Photos by Mateo Garcia

Lido Pimienta, the young Colombian artist now living in Canada, is back in her home country to plan a handful of shows. One of which was last Thursday in the design collective headquarters of Tienda Multicreativa in Poblado, Medellin.
Lido’s music is like a collection of pop infused magic spells that stick with [...]

This is Prime Cuts, Medellin English Radio with Robin and Jeff. Broadcast from the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. This week with music by Bogota based group De Juepuchas.   Tune in to 101.9 FM every Saturday night at 9 PM to listen live or visit us here for the recorded version!

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A friend of mine recently returned from a trip to Bogota and I asked him how it went, “Six months here in Medellin surrounded by mountains, man, I forgot what fashion was.” Being from the capital city of Colombia sometimes Rolos, the people from Bogota, have an edge on all things trendy. The fashion rivalry [...]

Photos and text by Robin Finley

To celebrate their 15th anniversary this month, the Medellin Metro invited 315 young girls to celebrate their quinceanera. All the girls were born in November of 1995, the same month the Medellin Metro was inaugurated. A quinceanera is the celebration of a girl becoming a young lady, similar to a sweet [...]

This is Prime Cuts, Medellin English Radio with Robin and Jeff. Broadcast from the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. This week with music by Lido Pimienta, photo below by  Stacey Croucher.   Tune in to 101.9 FM every Saturday night at 9 PM to listen live or visit us here for the recorded version!

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Time again for another one of the legendary Arepa launch parties and for the 10th issue we have a killer event planned. This Saturday the 13th we will be at Crista Club in La Strada (Poblado) with live music from Tiam, preforming alongside with his breakdancing crew, and from Choco/Medellin the pacifico hip hop group [...]

Last week a young group of Medellin’s entrepreneurial new school of fashion designers put on a show at Poblado’s hip clothing collective Casa Mango Morado. The event was entitled Reconstruccion and it included more that 20 fashion designers, live music, and a whole lot of cocktails. The idea was to take old clothes that have [...]

Photo by Karin Richter

This is Prime Cuts, Medellin English Radio with Robin and Jeff. Broadcast from the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. This week with music by Medellin based hip hop artist Zirano Zerioous.  Tune in to 101.9 FM every Saturday night at 9 PM to listen live or visit us here for the recorded [...]

After the annual Hip 4 concert in Moravia, and the 6th annual Revolucion Sin Muertos show in Comuna 13, it was time for the 3rd annual Hip 6 concert in Doce de Octubre, Medellin. The show brought in so many people that outside of the small area for journalists and the logistics crew, there was not [...]

The new November/December 2010 issue. Hard copies will hit stores Wednesday, November 3rd. For a list of places to get the magazine click here.