The Pelu Plague
byI just couldn’t take it anymore. I barged through the front door of Quins Pels hair salon, interrupted the two women’s conversation, and demanded answers. “Why,” I asked, “are there…
Sant Andreu
Artificial Turf – Or How to Love Your Local Club
byIt could be any given Sunday in Sant Andreu from October to March. The pedestrian streets are deadened by overcast skies and shuttered shops. A brave few venture out to…
Canòdrom: Drones and the Dork Invasion
bySimón Lee, one of Barcelona’s rising tech gurus, has twice seen the future. His first vision was benevolent, the second tinged with dystopia. Following custom, here’s the good news-to-be: tiny…
temazos: startups
Eat Street – Openwalls
byThe Urban Art Edition – Comida urbana & arte urbano – Este finde apoyamos, alucinamos y soñamos con Openwalls Conference organizado por Difusor.org y Unlock, la primera feria editorial internacional…
A new era is dawning over Sant Andreu
byThe sun-burnt boy fluttered like a bright red flag. The upper half of his body was the color of a chorizo on the barbeque, his ginger hair the sputtering fat….
Meeting the last impressionist in Sant Andreu
byOn any given day, far from the center of any presumptive art scene in Barcelona, one of the world’s last practitioners of impressionism picks his spot to paint in a…
This Book is Free, It Cannot Be Bought, It Cannot Be Sold
byThe door only opened twice in half an hour. Both times gypsies– first a woman, then a man– poked their heads in and asked for “a little bit of paper,…