Arts & Entertainment

More than 500,000 eager book enthusiasts and others simply choosing to revel in the charged cultural ambience will pack the massive Expo Guadalajara events center as of Saturday, November 24, for the nine-day International Book Fair (FIL), the 32nd edition of an event that is now regarded as the world’s largest literary gathering.

Monsieur Periné

Bogotá-based musical ensemble from Colombia with an Afro-Colombian sound that mixes Latin and European flavors.

Sometimes billed as the last great opera ever written and bearing the distinction of having been incomplete at the 1924 death of its Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, the opera named after a Persian princess, but then set in China is set for four performances in Teatro Guadalajara November 24, 27, 29 and December 1. 

The Conjunto de Artes Escenicas is offering a 30-percent discount on all tickets purchased during this weekend’s Buen Fin promotion (November 16-19).

Fans of motor sports should head out to the Triovalo Cajititlan race track Saturday, November 10 (qualification) or Sunday, November 11 (Grand Prix) for the latest round in the Nascar Peak Mexico Series.

Guadalajara’s Isaac Hernández, a lead principal with the English National Ballet, was honored this week, receiving a special “Lunas del Auditorio” award, bestowed annually by Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional for the best live performances of the year.