Mayor Peñalosa is advancing with mega public works projects, including the Transmicable, despite facing a recall of his four-year mandate.
The love story of Will Shakespeare and Viola de Lesseps debuts this month at the Colón Theatre and adaptation by novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez of Stoppard’s play.
Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) hosts France this year as the guest nation. Events include screenings, lectures with BamTalks, workshops and business opportunities for industry professionals.
The Attorney General’s Office confirms the existence of a new terrorist urban militia group, amidst end of the 53-year war against the FARC.
Many of the emblematic red brick buildings designed by architect Rogelio Salmona are located in visible public spaces and can be enjoyed on an leisurely stroll of the capital.
In raids across Colombia, special agents from the national police have captured nine suspects accused of planting a bomb in Bogotá’s luxury mall Andino, last Saturday that killed three women.
A week after the terrorist attack in the Andino shopping mall in which three women were killed, Colombia’s Attorney General confirmed Saturday the capture of eight suspects.
Directed by Willy Decker, the Colón’s production of Otello delivers a surreal production of Verdi’s masterpiece and under the baton of Hilary Griffith.
Chef Tómas Rueda and friends opened their third dining venture in the city to reclaim Colombia’s lost culinary traditions. Meet the gracious Calderón.
The Chinese built eBus Andino has joined the fleet of TransMilenio, and first all electric transport option for a city turning to green solutions.
Bogota?’s air quality may not rank worst in South America, but city officials are adopting measures to reduce diesel emissions and take “smokey buses” off our streets.
The Teatro Mayor JMSD presents the 41st edition of the traditional Porro Music Festival dedicated to coastal genre.
Two brothers are ambitiously painting their barrio in Soacha as part of a community inspired social project.
Willy Decker, director of Barcelona’s Liceu Theatre and conductor Hilary Griffiths bring Verdi’s operatic masterpiece Otello to the stage in four performances this month.
An alarming number of cases involving the illegal drug “burundanga” has city authorities on alert and citizens are advised to take extra precautions when out on the town.
A year after Mayor Pen?alosa closed down this city’s most infamous district, El Bronx, Google Street View still offers a bizarre tour of one of its main crime-infested streets.