SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Santiago Hosts International Festival of Performing Arts
SANTIAGO – The International Festival of Performing Arts and Transdisciplinarity (FIDET) is an Arts festival taking place from April 11-22, 2012 in the heart of Santiago. Santiago prides itself on being the drama capital of the continent, with productions all year round. For 11 days this month, Santiago opens its doors to a cultural and [...]
Film Review: Enter The Void
Gaspar Noé has an unnerving ability to make a dreadfully fascinating, uncomfortable viewing. First with the notoriously ultra-violent dark rape-revenge film Irréversible, which received mixed reviews; and now with Enter the Void, which is just as shocking, but with a theme that is ironically easier to swallow: drugs, orphans, and the city of Tokyo. It [...]
Chile Celebrates ‘Book Month’ in April
Events across the country have been planned to celebrate April as ‘book month’, or ‘el mes del libro’. These events will lead up to UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day on April 23, a day particularly important in the literary calendar as the anniversaries of the deaths of William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Inca [...]
Santiago and the Chilean Museum of Fine Arts
SANTIAGO – Established in 1880 and inaugurated in 1910 after Architect Jorge Enrique Dubois was commissioned to build a museum in Parque Forestal, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes holds an extensive collection of Chileans art and some of the most remarkable works ever created in Latin America. The glass house-type building of the Chilean [...]
GAM Celebrates 40 Years of History
SANTIAGO – Constructed in 1972, the building now home to the Gabriela Mistral Center, namesake of the famous poet, will celebrate 40 years since its inauguration with free events during April. The building, located in Lastarria, was built originally as headquarters for the Third World Conference on Trade and Development United Nations, UNCTAD III, which [...]
Bike Ride Down Movie Memory Lane
SANTIAGO – The National Film and 4th Monthly Bike Ride event have collaborated to create “Cinema Santiago”, where guides lead cyclists around the city visiting monuments from the oldest and most important movies in Chile. Cycling has become a popular mode of transport in the city. The government is providing an increasing number of new [...]
The Templo Votivo: A Milestone for Building in Maipú
MAIPÚ – The Templo Votivo, without a doubt the most prominent feature of the community of Maipú, has received a renovation that includes a brand new observation deck. The new attraction is more than 50 meters high, which you can climb on two elevators or a staircase with 323 steps. With the blessings of the [...]
Film Review: The Artist
Belonging to the Ipod generation, it is hard to imagine a world without noise, a world in silence. Traffic lights bleep, microwave buzz, car horns, bird’s songs, phone alarms, radio, doors slam, car motors: everyday life is so populated with an abundance of sound. So relinquishing my sensibilities for 100 minutes of silence was a [...]
National Library Celebrates Charles Dickens Bicentenary
SANTIAGO – The Chilean National Library will mark the 200th anniversary of English literature great Charles Dickens by showing a series of film adaptations of his works, entitled “Twist, Copperfield, Dickens & Co.” throughout this month. Charles Dickens, born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, England, is considered to be one of the greatest novelists [...]
1,700 People Hungry for Snickers at Lollapalooza
SANTIAGO – Last weekend at Lollapalooza 1,700 people entered the Hungry Snickers Challenge. They were among the 100,000 music fans that attended the festival at Park O’Higgins March 31st and April 1st to see the likes of Björk, Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters. Queues led around the Snicker cage as brave, hungry people would one-by-one try [...]