The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
El Lago de Chapala (Lake Chapala) is visibly shrinking before our eyes day by day. And official figures tell us it’s no mirage.
Canadian low-cost carrier Flair Airlines has announced the start of nonstop flights between Guadalajara and Toronto as of September 13, 2024.
In contrast to November’s presidential election in the United States, which many pollsters predict will go down to the wire, Mexico’s vote on June 2 is gearing up to be...
In 1685, Franciscan missionary, explorer, cartographer and astronomer Padre Eusebio Kino led the first non-indigenous expedition across the width of Baja California, through the hi...
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our April editi...
The first of three scheduled debates among the three candidates running for the ...
UK spirits giant Diageo will invest $US500 million to expand its tequila product...
After a brief respite from the week-long battle to quell a huge forest fire in t...
The labor of love on the new mural at the Centro des Artes y Cultura (CENAC) in ...
Robbin Moore McGrath
Robbin Moore McGrath (nee Melchiorre, Del Nagro) died...
The sun is incredibly bright and directly looking at it for anything longer than...
If the United States is serious about wanting to reduce the migrant surge at the...
The Astros de Jalisco women’s basketball team will not participate in...
Mexico’s Days of the Dead coincide with the Christian All Souls and All Sa...
It is not always easy to find an alternative take on historical events that is a...
The Centro Educativo Jaltepec’s new tequila tour to benefit its students i...
As Guadalajara and Jalisco enter into their warm season, typically between April...
If you’re looking for a place to visit over Easter but don’t want to...
Food can be a divisive topic. What is heaven for one person is often a pet...
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September e...
Drink Wine
• Friday, April 19, 5 p.m., the Lake Chapala Society is holding...
Bocce Ball Tournament
A few weeks after hosting an elegant dinner dance in late...
Dragon dance
Sunday, January 26, experience the Chinese New Year with a present...
Tucked away in Puerto Vallarta’s Colonia El Remance, nestled next to touri...
In the Bahia de Navidad everyone is doing their part to stay safe and help each ...
Lake ChapalaJewish Congregation
A Passover Seder will be observed Monday, April...
Spring has a special vibe around Banderas Bay. This time of year, I live in deni...
Officials in Jalisco and Puerto Vallarta, in the face of Covid-19, are hoping fo...
Jalisco has the fourth-largest deposits of obsidian in the world. The ancient ru...
On Monday, March 18, Mexico takes the day off to honor the birthday (March 21, 1...
Semana Santa has passed and it is now a good time to remember many of the Bible&...
We got there early. In the corral behind Eustacio Ortiz’s tarpaper jacal, ...
I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I&rsqu...
As I write this I have just looked over my calendar to confirm I do have just a ...
New York Jazz
The Anthony Hervey Quartet restarts the New York Jazz All-Stars p...
Civil War
A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of mili...
The ever dynamic and exciting Lake Chapala Orchestra brings an afternoon of Wolf...
Theatre on the plaza
Theater companies La Quinta Teatro and Al Rescate will per...
New York Jazz
The Anthony Hervey Quartet restarts the New York Jazz All-Stars program following the Easter break.
Patti Smith, the 77-year-old Chicago-born singer, poet and activist, has brought a unique audiovisual project and sensory experience, involving sound, film, installation and performance, to Guadalajara within the framework of the International Music Fair (FIMPRO).
The ever dynamic and exciting Lake Chapala Orchestra brings an afternoon of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Lakeside on Saturday, May 4.
Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” currently being performed at Lakeside Little Theatre, was first staged in 1664. While director Lynn Phelan has updated the play with the use of cell phones, Secret Service agents and references to current political events, the play’s theme required no ch...
Theatre on the plaza
Theater companies La Quinta Teatro and Al Rescate will perform the street opera, La Gran Lucha del Mundo, on the Ajijic Plaza in front of the Centro Cultural Ajijic, Friday, April 19, 6:30 p.m. Open to the public. Bring you own chair.
Exhibits
Joan Franklin’s Watercolor Exhibit is open Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13, 3 to 8 p.m. at Independencia 133, San Antonio. (Inside Adelita AM, across from the plaza.)
Civil War
A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
One Life
Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
Jalisco has the fourth-largest deposits of obsidian in the world. The ancient rulers of the Teuchitlan Nation, which dominated western Mexico for about 800 years, found that the very purest obsidian could be found in two large deposits: La Joya and El Pedernal.
While hiking along the Angostura Interpretive Trail—located seven kilometers north of Lake Chapala—I came upon a flat rock about the size and height of a low table.
