As shoppers flock to Feria Maestros del Arte this weekend to buy exquisite pieces from scores of talented Mexican artisans, many may not consider the deeper significance of this extraordinary marketplace.

For those who believe in magic, this is a 100-percent true story of real magic in Ajijic, the magic town by the magic lake in Magic Mexico. I often hear the phrase, “Only in Mexico,” and it’s true.

When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, he failed to find the gold he had promised the Spanish Crown.

With years of theater experience behind her, and a demanding job teaching at the American school in Guadalajara, Rebecca Schaffer finds herself well placed to run a comedy improvisation group on her home patio as often as once a week.

Mexico’s mystery and warmth have not only attracted tourists from around the world but runaways, defectors, artists, intellectuals and writers.

When Ieva Jusionyte came from Lithuania for advanced studies in anthropology at Brandeis University, she had nagging memories of the Soviet Union’s threat to reoccupy her homeland and the resulting need some people there felt for firearms.