Festival organizers have selected the black-crowned night-heron as this year’s signature bird.

A throng of students from lakeside’s Instituto Tecnológico Superior (ITS) and various higher learning institutions in the Guadalajara metro area packed shoulder to shoulder in the filmmaking studio at Chapala Media Park Wednesday, November 19, to hone their skills in digital visual arts at a training workshop on the application of the Assimilate Scratch platform.

Ajijic’s boisterous salute to spiritual patron Saint Andrew the Apostle kicks off Friday, November 21, continuing on a festive roll for the rest of the month.

Moisés Torres Ramírez has been appointed to act as interim commander of the Chapala police force following the November 10 resignation of Public Security Director Ramón del Arco Pérez.

In sync with thousands of migratory birds that have started winging in from Canada and the United States for the winter season, the fifth annual Festival de las Aves del Lago de Chapala will take flight on Friday, November 21, with ten days of diverse cultural, educational, academic activities aimed at raising public awareness and appreciation for the preservation of Lake Chapala’s rich natural bounty.

While the official holiday calendar marks the third Monday of November as the date to commemorate the 1910 outbreak of La Revolución Mexicana, festivities in the Lake Chapala area will take place on two different dates next week.