SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Famous Pianist Edith Fischer presents her work at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago
The cycle Grandes Pianistas Radio Beethoven continues to elate us, now with the presence of the Chilean pianist Edith Fischer, disciple of Claudio Arrau, who will appear at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago Saturday 2nd of October. The program will include Carnaval Op. 9 by Robert Schumann and 24 Preludios Op. 28 by F. Chopin. [...]
World’s best Jazz comes to Chile
On Oct. 1st the famous World and Jazz Circuit brings you the jazz/rock/fusion guitarist Frank Gambale, famous for forming the Chick Corea Electric Band. Together with two other stars of the genre, the internationally known Canadian bassist Alain Caron and the popular Venezuelan pianist Otmaro Ruiz, he will play in Chile for two nights. The [...]
Come spend a Ladies Night out
The Ó Bar is inviting all women to a special Tuesday night created only for the ladies! Karaoke, free Tarot and 50% off drinks and finger food if you’re female. Doors open at 7 p.m. each Tuesday of October, admission is free! Bring your girls and enjoy yourself at the Ó Bar on Delmónico en [...]
Season Premiere of “Pathétique” at Sala La Comedia
On October 6th Santiago will see the season premiere of “Pathétique”, a play directed by Gregory Cohen and Rodrigo Muñoz, with actors Alejandra Vega y Alex Zisis. Pathétique is about an 80 year old woman named Lola who revisits the ups and downs of her past in a conversation with a young stranger. Topics like [...]
Afternoon bomb threat disrupts Providencia
Just after 4:00 pm on Thursday afternoon Chile’s Special Police force, the GOPE was called in to action, on Av Providencia between Bucarest and Sucia streets, due to a suspicious package left at a bus stop. Uniformed Police blocked off the street to vehicle and foot traffic, while specially trained bomb experts from the GOPE [...]
Theather in English for kids
We want to invite you to come and experience 3 plays brought to life by kids, in English! Together with School Plays, a theater company that aims to teach English to kids in an exciting and worthwile way, first and second graders as well as High School students will perform on stage, for free! On [...]
Chile’s Daily News Brief: September 30th
A 5.8 earthquake was felt in the south of Chile, between the Bio-bio and Maule regions. According to Chile’s National Emergency Office (Onemi) the quake occurred on Wednesday at 8:27 pm with the epicenter located 34 km north of the city of Concepción. The earthquake caused a lot of disorder with residents in the affected [...]
Chile’s Daily News Brief: September 29th
Chile’s ‘Bicentennial Capsule’ was buried under the Plaza de Armas in downtown Santiago on Tuesday. In a ceremony in the presence of President Sebastian Piñera and Santiago County’s mayor, Pablo Zalaquet, the capsule which included 132 objects chosen by Chileans to be a part of the Bicentennial Capsule were finally buried and sealed for the [...]
Biodiversity, Focus of 2010 World Tourism Day
Chile’s official 2010 World Tourism Day opening celebration kicked off in Santiago last night at the office of Sernatur (Chile’s national tourist office) and was attended by 80 tour guides who arrived from as far north as the Atacama desert, to as far south as Punta Arenas, as well as two tour guides from Argentina. [...]
Chile’s Daily News Brief: September 28th
An earthquake occurred on Monday at 21:49 pm in the northern part of Chile, being felt between the Atacama and Coquimbo regions. According to Chile’s National Emergency Office (Onemi) the earthquake was measured at 3 on the Mercali scale, while the University of Chile Seismological Department registered the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.0 on the Richter [...]