Arts & Entertainment

This Easter Sunday, English speakers attending St. John Chrysostom (San Juan Crisóstomo) Roman Catholic church are celebrating an anniversary.

The creation of symbol-filled altars dedicated to La Virgen de Dolores (the Virgin of Sorrows) has served as a traditional prelude to Holy Week for generations of families native to Guadalajara and Western Mexico.

The “riveting,” Academy-award nominated film “The Big Short,” with Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling, will be shown by Democrats Abroad in Guadalajara, in a homey setting with a large screen, on Sunday, March 20, 2 p.m. 

A fascinating insight into the world of faith has opened at the Ex Convento del Carmen in downtown Guadalajara.

Famed Guadalajara-born ranchero singer Vicente Fernandez is set to give the final performance of his career at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on April 16, an event that will probably be telecast live in a downtown Guadalajara plaza. 

U.S. actors Danny Glover and Maya Rudolph heaped praise on Mexican director/actor Diego Luna at the Guadalajara International Film Festival this week.