As Mexico’s cost-cutting federal government slashes its endowments to cultural activities, including the film sector,  Jalisco is taking a very different approach.

After having been throttled by the pandemic, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) has announced its second season and will offer its next eight concerts on consecutive Sundays at noon via Jalisco TV (https://jaliscotv.com).

The Zapopan Youth Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Rodrigo Sierra Moncayo, gave a live concert at the Constitución Cultural Center on October 14.

Guadalajara-born ballet star Isaac Hernandez has made his acting debut in a Spanish/Mexican TV series playing, would you believe, a ballet dancer.

Acclaimed Mexican Conductor Alondra de la Parra has brought together 30 of the best musicians in the world to create The Impossible Orchestra – a project to support women and children suffering abuse and hardship in Mexico.

In 1979, at the tender age of 20, Rene Arceo, born in Michoacan on the shores of Lake Chapala, moved from Guadalajara to Chicago, utilizing a classic route—bus to Tijuana, coyote and car trunk to Los Angeles, and direct flight to Chicago.