The lakeside branch of Jalisco’s Colegio de Arquitectos commemorated World Architecture Day and Mexico’s National Day of the Architect on Tuesday, October 1 with a conference of the topic of Baubiology held at Chapala’s Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo, the community’s architectural jewel.

A country-style Fiesta Mexicana will be held on Saturday, October 12, 6 p.m., as a fund-raiser to support the Pepe Martinez Equine Therapy Center (CET). The event will be held at the CET home on the grounds of Rancho La Ilusion, located approximately one kilometer off the Libramiento bypass via an unpaved road that branches off to the right just before the entrance to the Chapala Media Park. The entry donation of 100 pesos per person includes free parking and a platter of pozole (pork and hominy stew).

Honors were bestowed on several of the eight Lakeside ladies who attended the Puebla Patchwork and Quilt expo from September 26 to 29. 

A fund-raising dinner to help offset the expenses for economically challenged students at the Jaltepec Technical School of Hotel and Hospitality is scheduled for Monday, October 21.

Grassroots environmental activists are organizing a parade in downtown Chapala on Saturday, October 12 to bring attention to the plight of Mexico’s corn.  The rally will head out from the municipal soccer field at the north end of Avenida Madero at 4 p.m., following the main thoroughfare to the waterfront Malecon. 

In solidarity with the thousands of Mexican families who are struggling to overcome the ravages of one of the worst flood crises in the nation’s history, the Chapala Red Cross and Ajijic’s Restaurant La Bodega are co-sponsoring a special event to put pesos into the kitty for storm relief efforts.