The Tarahumara Project got its start at Lakeside in 2006, while Libby Townsend and other volunteers were busy collecting warm coats and blankets for the Tarahumara, or Raramuri, as they call themselves – indigenous people inhabiting the Copper Canyon region of northwestern Mexico.

The U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara is accustomed to assisting U.S. citizens who experience misfortunes while traveling or living in Mexico.

“Saturated,” is how Timothy G. Ruff Welch describes himself two days after having directed the 48-member Zapopan Municipal Choir, bolstered by 42 additional voices, in a high-profile concert December 2.

“Now there’s a restaurant for all ten vegans in Mexico,” quipped my pescatarian friend Sam as we polished off three tacos each at Estación Vegana in midtown Guadalajara.

In collaboration with the International Book Fair (FIL) and the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), U.S. academic Judith Butler presented the keynote speech at the Julio Cortázar Chair of Latin American Studies on November 26.

A much-anticipated annual event comes to fruition next weekend when the American School Foundation of Guadalajara (ASFG) stages Art Fest 2018.