Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has announced that Guadalajara’s planetarium will return to the city after several years of absence.

Horsemen and women from all over Jalisco took their charges onto the streets of Guadalajara Thursday morning for the annual parade marking Dia del Charro.

Two weeks ago, I covered the Traditional Mariachi Festival and was impressed by its participants’ adherence to an older – and less popular – tradition of mariachi.  

A crowd of 10,000 students and teachers converged on Plaza Liberacion on Monday to demand something be done about an epidemic of assaults targeting University of Guadalajara (UdG) students.

There are two significant dates to note prior to the September 15/16 independence celebrations.

Patriotic fever will engulf downtown Guadalajara from early afternoon on Friday, September 15, when Mexicans of all ages and backgrounds turn out in large numbers to celebrate their national day, waving flags, wearing giant sombreros, blowing horns, munching traditional foods and reveling in the unique, festive atmosphere.