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.

With David de la Mora’s account of eschewing the practical in favor of the beloved, he surely illustrates the type of career that warms the hearts of music lovers.

Rising visionary artist Eos Otherre comes to lakeside next week as guest exhibitor at Efren González Studio-Gallery, Calle Marcos Castellanos 7, a half block south of Ajijic’s San Andrés church.

‘Agnes of God’

Written by John Pielmeier and directed by Paul Kloegman, “Agnes of God” is Lakeside Little Theatre’s next stage production, set to run January 12-21.

If you’re one of the many expats living in Ajijic, there’s a lot of reasons to be thankful as February approaches. Of course, seeing all your friends up North post screen shots of the temperature outside is one obvious reason to be thankful.