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Downtown merchants fed up with subway line’s delayed completion

The economic woes brought on by construction of the number three Tren Ligero (subway) line along Avenida Alcalde in the Guadalajara city center may be the Klieg light that throws into glaring relief the neglect that has plagued el centro historico for decades, leading, perhaps, to a long overdue revival.


Crowd-pleasing Mariachi fest begins

See mariachi-jalisco.com.mx for full details

- Free mariachi shows are offered in the Cultural Pavilion set up in the Plaza Liberation facing the Teatro Degollado. 

Mariachi mayhem ready to roll

It comes around once a year, and when it does, it brings a whole lot of noise and celebration to Guadalajara, laced up in trajes de charro and gently swelling strings, belting brass and rhythmic guitar. INCLUDES VIDEO.

Sandi Bookstore says dignified goodbye

An iconic English-language bookstore that has graced Guadalajara’s leafy Colonia Chapalita for the past 47 years is about to close its doors.

City’s Luz del Mundo invasion

More than 300,000 worshipers from 40 countries descended on the Hermosa Provincia neighborhood of Guadalajara this week for the annual Holy Convocation of the Luz del Mundo (Light of the World) church.