The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Chapala taxpayers should prepare for higher bills in 2025. Members of the Jalisco State Legislature have unanimously approved the Revenue Law for the upcoming fiscal year, exactly as drafted by the Chapala Municipal government.
In the colorful swirl of Día de Muertos festivities that drew hundreds of lakeside area residents and visitors last week, an unexpected highlight at Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos’ three-day festival was a miniature model of the town’s Panteón Municipal.
James Andrew, an architect and artist living in San Juan Cosalá for the past eight years, brings a cross-cultural depth to his art, informed by his extensive design work across the globe on projects from resorts to orphanages.
Residents of Jocotepec municipality went to the polls on Sunday, November 3, to elect administrators for satellite communities who will represent them in the local government.
Lakeside poet Oskar Santoscoy will host a cocktail reception and reading of Son de Palabras, the sonnet collection that earned him the 2021 Tintanueva National Poetry Award.
The second edition of the Chapala Indie Film Festival (CIFF), themed Somos Agua (We Are Water), will take place Friday, November 15, through Sunday, November 17.
The Centro Universitario de Chapala (CU-Chapala), the University of Guadalajara’s regional branch, is expanding its curriculum with six new study programs for the upcoming Calendar A term, beginning on January 16, 2025.
The Lake Chapala Orchestra’s final concert of the 2024 season will take place on Saturday, November 30, 2 p.m. at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, located at San Jorge 250 in Riberas del Pilar. (The 4:30 p.m. concert is already sold out.)
The remarkable surge in Lake Chapala’s water level this rainy season has coincided with a boost in local tourism, Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre reports.