Archive for November, 2009

READ: Nov/Dec Issue

Medellin’s only magazine in English. Find out more about Medellin nightlife, Medellin clubs and bars, fun places to travel in Colombia. The magazine is about the music, art, fashion, and events of Medellin. Enjoy!

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Barrios, Youth, And Empowerment

Beatriz Pizano has teamed up with the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Commission of Canada to do a project here in the barrio/campos of northern Medellin with the Aluna Theatre. Their project is about teaching art, theatre, and photography to the youth of displaced populations and those most affected by para-military groups. The work is [...]

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Arepa Contest Winners!

We have the winners of The Arepa contest in the Nov/Dec issue of the magazine!!!
First place and the VIP Tiesto tickets go to Jackie Kahan who sent us this photo with students from the University of Medellin. I’m not sure how 5 people are going to share 2 tickets but, this photo almost made us [...]

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Backstage With Skid Row In Medellin

Skid Row came to town last night and played a balls out rock and roll show!!! Some shit went down with the promoter not having the money to pay the sound guys, so guess who was the only one around to do bilingual mitigation between the shady local promoter and the Skid Row manager? Me…yeah [...]

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Two Gringos, Two Cameras

Michael Thompon and Andres Strachusky have both taken photos for The Arepa magazine, and they’ve set up shop here in Medellin as full time photographers. Taking advantage of their lack of Spanish fluency in an almost Borat style humor, they’ve hit the streets and pueblos of Medellin to do one thing – to post free [...]

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Medellin Pole Dancing

Medellin has got a rep for gorgeous ladies, that’s no surprise. Nonetheless, Medellin just bumped it’s rear end up a few notches on the sexy factor with the new group called “Pin Up Girl Pole Dancing Academy.” Grinding and sliding around at B Lounge, these girls have caught the wave of the new girl sport [...]

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Mucho Indio Plays Bogota

This Saturday, November 19th, a one-of-a-kind show with Mucho Indio will be happening at Boogaloop in Bogota, Colombia.
Mucho Indio is an artists’s collective working at recovering sacred territories in Colombia and one part of their work has been the musical anthropology of Teto Ocampo. Having journeyed to some of Colombia’s farthest corners Teto produced Mucho [...]

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One Day In Medellin Video

Un Día En Medellín (Short Film) from Alexander Zuluaga on Vimeo.
I’ve met Alexander Zuluaga few times here in Medellin and he always has a funny hat. He is a photographer, video director, and he markets his own brand of sunglasses called Wayfarer. Alex recently made a video called “Un dia en Medellin” for acoustic trip-hop [...]

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Colombia – A Year In Photos

I pulled together a year’s worth of photos for a little snapshot of how diverse Colombia is in it’s landscapes, people, and culture.
Photos by Robin Finley – Music by Am Boy: “Seclera”

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Skate Medellin With Camilo Castrillon

Camilo castrillon / recopilacion from El Lapiz on Vimeo.
Local skater Camilo Castrillon hits the streets of Medellin and made this slick little hip hop video! Keep truckin’ bro!
Thank you http://skateboarding.transworld.net we love seeing skaters from Colombia get play!

Photo by Robin Finley
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