Isabel Allende @ TED

Isabel Allende, the Chilean author of novels such as La casa de los espíritus (The House of Spirits), De amor y de sombra (Of Love and Shadows) and Paula, spoke at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Monterey, California in March of 2007.  Here’s the talk she gave, titled Tales of Passion.

Going to the movies

Want to see a movie and not sure where to look?  Google has showtimes for first-run theaters in many Chilean comunas/cities:

Santiago (partial list)

Estación Central – Independencia – La Florida – La Reina – Las Condes – Lo Barnechea – Macul – Maipú – Ñuñoa – Peñalolén – Providencia – Puente Alto – Recoleta – Santiago [...]

What should we do tonight?

…A most urgent question, posed many a newly-arrived expat.  Here are links to a few web sites that have the latest and most complete info on entertainment and nightlife in Chile.  Santiago gets the focus, as usual, but most of the sites include regional events as well.

Revolver Magazine AgendaBy far the most complete English resource [...]

Gringospotting

So you’ve been in Chile a little while, or maybe a long while, and you’re giving cultural integration your best shot.  That time will probably come when you just want to spend an hour or two talking home country politics, sports, or the latest HBO series, not in Spanish, and with a pint in hand.  [...]

Television

Broadcast television

There are 7 national and around 15 regional broadcast television channels.  If you’re in Santiago you’re lucky if you can tune in to all 7 national channels, and some smaller towns and rural areas with signal coverage may only receive 1 or 2 channels.  As you’d expect, pay TV penetration is relatively high in [...]

Radio

The quantity and quality of Chile’s radio stations are on par with those of major cities worldwide, though some would say that corporate consolidation has caused the diversity of the genres on offer to decline since the beginning of the century.  The best way to find a station you like is to a) get in [...]