Today marks ten year anniversary of Argentina’s worst made-man disaster, the Cromañón nightclub fire, in which 194 children and young adults lost their lives and another 600 were injured. The national newspaper, Clarín reports that another 15 among the over 2,600 survivors have committed suicide in the ten years since the tragedy. Republica Cromañón owner, […]
Archives for 2014
La Noche de los Libros: Buenos Aires Book Night
Buenos Aires has a well-earned reputation for being a city of book lovers and the yearly Noche de los Libros (Night of the Books) is yet another event to indulge in the city’s love of literature. On Saturday, November 29th the event will kick off at 7 p.m. with a free concert by internationally acclaimed […]
Volunteer for La Noche de los Museos 2016
La Noche de los Museos (Museum Night), an annual event when the city’s museums open to the public for special nighttime events and exhibitions, is one of the biggest nights of the year for art lovers in Buenos Aires, . In the 2013 edition, 800,000 members of the public hit the city’s museums. In 2014, some of […]
Buenos Aires Communities Festival 2014
More than 40 cultural communities that have made home in Argentina will show off their traditional garb, song, dance and gastronomic traditions at the festival de las colectividades this Saturday in Palermo. The free event is in celebration of Immigrant Day on the 4th of September. There will be 40 live shows, with each community […]
John Oliver Hilariously Describes the Argentina Default
Political satirist John Oliver recently tried to explain Argentina’s complicated technical default, which occurred on July 30 after the country was unable to come to an agreement with hold-out creditors, locally referred to as ‘Vulture Funds.’ In the videos he highlights a surge in anti-American sentiment in Argentina caused by the case. This is despite […]