Bare Stage’s October production, “Bette and Joan,” written by Anton Burge, is a trip back to the brutal yet golden days of Hollywood and its glamorous stars. Shining brightest among these stars were Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.

Efrén Gonzalez was awarded first place in the Plein Air Landscape category at the International Watercolor Festival “Rivers of Color” contest held last weekend in Mexico City.

Art shows have returned to the Lake Chapala Society gardens for the high season (October through March).

Continuing to innovate in order to keep the lights on during the slow season, Bravo! Theatre entrepreneur Jayme Littlejohn has come up with a hit idea: Movie Nights at 4 p.m.

Get ready for an extraordinary addition to lakeside’s cultural scene on October 20 at the grand opening of the Muestra de Arte Popular Ajijic (MAPA).

The classic mystery “Murder on the Orient Express” is the September production for Bare Stage Theatre, located at Hidalgo 261 (on the highway) in Riberas del Pilar.