Jalisco Open
The third edition of the ATP Jalisco Open tennis tournament take place from Monday, April 8 to Saturday, April 13 at the first-class Telcel Tennis Center in the Parque Metropolitano. Expect to see some thrilling men’s tennis; most of the international players are among the top 200 in the world.
Tickets cost from 30 to 100 pesos and are available at the gate. Play begins daily at 2 p.m. The finals (singles and doubles) on Saturday, April 13 start at 6 p.m. For more information, call (33) 1202-0877 (English spoken) or visit www.jalisco-open.com.
Book Club
The American Society (Amsoc) Summer Book Club will next meet on Thursday, April 18, 2 p.m. The book under discussion will be “In the Shadow of the Angel” by Kathryn Blair, which is available in both printed and Kindle form. The much acclaimed tome is a sweeping Mexican historical novel that takes place during the first three decades of the 20th century.
At 2 p.m., after the regular Thursday Amsoc lunch, a related film, “Antonieta,” will be screened for all those interested. In the movie, a French psychologist travels to Mexico to study the life of Antonieta Rivas Mercado (played by Isabella Adjani), a writer and political activist who shot herself in Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral.
Everyone is welcome to attend these entertaining meetings, regardless of whether they have read the designated book for the month. (For address, see ad on page 2.)
Free trees
Help convert Guadalajara into an “urban forest,” by growing a tree in your backyard at no cost. That’s the idea to improve air quality and aid the environment from Extra, a Jalisco-based civil association formed of media groups and private businesses.
Extra aims to make Jalisco the state with the most trees in all of Mexico, with the first step of the reforestation project being to plant five million trees in Guadalajara. Extra runs a metropolitan nursery which produces one million trees per year, including species suitable for urban and suburban areas of Jalisco.
There are up to 30 different types of trees and plants available to the public, with the benefits of planting one in your garden including oxygen, shade and even fresh fruit or flowers. The many options include ash, pines, cedar, ceiba, olive, mango and guava trees.
Extra will be giving away trees in Plaza Universidad (Avenida Alcalde and Juarez) on April 9 and 16 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. If you can’t make it then, call 3123-1133 to claim your free tree or for more information visit www.bosqueurbano.org.mx.
Upcoming pro soccer
Atlas vs. Morelia (Estadio Jalisco) Saturday, April 6, 9 p.m.
Leones Negros vs. Estudiantes (Estadio Jalisco) Friday, April 12, 8.30 p.m.
Guadalajara Chivas vs. Atlante (Estadio Omnilife) Sunday, April 14, 5 p.m.
Weekend music fest
For those young at heart, a free eight-hour music festival will be staged all along Avenida Chapultepec on Saturday, April 6, from 5 p.m. to 1:30 am. Of the 36 bands to play at the event, 32 are local. Various musical styles will showcased on six stages during the festival. Latin rhythms will be at the corner of Av. Justo Sierra, rock at the corner of Calle Pedro Moreno, Classical and Regional music at the corner of Calle Libertad, reggae and ska at the corner of Lerdo de Tejada, Electronic music at the corner of Montenegro and the main stage with the out-of town headline bands will be at the corner of Niños Heroes.
Police will be visible and no alcoholic beverage consumption will be tolerated on the streets. Traffic along the the whole avenue including the cross streets with stages will be closed as of 8 a.m. Saturday.
For a list of all the bands playing see this story at www.theguadalajarareporter.com.
Papirolas
The Expo Guadalajara hosts the 18th edition of Papirolas, a creative festival for children and young people, from April 24 to 28.
Through fun, innovative and educational activities, Papirolas aims “to contribute to the cultural, creative, educational, intellectual and physical development” of young people and “promote universal human values and social awareness.” Organized by the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), the event features art and comic exhibitions, animation, technology and 50-minute workshops.
The first Papirolas was held in 1995 as part of Guadalajara’s annual International Book Fair (FIL), and previous editions have been held in public plazas and the UdeG’s Calle 2 venue.
Tickets cost 40 pesos for adults and children over three years old. The event is open from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April 24 to 26 and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 27 and 28. The Expo is located at Avenida Mariano Otero 1499, on the corner with Avenida de las Rosas. For more information visit www.papirolas.udg.mx.