The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) is set to play the music of Dimitri Shostakovich on Saturday, January 20, 7:30 p.m., before the opening of its first season of 2024.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been criticized for his ambivalent attitude toward protecting Mexico’s rich natural environment—the Mayan tourist train project, for example, will seriously disrupt the ecological balance of many areas that it passes through, multiple activists say. 

Major GDL avenue to close

A 1-5-kilometer stretch of busy Avenida Pablo Neruda will be closed for five months for rehabilitation work.

Guadalajara Zoo claims to be the only one in Latin America with the appropriate facilities and skill set to successfully reproduce Adelie penguins in captivity.

The air quality in the Guadalajara metropolitan area has worsened during 2023, with only 134 days of “good air quality” registered between January 1 and November 30, according to the state government’s air monitoring network (Mide). 

Police officer, guard slain

2023 ended tragically for a police officer and a security guard who were shot to death by an unknown assailant on the evening of December 31 on Avenida Patria, in the vicinity of the Central Camionera Nueva (new Bus Station) in Tonala.