The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Guadalajara-born fantasy and horror director Guillermo del Toro is set to share his vast collection of bizarre curiosities in a new exhibition that will travel to seven major cities, including Mexico City, Los Angeles and Paris.
An impressive — perhaps even staggering — painting retrospective, “Los Modernos” (The Moderns), has just opened at the graceful Museo de las Artes (MUSA) in Guadalajara and will remain until July 10.
Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra
“A Faustian Symphony.” Conductor Marco Parisotto, soloist Cesar Delgado (tenor), with the Coro Varonil. Works by Mozart and Liszt.
A dozen international films will be exhibited in the Universidad de Guadalajara’s Cineforo during the 60th International Film Fest by the Cineteca Nacional.
It’s always a pleasure to visit Guadalajara’s Instituto Cultural Cabañas, whether you’re outside taking in the eerily whimsical bronze “chairs” of the renowned Alejandro Colunga, or inside, soaking in the architecture or laying on benches in the chapel and gazing at the crown jewel of the place, the Mexican-Muralist-era frescoes of the luminary Jose Clemente Orozco.
Contemporary Sounds
Popular contemporary music sessions continue each Monday with the Daniel López Jazz Trío on April 18.
As the eighth program in its first season of 2016, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) presents an exceptional concert of music this weekend by Schubert, Ponce and Gomezanda, directed by Guadalajara-born Alejandro Hernandez, who comes from a musically prominent Tapatio family but distinguished himself abroad as a director and pianist.
