MND Local: Guadalajara students fight climate change with fungi, Kali Uchis plays Zapopan, Michi Fest and more

While February is often a quiescent month, Guadalajara’s metropolitan portion has inactive got a batch going on. There are concerts ranging from escaped classical to stadium R&B and reggaeton. Plus February brings Michi Fest to Colonia Americana, a time retired you and your feline are definite to enjoy. Read connected to find retired more.

Students utilizing fungi to make a greener Mexico  

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PhD students from the Institute of Technology of Monterrey (ITESM)’s Guadalajara field are connected a ngo to fto Mexicans cognize however they tin turn mushrooms (aka fungi oregon mycelium) to assistance make a much waste-free, environmentally affable Mexico.

The students precocious gave a escaped class for women successful Guadalajara astatine a section health-food store, promising to thatch participants however to turn edible mushrooms astatine home.  

Because they’re neither plants nor animals, mushrooms thrive disconnected the nutrients of their surroundings, including works substance and carnal waste. Mushrooms, said the PhD students, tin beryllium deployed to lick myriad biology problems, from ungraded contamination to pest elimination.

Participants joined with the students starring the people successful a hands-on objection of however to cultivate mushrooms utilizing the team’s proprietary lab-tested kits. The ITESM students had already experimented with antithetic mushrooms nether assorted conditions successful bid to “idiot proof” the kits truthful that adjacent a novice could win connected their own.

Oyster mushrooms, they told the class, are the easiest mycelium to cultivate.

The PhD students besides shared however they’re progressive successful cutting-edge probe astatine the Carrillo Biorefinery Lab (CBL), a laboratory connected ITESM’s Guadalajara campus. 

CBL is the brainchild of Dr. Danay Carrillo, a autochthonal of Cuba who came to Guadalajara to implicit her doctorate successful nutrient subject and technology. Now a probe prof astatine El Tec, Dr. Carillo started the laboratory arsenic a mode to promote the exertion of biotechnology probe to practical, mundane uses. 

CBL’s ngo is centered connected 2 ambitious goals — reducing hunger and mitigating clime change. How does it play retired successful the existent world?  

One CBL task uses mycelium to upcycle cultivation discarded into biofuels, to assistance agrarian Mexican communities seizure worth from these materials that would different spell unused. In pueblos that mightiness different trust connected soiled fossil fuels, this circular process offers an alternative, low-cost vigor root that reduces their c footprint.

Mushroom cultivation kits are different example. They correspond a caller mode to repurpose integrated discarded into a nutrient root with precocious nutritional worth (yes, mushrooms person protein!) and debased biology interaction comparative to meat. Plus, oyster mushrooms sensation astonishing erstwhile sauteed with a small olive oil, ail and parsley.

Kali Uchis’ “Sincerely” circuit stops successful Zapopan

Two-time Grammy nominee Kali Uchis is touring Mexico successful enactment of her latest album, “Sincerely,” and volition beryllium making a halt successful Zapopan connected February 22.

Born Karly-Marina Loaiza successful Virginia, Kali Uchis was raised successful her parents’ autochthonal Colombia earlier unit forced them to fly backmost to the U.S. successful 2000.

Though her vocation is inactive young, Uchis has already achieved a uncommon troika for a instrumentalist — a devoted instrumentality base, captious acclaim (she’s been nominated for Grammys twice) and the admiration of chap artists: In caller years, she’s performed with musicians Snoop Dogg, Gorillaz, Tyler the Creator and Bootsy Collins.

Uchis’ irresistible, bilingual 2020 banger “Telepatía” — from her 2nd album, “Sin Miedo” — catapulted her to next-level stardom. 

Befitting her upbringing, Uchis sings successful some English and Spanish. Her philharmonic benignant defies casual categorization, effortlessly blending soul, bossa nova, Cumbia, reggaeton, and popular – with her sultry, jazzy vocals providing the magic. 

Date: Feb. 22, 2026, astatine 8 p.m.
Location: Auditorio Telmex, Av. Obreros de Cananea 747, Industrial Los Belenes, 45157 Zapopan.
Cost: Available done Ticketmaster oregon secondary summons sellers.

Michi Fest GDL: A must-see lawsuit for felinophiles

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Urbane, young Tapatios and small aged ladies person astatine slightest 1 happening successful common: They adore their cats.

If you tin relate, the upcoming Michi Fest (michi means “kitty” oregon “pussycat” successful Spanish) is thing you won’t privation to miss.

The lawsuit volition diagnostic exhibitors of feline products arsenic good arsenic advocates for liable adoptions, vaccinations, and sterilization. There’ll besides beryllium feline-related talks, raffles, unrecorded music, DJs, art, nutrient and drinks to implicit the experience. 

Dates: Feb. 21 and 22  1–8 p.m.
Location: Vía Libertad, Colonias 221, Colonia Americana, Guadalajara.
Cost: Free admittance and pet-friendly.

Free concerts astatine the ex-Convento del Carmen

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Throughout February, the Ex-Convento del Carmen is opening its doors for a caller variation of Musical Tuesdays, a escaped performance bid successful Higinio Ruvalcaba Hall that features classical, choral and planetary euphony successful a gorgeous setting.

If you’ve ne'er visited, Ex Convento de Carmen is simply a well-preserved 17th-century erstwhile convent located successful Guadalajara’s historical center. It present houses an creation gallery. Its baroque architecture, with its intricate arched interiors and a serene courtyard, creates an unforgettable ambiance for unrecorded music. These concerts are organized by the Jalisco Ministry of Culture.

Dates: Feb. 17 and 24, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Ex Convento del Carmen, Higinio Ruvalcaba Hall, Av. Juárez 638, Colonia Centro, Guadalajara
Cost: Free admission. Find retired details astir circumstantial events here.