The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A massive sinkhole, over 10 meters wide, opened up in the early hours of Thursday, July 25 on Avenida Lopez Mateos.
Six employees died in an explosion and subsequent fire at Casa Cuervo’s La Rojeña distillery in Tequila on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 23.
The grand opening of the second runway at the Guadalajara International Airport officially took place Tuesday, July 23 when a Volaris flight to Cancun lifted off from the 3,538-met...
recently stumbled upon an interesting Facebook thread about candlelight drawings scratched on the wall of a Spanish Inquisition jail cell in the early 1500s.
The dog adoption organization, Adopta Guadalajara, celebrates its 15th anniversa...
The acrobatic wizards from Cirque du Soleil present the troupe’s world-acc...
UK spirits giant Diageo will invest $US500 million to expand its tequila product...
The Lake Chapala Baptist Church is blessed to present their new pastor, Dan Klas...
Puerto Vallarta has received seven nominations for the prestigious Travvy Awards...
Richard Ross Mitchell
Longtime lakeside resident Ross Mitchell passed away sudd...
The new United States Consulate in Guadalajara will open its doors to the public...
Mariana Macias, the beauty pageant contestant from San Antonio Tlayacapan, has b...
The finals of the Copa Jalisco soccer tournament for amateur teams from all the ...
Mexico’s Days of the Dead coincide with the Christian All Souls and All Sa...
It is not always easy to find an alternative take on historical events that is a...
The Centro Educativo Jaltepec’s new tequila tour to benefit its students i...
As Guadalajara and Jalisco enter into their warm season, typically between April...
If you’re looking for a place to visit over Easter but don’t want to...
When Ieva Jusionyte came from Lithuania for advanced studies in anthropology at ...
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September e...
Movies
The Bravo! Theatre continues with movies and free popcorn at 4 p.m. Rese...
Bocce Ball Tournament
A few weeks after hosting an elegant dinner dance in late...
Dragon dance
Sunday, January 26, experience the Chinese New Year with a present...
Tucked away in Puerto Vallarta’s Colonia El Remance, nestled next to touri...
In the Bahia de Navidad everyone is doing their part to stay safe and help each ...
Lake Chapala Baptist
English worship service is Sundays at 10:45 a.m. Spanish w...
Spring has a special vibe around Banderas Bay. This time of year, I live in deni...
Officials in Jalisco and Puerto Vallarta, in the face of Covid-19, are hoping fo...
The state of San Luis Potosí is famed for its breathtaking landscapes, es...
As an expat Brit for more than three decades, one thing had always irritated me....
Have you ever jumped in the car with a list of three or four things you wanted t...
Two recent explosions at small fireworks workshops in the Ciénega region ...
I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I&rsqu...
Software as a Service (SaaS) is the direction in which the software industry wan...
The City Hall backed Orquesta Metropolitano Guadalajara offers free concerts in ...
Tuesday
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives i...
Experience the changing seasons through musical notes when a talented young viol...
CREM chamber orchestra
Emmanuel Medeles directs the Centro Regional de Es...
The City Hall backed Orquesta Metropolitano Guadalajara offers free concerts in July. Friday, July 12, 7 p.m. at Teatro Torres Bodet.
After a successful first edition in 2023, the U.S.-Mexico Kaleidoscope short film contest and festival returns for a second year.
Experience the changing seasons through musical notes when a talented young violinist from the Julliard School takes the stage with the Chamber Orchestra of the Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (CREM) Friday, July 26, 7 p.m., at the Culture and Arts Center (CCAR) auditorium in La Floresta.
Ajijic piano sensation Saul Ibarra and his friends are hosting the third annual Festival de Musica Axixic Haus Der Musik from June 21 to 28.
CREM chamber orchestra
Emmanuel Medeles directs the Centro Regional de Estudios Musicales (CREM music school) chamber orchestra performing “Two Years, Eight Seasons in a Single Night,” featuring music by Vivaldi and Piazzolla, with soloist Maya Kilburn on violin, Friday, July 26, 7 p...
Free concert
Sunday, July 21, 12:30 p.m., the jazz group Maraku-Jazz presents a concert with the most recent of its musical repertoire at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo in Chapala.
Tuesday
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
The world’s favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy but this time with a twist: Miami’s finest are now on the run.
The state of San Luis Potosí is famed for its breathtaking landscapes, especially its fantastic waterfalls, rivers and cliffs — not to mention some surrealistic sculpture gardens.
