Arts & Entertainment

To get an idea of the horror caused by the April 22, 1992 explosions in Guadalajara, head over to the Centro Cultural Patio Los Angeles (Cuautla and 28 de enero) in the Analco neighborhood of the city, near the old bus station (Central Viejo).

There will be more than 50 free open-air presentations by some of Quebec’s finest street circus artists and performers.

There’ll be plenty of drama happening during the Dia del Niño weekend – and we don’t just mean theatrics over gifts, candies and the like.

You won’t find any Titians, Rembrandts or Rubens, except for a copy of one Rubens oil painting, but a visit to the new Museo de Arte Sacro [Museum of Sacred Art] in Guadalajara’s city center, is nevertheless enjoyable and a pleasant respite from downtown hubbub.

Stand by for a veritable feast of circus arts when Quebec brings some of its finest performers to Guadalajara for this year’s May Cultural Festival.

Local business leaders are ready to chip in and help pay part of the salary of Alondra de la Parra, the 31-year-old New York-born conductor who was named the new music director of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) just before Easter.