One-year countdown to Gay Games begins
Last week, an event was held to mark the start of the 12-month countdown to Guadalajara co-hosting next year’s Gay Games, scheduled November 3-11, 2023.
Last week, an event was held to mark the start of the 12-month countdown to Guadalajara co-hosting next year’s Gay Games, scheduled November 3-11, 2023.
The Fiestas de Octubre, the month-long celebration that resembles a U.S-state fair in many ways, returns on Saturday, October 1, after a two-year layoff due to the pandemic.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
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Burger Boy ousts taco stand
Some 50-plus Democrats Abroad GDL Chapter members, family and friends came together to celebrate their country’s 246th anniversary of Independence with picnic fare, a chili cookoff competition and piñatas of both the other political party and a certain orange-haired former U.S. president.
A smaller Independence Day celebration than those held pre-pandemic was hosted by the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara at the JW Mariott Hotel Thursday, June 29.
Michael Hogan, an Irish American historian and educator living in Guadalajara, has been selected by the Irish Echo Team as a 2022 Community Champion for his work with the online community of students worldwide.
The American Society of Jalisco in Guadalajara held a memorial March 5 for famed mezzo soprano Kimball Wheeler.