The 2016 Annual Jewish Film Festival will feature a film on each of the nine Sundays in January and February.

American Legion Post 7 in Chapala is hosting an open house on Thursday, January 7, noon to 5 p.m. to give the public the chance to visit the facility, get to know the members and learn about the group’s events, charitable work and assistance for veterans.  A special feature of the afternoon schedule will be free margaritas.

Hundreds of kids were able to relish the Christmas joy of unwrapping new playthings thanks to the many generous souls who contributed to Chapala’s ninth annual Juguetón campaign.

St. Andrew’s Anglican 

The week after Christmas, the focus for the morning worship services at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church shifts from the temporal story of shepherds, angels and manger, to the eternal beginning of all things, when “the Word was made flesh.” On Sunday, December 27, 10 a.m., Fr. Winston Welty’s sermon, “We Interrupt This Service …” suggests that it’s in the prosaic, “non-spiritual” weekly announcements that God’s Word continues to take flesh in the lives of believers. 

Ajijic will usher in the New Year with the Friday, January 1 wild and whacky Desfile de Año Nuevo, an event guaranteed to allay the worst possible morning-after funk.

The front garden of La Ola Home for Children was completely decked out for the second annual Toy Run on Saturday, December 19. Glittering ornaments hung in clusters on the grapevine and tree branches, and Santa’s red leather club chair waited next to the beautiful white Christmas tree.