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David Poor Memorial Memories and love were so apparent as a crowd of 50+ gathered at Casa Delfín on January 24, 2015, to pay their respects to David’s wife, Nancy, and daughter, Sidney. Many, in groups and as individuals, shared their remembrances of David Poor and his remarkable affect on Akumal and [……]

Super Bowl Fundraiser in Akumal

January 27, 2015 0

Check out the community events — a Super Bowl XLIX fundraiser in Akumal to benefit the secondary school. Charlene at Super Chomak is also selling chances on a Super Bowl football pool game board which will benefit the secondary school as well.

2015 Akumal Comedy Festival!

January 26, 2015 0

STAND UP! RECORDS ANNOUNCES 2015 AKUMAL COMEDY FESTIVAL Stand Up! Records founder Dan Schlissel has announced the 4th annual Akumal Comedy Festival, slated for April 14-18, 2015. The event will hold shows in Tulum, Playa del Carmen and Akumal itself, in an assortment of world class venues. The 2015 Akumal [……]

Akumal International Artist Residency Events

January 26, 2015 0

The artists are here and working and the events are beginning! COMMUNITY CLASS: Friday, January 30 4pm at the Akumal International Artist Residency. MARBLE ON! with resident artist Laura Serman. Suminagashi (墨流し) or “floating ink” is the process of marbling plain paper with water and ink to transform [……]

The David Poor Memorial

January 23, 2015 0

The David Poor memorial is Saturday, January 24, 2015. If you were a friend, please join us to share memories of David. Open house starting at 4:00 pm at Casa Delfín.

Akumal Garden Club January Meeting

January 22, 2015 0

The Akumal Garden Club met 17 January at Casa Los Gatos. In the photo above, Dan Freeman is showing Arlene Pargot the proper way to start a pineapple plant. The turnout was great and there is enthusiasm in the group about taking on projects to beautify areas around Akumal. The second [……]

How Can I Support AkumalNow and the Community?

January 21, 2015 0

You can support AkumalNow and our community in many ways: 1) Check out our advertisers. We have some great businesses that pledged to help fund AkumalNow by paying for an advertising spot. If you like what you see, click on them and see what they have to offer. We also partner [……]

Quintana Roo’s New Time Zone a Done Deal!

January 20, 2015 0

Quintana Roo’s new time zone is a done deal! The Chamber of Delegates (Cámara de Diputados), will publish the decree on 31 January that sets the new time zone. Cancun News on January 12, 2015 reported that the new Quintana Roo time zone change will go into effect at 2:00 a.m. on February 1, 2015. Quintana [……]

Success for an AkumalNow Advertiser

January 19, 2015 0

Success for an AkumalNow advertiser was announced at the last staff meeting. In only one week, advertiser “Akumal Eats-TO GO,” received 138 hits! Reporting this fact to the owners of the business brought sincere smiles and many thanks for sharing these stats. The owners also stated that one of their customers [……]