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Younger and hipper: the new Tijuana welcomes a different kind of American expat
Tijuana Colonias

Younger and hipper: the new Tijuana welcomes a different kind of American expat

Fox News Latino reporter Rebekah Sager just published this fun piece on the new expat community in Tijuana. And yeah, this is me. hahaha! Check out the story!   A New Breed of Younger, Hipper Expats Flock to Tijuana By Rebekah Sager Published June 04, 2012 Fox News Latino A […]

Rastros: fotografía de Jill Marie Holslin
Border Art

Rastros: fotografía de Jill Marie Holslin

El viernes 8 de junio, a las 19:00 horas, se presentará en el Studio 2287 en Pasaje Rodriguez, Zona Centro Tijuana, la recepción de apertura de la exhibición “Rastros.” La presentación la realizará la obra de fotógrafa, Jill Marie Holslin. Fecha: 8 de junio Hora: 7:00 PM Lugar: Studio 2287, […]

Check out 21st Century Border
Border Wall

Check out 21st Century Border

Hey, I just found this terrific blog called 21st Century Border, a project of the New Policy Institute, and it looks really great.  Tania Lara will be their summer blogger, and she’s got a journalistic background in both Mexican and U.S. media.  She’s promising to cover the U.S. Congress, the […]

H.R. 1505 – The so-called National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act
Border Wall / Otay Mountain Wilderness Area

H.R. 1505 – The so-called National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act

Under H.R. 1505, put forth by Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT), the Department of Homeland Security would be explicitly exempt from complying with dozens of environmental, public health, and safety laws for activities needed to help achieve “operational control” of the US border on Federal public and tribal lands within 100 […]

Friday night in Pasaje Rodriguez
Tijuana Urban Art

Friday night in Pasaje Rodriguez

  Scenes from Friday night, May 4 in Pasaje Rodriguez, an art & culture space in downtown Tijuana. Pasaje Rodriguez, entrances on Av. Revolución & Av. Constitución, between 3rd and 4th streets Zona Centro, Tijuana, B.C.

Voice + Machine = Soul
Border Art

Voice + Machine = Soul

Alma Berumen performing “Electronic Soul Project” May 4, 2012 at the opening of Maria Teresa Fernandez’s photo exhibition “Arquitectos a la Fuerza” at Las Hijas del Cuarto Obscuro in Pasaje Rodriguez, Tijuana “Arquitectos a la Fuerza” runs through May For more information see Las Hijas del Cuarto Obscuro on Facebook

The new hip Tijuana
Tijuana Colonias

The new hip Tijuana

Scenes from the grand opening of Pasaje Gomez and Plaza Madero in downtown Tijuana on April 28, 2012. Video by Elias Carranco. Vete al Gomez! REACTIVANDO ESPACIOS presenta ARTS AND TREES from Elias Carranco on Vimeo.

Linea abrupta
Border Art

Linea abrupta

  Last summer, in the colonia Camino Verde, one of my favorite mural interventions appeared on the facade of La Suprema Tortilleria. The group Colectivo Versus covered the walls with two enormous ears of corn in the style of scientific illustration. Linking the Virgin of Guadalupe and Pachamama, the collective painted […]

Historic Pasaje Rodriguez
Tijuana Urban Art

Historic Pasaje Rodriguez

Tucked away inside a callejon off Avenida Revolución, Pasaje Rodriguez is easy to miss. But slow down and look, and you will see that local artists have brought this this space to life. I first visited Pasaje Rodriguez late one night last January.  My friend James was planning an event […]

Pasaje Gomez
Tijuana Colonias

Pasaje Gomez

  When you think of art in downtown Tijuana, you think mostly of kitch.  But Tijuana’s not what you think. Tonight I stopped by Pasaje Gomez to check out a gallery opening and I felt like I was walking through the narrow streets of a quaint Italian village.  The walls […]