Margrita van der Hoek believes fervently that all children at lakeside should have access to music education and the opportunity to play an instrument.

Delightful strains of traditional Mexican music will fill the air when musicians from near and far congregate Wednesday, June 6, at Chapala’s Centro Cultural González Gallo for the 16th Encuentro de Arpas, Salterios y Mas.

I recently spent an intriguing afternoon with Ajijic artist Jesus Lopez Vega. I have always admired his art, I am fortunate to own one of his works, and I am always curious to know what he is up to next.

To anybody afflicted with ornithophobia – perhaps they were traumatized as a child after a viewing of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” – a work by Quebec artist Rene Derouin currently on view at the Ex-Convento del Carmen in downtown Guadalajara will pose a serious threat to the pristine-ness of their drawers.

Ajijic’s La Bodega restaurant will host a romantic dinner with live entertainment by La Rondalla de Chapala Friday, May 18, 6 p.m., as a fundraiser for local pilot-in-training Julio Raygoza Villanueva.

The last play of the Lakeside Little Theatre season is Sarah Ruhl’s 2004 “The Clean House.”