Mente Argentina Blog
Extra long weekend highlights: April 30-May 3
Thursday, April 30th (high: 22°C low 17°C Rainy)
6:00 PM Mente Happy Hour @ Cerveceria Nacional (Arevalo 1588)
7:00 PM Bellos Jueves @ Museo de Bellas Artes (Av. Libertador 1473)
10:00 PM Dinner @ Cocina Sunae
12:00 AM...
Song of the week: Los Gatos
Los Gatos is a 1960's Argentine rock band that originated in our neighboring city, Rosario. Although they were only an active band, excluding their 2007 reunion tour, for a mere 3 years, their music was an...
Weekend Highlights: April 23- April 26
Thursday, April 23th (high: 24°C low 19°C, Partly Cloudy)
2:00 PM Feria de Libros @ La Rural (Av. Sarmiento 2704)
5:30PM Audiovisual film experience: Contraluz @ El Planetario
8:00 PM See punk bands: Reopening of Salon Pueyrrodon...
Song of the week: Johnny Tedesco
Dream boat argentine musician, Johnny Tedesco, gained the majority of his fame on a musical television program called El Club del Clan. Johnny came from a humble family in Buenos Aires and adored Elvis...
Participant Highlight: Catarina
Over the last few months we have had the pleasure of getting to know Catarina, an intelligent and driven student and entrepreneur of just 21 years of age. Catarina participated in Mente’s intensive spanish...
Weekend Highlights: April 16- April 19
Thursday, April 16th (high: 24°C low 19°C Partly Cloudy)
12:00 PM (All weekend) Eat delicious things: Feria Masticar@ El Dorrego (Zapiola 50)
8:30 PM Lindsey Stirling @ Teatro Opera Allianz ( Av. Corrientes 860)
9:00 PM Swing...
Song of the Week: Sumo
Sumo is a band that hails from a province of Córdoba called Mina Clavero, and debatably one of the coolest things that came out of the Argentine rock scene. Its front man, Luca Prodan, was born...
Weekend Highlights April 9 – April 12
Thursday, April 9th (high: 27°C low 18°C Sunny)
9:00 PM Film: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou @ La Gran Jaime (Araoz 832)
9:00 PM Eat Pasta @Doña Cocina Tipo Casa
12:00 AM Party: Luz Buena- Cumbia...
Song of the week: Raúl Barboza
Yet another musical tradition that helps to define Argentine culture is the unique sounds that we have come to call Chamamé . Chamamé is a genre of folklore music from the northeastern portion of Argentina as well...
Weekend Highlights: April 2- April 5
Thursday, April 2nd (high: 29°C low 20°C Sunny)
7:00 PM Catch strange dance performance art & the current interactive exhibit@ MALBA (avda. Figueroa Alcorta 3415)
9:00 PM Eat Thai @Phuket
10:00 PM Underground Deluxe Party: Variete...