The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Jalisco State Congress Thursday gave a thumbs up to the “Ley Antiruido” (Anti-noise Law), an initiative that will see establishments and individuals that fail to ke...
Elizabeth de la Rosa, the woman severely burned in a bus fire set by cartel members in the wake of the May 21 attempted assassination of a former Jalisco attorney general, has retu...
As Ajijic gains increasing notoriety as a retirement haven, it should come as no surprise that it has been discovered by the BBC as a perfect setting for an episode of their popula...
As we watch the planet smother under a mantle of man-made waste, Chapala’s Preparatoria Regional is breaking ground with small scale initiative to change every day human habi...
The Via RecreActiva, the program in which 50 miles of metro-area avenues and tre...
A Mexican federal court has dismissed all charges against Elba Esther Gordillo, ...
It’s been 75 years since the arrival in Mexico of the British Council, a q...
Jalisco’s Ministry of Culture stepped in to secure the preservation of an ...
Forty underage girls at risk of being trafficked were rescued last Saturday in P...
Patrick Joseph Carroll
Former lakeside resident Patrick Joseph (Pat) Carroll di...
Following last week’s cocaine bust of a shipment of bread rolls, canines w...
In multilateral meetings around the world, policies related to junk food, mother...
Ajijic’s Jose Isabel “Chabelo” Gonzalez Valenzuela captured hi...
Tipping is woven into the fabric of Mexico’s social culture, chiefly becau...
A recent photograph published in this newspaper of some 20 young students holdin...
Those keen to travel through Mexico’s glorious Copper Canyon in luxurious ...
If you’re new to Mexico and find yourself stricken by a tummy bug, you are...
Which is more a telling sign that your civilization has crested and is about to ...
“Before I arrived at Lunas de Maluri I didn’t believe in God, I didn...
A massive cult following has grown over the past five decades based around a lin...
Open Circle
Diana Gorjon and Roxana Rojas present “Lunas de Maluri”...
Semana Santa
Every condo, casita, hotel room and campsite was filled with famil...
Ten months after work began, a 15-kilometer stretch of highway between Mascota a...
Window closing, not door
It’s the beginning of April and many who have jo...
Jewish Congregation
Shabbat Torah services are held the first and third Saturda...
Pet Picnic
The annual Bucerias Pet Picnic was held recently at the Abuelos de B...
The Jalisco coast, already kind of a big deal in the world of turtle enthusiasts...
Not long ago I was contacted by a reader of the Guadalajara Reporter who lives i...
The phantasmagorical works of surrealist British/Mexican artist Leonora Carringt...
As of January, 2018, the Supreme Court has made medical marijuana legal in all o...
This column was first published June 21, 1997.
Spending time in Mexico means le...
I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I&rsqu...
Many new laptop computers are now being sold with Solid State Drives (SSD) in pl...
Popping into Chapala’s municipal market early one morning, my eye was draw...
Monday concerts
Free concerts by contemporary pop and rock artists of various g...
Adrift
A true story of survival, as a young couple’s chance encounter lea...
The Jalisco Opera Company will present an afternoon program of music by many of ...
Spain/Mexico & art
The first annual Ibero-American Art Encounter: Mexico-Sp...
Ballet
The Ballet de Jalisco present “La Fille mal gardée” (The Wayward Daughter), a comic ballet in two acts, inspired by Pierre-Antoine Baudouin’s 1789 painting, La réprimande/Une jeune fille querellée par sa mère.
From time to time, curators at the University of Guadalajara’s centerpiece museum, the Museo de Las Artes or MUSA, undertake exhibits highlighting its crown jewels:
Did you know that the art of recycling is also a 21st century art form?
Theater at LCS
Potter Productions presents a staged reading of “The Sisters Rosensweig,” written by Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Rosann Balbontin.
Children’s Art Sale
Saturday, August 4, the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) holds its Children’s Art Sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a portion of the proceeds going to the artist and the remainder to support the program. All of the art was created during the summer art camp that ended August 3....
The Naked Stage
The next production of The Naked Stage Readers Theatre is “Church and State” by Jason Odell Williams, Friday to Sunday, July 27-29.
The Meg
Jaws has got nothing on this monster. After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.
Life of the Party
After her husband abruptly asks for a divorce, a middle-aged mother returns to college in order to complete her degree.
By John Pint
Tres Mujeres is a small tequila distillery conveniently situated alongside Highway 15, just 30 kilometers west of Guadalajara.
