Expat Living

Eroticism

Sex & Entertainment 2012, a trade show dedicated to the sex industry, continues this weekend at the Calle 2 complex on the northern Periferico (city beltway). Expect to find amatory articles and activities for all tastes, including the Beer Girls from Los Angeles, who douse themselves in suds for the enjoyment of spectators.  Porn industry stars will showcase their assets, as will a multitude of vendors of sex aids and toys.  Both male and female strippers will be on hand, organizers say.

Aquarius

Roll up, roll up, the circus is in town. But this water-themed event is not your average circus. Founded in Las Vegas, the Aquarius Circus features 25 traditional artists such as clowns, jugglers, acrobats and dancers performing their stunts in over 100,000 liters of water.

Spiritual confab

A five-day peace and spiritual cultural exchange will soon be in full swing, as the Diálogo Multicultural Universal begins Wednesday, August 29 in downtown Guadalajara. The event will bring 140 speakers to the city to give talks on a host of topics on faith and globalization, religious inheritance, spirituality and religion, ecology, human rights and women and faith. There will also be workshops, ceremonies and art, music, dance and cinema expositions.

Zoo is veritable nursery

So far this year 150 animals have been born at the Guadalajara Zoo, from recent newborns such as hippos Tammy and Tachita to mountain goats and Tembo, a giraffe of just five months. Muluk, a puma cub born in the spring of 2011 had to be separated from her mother, who wasn’t born in captivity — but captured in a Jalisco pueblo — to ensure his mother didn’t kill him. Long-time zoo employee Jose Luis Rodriguez Avila, who is director of the mammals there, said the zoo has had success in breeding 90 of the 98 species of mammals in its collection, including the big cats that inhabit Mexico and Jalisco: pumas, jaguar, ocelote, linx, jaguarundi, tigrillo. Over the years, only a few animals have not had offspring that survived: elephants, chimpanzies, anteaters and tapirs. Due to space limitations and the lack of programs to reintroduce animals to the wild, birth control is used to reduce overpopulation of the zoo, he said.

Potters make their mark

Tonala was the host recently  of the Seventh Annual National Ceramic Competition, where the talents of Mexico’s best clay artists are exalted each year.

Junkers

The Automovil Guadalajara club of classic car enthusiasts is holding an exhibition of antique vehicles at the Minerva glorieta on Saturday, July 28.