The Guadalajara Reporter
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Democrats Abroad, Lake Chapala Chapter has elected a new slate of ten officers, including chair, vice-chair, secretary, treasurer, and six members-at-large.
The able-bodied men from Chapala’s Firefighters and Civil Protection Unit earned the champions’ trophy at the first annual Bomberos Torneo de Fútbol, held Saturday, January 24 at the municipal soccer field.
This year the College Board in the United States revised the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history course in order to imitate the process a historian goes through to explore the past. This is why insightful analysis of documents is required, as well as research and critical thinking, which will culminate in a three-hour and 15-minute exam to be held in May.
The Satellite Rotary E-Club of Lake Chapala has accepted an exciting vocational training project, Mariposa Project/Butterflies in Mexico which is aimed at teaching local girls and women, ages 13 to 25 the skills needed to find employment in the fields of textile design and production.
Instructor Jan Manning, and Bernadine Jansen, the group’s executive director, have created a curriculum and are ready to begin a pilot project
with the group’s partner, El Corazon Creativo, the local artisan cooperative at Galeana 14 in Ajijic.
The sales of the beautiful prototype garment style entitled “the Ronda,” have generated enough seed money for fabric and thread for the first class. Interested students must commit to attending a two-hour class every Saturday for six months in order to complete the 48-hour course of study. The requirements for participation are demanding, but the rewards will be great.
The pilot program will begin with a small number of students in February. For more information about donations of fabrics, thread, notions, tools and other items, call Janzen, (387)761-0360 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Native folk from 13 communities in the state of Michoacan will showcase their crafts, customs and regional cuisine at the Ajijic Plaza during the Union de Pueblos Purépecha Festival to be held next weekend, kicking off on Friday, December 12around 5 p.m.
The event will offer holiday shoppers a perfect opportunity to pick up great deals on hand-embroidered clothing, rebozo shawls, hats and choice artesanias fashioned from pottery, copper, straw and wood.
Entertainment highlights will include performances by the masked Diablo dancers from Tocuaro and the ancient Juego de Pelota (warriors’ ball game) demonstrated by a group from Tzintzuntzan.
“The true power and beauty of flamenco comes from the way the music and dance combine -- they are one entity,” says internationally acclaimed flamenco guitarist Daniel Ward. The California musician will demonstrate the combination of those art forms during a dinner performance of the Spanish art on Thursday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m. at El Jardin de Ninette restaurant at Javier Mina 7 in Ajijic.
Several hundred Chapala area expats paused this week to honor veterans of the armed services at ceremonies commemorating the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice ended the bloody hostilities of World War I.
It is daunting to try to select the highlights of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra’s (OFJ) first temporada of 2015 — its big 100th anniversary year — because, as OFJ staffer Julia Gonzalez puts it, the season, which lasts until April 26, is “muy saturado” (very saturated). In other words, chock full.
Dozens of businesses in the Guadalajara metro area will be offering discounts of between 10 to 50 percent throughout the fourth edition of El Buen Fin, Mexico’s equivalent to Black Friday, which takes place from Friday, November 14 to Monday, November 17 (a holiday marking the Mexican Revolution).