BCN Mes
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BCN MES is a monthly cultural newspaper
in and about Barcelona. The articles, reviews, recommendations, and event listings are written by an international staff of contributors in English, Castellano (Spanish), and Catalan
. Content is written in original version depending on the preferred language of the contributor. The newspaper also features contributions by local illustrator, photographers and designers.
In June of 2011, the current contributors of the monthly launched the new website. This new site includes updates of events around Barcelona and is a much more interactive medium than before. The opinion platform allows users to input their ideas and, or complaints about current happenings around the city. Even though it is a monthly print, the website is updated on a nearly daily basis with upcoming events, restaurant reviews, and things to see around the town.
While its style is somewhat relaxed and irreverent, it also deals with real themes present in modern day Barcelona. For example construction of the new high-speed train link, to more cultural themes such as the creation of the first multicultural centre for the arts
an NGO called Gracia Arts Project
, connecting foreign and local art lovers.
BCN MES typically contains 24 pages with subdivisions of reviews, columns, and listings about current events occurring in Barcelona. The Shortlist section contains 5 critiques of local restaurants, bars, and shops. The opinion columns address subjects such as local politics, fiction, poetry, crimes, language, culture, and urban excursions. The listings cover special happenings during the month such as concerts, theatre, exhibitions, inaugurations, festivals, films, sales, special events, and conferences. The paper’s creative writing section illustrates local talent and originality. Every edition contains a theme on its front page that the following content loosely addresses.
, Eixample
, Raval, Sant Antoni, La Ribera
, Poble Sec, Barrio Gótico, El Born, Barceloneta
, and Poblenou
.
, Mondosonoro, Sala Apolo, Barcelona Rocks, Forfree.cat and Goorilo.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in and about Barcelona. The articles, reviews, recommendations, and event listings are written by an international staff of contributors in English, Castellano (Spanish), and Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
. Content is written in original version depending on the preferred language of the contributor. The newspaper also features contributions by local illustrator, photographers and designers.
In June of 2011, the current contributors of the monthly launched the new website. This new site includes updates of events around Barcelona and is a much more interactive medium than before. The opinion platform allows users to input their ideas and, or complaints about current happenings around the city. Even though it is a monthly print, the website is updated on a nearly daily basis with upcoming events, restaurant reviews, and things to see around the town.
While its style is somewhat relaxed and irreverent, it also deals with real themes present in modern day Barcelona. For example construction of the new high-speed train link, to more cultural themes such as the creation of the first multicultural centre for the arts
The arts
The arts are a vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. It is a broader term than "art", which as a description of a field usually means only the visual arts. The arts encompass visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts – music, theatre, dance and...
an NGO called Gracia Arts Project
Gracia Arts Project
The Gracia Arts Project is a publicly supported non-profit organization and non-governmental organization established by Justin Donlon, James Wardell, and on January 1, 2000 in Barcelona, Spain, to benefit all the arts with a view to share information, ideas, collaborate and actively pursue...
, connecting foreign and local art lovers.
BCN MES typically contains 24 pages with subdivisions of reviews, columns, and listings about current events occurring in Barcelona. The Shortlist section contains 5 critiques of local restaurants, bars, and shops. The opinion columns address subjects such as local politics, fiction, poetry, crimes, language, culture, and urban excursions. The listings cover special happenings during the month such as concerts, theatre, exhibitions, inaugurations, festivals, films, sales, special events, and conferences. The paper’s creative writing section illustrates local talent and originality. Every edition contains a theme on its front page that the following content loosely addresses.
Circulation and Distribution
BCN MES currently has a circulation of 15,000 papers distributed throughout 500 locations in Barcelona. These locations include bars, shops, restaurants, art galleries, movie cinemas, clubs, schools, hostels, and civic centers.Operations
BCN MES is an independent paper that prints 11 times a year (skipping August). BCN MES is distributed in the city of Barcelona in the areas of GraciaGracia
Gracia Arabella Baur , mostly known as Gracia is a German singer.-Biography:Gracia was born in Munich on November 18, 1982 to Roman and Rosemary Baur and was named after Princess Grace of Monaco, who had died a few weeks earlier...
, Eixample
Eixample
The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns , constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries....
, Raval, Sant Antoni, La Ribera
La Ribera
La Ribera is one of the areas of the quarter of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera of Ciutat Vella of Barcelona.Many of the buildings date from late Medieval times. It was a well-to-do quarter during 13th-15th centuries, when it really was by the sea shore, and the area that today is named...
, Poble Sec, Barrio Gótico, El Born, Barceloneta
Barceloneta
Barceloneta may refer to:*Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico.*Barceloneta, Barcelona, beach and a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Spain**Barceloneta...
, and Poblenou
Poblenou
El Poblenou is an extensive neighborhood of Barcelona that borders the Mediterranean sea to the south, Sant Adrià del Besòs to the east, Parc de la Ciutadella in Ciutat Vella to the west, and Horta-Guinardó and Sant Andreu to the north...
.
Collaborations
BCN MES has collaborated with The National Radio of Spain, The Association of DJs Contra la Fam, The Spanish Association for Free Press, ScannerfmScannerfm
is an alternative radio station from Barcelona. It was started in 2003 as an endterm project for a Master in Direction and Radio Business Administration...
, Mondosonoro, Sala Apolo, Barcelona Rocks, Forfree.cat and Goorilo.