General News

Guadalajara-born filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s latest flick, “Pinocchio,” will make its world premier October 16 at the London Film Festival, and be seen for the first time in Mexico at the Morelia Film Festival, from October 22-29.  

The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) is back in full swing with its fall season of Thursday/Sunday concerts. 

While not a hidden gem to Tapatios, especially the young, lively and creative at heart, Guadalajara’s Colonia Americana is getting some well-deserved international attention.

A smart thinking convenience store employee saved a 74-year-old woman several thousand pesos after noticing that she was nervous as she tried to make a cash deposit this week.

The idea of building an upper deck along Avenida Lopez Mateos is real and should be put under consideration, some participants said at a recent conference dedicated to finding solutions to ease the constant bottlenecks on metro Guadalajara’s busiest thoroughfare.

An exhibition at the Regional Museum of Ceramics in Tlaquepaque honors Ken Edwards, the internationally famed U.S.-born ceramicist who installed the first high-temperature kiln in Mexico and produced ceramics renowned for incorporating traditional Tonala designs.

Without explaining the methodology behind how they arrived at the figure, Jalisco authorities said a record turnout of 2.4 million people accompanied the statue of the Virgin of Zapopan (referred to as “La Generala,” among other nicknames) in her annual procession from the Guadalajara Cathedral to the Zapopan Basilica on Wednesday, October 12.

After two years of absence due to Covid, the 14th Festival de la Cerveza de Guadalajara will be up and running again Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2 p.m. to midnight, on the grounds of the Akron Stadium located just off the Periferico and Avenida Vallarta.