The 50th anniversary of the death of David Alfaro Siqueiros one of the triumvirate of great 20th-century Mexican muralists, was marked January 6 in Mexico, and also the United States, where he lived and worked for a brief but formative part of his career.

A physician’s assistant recently retired from a psychiatric section at a Veterans Administration hospital in Pennsylvania, Tre Bono, avidly follows news 

Jocotepec’s 2024 fiestas patronales commenced on Monday, January 8 with the traditional renovation of vows of allegiance to El Señor del Monte led by the town’s ecclesiastical and government authorities.

Popeye had escaped his kennel again. I grabbed a leash from the office at SOS Chapala DOG Rescue (now closed) and set off in pursuit. “That big rascal!” I complained with feigned exasperation.

Street art in the area surrounding Teatro Degollado was the focus of the “Tuesday Walking Group” on a sunny morning this week.

Many Mexican people look forward to January 6 with as much enthusiasm as Christmas itself. Día de Reyes (Epiphany) recalls the revelation of the Messiah, as represented by the arrival of the Wisemen in Bethlehem bearing precious treasures for the Christ Child.