We got there early. In the corral behind Eustacio Ortiz’s tarpaper jacal, we stacked gunny sacks of chayote, wild camote, jicama, oranges, limones, peanuts, sugared candies.
Tuesday, December 12, Mexico celebrates the moment in 1531 that Jesus’ mother in the form of the dark-complected Virgin of Guadalupe is said to have appeared to Juan Diego, a recently baptized Mejica (Aztec) peon.
As I write this I have just looked over my calendar to confirm I do have just a few plans for the coming holidays and for the most part I will be enjoying some time off, socializing, and some time just being lazy.
Fast and reliable Wi-Fi internet connectivity is what everyone wants in their homes for use with their portable devices.
On Monday, March 18, Mexico takes the day off to honor the birthday (March 21, 1806) of the man widely considered the nation’s greatest ever president: Benito Juarez.
Getting Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to stay quiet for long can be a tricky task. Earlier this year, in response to one question at a trilateral confab press conference, he prattled on for half an hour, infuriating fellow leaders Biden and Trudeau.
I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I’ve had the pleasure of living in for the past two years.
The wool coat looks worse for the non-wear. It is wrinkled from being unworn and crammed in the back of a closet for two years; dotted with dust and dog hair from a dog that departed the family a year ago; in need of a lint brush that can’t be found in the pile of things to be thrown away, don...
What do a few dedicated Lake Chapala Society volunteers have in common with the late civil rights activist John E. Lewis? It turns out to be the shared belief that that raising “good trouble” can bring about positive changes in favor of the common good.
Semana Santa has passed and it is now a good time to remember many of the Bible’s great thoughts and words to live by – quotes that everybody has been repeating for centuries as good Christian advice and thigh tattoos.
The majestic monarch butterflies know instinctively when it’s time to come down to Mexico. Environmental clues include frostbitten eyeballs, runny proboscis and hailstone leg mutilations. All these signs say: Pack up some protein bars and head south for the winter.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Two representatives of Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA will give a talk at the American Society of Jalisco (Amsoc) in Guadalajara on Tuesday, September 5, 10:30 a.m.
Dragon dance
Sunday, January 26, experience the Chinese New Year with a presentation of the dragon dance, and other rituals, by the students and professors of Kung-Fu Dragón Inmortal, one of the most acclaimed Kung Fu schools in Guadalajara. The Chinese New Year falls on Saturday, January 25...
American School race
Think green – the sixth annual Eco Race and Green Market are scheduled for Sunday, March 31 at Guadalajara’s American School Foundation. Everyone is welcomed to this event meant to raise awareness about conserving the planet’s resources. Expect to learn a lot ...
Lake ChapalaJewish Congregation
A Passover Seder will be observed Monday, April 22, 5 p.m. at Manix Restaurant (new location: Carretera Poniente 111, Ajijic, across from Strom White) and will be open to the community.
Volunteers did a fantastic job keeping the 130-odd attendees at the Niños Incapacitados Solar Eclipse Bubbly Brunch fed and feted April 8.
Drink Wine
• Friday, April 19, 5 p.m., the Lake Chapala Society is holding a wine paring experience of six premium wines from Guanajuato and a four-course meal at the Casa Linda in the Garden café. Tickets, 1,400 pesos, are limited to 40 people and available at LCS.
Open Circle
Dale Palfrey will present “Hocus-Pocus: Illusions of Magic Towns” at Open Circle Sunday, April 14, 10:30 a.m. at the Lake Chapala Society.
Tucked away in Puerto Vallarta’s Colonia El Remance, nestled next to tourist favorite Zona Romantica, is ARTe Vallarta Museo, showcasing an art genre unique to the city: Arte Vallarta.
I’m forever in awe of folks who do what seems a zillion things in a day, not only to make a buck but because it ignites their passions.
Spring has a special vibe around Banderas Bay. This time of year, I live in denial, as others speak of the season ending, I dig in my heals, “NO”!
Sometimes living in paradise feels like a fairytale and other times it feels like magic.
Bocce Ball Tournament
A few weeks after hosting an elegant dinner dance in late January, the Bocce Ball Committee and aficionados of the sport donned shorts and t-shirts to face off in the 6th annual Bocce Ball Tournament on February 15.
Otra Vez
Last November, a little thrift store named Otra Vez opened its doors to the residents of La Manzanilla and became an instant hit with both the Mexican and expat communities. Operating solely with donations and dedicated volunteers, it is now in its second year with no signs of slowin...
In the Bahia de Navidad everyone is doing their part to stay safe and help each other. As some businesses close down, others stay open to keep the community safe and supplied with basic essentials and information regarding Covid-19.
