Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

The Cayo Welcome Center is ready for its grand opening tomorrow. The BTB will be having the Taste of Belize BBQ competition there tomorrow. Go see the competition taste some great BBQ, and have some fun.

"30th of November, right before the grand opening weekend."

Cornerstone also celebrated on Burns avenue Friday night at the Full Moon Party.  They busted out some dance moves to welcome September.  Thanks, Cornerstone!

The Soul Project Cultural Center in downtown Cayo is coming along nicely.  Check out some of the art that is already set up.  There will be a lot more.  Daniel Velazquez and Abdela Bedran have really done a great job so far.  The Soul Project is located on Buena Vista street, right next to the SI Commercial building.  Opening soon!

The Cayo Welcome Center is close to finishing.  The new bar, Bamboo Bar, is almost done too.  

The Cayo Welcome Center is looking great!  Downtown is getting a major facelift with this project.

The Cayo Welcome Center is almost done.  Many local businesses are also making improvements.  Downtown will be looking picture perfect in no time.

Burns Avenue is alomost finished.  It's looking good.  The Welcome Center is coming along nicely, and there's already one shop open in the finished building next to the market.  The latest entry in the Mural Project is done.  Can't wait to see the next ones.  And...Greedy's is hiring.

Check out how great the next downtown mural is coming.  Jose and the crew are doing an amazing job on the latest mural.  They also made a movie screen area for the Cayo Outdoor Theatre.

Burns avenue is coming along nicely.  They've gotten most of the bricks laid in the road.  Great work, guys.  There are a few pictures of the Cayo Outdoor Theatre on there too.  Tonight they are playing Un Rey el La Habana.

Free movie tonight in downtown Cayo!  The Cayo Outdoor Theatre is showing the musical documentary Buena Vista Social Club.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186508/

 

 

"Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers."

 

Thursday, they are showing Un Rey en La Habana.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426190/

Martha's Guesthouse has a new video out.  It showcases their rooms, restaurant, and laundry service, and shows the panoramic view of downtown Cayo from the top floor.  Nicely done.

The Cayo Welcome Center is almost finished.  They've started planting in the flower beds, and are setting up the electric meters.  The sidewalk arches are mostly in place now too.  It should be done just in time to welcome all the visitors and tourists in high season.  Great job renovationg downtown!

The SISE House of Culture had their big Summer Full Moon Concert Friday night.  There was quite a bit of live music, along with an enactment of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham.  As Dr. Seuss would say: Tons of fun for everyone!

 

"The San Ignacio and Santa Elena House of Culture brought the Summer Full Moon Concert to Burns Ave."

The Cayo Welcome Center's ultimate look is really majestic.  Downtown's facelift will be great for everyone, and it will be safer too.

 

"The project Site for the new Cayo Welcome Center was chosen as a core area within the community with good pedestrian and vehicular links to the surrounding town and beyond.  Already in use as a public park this prominent location is currently under utilized and has a lot of potential for future development.  Positioned between Burns Avenue and the New Market area, if dealt with properly the site is ideally situated to help ease congestion and restore vitality to the historic town center.  Parts of Burns Avenue will also be include within the scope of the project as the section from the junction with Savannah street down to St. Andrew’s Anglican Church will be renovated in conjunction with the work to Coronation Park."

Here's a handy map showing the new routes of downtown Cayo.  

 

"Burns Avenue: Will be closed to vehicular traffic from its junction with Bullet Tree Road to its junction with Rectory Lane." 

Mr. Greedy's was jamming on Saturday night.  Tons of people enjoying the music, environment, and drinks.  Their gin-ritas are the best!  Check out their new website.

 

http://www.mrgreedyspizzeria.com

"Scratch it and it spreads" is the tagline for the movie RASH, which the Cayo Outdoor Theatre will be showing tonight on the newly painted movie wall in downtown Cayo.  How perfect that it's all about art, and will be shown on the same wall as the latest mural from the Mural Project.

 

"RASH conveys the commitment, ideals and beliefs
demonstrated in a thriving alternative art practice.  These artists bang away at the community conscience by sticking this artwork right in the public eye.  The spirit of rebellion is being channelled into street art and these visual conversations are spreading across the walls of Melbourne.  RASH offers a rare insight into graffiti artists’ world view."

The SISE House of Culture will be screening the movie One Day On Earth for free, on Earth Day, at 7:00pm, at Midas Resort.

 

"Watch this unique film created from over 3000 hours of footage, and shot in every country of the world on October 10th 2010.  Together, they created a picture of interconnected humanity never before possible."

The SISE House of Culture is doing their movie night on Earth Day...Earth Night.  They will be showing One Day on Earth, which is the first film ever shot in every country in the world on the same day.  Sounds like quite a project, and it must be quite diverse.  

 

"ONE DAY ON EARTH creates a picture of humanity by recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world. We explore a greater diversity of perspectives than ever seen before on screen. We follow characters and events that evolve throughout the day, interspersed with expansive global montages that explore the progression of life from birth, to death, to birth again. In the end, despite unprecedented challenges and tragedies throughout the world, we are reminded that every day we are alive there is hope and a choice to see a better future together."

 

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1900946/