The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Citizens demanding the removal of state police from their towns may have been paid by criminal gangs to stage a protest outside the State Government Palace in Guadalajara Wednesday...
In a move that may turn out to have future implications for Jalisco, Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that laws introduced in 2013 banning the adoption of children by same-se...
Arroyo el Carrizal offers a shady footpath through dense forest growth located 54 kilometers west of Guadalajara near the town of Ahualulco de Mercado. This is the perfect place to...
Traffic backed up this week on streets encircling downtown Zapopan as work started on the Basilica station of the city’s third Tren Ligero (subway) line.
Under the protective custody and sturdy gaze of Mexico’s heroic boy soldie...
It’s a nightmare scenario for anyone traveling by air. You arrive at...
- Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 44,471.29, a decrease of 199.13 point...
At the petition of native and foreign residents, Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta ha...
Tourism is on the rise everywhere in Mexico and nowhere more so than in Puerto V...
James Edward Way
James (Jim) Edward Way died at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, T...
Of the 326,000 people who have been asked to take a DUI alcohol breath test sinc...
Discount Mexican airline Volaris launched direct flights between Guadalajara and...
Although not confirmed officially, it appears Mexico will host regular season NF...
The production line of books on Mexico seems to get longer with each passing yea...
It’s a glorious feeling as you swim into the beautiful secluded beach of t...
The chikungunya virus has extended to ten Mexican states, and while only two cas...
The skin of the immature quince is green and covered with soft, gray fuzz that d...
Plenty of people will tell you that witchcraft works in Mexico. A spiritual clea...
Due to a consular systems upgrade, consular operations at the U.S. Embassy in Me...
Crochet-A-Thon
The kick-off meeting for the Lakeside Granny Square Crochet-A-Thon...
Bare Bones Theatre
Since 2011 La Manzanilla’s Bare Bones Readers’ Theatre, ...
New look Via
The highly successful Sunday Via RecreActiva car-free program is get...
As aspiring writers well know, authoring a book is one thing, getting it publish...
The International Language
Barra’s families come from fishing and agriculture anc...
The Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club will be offering a series of public events in Ma...
Altruism Festival
Paraiso Felino, the no-kill cat shelter in the northshore inlan...
Ameca, located 60 kilometers southwest of Guadalajara, has a small but interesti...
Is there a strong argument for the Reporter to stop using the word expatriate an...
A gentelman in an old fashioned slant-crowned sobrero and field-darkened huarach...
I was flipping through emails and blog posts when a headline caught my eye. I cl...
As I write this I have just finished a telephone support call made all the more ...
This is the third week that I’ve been taking my grandson to and from a sum...
Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandlea...
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of ...
Fans of talented local jazz singer Marie Claire Figadere are thrilled that she&r...;
Mozart, Paganini & Friends
The Camerata de Jalisco presents a recital entitle...
Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader who became known for his neo-classical playing style in heavy metal.
Teatro Diana, Saturday, August 15, 9 p.m. 450-1,150 pesos.
Here’s a rundown of some of the highlights of the Traditional Mariachi Festival.
Fans of talented local jazz singer Marie Claire Figadere are thrilled that she’s back home in Ajijic and planning several concerts before returning to her studies in Montreal.
Following the enthusiastic reception of the Bravo! Theatre’s first Actors’ Showcase, fans will be excited to hear that its Acting Scene Study Workshop – open to all every Monday, from 3 to 5 p.m. – will be showing off yet more exceptional talent in a new production.
Seven de...
Mozart, Paganini & Friends
The Camerata de Jalisco presents a recital entitled “Mozart, Paganini & Friends” at the Casa de Cultura de Ajijic on Sunday, August 16, 6 p.m.
Sacred music
The Metropolitan Cathedral Children’s School Choir, under the direction of Aurelio Martinez Corona, presents a concert at the Auditorio de la Ribera on Saturday, August 8, 7 p.m.
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.”
Six decades after WWII, an elderly Jewish woman returns to Vienna in order to reclaim family belongings that were once seized by the Nazis in this poignant drama based on a true story.