Four years ago, a small team of big-hearted Canadian and Americans decided they wanted to give something substantial back to the community.
Officials in Jalisco and Puerto Vallarta, in the face of Covid-19, are hoping for a little-quieter-than-normal Semana Santa, but that doesn’t mean Tapatios will resist the lure of the beaches of the Bay of Banderas.
Races
To celebrate the Día de Amor y Amistad (Valentine’s Day), two races, sponsored by the Municipal Sports Advisory Committee (Comude), will be held on Sunday, February 14 along two areas: the Malecon and the Rio Pitillal linear parkway.
Mexico’s Days of the Dead coincide with the Christian All Souls and All Saints Day, November 1 and November 2.
Tipping is woven into the fabric of Mexico’s social culture, chiefly because of its informal, cash-driven economy.
The Centro Educativo Jaltepec’s new tequila tour to benefit its students is far and away something beyond the typical tours to the agave regions.
The Mexican Senate has approved reforms to the General Law of National Assets, increasing the fines for establishments or individuals that restrict access to Mexico’s beaches, to more than one million pesos.
If you’re looking for a place to visit over Easter but don’t want to find yourself surrounded by loud, drunken hordes, skip the beach and consider Mexico City. The traffic will be less frenetic, the air cleaner, the museums and restaurants less crowded.
In a naked move to capitalize on the current interest in AI, I decided to accept an invitation to eat at El Gato in Guadalajara, and to write about the experience.
It is not always easy to find an alternative take on historical events that is also wise.
“Living is no Laughing Matter” came to me like a message from God — seriously — delivered to me in the middle of my morning sun, reading and coffee ritual, which never fails to turn my mind to higher things.
As Guadalajara and Jalisco enter into their warm season, typically between April and June of each year, residents and seasonal visitors should take precautions to avoid heat stress. What’s more, the University of Guadalajara’s Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology reports that eve...
Returning snowbirds should not be fooled by the warmer winter weather in this region. Big swings in temperature can play havoc with a person’s health and bring on cold symptoms in a flash.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our April editions 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago.
Distinction for cats
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has declared the 19 cats that live in Mexico City’s National Palace “living fixed assets.”
After a brief respite from the week-long battle to quell a huge forest fire in the Chupinaya-Cerro Viejo mountain range,
The 104th anniversary of the grand opening of the Chapala Railway Station was marked with a gala celebration held on Saturday, April 13.
The sun is incredibly bright and directly looking at it for anything longer than a few seconds can result in damage to the back of the eye.
A reenactment of the last days of Jesus takes place on the main streets of San Martin de las Flores, a neighborhood of Tlaquepaque, on Easter Thursday and Good Friday.
The first of three scheduled debates among the three candidates running for the Mexican presidency—Claudia Sheinbaum (Morena-PT-PVEM), Xóchitl Gálvez (PAN-PRI-PRD) and Jorge Máynez (Movimiento Ciudadano)—turned out to be a damp squib, in the view of many political an...
Local authorities in Mazatlan handed out more than 150,000 free glasses for safe viewing of the April 8 solar eclipse.
The labor of love on the new mural at the Centro des Artes y Cultura (CENAC) in San Patricio Melaque is now complete. It has been an interesting week watching it develop from a wall sketch to a spectacular finished mural.
Jake Knapp, a 29-year-old rookie, won his first PGA Tour title at the Mexico Open at the Vidanta course in Puerto Vallartra last weekend.
If the United States is serious about wanting to reduce the migrant surge at the border, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the U.S. government must earmark at least US$20 billion in aid to Latin American and Caribbean countries to kickstart massive regional development, and thus begin to ad...
Mariana Macias of San Antonio Tlayacapan recently flew off to France to walk the runway during Paris Fashion Week, underway from February 26 to March 6.
UK spirits giant Diageo will invest $US500 million to expand its tequila production center located in the Jalisco municipality of Atotonilco El Alto and build one new distillery in La Barca, generating more than 1,000 direct jobs for Jalisco, company executives and Governor Enrique Alfaro announced ...
It’s been 75 years since the arrival in Mexico of the British Council, a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization that promotes a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language, while encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational understanding and co-ope...
Robbin Moore McGrath
Robbin Moore McGrath (nee Melchiorre, Del Nagro) died peacefully at her home on Monday, March 18 after living in the shadow of cancer for the past year.
The Astros de Jalisco women’s basketball team will not participate in the 2024 Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil (LNBPF) due to a lack of resources.
The Charros de Jalisco softball team are tied 1-1 with the Sultanes de Monterrey in the final series of the inaugural season of the professional Liga Mexicana de Softbol (Mexican Softball League).