Getting a head’s start on Guadalajara’s 27th Festival Cultural de Mayo on May 2 was the opening of “Acuarelas Ancestrales” (Ancestral Watercolors), an exhibition of paintings by local muralist Jorge Monroy, to be displayed at the Casa Feria in the city’s historic c...
Two recent explosions at small fireworks workshops in the Ciénega region of Jalisco which claimed the lives of eight people have focused attention on this long-standing craft activity.
On the cusp of May, the hottest month of the Jalisco highlands, campesinos are making a last push to burn off their fields, mend toppled fences of rock, barbed wire and long-spined huisache branches, readying milpas (corn fields) for hand planting before mid-June rains arrive.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is the direction in which the software industry wants to move so that everyone is required to pay a recurring fee (every month or every year) to keep using their software.
As I write this I have just looked over my calendar to confirm I do have just a few plans for the coming holidays and for the most part I will be enjoying some time off, socializing, and some time just being lazy.
As an expat Brit for more than three decades, one thing had always irritated me. Why could I not vote in the U.K. elections? Why was this not a default right for all citizens? I kept asking.
In most of Mexico’s 32 states, voters have an easy choice in the June 2 presidential election.
I had planned on writing a nice, lengthy, last column worthy of the place I’ve had the pleasure of living in for the past two years.
The wool coat looks worse for the non-wear. It is wrinkled from being unworn and crammed in the back of a closet for two years; dotted with dust and dog hair from a dog that departed the family a year ago; in need of a lint brush that can’t be found in the pile of things to be thrown away, don...
It’s been a very rough year so far for lakeside’s restaurant sector. A half-dozen establishments have folded just in the last couple of months. Some others are now teetering on the brink.
Lakeside organizations and businesses can take various avenues to publicize their activities and products, getting maximum mileage by putting out the precise information needed to attract clientele. However, some pitfalls may cause advertising pitches to go awry.
Have you ever jumped in the car with a list of three or four things you wanted to get done in a day here at Lakeside?
Some years back, I had an experience that convinced me witchcraft is alive and well in Mexico.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our September editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Two representatives of Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA will give a talk at the American Society of Jalisco (Amsoc) in Guadalajara on Tuesday, September 5, 10:30 a.m.
Dragon dance
Sunday, January 26, experience the Chinese New Year with a presentation of the dragon dance, and other rituals, by the students and professors of Kung-Fu Dragón Inmortal, one of the most acclaimed Kung Fu schools in Guadalajara. The Chinese New Year falls on Saturday, January 25 t...
American School race
Think green – the sixth annual Eco Race and Green Market are scheduled for Sunday, March 31 at Guadalajara’s American School Foundation. Everyone is welcomed to this event meant to raise awareness about conserving the planet’s resources. Expect to learn a lot ab...
Lake Chapala Baptist
English worship service is Sundays at 10:45 a.m. Spanish worship service follows at 12:30 p.m. English-language Bible study is Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and Tuesday at 10 .am. Lake Chapala Baptist Church, Santa Margarita 147, Riberas del Pilar. Information: (52)331-608-0856, +1-512-422...
Eckankar in Ajijic
Does something inside you long to know life’s purpose? To make sense of the world around you?
Movies
The Bravo! Theatre continues with movies and free popcorn at 4 p.m. Reserve at mymytickets@gmail.com.
Movies
The Bravo! Theatre continues with movies and free popcorn at 4 p.m. Reserve at mymytickets@gmail.com.
Tucked away in Puerto Vallarta’s Colonia El Remance, nestled next to tourist favorite Zona Romantica, is ARTe Vallarta Museo, showcasing an art genre unique to the city: Arte Vallarta.
I’m forever in awe of folks who do what seems a zillion things in a day, not only to make a buck but because it ignites their passions.
Spring has a special vibe around Banderas Bay. This time of year, I live in denial, as others speak of the season ending, I dig in my heals, “NO”!
Sometimes living in paradise feels like a fairytale and other times it feels like magic.
Bocce Ball Tournament
A few weeks after hosting an elegant dinner dance in late January, the Bocce Ball Committee and aficionados of the sport donned shorts and t-shirts to face off in the 6th annual Bocce Ball Tournament on February 15.
Otra Vez
Last November, a little thrift store named Otra Vez opened its doors to the residents of La Manzanilla and became an instant hit with both the Mexican and expat communities. Operating solely with donations and dedicated volunteers, it is now in its second year with no signs of slowing d...
In the Bahia de Navidad everyone is doing their part to stay safe and help each other. As some businesses close down, others stay open to keep the community safe and supplied with basic essentials and information regarding Covid-19.
