New Year’s Eve in Santiago, Chile, 2010-2011
Photo of fireworks over the Entel tower by mabahamo on Flickr. If you’re in Santiago this weekend, looking for the party to end all decades (or was that last year?), you might be a little surprised to...
View ArticleWhat’s Going on in Summer in Santiago
Providencia Contemporary Music Concert Summer is a great time to be a santiaguino (Santiago-dweller), on a permanent or short-stay basis. For those of us who live here, the slower pace and the fact...
View ArticleFiesta del Roto Chileno-Today, Thurs, Jan 20th
If you’re looking for a last-minute and down-home thing to do this afternoon and evening, you couldn’t go wrong hopping over to Barrio Yungay, a “typical” (middle-class) neighborhood in downtown...
View ArticleFree Screen-on-the-Green Documentaries in Santiago, Feb 2-5
Documentary lovers, park-sitters, passersby and others trying to save some coins for their next humita won’t want to miss this year’s cycle of free documentaries in Parque Forestal. Screenshot from A...
View ArticleSpending Valentine’s Day in Santiago, Chile
By not francois on Flickr Valentine’s day, like many other Americanish holidays, does not make a giant splash in this city way south of the equator. The truth is, though you can see pink paper hearts...
View ArticleOutdoor Cinema in Santiago, Feb 14th to 19th at Spanish Cultural Center
El Secreto de Tus Ojos Cine a La Fresca, a production of the Spanish Cultural Center (Centro Cultural de España) here in Santiago is opening its doors for a once a year film event coming up next week....
View ArticleDuff Beer Make its Appearance in Chile (no kidding)
In a move that problably has the whole Chilean craft beer network picking hops more furiously than before (except that most hops are imported here), a beer called Duff, after Homer Simpson’s famed beer...
View ArticleChile’s Oktoberfest from Oct 27 to Nov 6th in Malloco, Chile
Photo by bearshapedsphere on Flickr. Used with permission. It might surprise you, if you didn’t know a lot about Chile, to know that it’s got a strong German influence. We eat kuchen with our coffee...
View ArticleChile’s upcoming national holiday, where will you be on Sept. 18th?
Photo by peregrine blue on Flickr. With just a few weeks left until Chile’s national Fiestas Patrias, an alcohol-infused, rocking good time that marks the end of summer, the beginning of sunshine, and...
View ArticleSantiago a Mil lights up January in Santiago
Photo from Santiago a Mil. Since 1994, every year the stages and plazas and theaters of Santiago light up for three weeks in January, with Santiago a Mil. The name means Santiago for 1,000, referring...
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