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‘Native son’ arrives from New York to conduct state orchestra at Degollado

As the eighth program in its first season of 2016, the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) presents an exceptional concert of music this weekend by Schubert, Ponce and Gomezanda, directed by Guadalajara-born Alejandro Hernandez, who comes from a musically prominent Tapatio family but distinguished himself abroad as a director and pianist.


Entertainment Guide – April 8, 2016

Sleeping Beauty

For the third consecutive year, the Ballet de Jalisco, the state’s only professional troupe, presents this stunning work by Charles Perrault in the glorious setting of the famed Cabañas Institute.  Enhancing the piece will be a multi-media show and fireworks.

Global variety distinguishes city’s May Festival calendar

This year’s 19th Festival Cultural de Mayo (May Cultural Festival) in Guadalajara will not feature a guest country for the first time in many editions.  Instead, organizers are inviting high quality performers from seven nations that have been invited to the festival in recent years.  Artists from Mexico, Germany, Spain, Canada (Quebec), the United Kingdom, France and Hungary have been booked for the month-long festival. 

Entertainment Guide – April 1, 2016

Sleeping Beauty

For the third consecutive year, the Ballet de Jalisco, the state’s only professional troupe, presents this stunning work by Charles Perrault in the glorious setting of the famed Cabañas Institute.  Enhancing the piece will be a multi-media show and fireworks.

Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Friday, April 1; Saturday, April 2; and Sunday, April 3, 8 p.m.  Friday, April 8; Saturday, April 9; and Sunday, April 10, 8:15 p.m.  

 

Beloved Guadalajara art, cultural center closes

“14 years,” Alfredo Saras says into his cell phone as he moves about Guadalajara’s darkened, table-filled Rojo Cafe, distractedly adjusting sound equipment for a singer about to record a goodbye song dedicated to him.

Contemporary art at MUSA

The University of Guadalajara’s graceful, two-story wedding cake, perhaps best known for the large, striking José Clemente Orozco mural in its auditorium, is throwing the spotlight on a pair of present-day artists so widely different in style and background that their only points in common, other than being men, could be their approximate age and the rough coincidence of their respective shows at the Museo de las Artes (MUSA).