Three short but blustery storms, each followed by 12- to 16-hour apagones (blackouts): No need to check the calendar, without a doubt it’s summertime in rural Jalisco!
This column was first published June 21, 1997.
Spending time in Mexico means learning Spanish — if you want that time to have much significance.
This column was first published in the April 9, 1988 edition of this newspaper.
Just behind the high ochre ridge that slices the northern horizon at the west end of Lake Chapala lie two small villages, the remnants of a once vast hacienda.
Many new laptop computers are now being sold with Solid State Drives (SSD) in place of the traditional mechanical drives with motor and spinning disks.
The subject of this column this week applies to the probably 60 percent of Guadalajara Reporter readers who use Google Chrome as their web browser. Try to imagine this fictitious scenario:
The phantasmagorical works of surrealist British/Mexican artist Leonora Carrington – known for her haunting, autobiographical paintings that incorporate images of sorcery, metamorphosis, alchemy and the occult – are being featured in a splendid retrospective housed in Mexico City’s...
Mondays are usually sluggish days, when most people try to shrug off the excesses of the weekend’s carousing.
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...
Getting around on lakeside area highways and by-ways can put your nerves on edge on the best of days.
For many full-time lakeside residents, the summer rainy season is the best time of year weather-wise.
As of January, 2018, the Supreme Court has made medical marijuana legal in all of Mexico, but the Secretary of Health has not signed off on the dispensing regulations. That was supposed to happen after the July elections.
Almost everyone at Lakeside has a dog or two or three. Our canine companions are important to us for any number of reasons.
A massive cult following has grown over the past five decades based around a line of durable plastic toys that boast a signature human figure with a cherub-like smiling face.
Federico del Toro, the father of Tapatio filmmaker and Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro, died this week at a Guadalajara hospital at the age of 85.
‘Empty Bowls’ at American School
The American School’s fourth “Tazones Vacíos” (Empty Bowls) event on Thursday, March 6 seeks to raise funds for the Organización de Nutrición Infantil (ONI), a Guadalajara-based NGO whose mission is to prevent malnu...
El Clasico: Chivas vs. America
Bars will be packed the evening of Saturday, February 18 as local soccer favorites Chivas take on their huge Mexico City rivals America in the game referred to as El Clasico. After six games of the season, Chivas are in fourth place in the 18-team table. Kick of...
San Andrés
“Elijah was drawn to the mountain of God by the Lord who gave him food and drink. The Father is drawing us to himself by offering us the Bread of Life at this Mass.”
Car wash for critters
Chapala’s Surtiwash auto wash and detailing outfit is sponsoring a benefit event Saturday, August 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, August 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
British Society
The Lakeside British Society holds its monthly luncheon Saturday, August 4, 12:45 p.m., at Manix Restaurant, Ocampo 57 in Ajijic.
Parlez-Vous Français?
Les Amitiés Francophone is a social group for people who speak French.
Ten months after work began, a 15-kilometer stretch of highway between Mascota and Puerto Vallarta has been repaired and is operational.
The second-annual Puerto Vallarta Mango Festival is coming to the city’s lovely Lazaro Cardenas Park, Saturday, July 7, an event sure to gladden the hearts of those who can’t live without the sticky sweet fruit.
Pet Picnic
The annual Bucerias Pet Picnic was held recently at the Abuelos de Bucerias Tercera Edad senior center.
Working vacation
You are coming to Bucerias, one of the most popular beach resort towns in the state of Nayarit, to do some upkeep on your family’s rental property. A week should be long enough to get the work done.
Semana Santa
Every condo, casita, hotel room and campsite was filled with families, music and fun.
Cisco’s Amigo’s success
Success cannot adequately describe the outstanding accomplishment of the recent clinic held here in La Manzanilla.
Window closing, not door
It’s the beginning of April and many who have joined the community to escape all or part of the northern climes are planning their travels home.
Celebrating Easter
Mexican Easter celebrations begin on Palm Sunday, March 25 and end on Saturday, April 7.
The Jalisco coast, already kind of a big deal in the world of turtle enthusiasts, has recently gifted a new species of shelled reptile to an excitable science community.
