Guadalajara, Mexico: City of Light.

Guadalajara, Mexico: City of Light.

The city of Guadalajara, considered by all Mexicans as the City of Roses and recognized as the most Mexican of all cities as well as known as the land of Mariachi and Tequila! is now part of the few world wide selected light cities by LUCI (Lighting Urban Community International).

LUCI is an international network of cities that brings together over 63 municipalities across the world engaged in using light as a tool for sustainable urban development.

You will find 32 beautiful illuminated selected buildings, monuments, plazas and parks in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, quite a few just a few blocks from our school.

Furthermore, Guadalajara can now compete for the international city.people.light award this award is given by LUCI in conjunction with the company Phillips. It recognizes towns and cities who demonstrate the added value that illumination can give to the urban ambience as well as for achieving a greater artistic value in favor of the architectural heritage.

Come and see why Guadalajara is such an important and enchanting metropolis.

18º Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi y Charrería

18º Encuentro Internacional del Mariachi y Charrería

Amigos!

As it has become a tradition, this coming month of August, Guadalajara will have the 18º International Encounter of Mariachi and Charrería. This is one great opportunity to actually feel involved know more about our wonderful culture and music. You will not find nothing more vivid and “Mexican” than this festival. Your eyes will be fulfilled with amazing colour work wrought in the traditional folk clothing and you will unquestionably feel stimulated by the transcendental music of the Mariachi.

If you are a rodeo “aficionado” you would not want to miss the competition of Charreria. This is basically a contest to see who the best “Charro” is; competing in different areas, for example; the famous “8 second” bull riding.

This year the festival coordinators and participants will try to achieve a new Guinness Record by having the most number of folk dancers dancing at the same time. Can you imagine that! All this will feel like an interlude for the Pan American Games which will be held here in Guadalajara 2011, by preparing the most beautiful folkloric environment the world has ever seen.

What are you waiting for? Come to Guadalajara and have the time of your life!

Guadalajara´s FIM

Guadalajara´s FIM

Hello everybody!!! How are you all doing? We are very happy to announce that this is the first year presentation of the FIM, which is our very own Festival Internacional de la Musica, here in Guadalajara, Mexico. Hopefully it will be a yearly event with different sites. This major event will take place in different locations such as the Diana Theater and TELMEX auditorium among others.

The FIM will be held this June 16th through June 19th. In this festival you may enjoy concerts and showcases from both national and international musicians and bands. You will also have an opportunity to see expositions and debates relating to music and the world and people around it!!! There will also be a cool workshop about discography and production.

We hope you get a chance to go and enjoy the entertainment Guadalajara, Mexico has for you!!! For more information visit this link: http://fimguadalajara.mx/

Festival de Mayo

Festival de Mayo

Greetings From IMAC!!! This Month of May we have many upcoming events, such as 5 de Mayo and the 14th annual "Festival Cultural de Mayo", which will be held form May 13th to May 29th, during this festival you may enjoy free open air concerts at Plaza Liberacion, among many other cultural events such as Dance performances, Art expositions, and film documentaries and shortcut projections all through out Guadalajara and it´s surroundings.

For more information about costs and locations please visit: www.festivaldemayo.org

Be sure to enjoy what our wonderful city has to offer this month of may!!!

Talk to you soon!!!

La Fiesta de la Musica

La Fiesta de la Musica

Tonight Guadalajara will be holding La Fiesta de la Musica, or Music Party along Chapultepec Avenue. There will be 5 stages setup, each one with performances from different genres of music including classical, rock, reggae, Latin and jazz. Come and support some of Guadalajara’s local musical talent and open your ears to new sounds! The first performance is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. with artist performing consecutively until 11:30 p.m.

Guadalajara 469th Birthday!

Guadalajara 469th Birthday!

Guadalajara celebrates it's 469th birthday this year!!!! Though the official founding day is on February 14th, all of this month is filled with activities to celebrate this important event. Most important is the "Feria Fundacional" or the Founding Festival which brings to our city free cultural events and concerts for ...all ages. Those students taking one of our Spanish programs during this month are sure in for a treat!!!!!!!See More

Counting Down to the 2011 Panamerican Games

Counting Down to the 2011 Panamerican Games

The 16th Pan American Games are to take place in October 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. It will be the largest multi-sport event held in Mexico outside the capital. 36 sports, with sub-disciplines that makes the number 43, will be contested at the Games and there will be 361 medal events.

PASO selected the city unanimously as the host for 16th Pan American Games on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Guadalajara was the only city to officially bid for the 2011 Pan American Games. This may have been in part due to no announced/open candidature period for the event. Guadalajara initially bid for the 2003 Pan American Games which were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

*information obtained from Wikipedia.org