Arts & Entertainment

The penultimate presentations in the May Cultural Festival will surely enthuse local modern dance fans when the 14-year-old Akram Khan Company, one of the foremost innovative dance outfits in the United Kingdom, present the show “Kaash.” 

City of London Sinfonia

Administration spokesmen may put a positive spin on it, while musicians decry it and point fingers at their director. But nobody can deny that the face of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) has changed significantly in the past few months.

One of Mexico’s most iconic paintings, Raul Anguiano’s “La espina” (the thorn), is  on display in Guadalajara, the artist’s birthplace, until May 31.

Thursday night was the first in a series of events inside and outside Guadalajara to celebrate — and raise funds for — the 100th anniversary of orchestral tradition in Jalisco. The observance is slated to conclude, if all goes well, in September with a visit by the entire Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra to Busan, South Korea, where they have been invited to participate in the Maru Festival. 

The highly successful monthly Jazz at Lincoln Center series marches on next week with a much anticipated performance by the Cyrus Chestnut Trio, who bring together old-school jazz, blues and gospel with a heartfelt passion. From a childhood spent playing the piano at church, Chestnut (above) went on to perform with jazz greats such as Chick Corea and Dizzy Gillespie. He has rightly earned his place alongside today’s standout players, with Time magazine calling him “the best jazz pianist of his generation.”

Teatro Vivian Blumenthal (Tomas V. Gomez 125), Thursday, May 14, 9 p.m. 200 pesos.