The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
During the entirety of October the village of Ajijic is roused from its slumber before daybreak as sky rockets burst in the air calling the faithful to early morning prayer in honor of La Virgen del Rosario.
Rehearsals for this fall’s Thriller/Zombie presentation in the Ajijic Plaza are Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at Club Exotica (at the back of El Jardin Restaurant) on the Ajijic Plaza.
The Lake Chapala area will host three concerts in this year’s Jalisco Canta festival for a cappella vocal groups and solo performers.
Fiestas Patrias festivities will keep the lakeside area jumping over the coming week in the build-up to the September 16 celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day. Here’s an abbreviated day-by-day list of holiday happenings.
Ajijic artist Javier Zaragoza has been designated Chapala Senior Citizen of the Year by the municipality’s Family Development Agency (DIF).
“Superstar qualities” (Le Libre). “Stylish and articulate” (New York Times). “Vivid and powerful voice” (Boston Musical Intelligencer).
These are just some of the extraordinary comments made by reviewers of two equally exceptional musicians – David Fung, pianist, and Daniel Moody, countertenor.
Presented August 23-28 by Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) as a pre-season 52 fundraiser, “Mark Twain, Uncensored” was written by Ed Tasca and directed “showboat” style by Barbara Clippinger.