Ameca, located 60 kilometers southwest of Guadalajara, has a small but interesting museum that is well worth visiting if you happen to be in the area.
Not long ago I discovered that Mexico’s most famous modernizer (and most infamous dictator), Porfirio Díaz, used to enjoy soaking in his own personal hot-spring pool at the foot of Mazatepec Volcano, located 25 kilometers southwest of Guadalajara. “Yes,” a local old timer to...
A gentelman in an old fashioned slant-crowned sobrero and field-darkened huaraches stopped me in the middle of downtown Guadalajara the other day.
“Oye señor,” he said, “can you tell me how to get to the Palacio Federal, por favor?”
The two of us stood in the m...
Full employment in Mexico would diminish great swaths of punishing inequality. And, say numerous economists, only “hefty” slices of diminished inequality would do what’s needed, dampening a desert of unemployment. This is the subject an Argentine friend brought to my do...
As I write this I have just finished a telephone support call made all the more difficult by a failure to communicate. I really want to blame this problem on an Englishman by the name of Peter Mark Roget, but in truth he did not create the problem in 1805; he just documented it and quantified ...
A site found on the World Wide Web is fixr.com on which anyone may search for building and remodeling prices. The next time you need to know how much it might cost to wallpaper a room in Boston, this web site is a good place to start. The programmers who created this web site obviously h...
Is there a strong argument for the Reporter to stop using the word expatriate and replace it with immigrant or migrant?
Republican Party presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is convinced Mexico will cough up billions of dollars to pay for a wall along the southern U.S. border.
I was flipping through emails and blog posts when a headline caught my eye. I clicked back a page and read again the title of the NPR piece by Alan Gelb. “5 Good Reasons to Write Your Own Obituary: The case for taking hold of your life story.”
What is the good of complaining about how things are if you don’t have anyone who can say, “Well now … if you think that is bad, you should have seen the way it was when I got here in 1978.”
This is the third week that I’ve been taking my grandson to and from a summer day camp. Unlike his school, it’s a little too far to walk, so we’ve been driving, taking streets I’m familiar with, but going through an intersection that I’ve rarely stopped at.
I’ve been home alone for ten days. The daughter and son-in-law are off on vacation and the grandsons are with their other grandparents in Ohio. It’s just me and four bedrooms and unlimited access to the only bathtub in the house.
Due to a consular systems upgrade, consular operations at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and all nine consulates throughout Mexico (including the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara) will be closed to the public on Friday, August 7, and Monday, August 10.
The Intermoda (IM) fashion expo in Guadalajara this week reflected the industry’s trend of becoming more inclusive of individuals with disabilities.
New look Via
The highly successful Sunday Via RecreActiva car-free program is getting an image makeover. More than 400 volunteers who staff the activity have been given new uniforms, color coded to represent their specific function. “Volunteers” who control traffic at intersectio...
Mushrooms
The first Feria del Hongo Guadalajara 2015, showcasing the amazing world of mushrooms, will take place at the Club de Leones on Saturday, August 8 and Sunday, August 9.
The Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club will be offering a series of public events in March 2016 to honor outstanding women who live at Lakeside and showcase their accomplishments.
Nine Jaltepec Centro Educativo students graduated with Preparatoria certification on Sunday, August 9.
Crochet-A-Thon
The kick-off meeting for the Lakeside Granny Square Crochet-A-Thon to benefit economically-challenged children in the north of Mexico is set for Tuesday, August 18, 4 p.m. at La Bodega Restaurant in Ajijic.
Gourmet’s delight
Five local gourmet restaurants are presenting a gastronomic festival at the Central Cultural Gonzalez Gallo (old Chapala train station) on Sunday, August 16, from noon to 6 p.m.
As aspiring writers well know, authoring a book is one thing, getting it published is another.
An opportunity to bridge that gap will be offered at the Puerto Vallarta International Writers Conference at Bibioteca Los Mangos March 6-8. Evelyn Bryne of White Bird Publications will be attending to gi...
After more than two decades wintering and living on the Jalisco coast, Barbara McKinley Morrison has used her experiences to pen her first novel.
