Folk dance

The Universidad de  Guadalajara (UdG) Ballet Folklorico is gearing up for another summer season of exciting performances at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara. The 10-show folk dance season starts on Sunday, July 6.

The Vienna-based art foundation, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), has teamed up with the Museo de Arte de Zapopan (MAZ) to present “Atopia, migración, legado y ausencia de lugar,” a collection of 25 works, including two installations, that “focuses on the practices and representations of the ways in which artists have accessed, rehearsed, participated in and negotiated concepts of ‘place’ or ‘place of origin,’ their past, heritage, and cultural ambiguities, with all the dilemmas such notions provoke.”

The celebrated Trompo Magico children’s museum is hosting a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of Guadalajara rock group Luis Delgadillo y los Keliguanes on Saturday, May 31, 4 p.m.

Hugh Laurie, the British actor who famously played Dr. House in the long-running television series, came and conquered Guadalajara on Wednesday as a musician/singer/entertainer extraordinaire.

Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed flutist Horacio Franco guest directs and performs in a “Barroque Philharmonic” program.

Wednesday dance

Free dance recitals by talented troupes.

Duet

Slovakian violinist Robert Márkus and Mexican pianist Rosa Maria Valdez interpret works by Brahms, Carrasco, Ponce, De Falla and others.

Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra

JPO Director Marco Parisotto leads the orchestra and is joined by soprano Amber Wagner for a “Homage to Richard Strauss.”

Inventive dance

Four performances by the talented Diavolo Dance Theater from California.

UDG Ballet Folklorico

Summer season of famed Universidad de Guadalajara Ballet Folklorico troupe is on.

The Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (CREM) is always humming – both literally and figuratively – but this month is even more hectic than usual.

Viva la Musica Concert

Viva la Musica presents pianist Sergio Parra Aguilera, performing pieces by Bach, Mozart, Liszt and Debussy, at the Auditorio de la Ribera in Ajijic on Sunday, June 29, 4 p.m.

Naked Stage

“Light Sensitive,” Jim Geoghan’s play about the struggles of three New York City losers, is the next production of the Naked Stage Theater.

Concert and Art Sale

A special concert and art sale begins at the Ajijic tea house, Te Para Dos, Saturday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.

World Environment Day, June 5, was celebrated in various ways around Jalisco.