BBCC NEWS
Don't Miss Abuelinda's Cooking Class!
Friday, April 27
6pm
Join Linda R. Harley, chef and cooking instructor, formerly of the Urban Kitchen in New York City, who now lives in Bucerias, in a memorable cooking experience. To each class she brings her passion, her culinary expertise and her extensive travels, which include 35 years of living and cooking throughout Latin American and the Caribbean. A fun way to spend time with family, friends . . . and fantastic food!! During the cooking class, AbueLinda offers a presentation on Mexico's people, their diets, as well as Mexico's culinary gifts to the world. A portion of the proceeds from all classes is donated to the BBCC.
Cost is 380 pesos, including instruction, printed recipies and a meal consisting of pescado veracruzando, frijoles charro (to die for!), arroz a la Mexicana, and agua fresca. Linda brings 35 years of living and cooking throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to the table! She is passionate about the art of cooking and the delight of eating well. A portion of the proceeds from all classes will be donated to the BBCC.
There’s still room for a few more at Linda’s table, but we will have to cut it off at 10, so make your reservations today.
AbueLinda can also be contacted for private cooking classes and cooking parties in which you gather your group; she brings all ingredients and her staff to assist in the preparation and service of the meal.
Products also available at
Paradise Community Center Farmer’s Market - Saturdays 10 am – 2 pm
La Cruz de Huanacastle Farmer’s Market – Sunday 10 am – 2 pm
SPRING CLASS SCHEDULES ARE OUT!
Don't forget to come to the
BBCC Conversation Cafe this coming Saturday morning at 10:00 AM!
You'll be glad you did. And, bring a Mexican or Anglo friend. We put Spanish speakers in conversation with English speakers. We then help each other with our respective language learning pronunciations and syntax. Your vocabulary and understanding of a foreign language will improve, but best of all you will find new friends and explore cultural differences. We laugh a lot, munch on cookies and drink coffee together in the BBCC garden and under the capable guidance of moderator, Bob Orthlieb who is fluent in both languages. Suggested Donation: 25 pesos.
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English Teachers Needed
As Semana Santa is fast approaching and some of our most cherished and accomplished volunteer English teachers are getting ready to depart, you have a wonderful opportunity to avail yourself of their expertise and share their passion. Each year it is the same. These wonderful teachers hate to have to leave their students and it gives them great comfort to know that someone will continue the class, but it gives them even greater comfort to be able to share their knowledge, materials, and the classroom gestalt with an incoming teacher. The classes will be suspended during the Semana Santa holidays
(April 1 - April 13, but will resume April 16th).
So if you have even the slightest interest in teaching, please call the Center 329-298-3527or come by tonight or Mon around 6:00 pm. to visist with Mike Simpson and his class.Mike teaches a Level 2 Beginners class for adults Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. He has been doing this for three years now. A retired University Coach, Mike is a teacher's teacher and brings a wonderful love of humanity to all that he does. Mike doesn't speak much Spanish, but he speaks the language of love and caring. The results are remarkable! It is an honor to have him on our team and should you choose to help take over his class, you will inherit the benefit of his efforts.
Janet Coleman also is leaving this month. Janet worked as an assistant to Master Teacher, Brus Westby last year and this year she took the class all on her own. She has taken to teaching like a duck to water and her class has grown each month this year as the word got out. Janet is another lovely soul who exudes caring and a generous spirit that is infectous. Janet's class will be taken over again by Brus for a short time before he leaves in April, so there is a brief window of time when a new volunteer could train with Brus. Think about it. This is a wonderful opportunity and the rewards are immeasurable. This is a class for adolescents which meets Monday and Wednesday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 am.
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BBCC CALL FOR TEACHER-ENTREPRENEURS AND VOLUNTEERS:
(BBCC Volunteers are Unpaid; BBCC Entrepreneurs Charge a Fee for their services and donate 20% of their take to the BBCC)
We Are Looking for People to Work in the Following Capacities:
1. Gathering, packaging and disseminating welcome wagon portfolios to people who do airport pickups. Package will include John Forget’s map of Bucerias, brochures from Amigos de Bucerias, Biblioteca Rey Nayar, Investatours, BBCC and other charitable organizations as they become participants of the Charity Coalition.
2. English Teachers and English Teacher Helpers
3. Photographers for Special Events
4. Cocineras/Cocineros Chefs to teach international and Mexican regional cooking classes.
5. Mexican Dance Classes (Salsa, Ranchero, etc.)
6. Mexican History Classes
7. Financial Literacy Classes
8. Nutrition Classes
9. Classes on Mexican Health Issues (e.g., diabetes)
10. Classes on Growing Your Own Fruit & Veggies
Yoga Master, Enrique Bernal offers Yoga classes beginning November 14th on Mondays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.
Enrique Bernal is bilingual and comes to us recommended by BBCC Board Member, Flor Hernandez. He is an artist, publicist, Reike Master and yoga practitioner. Coming from Mexico City, where he studied and practiced Janzu therapy, Vinyas Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga, Enrique has achieved international certification through the Yoga Alliance.
We are now offering comprehensive programs of homestays plus language study for tourists!
For more information, please contact:
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Mercado Autentico:
A Saturday morning street market featuring local Mexican vendors selling National food and hand made goods: tamales, chicken mole, empanadas, piñatas, sandals, and much, much more.
Our Mission
The BBCC was founded as a non-profit organization to promote Spanish/English education and interaction in the small pueblo of Bucerias, northeast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The mission is to offer English instruction to Mexican residents to improve their economic well-being, and to offer Spanish to a growing number of part and full time Anglo residents who are interested in meaningful interaction with their Mexican neighbors. Cultural programs will also be offered such as Mexican Cooking and History, Meditation, Belly Dancing, Yoga and others as teachers become available. Classes for children and summer school day camps are also offered.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
The Vision
The Bucerias Bilingual Community Centre will work to create a community where children and adults share the joy of developing skills and learning their neighbour's language and cultural background.
"When strangers start acting like neighbours...communities are reinvigorated." - Ralph Nader
Organizational Goals
- To establish a year-round learning center that augments the educational needs of Mexican nationals and English-speaking visitors.
- To develop a solid base of qualified English and Spanish-speaking teachers.
- To provide language instruction that meets a broad range of skill levels and learning needs and promote cultural exchange through community education classes such as Mexican cuisine, history, dance, art, crafts, nutrition, and yoga.
- To develop a wide range of language resource materials — textbooks, workbooks, teaching manuals, reference books, tapes, CDs, and computer-based programs — to supplement formal instruction.
- To establish a computer lab for teaching language courses, computer literacy, and internet skills.
- To establish a web site for promoting the Center and its programs.
Directions to the Center:
Here are directions to the Bucerias Bilingual Community Center (BBCC) Take the lateral going toward La Cruz at the second stoplight in Bucerias; you will go down the hill toward the arroyo; turn right onto Matamoros at the speed bumps in front of Carnes del Mundo. Go 2 blocks, turn right onto 16 de Septiembre and you are there! It is really quite simple to get there. If walking, from the ocean side, you can cross the highway on the overhead bridge and then walk toward PV on the lateral for about a block, turn left at Matamoros and walk 2 blocks, turn right onto 16 de Septiembre and there we are on the right hand side of the street.
Here's a link to a map:
http://g.co/maps/ycg5d
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