The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Lakeside residents thirsting for live culture have been signing up for a trip to see the inaugural gala of the newly created independent company, Ballet Metropolitano de Guadalajara, on Saturday, July 3.
Guadalajara’s largest cultural space, the Auditorio Telmex, is reopening next month with a performance by singer Luis Ángel Franco “El Flaco,” a former member of the well-know Mazatlan ranchera group Banda Los Recoditos, on July 16.
Second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be administered to residents of Zapopan over 60 years old as of Monday, June 7.
The centrist Movimiento Cuidadano (MC) has only been in existence since 1999, but the relatively youthful party emerged as the clear victor in Sunday’s midterm elections that saw voters in Jalisco choose representatives for a slew of municipal, state and federal positions.
Expat voters
Fewer expat Jaliscienses will be voting in this election, with only 5,534 citizens of Jalisco who reside outside the country – mainly in the United States – having registered to vote compared with 16,507 in the 2018 presidential election (although only 8,500 actually voted).
GDL hotels at30 percent capacity
Guadalajara’s hotel sector is making a slow but steady recovery from the Covid pandemic, says Juan Carlos Mondragón, president of the Jalisco Hotel Association.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our May editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
1971
Two bulls for a very brave quinceañera
The annual Marcha del Orgullo LGBT+ will take place on the streets of Guadalajara on Saturday, June 12, starting out from the Minerva traffic circle at 2 p.m.
While competing in the Monaco Grand Prix last week, Tapatio Formula One racing driver Sergio Perez revealed that one of his bodyguards had been shot and injured during an attempted car jacking in Guadalajara.
