The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The current apple of the eye of the world’s cinema community, Guillermo del Toro, the Guadalajara-born director of the acclaimed “Shape of Water,” has been accused of pilfering plot elements from the play of a deceased Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright.
Rogelio Padilla Díaz, the founder of Movimiento de Apoyo a Menores Abandonados (MAMA), the highly respected organization that provides support for the legion of children and adolescents living and working on the streets of Guadalajara, died this week at the age of 62.
The Guadalajara chapter of Democrats Abroad (DA) has programmed a series of events, beginning Sunday, January 28, that combine cinema with get-out-the-vote action – action with the primary aim of diluting U.S President Donald Trump’s congressional alliances vis-a-vis the Senate and House elections in November.
Thomas Kunkel, who in 2011 arrived at the bilingual Christ the Redeemer Church on Guadalajara’s south edge and took over as full-time pastor in 2016, credits his background in counseling for his focus on how core Christian beliefs can be applied in everyday life.
At St. John Cristosomo Roman Catholic Church, the small English-speaking group will celebrate Mass Christmas morning (Monday, December 25) at 11 a.m. with Father Miguel Sención and seasonal songs with organ and violin accompaniment by the Valdivia family’s five-member orchestra. For details, call Sención, (cel) 331-749-1003. The church is near Sears in the Grand Plaza shopping mall at Vallarta and Lazaro Cardenas.
As far as Tapatios are concerned, the temperatures this week have been of polar propensity.
Guadalajara ballet dancer Isaac Hernandez has been nominated for Best Male Dancer in the United Kingdom’s 18th National Dance Awards. Hernandez is a principal with the English National Ballet.