Two years after its inception, Guadalajara’s public bicycle system, Mi Bici, inaugurated a huge expansion Thursday — a doubling of both the number of rentable bikes and the areas served.

Maria del Carmen Torres and local tequila empresario and American Society supporter David Ruiz tied the knot last Saturday at the Vista del Cielo clubhouse in Ciudad Bugambilias with about 100 friends and family members looking on.

Lakeside’s Zona Fitness Gym is once again sponsoring the Jalisco Body Building Competition Sunday, August 21, at the Auditorio de la Ribera. 

The untimely death of Bantú, the male gorilla at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, means that the two female residing at the Guadalajara facility, Chencha and Faustina, are likely to live out the rest of their days without a mate.  

The Colores y Sabores de Jalisco will showcase traditional artistic and gastronomic products from various parts of the state from Thursday, August 18 to Saturday, August 20. 

An off-the-wall new spectacular, ”El circo de los miedos” (The circus of fears), has opened for a short holiday season in a big tent in Cuidad Granja.