Although Guadalajara’s annual Festival de Mayo is several weeks away, devotees of culture are advised to book tickets for some important performances soon.

The sun is incredibly bright and directly looking at it for anything longer than a few seconds can result in damage to the back of the eye.

A reenactment of the last days of Jesus takes place on the main streets of San Martin de las Flores, a neighborhood of Tlaquepaque, on Easter Thursday and Good Friday.

The project to revamp the Trompo Mágico children’s museum in Guadalajara has taken on an amazing new dimension, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro enthused during a visit to the site this week.

Jalisco has 1,958 forest firefighters from 191 separate brigades belonging to all three levels of government (municipal, state and federal), as well as civil society, ready to be deployed to fight forest fires that may break out during the current dry season, which will run through mid-June.

Although the 40 days of Lent are considered a time of penance and fasting, one of the guilty pleasures of the season is savoring capirotada de vigilia, a sumptuous Mexican version of bread pudding that is a favorite culinary specialty at this time of year.