Irish director feted at Film Festival
Jim Sheridan, the Irish director of hits such as “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father,” told the Guadalajara Film Festival this week that he plans to work on a movie based on the exploits of the Irish San Patricio Battalion, that defected from the U.S. to the Mexican side in the Mexican–American War of 1846-8.
A few years back animal rights groups called out the city government on the poor health of the horses that guide tourists through the Guadalajara centro in the quaint antique carriages referred to as calandrias.
The death of an 18-year-old University of Guadalajara (UdG) student in an accident involving a city bus last week persuaded Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval to revoke the one-peso fare hike approved last year, with the exception of the Tren Ligero (subway) and Macrobus (BLT) routes.
The majestic Metropolitan Cathedral Thursday became the canvas for a 3D projection mapping technology project sponsored by Guadalajara city hall.