Four years ago, a small team of big-hearted Canadian and Americans decided they wanted to give something substantial back to the community.
Officials in Jalisco and Puerto Vallarta, in the face of Covid-19, are hoping for a little-quieter-than-normal Semana Santa, but that doesn’t mean Tapatios will resist the lure of the beaches of the Bay of Banderas.
Races
To celebrate the Día de Amor y Amistad (Valentine’s Day), two races, sponsored by the Municipal Sports Advisory Committee (Comude), will be held on Sunday, February 14 along two areas: the Malecon and the Rio Pitillal linear parkway.
Mexico’s Days of the Dead coincide with the Christian All Souls and All Saints Day, November 1 and November 2.
Tipping is woven into the fabric of Mexico’s social culture, chiefly because of its informal, cash-driven economy.
The Centro Educativo Jaltepec’s new tequila tour to benefit its students is far and away something beyond the typical tours to the agave regions.
The Mexican Senate has approved reforms to the General Law of National Assets, increasing the fines for establishments or individuals that restrict access to Mexico’s beaches, to more than one million pesos.
If you’re looking for a place to visit over Easter but don’t want to find yourself surrounded by loud, drunken hordes, skip the beach and consider Mexico City. The traffic will be less frenetic, the air cleaner, the museums and restaurants less crowded.
In a naked move to capitalize on the current interest in AI, I decided to accept an invitation to eat at El Gato in Guadalajara, and to write about the experience.
It is not always easy to find an alternative take on historical events that is also wise.
“Living is no Laughing Matter” came to me like a m essage from God — seriously — delivered to me in the middle of my morning sun, reading and coffee ritual, which never fails to turn my mind to higher things.
As Guadalajara and Jalisco enter into their warm season, typically between April and June of each year, residents and seasonal visitors should take precautions to avoid heat stress. What’s more, the University of Guadalajara’s Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology reports that even...
Returning snowbirds should not be fooled by the warmer winter weather in this region. Big swings in temperature can play havoc with a person’s health and bring on cold symptoms in a flash.
The dog adoption organization, Adopta Guadalajara, celebrates its 15th anniversary on Sunday, July 28.
Guadalajara’s high-quality aquarium, the Acuario Michin, is exhibiting a brand-new face after an extensive makeover.
The Lake Chapala Baptist Church is blessed to present their new pastor, Dan Klassen, to the Lakeside community.
Christmas in July
American Legion Post 7 Chapala Auxiliary is holding their yearly expo of hand-crafted works Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The new United States Consulate in Guadalajara will open its doors to the public on Monday, August 12, according to a press bulletin released by the local diplomatic mission.
Last week’s massive Windows outage caused by a faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected 71 flights at the Guadalajara International Airport.
The acrobatic wizards from Cirque du Soleil present the troupe’s world-acclaimed show, Kurios, in “The Big Tent” in Guadalajara’s Plaza Patria as of September 20.
Putting Donald Trump back in the White House will result in another four years of threats and coercive measures toward Mexico.
Puerto Vallarta has received seven nominations for the prestigious Travvy Awards 2024.
Puerto Vallarta will receive 22,000 visitors for the 11th edition of Vallarta Pride, scheduled May 17 to 26.
Mariana Macias, the beauty pageant contestant from San Antonio Tlayacapan, has been confirmed as a candidate for the title of Miss Universe Mexico 2024, to be awarded September 28 in Cancún, Quintana Roo.
The leaders of Canada and the United States set aside their current political troubles this week to lead celebrations on their respective national days, July 1 and 4.
UK spirits giant Diageo will invest $US500 million to expand its tequila production center located in the Jalisco municipality of Atotonilco El Alto and build one new distillery in La Barca, generating more than 1,000 direct jobs for Jalisco, company executives and Governor Enrique Alfaro announced ...
It’s been 75 years since the arrival in Mexico of the British Council, a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization that promotes a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language, while encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational understanding and co-ope...
Richard Ross Mitchell
Longtime lakeside resident Ross Mitchell passed away suddenly on July 7.
The finals of the Copa Jalisco soccer tournament for amateur teams from all the state’s municipalities will take place Sunday, July 28 at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara.
Chapala are out of the running in the Copa Jalisco men’s soccer tournament after back-to-back losses to Tomatlán in the quarter final round.
Catholics in Guadalajara seemed stunned Monday after learning that Pope Benedict XVI has become the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to resign his position as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
