FILBo 2016: A fair share of books

Every April, as the rains start and the evenings get fractionally longer, Latin America’s largest book fair arrives in Bogotá, the mighty FILBo....

Desalination: well worth its salt

[caption id="attachment_14841" align="alignnone" width="960"] Villagers and members of Heliosyst work together to dig a well.[/caption] With La...

Don’t leave good habits at home

[caption id="attachment_14801" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The ‘Apagar paga’ campaign has been challenging the country to save...

The power of pop

[caption id="attachment_14797" align="aligncenter" width="5152"] Photo: Ana María Salazar Echavarría[/caption] Azzam Alkadhi speaks to pop star...

Markets

A la orden sumercé. These words will no doubt bombard you when you visit any of the numerous plazas de mercado in Bogotá. A hub of gastronomical,...

Life through a lens

[caption id="attachment_14786" align="aligncenter" width="960"] López's winning photograph, ‘Momentum’[/caption] Paola Rey speaks to...

FIG-ments of your imagination

[caption id="attachment_14782" align="aligncenter" width="960"] One of Paick’s fantastical worlds[/caption] Anna Weldon speaks to James Paick,...

Back with a Baum

Bogotá’s electronic music bonanza, Baum Festival, is back for a second version on May 21. After 8,000 techno lovers enjoyed the 2015 edition, this...

Theatre April

[caption id="attachment_14771" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A scene from Burundanga[/caption] Te quiero hasta la luna A comedy following Julia...

Galleries April

[caption id="attachment_14767" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Atopía: Migración, Legado y Ausencia de Lugar[/caption] Atopía: Migración,...