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‘Shape of Water,’ another feather in Guadalajara’s cap — by proxy

Let’s face it.  Guadalajara, while it has plenty going for it, isn’t a world-class city.  It’s an also-ran to a million other Mexican attractions, and like many an also-ran it tends to trumpet its better attributes just a little bit louder than, say, Mexico City, Guanajuato or Oaxaca City.  Salzburg, Austria has Mozart.Rosario, Argentina has Che Guevara.


Death & dying: spreading a positive message

Every summer, Loretta Downs raises Monarch butterflies from eggs found in her Chicago garden. She uses their mysterious stages of metamorphosis as a metaphor for the miraculous cycle of life.