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News

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Shootings become commonplace in Chapalita

Even the leafy neighborhood of Chapalita has not been immune to the violence that has periodically gripped the metropolitan area over the past few yea...

Lagos celebrates

Last week,  the picturesque Jalisco town of Lagos de Moreno celebrated the 450th anniversary of its foundation.

Vallarta comes clean

Leading up to the Easter vacation, Puerto Vallarta authorities removed many illegal billboards and canvas signs, and also painted over ugly wall publi...

Atlas going strong in the Liga MX

Despite recently suffering a first home defeat of the season to Santos Laguna, local soccer team Atlas remains just two points behind Tigres at the to...

Ajijic Rotarians join international polio fight

In February, local Rotarians Barbara and Bill Wilson flew to India to be part of National Immunization Day, when 2.3 million World Health Organization...

Savvy analyst provides broad view on Mexican economy

Distinguished Mexican academic and award-winning media commentator Leo Zuckerman provided a well-rounded analysis of Mexico’s economy to an attentive ...

Pope Francis dogged by polemic ties to military junta

Jorge Bergoglio, who became the first Latin American Pope on Wednesday, has long faced accusations of collaborating with the military junta that ruled...

John M. Kading

John Milton Kading died on March 18 near his Chapala home at the age of 68.

Expat Living

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Book fans meet at Amsoc

Lovers of literature at the American Society (Amsoc) are meeting on the third Thursday of each month (usually) to discuss books and “have a barrel of ...

BUddha on block for Ajijic park

Barbara’s Bazaar proprietor Tom Thompson is seeking community support to install a statue of Buddah in the public park adjacent to Ajijic’s waterfront...

Fun is aim of PV writers’ confab

One might think a writers’ conference would be a stodgy affair featuring egg-heads pontificating pie-in-the-sky views.

La Manzanilla Memo - March 30, 2013

The eyes have it

Galeria La Manzanilla featured the paintings of Guillermo Gil Gonzales for its Meet the Artist Reception season finale on March 8. ...

City Living - April 6, 2013

Jalisco Open

The third edition of the ATP Jalisco Open tennis tournament take place from Monday, April 8 to Saturday, April 13 at the first-class Tel...

Laguna Chapalac - April 6, 2013

Tarantulas

Don’t miss the Power Point presentation by tarantula expert and protector Rodrigo Orozco, who is  featured on page 11 of this week’s newsp...

North Banderas Beat - April 6, 2013

A smaller PEACE

It would be a vast understatement to say that community leaders in the northshore were caught off-guard by the news of the demise of ...

Arts & Entertainment

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Popular Toronto and San Francisco entertainers at El Piano Rojo

When 13-year-old Kevin Levesque performed his first Broadway-style number in his parent’s living room, he knew he had found his calling. 

Ribera Arts Review - April 6, 2013

Rural photos

Amazingly beautiful photographs by Rodd Pye taken during Xill Fessenden’s recent field workshops are on exhibit at Ajijic’s Quattro Gall...

ASA stages 30th judged show

Eighty-one artists, members of the Ajijic Society of the Arts (ASA), entered and exhibited 200 pieces of artwork into the 30th Annual Judged Show on M...

Killing Them Softly

A professional enforcer investigates the brazen robbery of a high-stakes mob poker game in this crime thriller  adapted from a novel by George V. Higg...

Columns

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Vacation

A string of seven days to do nothing but relax and enjoy mindless television is rare for anyone in the newspaper business – at last it came during Hol...

How the bowl shaped the world

The bowl hasn’t changed much since the Neolithic era, 4,000-10,000 years ago, said Julie Lasky, the deputy editor of the New York Times’ House & G...

Mexican Lifestyles

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Gastronomic tour explores the flavors of Tlaquepaque

Want to take home the flavors of Mexico while here on a short visit? Try a 2.5-hour tour of Tlaquepaque with Mexican Food Tours.

1 in 5 patients unhappy with IMSS service

Surveys carried out by the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) in recent years show that around 80 percent of those covered in the national hea...

Skiing in Mexico: whatever next!

Most Mexicans with handsome incomes head to Whistler or Vail for their winter skiing experiences.  But those without such financial resources, or thos...

Tapatios incline for Jane Austen

Two hundred years after it was published, hundreds of Tapatio literary enthusiasts will celebrate World Book Day by reading Jane Austen’s classic nove...

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