The Adventures of Tintin in Santiago

Movie and Theater >> Films

Contenido disponible en Español After my aunt had given me the first volume of the series of illustrated books…

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Festival Montemapu 2012 (Win Tickets!)

Music and Dance >> Live Music

Contenido disponible en Español Montemapu was founded in 2008 by Global Blue, an organization with the aim of realizing…

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Soda Club: Gay

Where to Dance >> DJs and Clubs

Contenido disponible en Español Today it’s the turn of a place to dance at which is oriented towards More...

In Favor of Diversity

Reviews >> General

Contenido disponible en Español At CiuSantiago we are in favor of diversity and all initiatives that include rather…

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The insider´s Santiago: Getting to the airport

Reviews >> General

Like so many of us car-less city dwellers, we sometimes find ourselves needing to get to Santiago´s airport…

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The Hole

Where to Eat >> Restaurants

Contenido disponible en Español In Chile we have various ways of dividing up the year, which "starts" with the…

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Gone Missing!

Where to Eat >> Restaurants

Contenido disponible en Español It has been a few months since I have last seen her. Sure, I did…

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New Year's Eve in Chile

Reviews >> Chilean Traditions and Customs

Contenido disponible en Español Well, it´s time to reflect on 2011´s overall balance, the good events, the bad runs…

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Kobal: Writing Zombie Stories

Reviews >> Personalities

Contenido disponible en Español This weekend the First International Comic Fair (Feria Internacional de Comic FIC) will…

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January brings Teatro a Mil and Tocatas Mil

Music and Dance >> Live Music

Contenido disponible en Español Chilean musicians of different genres will be making use of the Tocatas Mil in order…

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At the Bar de Rene

Where to Drink >> Bars and Pubs

This content is also available in: Spanish Just the way there’s is music for all tastes…

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Santiago a Mil Arrives Once Again

Movie and Theater >> Performing Arts

Contenido disponible en Español For the past 19 years the International Scenic Arts Festival Santiago a Mil…

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History and Bones at the Dominican History Museum

Reviews >> Places

Contenido disponible en Español There are several museums in Santiago: About pre-Colombian Art, the Fashion Museum,…

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Kali Mutsa´s exotic sounds

Reviews >> Music

A swarm of imagination, esotericism, gypsy shamanism…timeless. That is how I would describe Kali Mutsa, the recent musical…

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Day-trip to Pomaire

Saturday, 24 December 2011 11:00 Written by Kendal

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A Pomaire local forms clay into a vase. Photo by Kendal Montgomery.

If you like pottery and empanadas, Pomaire is a must.

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Kimchi and Soju

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 17:21 Written by Emilia Rojas

In the middle of Barrio Patronato

When I told you a little about the popular Barrio Patronato, I mentioned there were some Asian restaurants in the area, so I gave myself the task of illustrating one of my favorites: Sukine.

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Bicycles and Wines, the perfect combination

Tuesday, 25 October 2011 09:00 Written by Emilia Rojas

Pedaling in the Maipo Valley.

Chile is internationally known for their excellent wine production throughout the country.

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California Bar, a taste of home for gringos

Sunday, 30 October 2011 11:00 Written by Kendal

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Nor-Cal nachos are a favorite for a starter or a meal at California Bar. Photo by: Kendal Montgomery

Well Toto, we’re not in Santiago anymore…

It’s truly as the manager of California Sports Cantina and Restaurant Sydni Whitaker claims: When you go to this place, you’re going to forget where you really are.

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Like cardboard Legos

Monday, 16 May 2011 18:38 Written by Emilia Rojas

Poster Simbiontes .DEWW

Despite all the hustle and bustle, information, instantaneousness and virtual worlds, there are still those focused on material art, the unique detail, "the piece." So, in an effort to rescue analog, to spread arts and entertainment, the "Simbiontes" (symbiont) appears, which is a proposal developed by .DEEW Art Design Lab for The Pik of the Crab, who, since 2007, have been working on "Proyecto Ensamble"(the Ensemble Project).

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Preconceived Notions Aside

Sunday, 25 December 2011 14:40 Written by Kendal

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A swanky Starbucks on Avenida Isidora Goyenechea. Photo by Kendal Montgomery.

Some people have this idea that since Santiago is in Chile, and Chile in Latin America, that we are behind the times, living more primitively than the "modern world."

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Korean B.B.Q.

Monday, 15 August 2011 09:30 Written by Emilia Rojas

A perfect example of how to eat meat at the Korean BBQ

A while back, I told you of one of my favorite places, the Korean restaurant "Sukine."

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El Tunel, ladies free, mirrors and poles

Saturday, 17 December 2011 17:00 Written by Emilia Rojas

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Girl dancing in El Túnel

There are those days when one wants to stay in, get cozy in a chair, watch a good movie and eat something tasty. Other times, the spirit of mambo enters the body and an uncontrollable urge to dance emerges. So this is the moment when the crucial questions arise: what and where to dance, which is to say, what rhythm will be the one to move your hips, and in what ambiance?

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Senile mother and lesbian daughter. Gatos Viejos

Friday, 16 December 2011 12:00 Written by Emilia Rojas

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Bélgica Castro and Alejandro Sieveking as Isadora and Enrique in Gatos Viejos.

Gatos Viejos is the new film by Sebastian Silva (La Vida Me Mata and La Nana) and Pedro Peirano (31 Minutes) that has four characters: a senile mother, married for the second time, the husband, a lesbian daughter and her girlfriend, Hugo.

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