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Children's Day theatrics
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- Published on Friday, 27 April 2012 12:59
- Written by GR Staff
There’ll be plenty of drama happening during the Dia del Niño weekend – and we don’t just mean theatrics over gifts, candies and the like.
Large sacred art museum opens in rear of Guadalajara cathedral
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- Published on Friday, 20 April 2012 13:34
- Written by GR Staff
You won’t find any Titians, Rembrandts or Rubens, except for a copy of one Rubens oil painting, but a visit to the new Museo de Arte Sacro [Museum of Sacred Art] in Guadalajara’s city center, is nevertheless enjoyable and a pleasant respite from downtown hubbub.
Choral festival doubles in size
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- Published on Friday, 09 March 2012 13:27
- Written by GR Staff
Choirs from seven countries will be taking part in an expanded third Festival Internacional de Coros Jalisco Canta from April 21 to 28.
A Quebec festival on city streets
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- Published on Friday, 20 April 2012 13:25
- Written by GR Staff
Stand by for a veritable feast of circus arts when Quebec brings some of its finest performers to Guadalajara for this year’s May Cultural Festival.
Orchestra switches weekend concert venue
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- Published on Friday, 09 March 2012 11:28
- Written by GR Staff
To accommodate scenery construction for an upcoming play, the third program of concerts by the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) has been moved a few hundred yards from the Degollado Theater to the State Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno).
Dynamic New Yorker picks up JPO baton
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- Published on Friday, 13 April 2012 12:26
- Written by GR Staff
Local business leaders are ready to chip in and help pay part of the salary of Alondra de la Parra, the 31-year-old New York-born conductor who was named the new music director of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) just before Easter.
Masterpieces in chalk
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- Published on Friday, 02 March 2012 11:48
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The First Madonnari Festival took place at the Guadalajara Zoo last weekend, with 70 highly-talented street artists laying down chalk depictions of different animals.
Malkovich advocates free theater
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- Published on Friday, 13 April 2012 12:24
- Written by Duncan Tucker
In words that may strike a chord with those unpaid thespians who take part in lakeside productions, acclaimed actor John Malkovich declared that theater should be free, ahead of his performance in Guadalajara this week.
A brief guide to the Guadalajara Film Festival
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- Published on Friday, 02 March 2012 11:40
- Written by Aaron Burkholder
The 27th annual Guadalajara Film Festival opens this week, bringing hundreds of films, industry professionals, press and public together in a week-long celebration of cinema.
Quebec to showcase its cultural riches at May Festival
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- Published on Thursday, 05 April 2012 01:00
- Written by Aaron Burkholder
The 15th annual May Cultural Festival will see the Canadian province of Quebec share its unique artistic, musical and performance styles with the state of Jalisco.
High anticipation in orchestra’s new schedule
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- Published on Friday, 24 February 2012 12:27
- Written by Elaine Halleck
The first season of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, with its rousing name “De Heroes a Titanes (From Heroes to Titans) has been set, if not in stone, then at least in firm clay, only days before the first concert is scheduled.
Artistic pair leave their mark on Guadalajara streets and hearts
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- Published on Friday, 23 March 2012 11:52
- Written by Elaine Halleck
How is it that a Canadian couple breeze into Guadalajara for a one-week visit, are initially overwhelmed by this buzzing city, but end up staying for two months and canceling their around-the-world travel plans so they can embark on an artistic project aimed at humanizing the people who sell gum and wash windows on city streets, and then miraculously manage to get their project exhibited in a coveted public venue?
Guadalajara Film Festival opens next week, UK is guest country
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- Published on Friday, 24 February 2012 11:13
- Written by Aaron Burkholder
The 27th Guadalajara Film Festival runs from Friday, March 2 to Saturday, March 10.
TlaquepArte a hit - once again
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- Published on Friday, 23 March 2012 11:38
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The TlaquepArte crafts extravaganza keeps getting better and better and more popular than ever with the foreign community.
Mind blowing bubble magic at Diana
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- Published on Friday, 17 February 2012 12:46
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The Gazillion Bubble Show will amaze kids and grown ups with a display of mind blowing magic next week.
Music icons set to roll back the years
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- Published on Friday, 23 March 2012 11:30
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Two legends of 1960s rock and folk are due to perform in Guadalajara just days apart in May: Sir Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan.
Photo exhibit in Zapopan shows ‘faces’ of an expansive city
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- Published on Friday, 10 February 2012 13:22
- Written by Elaine Halleck
The 25 photographs that make up the exhibit “Rostros de Zapopan” (Faces of Zapopan) show more than what meets the eye. The show was intended to document a representative smattering of the city’s workers in their environments.
No dampened spirits at Film Fest
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- Published on Friday, 16 March 2012 11:21
- Written by Aaron Burkholder
As the 27th Guadalajara Film Festival bore down on its close this week, Friday’s narco blockades threw some confusion on the event. Visitors wondered whether Saturday’s closing ceremony would go on as scheduled, with a few Friday night red carpet and party events suspended. However, when the Saturday sun broke, the festival went forward unabated.
Fab Four to rattle the Diana
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- Published on Friday, 10 February 2012 13:14
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Considered the best Beatles tribute group of all those doing the rounds, the U.S.-based Get Back quartet will make yet another appearance in Guadalajara on Valentine’s Day, February 14.
City awaits two-day jazz fest Sunday and Monday
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- Published on Friday, 16 March 2012 11:01
- Written by Elaine Halleck
On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, (March 17, 18 and 19) Avenida Chapultepec and environs will rev up with a music festival initiated 12 years ago by the government of France and continued every year since then by Guadalajara City Hall.
Cabañas suffering financial blues
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- Published on Friday, 03 February 2012 13:01
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The historic Instituto Cabañas may be Guadalajara’s major cultural attraction and a UNESCO heritage site but its financial future is far from rosy.