A philosopher, a politician, and a scientist walk into a bar as top Latin American chef Elena Reygadas lays down some sweetbreads with Moscatel plum. This could be heaven, or MEX I AM. The second annual festival of contemporary Mexican culture kicks off its weeklong schedule with a screening of Jorge Ramírez Suárez's truly charming Guten Tag, Ramón, about a young man in a foreign land. The rest of the calendar is a whirlwind of art and music, from the caricatures of cartoonist Luis Carreño to the acoustic-pop sweetness of Natalia Lafourcade. Still, like last year, the most interesting program is "Ideas." The free show brings together nine experts in their field, including Reygadas, ontology professor Óscar de la Borbolla, Mexico's former Secretary of the Interior Esteban Moctezuma, and neurobiologist Arturo Álvarez-Buylla — he's the guy who figured out that neurons in our brains, even our torpid adult brains, continue to reproduce. Which is great news for those of us who are yearning for MEX I AM erudition.
MEX I AM starts at 12:30 p.m. and continues through July 26 at various locations throughout S.F. Ticket prices vary; mexiam.net.
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