Arts & Entertainment

The world famous New York Metropolitan Opera’s 2013–14 season of live transmissions to movie theaters in the United States and around the world begins on Saturday, October 5 with Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance “Eugene Onegin,” starring Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin.

The final two Sundays in September provide your last chance this year to see the world famous Ballet Folclorico of the Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG).

Free concerts

Guadalajara City Hall’s free Thursday evening concerts continue with  Camaraetta Femenil.

With eight performances in Guadalajara and one in Chapala, young Mexican musicians from near and far will showcase their abilities  at the fourth Youth Chamber Music Series (Ciclo de Música de Cámara Joven), which runs from Wednesday, September 18 to Friday, September 27.

A father-and-son artist team blew into Guadalajara this week from Los Angeles for the opening of their show at a gleaming gallery called Dieresis. Mr. Brainwash and Hijack, who are sometimes dubbed “urban artists” and compared to Warhol or Basquiat, are known for their sassy messages and bold images, such as a monkey atop a Coca-Cola logo spouting the positive-thinking maxim, “Follow your dreams.”

For 20 years the International Mariachi Festival has delighted Tapatios and visitors alike with a parade of mariachis, charro horsemen and woman and folkloric dancers from all over Mexico and a dozen or so other nations.