The phenomenon of men's choirs to create healthy masculinity

The phenomenon of men’s choirs to create healthy masculinity

At eight in the evening, in a multi-purpose space of the Federació d’Entitats Calàbria 66 in Barcelona, about fifty men meet every Wednesday to sing. In recent months, they have been preparing Shampoo, a musical with which the Barcelona Gay Men’s Chorus occupied the stage of the Teatre Condal until June 21. In the room, accents from half a dozen countries resonate, a pair of singers rehearses an acrobatic figure à la Dirty Dancing next to a man with a plastered arm who didn’t want to miss the rehearsal.

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European punishment to the Venice Biennale

European punishment to the Venice Biennale

New front of tension between Brussels and the Venice Biennale. The European Commission has confirmed the withdrawal of the two million euro subsidy granted to the Venice Biennale Foundation, after the organization, one of Italy’s most emblematic cultural institutions, allowed the reopening of the Russian pavilion in its 61st edition, inaugurated this spring in a climate of maximum tension.

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Sánchez's nougats

Sánchez’s nougats

Madrid’s political scene is much hotter than usual, and not so much because of the heatwaves, but because of the judicial investigations affecting Pedro Sánchez and his inner circle. The capital’s rumor mills are full of speculation about the next steps that will be taken…

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La Mierla: desolation and outrage over one of Spain's biggest fires

La Mierla: desolation and outrage over one of Spain’s biggest fires

Desolation permeates the Sierra Norte Natural Park, in Guadalajara, which since last Friday (six days!) has been devoured by flames. More than 32,000 hectares have burned (these are estimates; until it is extinguished, the burned area cannot be reliably verified, forest agents clarify), a good part of one of Spain’s most beautiful and unknown natural spaces, mainly due to its proximity to Madrid, which always turns nearby regions into transit areas.

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