It isn’t that Guadalajara’s Instituto Cultural Cabañas never includes non-pictorial art among the four or five shows that it typically exhibits simultaneously.

Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra

In Program 7 of the winter season, the orchestra interprets works by Bizet, Debussy and Tchaikovsky. Jesus Medina conducts.

Although tickets have sold out for the November 11 gig by the Etienne Charles Quartet at the Conjunto de Artes, the good news is that, after a long break, world-class jazz is back in the metro area, with the resumption of the NY Jazz All Stars cycle of concerts.  

Those in search of materials to create Day of the Dead altars should head no further than the Feria del Carton y del Juguete (toys and paper crafts fair), which opened last weekend in downtown Guadalajara’s Parque Morelos.

The recent Mariachi Festival may have been a damp squib but the stirring sounds of Mexico’s much-loved musical genre are once again being heard in Guadalajara’s historic center.

It was a happy “homecoming” for 89-year-old Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, who was honored and whose work was showcased at the recent Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG).