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Performance Art: From Global Icons to Mexico’s Radical Voices

Performance art challenges what we consider theatre or visual art. Rather than rehearsed plays or static paintings, it presents live actions, often blurring the line between artist and audience. L...

Papantla Vanilla: A Scent with a Passport

Before it became a global comfort flavor, vanilla was a local ritual. In the northern hills of Veracruz, Totonac communities domesticated a climbing orchid (Vanilla planifolia) and taught it to tr...

Beyond the Dance Floor: Listening Bars and the Vinyl Renaissance

Some nights aren’t about dancing; they’re about listening. In recent years, a new kind of nightlife has been quietly booming across major cities: listening bars—spaces where analogue sound, curate...

Espíritu Presents: Santiago Senso — Intimate Acts, Shared Pulse

Seated on a wooden bench after a rehearsal of Don Quijote in Mexico City, Santiago Senso speaks faster than the camera can focus. The actor, director and creator of “actos íntimos” has spent three...

Tepoztlán: Energy, Hand-Craft & Mountain Silence on CDMX’s Doorstep

1 · A Valley Where Myth and Daily Life Overlap Less than 60 miles south of Mexico City, Tepoztlán sits inside a ragged-green amphitheater of volcanic cliffs. Nahua legends say the ridge is a sleepi...

The Microbiome in a Clay Jar: Why Pulque & Tepache Deserve a Spot in Your Gut-Health Routine

Centuries before kombucha, Mexico was already sipping probiotic gold. Modern science is finally catching up. 1 · A 2 000-Year Timeline in One Gourd Pulque dates to pre-Classic Mesoamerica; tepac...

Amplified Roots: How Regional Mexican Music Went Global Without Losing Its Accent

From Peso Pluma’s corrido-trap to the sierreño strings of Eslabón Armado, Regional Mexican is rewriting Spotify’s algorithms—and the narrative of what “Mexican” means in pop culture. 1 · Streami...

Austin in 72 Hours: Street Murals, Mezcal Bars & River Breezes

A design-driven guide for travelers who measure cities by creativity per square mile. Why Austin, Why Now With 184 people moving to Austin every day (Austin Chamber, 2024), the Texan capital has e...

Cork, Agave & Circular Design: A New Chapter for Mexican Footwear

When the country’s most emblematic plants and everyday by-products become raw materials, sustainability stops being a buzzword and turns into business DNA. 1 · Why Circularity Moved From Buzzword...

Nomad Workwear: Culture-Driven Style for Latin America’s Hybrid Office

From Bogotá boardrooms to Guadalajara living-rooms, a new dress code is emerging—rooted in comfort, craft and cultural authenticity. 1 · Hybrid Work Has Gone Mainstream—Now Culture Is Catching ...