General News

The Lake Chapala Orchestra’s final concert of the 2024 season will take place on Saturday, November 30, 2 p.m. at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, located at San Jorge 250 in Riberas del Pilar. (The 4:30 p.m. concert is already sold out.)

The remarkable surge in Lake Chapala’s water level this rainy season has coincided with a boost in local tourism, Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre reports.

James Andrew, an architect and artist living in San Juan Cosalá for the past eight years, brings a cross-cultural depth to his art, informed by his extensive design work across the globe on projects from resorts to orphanages.

Following the overnight visit of La Virgen de Zapopan on October 29, Ajijic’s month-long devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary culminates on Thursday, October 31, with a series of traditional festivities marking the end of her five-week stay as a guest at the San Andrés parish.

Lakeside poet Oskar Santoscoy will host a cocktail reception and reading of Son de Palabras, the sonnet collection that earned him the 2021 Tintanueva National Poetry Award.

Investigations carried out by the District V Special Regional Prosecutor’s Office concerning a sexual assault suffered by a teenage girl, led to the identification of Cristino R. as a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking, for which he has been charged.

The Centro Universitario de Chapala (CU-Chapala), the University of Guadalajara’s regional branch, is expanding its curriculum with six new study programs for the upcoming Calendar A term, beginning on January 16, 2025.

The heart of downtown Chapala will be transformed into a Día de Muertos wonderland next weekend, where locals and out-of-town visitors alike can experience Mexico’s unique holiday in vibrant color.