Lake Chapala

Chapala marks AIDS day

Chapala marked World AIDS Day on Saturday, December 1 with the town’s second annual Gay Pride Parade and a light-hearted drag queen beauty contest sponsored by the local AIDS prevention council Comusida.

Indigenous color, tradition on Ajijic Plaza

Dancers will perform the ‘Dance of the Negritos’ from Tocuaro, Michoacan during the the Union of Pueblos event running December 14-16 in Ajijic. People from 13 indigenous pueblos in the state of Michoacan are coming to Ajijic to share their unique cultural heritage.

Counting birds: an annual tradition

It’s the biggest event in the birding year – the traditional Christmas Bird Count to be held on the Lake Chapala shoreline on Friday, December 14.

'Gringo' TV star tapes Lakeside tour

A gorgeous Lake Chapala sunset provides roving reporter Robert Alexander with the perfect backdrop for a take on the area’s natural beauty. Robert Alexander, a retired American scientist turned television travelogue host, blew into the lakeshore area last week to tape footage for a segment of his popular Gringo en Mexico series.

Disabled kids shine at festival

Grade school students from the Centro Psicoeducativo Freire take delight in performing the Spanish Christmas carol “Arre Borriquito” (Giddy Up; Little Donkey). Chapala’s Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo was the setting for a heart-warming celebration for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, held Monday, December 3 under the auspices of Guadalajara’s distinguished Centro Psicoeducativo Freire.

Lakeside residents highlight justice issues

Attorney Jerry Ascencio (C) is joined by Chula Vista residents Paul East Raza (L) and Frank Fagan at a press conference in Guadalajara to highlight the deficiencies they say are prevalent in the justice system in the Lake Chapala area. A group of concerned Lake Chapala area citizens held a press conference in Guadalajara last week to draw the metro area media’s attention to the insecurity and lack of justice plighting the Lakeside community.