Medellin metro culture organization formed in backlash to police treatment of performers
Colombia’s Ministry of Culture created a commission to organize cultural events on the...
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Cartagena’s Hay Festival serves as ‘bridge’ for Colombia
The Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias, a literature and arts festival, has established a powerful means for Colombians to discover other cultures, and share their own, through words and stories told, read, and sung. “I believe...
Escobar appears in New York subways
Colombia’s most notorious cocaine kingpin is now its latest cultural export, thanks to the success of soap opera “Escobar: The Boss of Evil.” A very maniacal-looking Pablo Escobar watches commuters as they make...
Ricardo Aljona to tour Colombia
Famed Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona will visit Colombia to promote his first album as an independent artist. Often called El Animal Nocturno—the Nocturnal Animal—after the album that brought him public acclaim, the...
Colombian expats heart New York this Independence Day
This Independence Day, Colombian expatriates will leave their mark on New York to celebrate the birth of their country. Three fingerprints stamped together in the shape of a heart — colored red, blue and yellow in honor of...
Shakira looks to the dance floor for upcoming album
Shakira begins work this month on her new album, promising a sound that’s less Latin rock and more sweaty dance club. The Colombian superstar has staged listening sessions with some of electronic music’s top...
Beatlemania hits Bogota with 2 new exhibits
Two Beatles exhibitions will make their way to Bogota next month. The exhibits, which cost $14 to enter and will run from August 14 to October 16 at Bogota’s Seminario Mayor de Usaquen Valmaria, include photos, drawings,...
Garcia Marquez adaptation premiers in Washington
A stage adaptation of Colombian author Gabirel Garcia Marquez’ novel “La Candida Erendida” premiers in Washington on Wednesday, reports entertainment website Vive.in. “The Incredible and Sad Story of...
Colombian writer David Sanchez Juliao dies at 65
Colombian writer David Sanchez Juliao died in a hospital in the capital Bogota Wednesday. According to the hospital, the writer died early in the morning of heart problems, for which he had been admitted to hospital a few days...
Violinist Itzhak Perlman to play Bogota
The Grammy and Oscar award-winning violinist, Itzhak Perlman, will play Bogota February 16, 2011. Itzhak Perlman, winner of 15 Grammy awards and one Oscar for his violin solo in Schindler’s List, will perform at the Major...
