Students this week installed a Day of the Dead altar at the Instituto Cultural Cabañas, one of several museums in the city center to celebrate the date in this way. 

Fiestas Patrias festivities will keep the lakeside area jumping over the coming week in the build-up to the September 16 celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day. Here’s an abbreviated rundown on holiday happenings.

A quarter century ago it was hard to even find a cup of machine brewed coffee in Guadalajara.  Now you can stop for barista service when you fill up your tank.

Guadalajara has its city parks, but none of them can compare with el Cerro de Colli, located at the west end of town not far from the Omnilife Stadium.