General News

Whatever Zapopan can do, Guadalajara can do better (or the same)! That seems to be the mantra these days, as the two municipalities vie for top dog status in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.

Romanian author, essayist and poet Mircea Cártárescu, the winner of the FIL Literature Prize in Romance Languages for 2022, enjoyed an encounter with “A Thousand Young People” at the International Book Fair, in which he talked about his poor upbringing and love of books from an early age.

• Guadalajara’s largest and oldest tianguis navideño (65 years and counting) has been installed in the Jardin del Refugio on Calzada Federalismo, across from the Refugio Tren Ligero station.

November 17, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro and Guadalajara Mayor Pablo Lemus climbed into a small basket to be lifted by a crane and hoisted up to inspect the upper part of the huge sculpture being erected along the latest section of the Paseo Alcade pedestrian walkway project in the Guadalajara city center.

The grand dame of Mexican literature, 90-year-old Elena Poniatowska, returned to the International Book Fair (FIL) to promote her latest book, “El amante polaco” (The Polish Lover), and delight her audience with anecdotes and pearls of wisdom. 

The Chapala Opera Guild is offering its current membership a free bus ride to Guadalajara to attend the MET Live performance of “The Hours,” on Saturday, December 10, courtesy of the Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas.

A protest held outside the Expo Guadalajara during the inauguration of the International Book Fair (FIL) targeted the University of Guadalajara’s Raul Padilla, the longtime president of the event and former rector who, say his detractors, acts as the public institution’s “political supremo” influencing every decision taken at its top level.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our November editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

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Thanksgiving—Huichol style