The shutters had been down for weeks, but it wasn't until this Wednesday that the Karma nightclub, located in Barcelona's Plaça Reial, announced its permanent closure. They did so via their social media accounts. "Karma has lowered its shutters and will not raise them again," they stated. In this post, which included a picture of the establishment's shutters, they took the opportunity to thank everyone who had worked there, from the security staff and DJs to the bartenders, who had been part of this nightclub that opened its doors in December 1978.

The Waka Sabadell nightclub will have to close permanently in April. This will mark the end of years of back-and-forth negotiations with the Sant Quirze del Vallès City Council—where the nightclub is located—marked by problems of coexistence and security that have plagued the club, including fights between customers and assaults by security personneloften linked to episodes of racism.

Early Wednesday morning, the roof of a nightclub in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, collapsed while the venue was in full swing. The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has so far recorded the death toll of 184 people, while approximately 500 are injured.

Manel is 82 years old and Maria Àngels is 80. Both are widowed and have been together for eighteen years. They met dancing. On the dance floor at the Imperator, of course. The ritual is repeated every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, and the neighbors on Carrer de Còrsega and Passeig de Gràcia witness it with delight. It's a spectacle, a beautiful spectacle. The line in the street, the lively conversation, the jokes, the complicity. They are between 65 and 80 years old and their energy hasn't left them. They share setbacks, absences, health scares, a career already lived, children, grandchildren... Each with their own circumstances and one commonality, a renunciation they are unwilling to make: for all of them, the Imperator is sacred. Manel and Maria Àngels have their gang, and they all sit at the bus stop waiting for the club's doors to open one more day. Maria Josefa (76), Margarita (80), Amanda (76), Manoli (67) and Elena (73). They chat endlessly, joke around, and tell each other about their lives, even though they already know each other's lives by heart. Carles (83) joins the gathering; he lives in Gavà and comes here every day on purpose: "What I like most are the people I meet. I could stay at home, but I love dancing and it's really good for my health." "For me, it's like a psychologist and a gym combined," says Manoli. And Elena: "It's our therapy; no one has sore feet." "We're a loyal group, we joke around a lot, we have a great time. Like a family!" Ah! It's essential to move well, because that way it makes things even more exciting.