Amy Scanlon was once a small-town Vermont girl fascinated by a high school student’s report on his experience as an exchange student in Japan.

If you have lived in the United States, especially in Arizona, New Mexico, or California, you probably have seen plenty of festivities surrounding May 5, or Cinco de Mayo.

“The Degollado Theater feels like a second home. And its acoustics are so good.” Harp player Caroline Bembia is reflecting on her seven years in the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) as she prepares to leave Guadalajara in July for a job in New York City, her hometown. 

On April 14, in a meeting that lasted just over an hour, the three candidates for the Mexican presidency met with Catholic Church bishops, at which each gave a brief outline of their plans should they win the election, before listening to comments from the ecclesiastical leaders.

Food can be a divisive topic.  What is heaven for one person is often a pet hate for another.

When Ricardo Sanchez Corona was a boy, he took art classes organized by the government in his rural town near Mexico City.