This Saturday, September 4th, 2010 there are there are two parties in Medellin that are generating a lot of ants-in-the-pants enthusiasm.

The first is the annuanl international electronica festival “Good Music I Dance.” What is to be the kick off to a week of various electronica events,  Saturday, September 4th is the big party featuring DJ [...]

Back in June 2010, there was an event that underwent weeks of planning and had the youth of the city hyped-up and ready to party – the only problem was that it never happened. Set to be the 5th installment of 4ojos, the event was on the agenda of thousands of people. 4ojos is a [...]

For those who like healthy food, smoothies, and spending time on laptops, Sweet Lemon brings it all together in one cool spot. Open everyday of the week (yes, even Sundays), Brett Borkan offers this review of the healthy oasis located in Laureles, Unicentro.

Often cited as the founder of Techno music, Detroit based artist and DJ extraordinaire Juan Atkins will soon be coming to Colombia and playing an exclusive show limited to just 400 of Medellin’s best party goers. Juan has played Medellin before and is now back by demand to play another kick ass show. Be sure [...]

What a cool Friday Medellin has in store. Here are a few of the cool things happeneing this Friday, August the 20th. We put them in order so that a truly insane person could try to go to them all.
1. The 3rd annunal Hip Hop Femenina Conference. Female Hip Hop artists from all across the [...]

Article by Robin Finley
The late Andres Felipe Medina
Here in Medellin, Colombia the translation for dangerous, as in a bad part of town, is “caliente” or hot. Recently people have been saying that Medellin has become quite hot, and they aren’t talking about the weather. Mind you every city has its gang fights and turf wars, yet [...]

Demands have been met, requests have been granted, and inquiries have been satisfied. You can now get The Arepa all across the United States, delivered right to your door. We bang out 6 editions a year of Colombia’s hottest music, fashion, artwork, and underground cultural developments. So join us as we bring Medellin and Colombia [...]

Last week The Arepa began subscriptions and our very first subscriber is local rock star Pamela O who is the lead singer of the rock group Malikonia. Check out there MySpace page here.
For subscriber #1, local clothing company Panic Funstyle offered us this cool belt as a prize (Facebook: Panic Funstyle). Congrats Pamela and subscribers [...]

We are very excited to announce that now readers in Miami, Florida can get physical copies of the The Arepa. Los Verdes in Miami, Florida is now carrying and caring for our beloved Arepas. Los Verdes is a chain of fast food restaurants that actually began here in Medellin many, many, years ago; it actually [...]

There is a lot of it happening in Medellin, Colombia this week. Festival season is here and the city is alive with a fiery buzz, albeit a lot of the antsiness is about getting off work early to go drink with friends in the streets. It is no secret that Colombia is inhabited with very [...]