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Project Graffiti on Uruguay Street Buenos Aires

Project Graffiti on Uruguay Street Buenos Aires

In the upcoming weeks, many graffiti artists will be working on a great project called “Proyecto Persiana” on Uruguay street, close to the micro center in Buenos Aires. They will be repainting (or spray painting) all the shutters of the little shops that are located in this area. The aim of this project is to create a prettier and more colourful neighbourhood and to support the graffiti and artistic community here in Buenos Aires.

Every Sunday, you can watch the artists in their element and you can even help them paint if you ask. The general idea is to make the whole neighbourhood (or in this case, the street) beautiful and more alive if you work together. So, get your magic brush and come over to Uruguay Street. (more…)

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Short Film Festival Takes Place in Buenos Aires

The International Short Film Festival took place in Buenos Aires starting on Thursday, October 6th and running until Sunday, October 9th.

This Short Film Festival originally began in 2002, but Buenos Aires wasn´t a host until 2014. The festival also takes place in various cities throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America each year.

The manager of the Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Juan Pablo Franky, asserted Buenos Aires´ participation in the event to a local Buenos Aires newspaper: ´´It´s undeniable that Buenos Aires is a famous cosmopolitan city with a busy cultural agenda, and yet it´s always willing to enrich and expand its cultural industries.´´
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Teatro Colon

Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Teatro Colon

This week, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires is all about the poetry and the famous words from Shakespeare. Who has heard of the words: “All the perfumes of Arabia could not wash these little hands” might recognize this all-time favourite play. The famous opera Macbeth was created by one of the most popular composers of the 19thcentury; Giuseppe Verdi. This opera derives from the year 1847, where the opera is composed out of 4 acts. The libretto is done by Francesco Maria Piave and in collaboration with Andrea Maffei. (more…)

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Buenos Aires Food Week

Buenos Aires Food Week

This month the city of Buenos Aires has organized a culinary event for trying out different types of food in the Argentine capital. During 2 weeks, more than 40 restaurants will provide people with special offers intended to promote their menu´s and the use of local ingredients meant for creating a more healthy way of cooking that doesn’t harm the environment. In most of the restaurants, these offers include an appetizer, a main dish, and a dessert. Prices can vary from $170 to $350 pesos and exclude drinks and services. Participants have to reserve their night out a week advance of the start of this event. (more…)

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New Chinese Restaurant in Buenos Aires

Though the many tourists that reside in Buenos Aires enjoy the typical Argentinian food, cravings for other types of food inevitable arise!

Recently, a new restaurant has cropped up on San Martín called 430. This restaurant boasts an Asian fusion that some believe the city lacks.

Martín Jiang, an Argentine with Chinese parents, seeks to spread Asian gastronomy with the opening of his first restaurant. He states, ´´We use different techniques; Chinese, Japanese, Thai…plenty of cilantro, dashes of sesame oil and peanuts for crunch.´´ (more…)

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Female Artists in Buenos Aires

In 1986, a group of feminine artists instigated an art show called Mitominas with the intent to create a movement for females in the art community.

Thirty years later, the show has returned. However, the hopeful themes of feminism at the end of the 1900s has been replaced by the major gender issues that plague the modern world. This new show presents the role that females have in today´s society.

According to La Nación, 8% of the works of art in the National Museum of Fine Arts are done by women artists. Similarly, a general statistic declares that just 30% of contemporary art in Buenos Aires is by females. (more…)

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University Buenos Aires continues to flourish

University Buenos Aires continues to flourish

The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) was founded in 1821, just five years after Argentina gained Independence from Spain. Ever since, it has grown into a well-known institution and the biggest university in Latin America.

The institution was founded on August 12th, 1821 in a time when Argentina was just beginning to grow into the beautiful country it is today. The Vice-Dean of UBA´s Faculty of Social Sciences commented to the Herald, ´´We should highlight that the University was founded at a time when there was practically no country. There´s this generalized idea that our country was already established as such by 1816, but the truth is that back then Argentina was still being built.´´ (more…)

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Zoo in Buenos Aires closes after 140 years

Buenos Aires stated that they have plans to close the zoo in the city. This zoo is already 140 years old but now they argue that keeping wild animals in cages and on display is degrading.

The mayor stated that the 2, 500 animals currently living in the zoo will be moved to nature reserves within Argentina to be able to provide a more suitable environment. The empty zoo of 44 acres will be turned into an eco-park in the Palermo neighbourhood later this year.

Keeping animals in captivity is degrading, it is not the right way to take care of animals. (more…)

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Buenos Aires Remembers Jorge Luis Borges

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Jorge Luis Borges, the famous Argentine writer that has captured the hearts of so many. Today’s On Sunday commemorates the legend that he is around the world.

Buenos Aires was always the favorite city of Jorge Luis Borges, and this was evident starting in his first works, such as Ferver de Buenos Aires (1923). Borges lived in the neighborhood called Palermo for 13 years during his childhood.

The writer said of the city that he loved so dearly, “In order to love Buenos Aires I had to leave and miss it more.” (more…)