MusicCali has a particularity that disconcerts anyone arriving for the first time: the city sounds before you see it. A neighbor rehearses on a keyboard at eleven in
MusicThe Petronio Álvarez Pacific Music Festival is the largest Afro culture gathering in Latin America, and it is held every year in Cali during the month of August
Food & DrinkAt 11:30 in the morning, at Plaza de Mercado Alameda, the smell of cilantro and stewed chicken starts to win the battle against green plantain and fresh fish. T
Food & DrinkAt 12:15 noon, Calle 10 between Carrera 5 and Carrera 8 becomes a parade of short-sleeved shirts, worn briefcases and shoes that have already been walking for s
History & HeritageIn Cali, the memory of a barrio doesn't live in a museum: it lives in a library with a ceiling fan turning slowly, in a casa de cultura with plastic chairs stac
History & HeritageNeighborhood bread in Cali was not born from a heroic recipe or a jealously guarded family secret. It was born from a bill to pay. In the mid-twentieth century,
History & HeritageMenga doesn't show up on Cali's postcards. It's not on the San Antonio circuit or in the Zona T, and chances are no taxi driver at the airport will ask if you w
History & HeritageThe window shop —also called venta por reja or permanent garage sale— is not a recent invention or an Instagram trend. It is the spontaneous response of thousan
outdoorThe Sunday ciclovía in Cali is operated by the Secretaría del Deporte y la Recreación of the Mayor's Office, and it runs every Sunday and public holiday in the
History & HeritageIf you ask an average caleño how to get downtown, they'll tell you to go down Calle 15 or take any bus that passes along Avenida 3N. But if you ask them what's
