoras para encontrar su camino a casa antes de que llegue el invierno.
LCS Long Range Plan Lake Chapala Society 2.0
...EXTENDING OUR LEGACY as an oasis for personal enrichment, socialization and collaboration throughout Lakeside!

In March, 2019, the Board approved a Long-Range Plan for the Lake Chapala Society to extend the legacy as an oasis for personal enrichment, socialization and collaboration throughout the greater community. Download / view a copy of the plan [a href="../website/PDF/GovDocs/LCS_2.0_Final_long-range_plan.pdf" target="_self" title=""]HERE[/a]

The plan is focused on improving, modernizing, reinventing and transforming LCS by creating a continuous quality improvement culture, and expanding the use of information technology with greater collaboration between and among the Mexican and foreign communities. We will take our best practices from LCS 1.0, with its rich history, culture and traditions of programs, services and activities over the past 60+ years and transcend the organization into Lake Chapala Society 2.0.