Fast Foods Gone Global! Airs this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012
byTravel Channel Producer Patrick Weiland, restaurant owner Carlos Vega, and cameraman Mike Simon There is an art and a skill to filming food. You…
Nicaragua
Short Film Shot on a Shoestring Features Untrained Nicaraguan Actors
byThe short narrative film Volar en lÃnea recta (“Fly in a straight line,” trailer above) by The Ninth Octave Films, introduces the talents of nine young northern Nicaraguans…
Nicaragua comes to Boulder in a Night of Reverse Travel! Moises Gadea to play Nomad Theater, Saturday Sept. 8, 2012
byBOULDER, COLORADO – Boulderites will be able to spend “A Night in Nicaragua,†this Saturday, September 8, 2012, at the Nomad Theater in north…
¡Viva Nicaragua! My favorite country in Central America (don’t worry, I love you too, Belize)
byFor 14 years, I’ve been traveling around, living in, working in, writing about, and loving Nicaragua. Sometimes I come for years, sometimes, for months,…
I’m speaking about my Peace Corps service this Monday at CU Boulder
byHappy Peace Corps week, everybody! I’m proud to be participating in the big Peace Corps Palooza recruiting event this Monday evening in the Glenn…
Nicaragua Dispatch launches English-language publication
byEnglish-language rags have come and gone in Nicaragua. I used to write a column for the Nica News in the late 1990s, a monthly…
“My Village, My Lobster” documentary film project about Nicaragua, official trailer release!
byIndependent filmmakers Brad Allgood and Joshua Wolff have been toiling to bring the story of Nicaragua’s lobster fishermen to international viewers for years. They…
Moises Gadea: Nicaraguan singer-songwriter, new video “Soy Migrante”
byI first met Moises Gadea in 1998, at an open-air nightclub in Managua, near La UCA (University of Central America) campus. His band, Ixmaná,…
¡Viva León Jodido! Nightlife in León, Nicaragua: New York Times Sunday Travel Article and Photos BY JOSHUA BERMAN
byVisiting Nicaragua’s OTHER colonial jewel? (Granada gets all the hype, but León is a unique, wonderful Nicaragua town.) Save a night for bar-hopping in…
Volunteer Opportunity! Alternative Breaks in Nicaragua and Mexico
byOne of the best volunteer programs out there: American Jewish World Service. I used to lead spring break trips for them. They write: “Attention…