Guadalajara’s cantinas have been on a rollercoaster for the past six months since the coronavirus pandemic broke out.

It’s a treat interviewing interviewers, maybe because they seem to have a nose for what will be interesting. At least that’s how it was with Ajijic-based radio host Patrick O’Heffernan, who only moved from Los Angeles to Mexico in 2019 and has been continuing his interview show here—“Music Sin Fronteras”—from lakeside’s Calle Constitucion. 

With eight furry charges, including one chihuahua on her lap, Guadalajara resident Jacqui Vaca flew from Guadalajara to Tacoma, Washington last month.

Demanding justice, demonstrators marked the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico’s Guerrero state with a march in rainy, central Guadalajara Saturday, September 26.

Two new Jalisco-registered political parties will be able to field candidates in next year’s state elections (scheduled July 6), after the State Electoral Institute(IEPC) this week approved the registrations of Hagamos and Futuro, the latter spearheaded by former independent state legislator Pedro Kumamoto.

The 25 members of the Jalisco State Choir (Coro del Estado de Jalisco), based in Guadalajara, have long been accustomed to the challenges of performing art music, from zarzuela, oratorio, opera and sacred music to Mexican music.