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Read moreMarch of the Behemoths: Monsters on Parade
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A colorful pageant of hundreds of oversized winged dragons, gargantuan multihued insects and superhuman-sized Catrina walking-dead dolls took to the streets in Mexico City on Saturday, Oct. 22, as the now-iconic Monumental Alebrijes Parade got underway at the capital’s Zócalo central plaza shortly after 10 a.m. The parade, which was heralded in a concert of spooky-toned music
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Read more10 Great Places to See the Redcoats who Made the British Empire
By RICH GRANT No trip to England is complete without seeing a redcoat. There’s no more iconic image of the British Empire than a redcoat soldier, either at a changing of the guard, protecting one of the royal palaces (as they have done for 362 years), or in paintings from Bunker Hill to Waterloo. And yet the place most people
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Read moreOrquesta Típica to Represent Mexico City at FIC
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico City’s Orquesta Típica, an orchestra composed of traditional instruments and musicians, will represent the capital at Mexico’s 50th edition of the International Cervantino Festival (FIC) in Guanajuato, city officials announced Wednesday, Oct. 5. The orchestra, which has been performing for more than 138 years, will present a Musical Heritage of Mexico concert on Wednesday, Oct. 26
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Read moreNew Palacio de Hierro Coyoacán Opens with Cellos and Fanfare
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It was a night to remember, and long-remembered it will be. The gala opening of Palacio de Hierro’s stunning new $140 million Coyoacán luxury department store in Mexico City’s freshly remodeled Mítikah shopping mall on Thursday, Sept. 22, not only wowed with its fabulous five-story property, but also with the black-tie reception that no doubt constituted the
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