Entertainment Guide - May 2, 2014
Guadalajara’s May Cultural Festival gets underway on Thursday with a concert by U.S. jazz great Gregory Porter at the Degollado Theater.
Guadalajara’s May Cultural Festival gets underway on Thursday with a concert by U.S. jazz great Gregory Porter at the Degollado Theater.
Joven Ballet
Jalisco’s professional dance company tackles the ballet “Sleeping Beauty” in a beautiful open-air setting.
Paco Padilla
Troubadour from Tlaquepaque with his own brand of Mexican folk music.
See full schedule at www.festivaldemayo.org
A documentary film looking at the life of a Wixarika (Huichol) Indian artist won the Best Mexican Documentary prize at the recent Guadalajara International Film Festival.
Acclaimed Canadian guitarist Pavlo (Pavlo Simtikidis) will perform two concerts with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO) at the Degollado Theater at the beginning of May.
Paco Padilla
Troubadour from Tlaquepaque with his own brand of Mexican folk music.
With the high profile enjoyed by Mexico in the recent Oscar competition (Alfonso Cuarón took best director for “Gravity”) and the international success of the Spanish-language blockbuster comedies, “Nosotros los Nobles” (We, the Noble Ones) and “Instructions not Included,” many are seeing a rosy future for filmmaking in Mexico.
Tuesday recitals
No tickets needed for these weekly classical recitals. Just turn up.