Cookoff update
The 6th Annual Chili Cook Off, sponsored by the Jay Sadler Project, raised 101,000 pesos, thanks to the many participants:
Tipping is woven into the fabric of Mexico’s social culture, chiefly because of its informal, cash-driven economy.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our August editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Those keen to travel through Mexico’s glorious Copper Canyon in luxurious grandeur are now getting the opportunity thanks to the May 17 launch of the Chepe Express, a premium tourism concept that compliments the popular – but more modest – train ride, Ferromex’s Ferrocarril C...
If you read last week’s account of several days spent in Oaxaca City exposed to what a San Francisco-trained chef – Julio Aguilera of Oaxaca-cathedral-adjacent El Destilado – likes to sink his teeth into on the city’s wide spectrum of gustatory options, plus an account of his...
Which is more a telling sign that your civilization has crested and is about to batter itself into oblivion on the rocks of history: an excessive pursuit of leisure, a la the decadent court of Caligula, or a tendency towards self-flagellating, obsessive internal criticism – which, come to thin...
“This doesn’t seem like a fusion,” remarked my dining companion as we perused the menu at Heidi’s Restaurante Alemán y Biergarten (German restaurant and beer garden) in Guadalajara.
A recent photograph published in this newspaper of some 20 young students holding up this pamphlet, Aves del Lago de Chapala, at the reopening of the Alexander Humboldt bird watching trail in San Antonio Tlayacapan made us look into where the young ladies found their birding literature.
If you’re new to Mexico and find yourself stricken by a tummy bug, you are not alone.
It’s not just us humans who are feeling the calor in the days leading up to the start of the rainy season. Our pets almost certainly suffer as much as us – dogs especially.
It comes around once a year, and when it does, it brings a whole lot of noise and celebration to the Guadalajara metropolitan area, laced up in trajes de charro and gently swelling strings, belting brass and rhythmic guitar.
Just a few weeks after Portugal announced its program as guest of honor for this year’s International Book Fair (FIL) in Guadalajara, organizers of the humongous annual literary fest revealed the identity of the invited country for the 2019 edition.
Time management and productivity were the topics of an interactive workshop held Saturday, July 28, during the annual meeting of beneficiaries of the Lake Chapala Society’s student aid program.
The four men arrested July 27 on suspicion of attacking campaign supporters of Chapala mayor-elect Moises Anaya in May have regained their freedom.
The Jalisco government will pay all the hospital costs in the United States for “Elizabeth,” the Guadalajara woman severely burned in a bus fire set by cartel members in the wake of the attempted assassination of a former state attorney general in May.
Two state legislators presented an initiative Thursday that would see establishments fined starting in 2020 if they fail to provide biodegradable plastic bags, containers and cups to their customers.
A Mexican federal court has dismissed all charges against Elba Esther Gordillo, the flamboyant former teachers union leader known as La Maestra.
The frequent travel warnings about violence in various regions of Mexico issued by the U.S. State Department are having an effect.
Forty underage girls at risk of being trafficked were rescued last Saturday in Puerto Vallarta by the coordinated efforts of various law enforcement agencies, mainly federal. The majority were between 13 and 15 years old.
May Fest finale
Puerto Vallarta concludes its centennial cerebrations Thursday, May 31 with a spectacular free evening show on the malecon, featuring mariachi, Guadalajara band Sonido Satanas, and ranchero superstar Pepe Aguilar.
In multilateral meetings around the world, policies related to junk food, mother’s milk and access to medicines and vaccines — all widely thought to have been moving in a direction favorable to underdeveloped countries such as Mexico — have taken a turn in the opposite direction.&n...
A former medical student from the United States will be sentenced November 7 after pleading guilty to the attempted murder of a U.S. foreign service employee at a Guadalajara mall in January 2017.
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...
Data released this week by the National Statistics Agency (Inegi) showed the consumer price index to have risen by 0.59 percent in December, leaving inflation for 2017 at 6.77 percent – the highest level since 2000, when the rate was 8.96 percent.
Patrick Joseph Carroll
Former lakeside resident Patrick Joseph (Pat) Carroll died July 24 at Grace Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the age of 81.
Harold Sunderland
Long-time Ajijic resident Harold (Harry) Sunderland died July 2 at his daughter’s home in Kansas City at the age of 78.
Tapatio Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, the city’s most famous ever pugilist, cut the ribbon this week at a new center to develop Jalisco’s next generation of boxers.
It started so encouragingly for Mexico but, in the end, the country’s World Cup campaign in Russia concluded in the same manner as it has for the past six tournaments: dumped out in the round of 16.
