The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
As Guadalajara gears up for the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) celebrations next weekend, the traditional market in Parque Morelos is once again open for business, selling all manner of traditional foods, toys, trinkets and materials for altars.
The metropolitan area boasts a full Day of the Dead cultural agenda, highlighted by many displays of traditional altars in prominent cultural spaces.
Joven Ballet
Jalisco’s only full-time professional dance troupe presents a ballet adaptation of “Sheherazade” featuring the music of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Teatro Degollado, Friday, October 17, 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 18, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 19, 12:30 p.m.
Actor Danny Glover has hit town to feature in “Mr. Pig,” an English-language road movie directed by Diego Luna that starts production in Jalisco this week.
Fifty-odd years ago, David Ruiz was a high-school AV geek. Today he’s the executive producer in his ninth day of shooting a feature film comedy titled “Una Gringa para Cenar.”
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
Pictures at an Exhibition: Joshua Dos Santos, guest conductor. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Serenata Notturna KV 239,”Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovesky’s “Suite No.4 in G major op.61” and Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” (Ravel orchestration).
Teatro Degollado, Friday, October 10, 8:30 p.m. 110-300 pesos.
The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) Patronato has obtained private funds to purchase a new seven-seater SUV that will be used to transport visiting musicians to and from the city airport, as well as orchestra members on local and regional tours.
