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Catalan Culture on the Cathedral Avenue in Barcelona

Cornejo Barcelonian, Only-Be, Practical Guide to Barcelona

As an initiative from the Municipality of Barcelona, the famous Fiesta Catalana (Catalan Festival) takes place on the Avinguda de la Catedral (Cathedral Avenue). This festival is celebrated with a wide range of folkloric activities, designed for those who want to get to know more about the Catalan roots. This is an event for you to enjoy the most beautiful traditions of the Catalan culture. Every Saturday the busy Avinguda de la Catedral is filled with a great variety of events for everyone to have fun. This celebration began on the 12th of May and will be over on the 15th of September. Throughout the month of August no celebrations were held, but you still have the chance to attend the last three days of celebration in September. The event will feature the participation of Barcelona’s Castellers: from Sants, from Poble Sec, the Colla Jove de Bcn, from Sant Cugat and from Badalona; los Gigantes from la Barceloneta, from el Raval, from Casc Antic, from St. Jaume and St. Pere; los Halcones from Llorenç del Penedès, los Bastoners from Esbart Català de Dansaires and Poble Sec; los Bordegassos from Vilanova, el León y la Mulaza from Bcn, la Moixiganga from Sitges, la Colla Sardanista Mare Nostrum and los Matossers from Molins de Rei. A colla castellera is a group of people (men, women and children of all ages) who build human towers. This tradition was born in Tarragona two hundred years ago and has spread throughout Catalonia, Penedes, Roussillon and the Balearic Islands. Castles are always built to the sound of castellera music, which is composed by timbals and... read more

The Vaccines in New York

Alexa Ray New Yorker, Only-Be, Things to do in New York

When we talk about independent music, New York is probably one of the places that first comes to mind. With a tradition in underground or independent music that has been ongoing for over forty years, New York is the centre of attention of international indie rock. In New York, they know a lot about music, and it´s the place from where punk and hip hop have had some of their biggest representatives. In the same way, in New York you can find a knowledgeable musical crowd that´s dedicated to contemporary, minimalistic and experimental music. Not only is it popular music but the coming together of complex ways of making music, with urban styles and new musical interpretations of classics of soul, jazz, R&B, etc. That´s why the musical experience is totally enriching in New York for spectators and musicians alike. In New York, there are concerts 365 days a year. You just have to check magazines like Village Voice or the popular Brooklyn Vegan to find which music is being played around all the corners of the Big Apple. Among the organizing committees for important musical events in New York is Bowery Presents. They´re the owners of the Bowery Ballroom in the Bowery area, as well as the Williamsburg Music Hall in Brooklyn, two very popular places. These will be the venues for the concert of the famous The Vaccines, who will be playing live on the 10th of September (Bowery Ballroom) and on the 11th (Willamsburg Music Hall). Both venues are similar, being old ball rooms that have been renovated to hold the best international bands in... read more

Towers and Skyscrapers at the CaixaForum Barcelona

The Only Team Barcelonian, Only-Be, Practical Guide to Barcelona

At the CaixaForum in Barcelona, from the 20th of June until the 9th of September, you can enjoy the last few days of the temporary architectural exhibition Towers and Skyscrapers, from Babel to Dubai. This exhibition is a look back to the history of the construction of towers and skyscrapers. Starting from the myth of the tower of Babel and ending with the construction of the skyscrapers in Dubai, Towers and Skyscrapers shows the tendency that mankind has for impossible challenges and the search of verticality as a way of being closer to divinity, as a defiance of the laws of nature or simply as something functional to optimize the space in the big cities. And so, since the beginning of time, many buildings have symbolized the look to the sky, no matter their objective. Cathedrals, minarets and watchtowers in the Middle Ages, influenced by the biblical subject of the tower of Babel, which goes up in a spiral shape and that illustrated many paintings in the 16th century, such as those by Brueghel, open this exhibition, as well as an original model that the visitor can admire. The Paris World Fair in 1889, and the presentation of the Eiffel Tower (1887), sees the end of one of the biggest concerns of 19th century engineers, which was building a tower of great magnitude. That same era, in the United States, was known as the Spring of Skyscrapers (1885-1919). After the fire in Chicago in 1871, the first building of these characteristics was built, the Home Insurance Building (138ft) by William LeBaron Jenney, becoming a model of modernity and the image of the future, which influenced the architectonical... read more