Re-Dispatch: Mystic Tango
It should be noted at the outset that every word ever written on Argentine tango, including these, is an approximation. Originating in the working-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo,…
Do Gauchos Go To Heaven?
Though the country is known worldwide for its cosmopolitan centers and embrace of modernity, Argentina, like any other nation, still boasts a unique cultural mythology that persists from generation to…
Silver-Colored
The word Argentina is derived from the Latin word for silver, argentum, making the country of Argentina “silver-colored”. The name of the country itself traces its roots back to a…
Pocket of Gold
Say it with me: empanadas. Em-pa-na-das. No hidden accents or vowels, very straightforward.And yet very easy to customize – or screw up, depending on you and your dinner guests’ tastes.…
Motherland
The Plaza de Mayo, city center of Buenos Aires, has served as the backdrop to numerous dramatic turning points in Argentina’s history. It was the site of massive demonstrations by…
The Proud Many
Flight from Russia by its queer citizens has increased considerably in the wake of long-winded oppression implemented by president Vladimir Putin, but as ABC News reported just a few days…
Luminaries
To listen to a tango well sung is to feel the energy of Buenos Aires in one’s soul, and to feel the emotions crash like waves within oneself is to…
Between Science and Magic
Over the years, much focus has been placed on the impressionistic elements of tango. Centuries’ worth of literature tell of the spellbinding effect that it can have on viewers and…
With A BAM
Marcela Trape. Continued from “Encounter on El Once” After a knock, the door was opened by a lean gentleman in a t-shirt and baggy pants, slate-gray stubble trickling down from…
Encounter on El Once
El Once (The Eleven) does not, strictly speaking, exist. It refers to a specific area in Balvanera, one of the forty-eight legally delineated neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Through the nineteenth…