Altruism Festival
Paraiso Felino, the no-kill cat shelter in the northshore inland town of San Juan, will again be one of the 24 Vallarta-area community service organizations to benefit from the annual International Altruism Festival, set for May 17 at the Hotel Marriott, in cooperation with ...
Bare Bones Theatre
Since 2011 La Manzanilla’s Bare Bones Readers’ Theatre, headed-up by Arleen Pace, has been entertaining us with their annual productions. During their inaugural shows the group had us laughing and blushing during lively performances of The Vagina Monologues. From int...
The International Language
Barra’s families come from fishing and agriculture ancestry, so locals are drawn to certain musical styles. Of course, the town’s population includes tourists and expats, who along with locals, like to kick back and groove to banda, norteña and grupera sounds.
Cat Tails
A cool cocktail, awesome hors d’oeuvres, live music and a spectacular sunset awaits at the PuRR Project Sunset Cocktail at Daiquiri Dick’s on on Tuesday, March 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Expats in Mexico may take comfort from the fact researchers estimate that just seven percent of human communication is verbal. Tone of voice, facial expressions, posture and gestures account for the rest. While mastering Spanish requires hours of study, becoming fluent in hand signals is a whole lot...
It’s a glorious feeling as you swim into the beautiful secluded beach of the Marieta Islands (Islas Marietas). As you pass under a rocky arch in the island there is a moment when the tide turns in your favor and washes you gently towards the sandy shoreline. It is as if the island has deemed y...
Discount airline Volaris will connect Guadalajara with San Jose, Costa Rica, with two direct weekly flights, beginning September 10. The flights will leave Guadalajara on Thursdays and Sundays at 7:20 a.m., returning the same days at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are already on sale on the airline’s...
The skin of the immature quince is green and covered with soft, gray fuzz that disappears as it ripens and turns yellow. The firm, strongly perfumed flesh is known for its tart flavor, astringency produced by tannins and high pectin content.
Guadalajara is gradually becoming known for its growing variety and quality of restaurants, with new ones opening and closing all the time. Word of mouth has always been the best recommendation for where to eat, and the Internet offers that option in abundance.
Among the top resources to sear...
The production line of books on Mexico seems to get longer with each passing year. Dozens of tomes were published in 2014, the best selling titles of which appear below (guide books excluded) in no particular order. Only one of the books in this list was self-published, which goes to disprove...
Put yourself in this scenario: Your name is Judy. Your husband’s name is Bob. Together you have discovered Lake Chapala in central Mexico (for Bob it is “love at first sight”) and there you have recently purchased your retirement home, where “One entire sliding-glass wall opened onto a view of the l...
The chikungunya virus has extended to ten Mexican states, and while only two cases have been reported in Jalisco, neighboring Colima has 34 confirmed cases.
Elias Iñiguez Mejia, the president of the Health Committee in the Jalisco Congress, is pushing for a statewide campaign to disseminate the risks posed by out-of-date medicines, as well as their correct disposal.
Under the protective custody and sturdy gaze of Mexico’s heroic boy soldiers, and regardless of gender, race or religion, couples gathered at the Niños Heroes monument in Guadalajara last weekend for the ‘Beso más grande GDL’ event.
Organizers said they had n...
The intersection of three major traffic arteries in downtown Zapopan will be closed for 18 months beginning the evening of Saturday, August 8, due to the ongoing construction of the third Tren Ligero (subway) line.
At the petition of native and foreign residents, Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta has given his seal of approval to the blueprints for the International Garden developed at the western extreme of Ajijic’s waterfront Malecón.
The lakeside Century 21 franchise AccessMex hosted a group of more 140 real estate agents and brokers from five states at the company’s regional summer meeting Friday, August 14 at Ajijic’s Hotel Real.
Of the 326,000 people who have been asked to take a DUI alcohol breath test since the Salvando Vidas program was introduced in Jalisco in November 2103, 97 percent have come through with flying colors. The three percent who failed the test have either paid a hefty fine or spent up to 36 hours ...
Jalisco Governor Artistoteles Sandoval Diaz and his wife Lorena Jassibe Arriaga, honorary president of the Family Development Agency (DIF),
