The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara chapter of Democrats Abroad will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, February 16. Ed Tasca, a popular humor columnist and published novelist and playwright, will speak “On the Coattails of Lincoln.”
At St. John Cristosomo Roman Catholic Church, the English-speaking group will celebrate Christmas with Mass on Tuesday, December 25, 11 a.m., with Father Miguel Sención and seasonal songs with organ, violin, clarinet and flute accompaniment by a four-member, musical family.
Just in time for the holidays, a life-size nativity scene adorns Plaza Liberation in downtown Guadalajara.
Pioneering Guadalajara forensic scientist Jesús Mario Rivas Souza, who carried out an astonishing 131,974 autopsies between 1953 and 2013, passed away November 27 at his Bugambilias home.He was 92 years old and succumbed to pneumonia.
Thanksgiving dinner is served up Thursday at the American Society (Amsoc).
Book Fair begins
Over 500,000 guests are expected to visit the 32nd International Book Fair (FIL) from Saturday, November 24, to Sunday, December 2 at Expo Guadalajara.
In conjunction with the International Book Fair (FIL), the University of Guadalajara will bestow an honorary degree (Doctor Honoris Causa) on Judith Butler, the acclaimed U.S. philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory.
