Traditionally, the night begins with a kermés—named after the red dye used for decorations and derived from an insect of the same name. The festival begins in the oldest neighborhoods of the city, where people meet, share a meal, sing, dance, and prepare for the big event.
San Miguel de Allende is a wedding destination, with up to 800 weddings held here in a typical year.
You look at the sky, the clouds are black, and weather conditions indicate it will storm. Suddenly, one or more planes fly low, and the clouds turn white and disappear. This is what residents of the community of San Antonio, on the road to Doctor Mora, say they have observed.
The Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende has been, like many other organizations, deeply impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. After more than 60 years of loyal service to the community it is not the first crisis, but all the preceding ones were transitional ones due to the changes that affected the world of education in general and changes in the composition of the board of directors.
Now Questions have arisen within the Sanmiguelenses about whether the parks will be privatized or turned over to the government “to enrich politicians.”
Neighbors in Ejido Don Diego, located on the road to Celaya, responded to a call for help from a neighbor but stopped short of taking justice into their own hands. They subdued and held captive a man who, according to witnesses, tried to sexually abuse a woman and kidnap a child.
For 35 years, Feed the Hungry (FTH) has been dedicated to alleviating childhood hunger by providing hot, healthy meals every school day in the school kitchens they operate in 36 mostly rural communities. Before COVID-19, FTH was serving as many as 5,000 meals daily—nearly one million meals each year. When the schools closed because of the pandemic, the organization had two options: stop operating or innovate—even if it had to be done without the full force of its some 100 volunteers.
The completion of a peripheral ring road to alleviate traffic in the city, an airfield operated by Fly Across, the reconstruction of a bridge in La Cieneguita almost two years after its collapse—these are just three of many projects that have fallen victim to the pandemic. They are at a standstill, although final plans apparently have been completed, and funding is in place
In a desperate call for attention to visitors and locals, the Direction of Culture and Traditions chose to place masks on some of the most iconic sculptures in the city.