The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) brings two top U.S.-based mariachi groups to its second Lakeside International Mariachi Fest Saturday, January 7. 

Arileo, in Los Charales, San Juan Cosala, offers a Christmas Eve dinner of mushroom soup, choice of prime rib or pork tenderloin marinated in a four-cheese sauce and crepes Suzette, from noon to 9 p.m. Reservations: 106-1627.

There’s a host of exciting options for those who want to dine out at lakeside on December 31.

Lakeside Presbyterian

Before the first Christmas morning and the birth of the baby Jesus, the Jews had been expecting God’s Messiah for nearly 2,000 years – since the time God first called Abraham and created the Jewish people.

Chapala pioneer mortician Donato Guzmán Aguayo was surrounded by family and close friends at an intimate reception held Tuesday, December 7 at the Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Funeraria San Francisco. 

Days for Girls (DFG) is an international grassroots non-profit network aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty and violence that impacts women around the world in one of the most unexpected ways ever – by promoting access to menstrual health management and reproductive health education.