This season’s musical at Lakeside Little Theatre, “Fiddler on the Roof,” comes alive with a massive cast, crew, musicians and technicians.

Ajijic, as most of our readers know, is a mere spit of land, a sliver in the giant glassy blue palm of Lake Chapala. 

It literally takes a village to put on Ajijic’s annual Easter Passion Play, the spectacular religious pageant staged in a series of episodes running over the entire length of Semana Santa (Holy Week).

If you need a push to tie the knot on a heart-stirring romance novel, beef up the intrigue in the script for a silver screen thriller, or dive into crafting a personal memoir for the grandkids, the 2018 Lake Chapala Writers Conference (LCWC) offers the opportunity to connect with experts who can guide you towards the goal line and get published.

While Chapala is barely getting into the swing of Carnaval, Ajijic started letting the good times roll last Sunday with its own brand of festivities that weave together high testosterone confrontations between man and beast at the local bullring and the madcap antics of masked marauders known collectively as La Sayaca.

Chapala’s Carnaval festivities blast into action Friday, February 2 as a coffin representing somber moods is set ablaze and turned to ash for the delight of giddy on-lookers gathered by the waterfront Malecón.