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Tuesday, August 10
Independence Day in Ecuador
MUSIC/DANCE
MANTRA: Panama International Sax Quartet
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
SCIENCE LECTURE: Noon science lecture at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Tupper Auditorium, free and in English. Check the STRI website for details
CHIRIQUI: San Lorenzo celebrates its patron saint’s day, in this case with a three-day celebration
LOS SANTOS: La Villa de Los Santos’s corregimiento of Agua Buena celebrates its patron saint’s day
COLON: Chagres celebrates its patron saint’s day
DARIEN: Corregimiento of Santa Maria la Antigua (El Real) celebrates its patron saint’s day
Wednesday, August 11
MUSIC/DANCE
MAJESTIC CASINO: Samy & Sandra Sandoval, 9:30 pm
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with Ibrahím Merel, Mario Becabunco and Fidel Morales
GUAGUANCÓ: Latin jazz night with Luis Carlos Pérez, Oscar y Rey Cruz, Chispa Lawson, Roberto Delgado and Alain Ríos
SIETE MARES: Marea Alta
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
FILM
FUNDACION OMAR TORRIJOS: Premiere of documentary on poet and activist Pedro Rivera, 6 pm
ETC.
AUCTION: Art, antiquities and memorabilia, starting at 6 pm at the Hotel Marriott, a benefit for the Fundacion San Felipe
CHIRIQUI: San Lorenzo celebrates its patron saint’s day, in this case with a three-day celebration
KUNA YALA: Tuwala celebrates the birthday of Yabilikiña
Thursday, August 12
MUSIC/DANCE
UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA CURUNDU CAMPUS: Acuara, contemporary chamber music, 11:30 am in Room B-103
GUAGUANCÓ: Classic salsa with La Cachamba
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
ALBROOK MALL: Franco De Vita, 5 pm
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
SPORTS
BICYCLE RACING: Vuelta de Panama, circuit from Santiago Cabecera to La Colorada and back
ETC.
MAJESTIC CASINO: Comedian Andrés Poveda, 10 pm
CAFE DE ASIS: “Jueves de Algo,” open mike for musicians and poets, free place for plastic artists to show their work, and more, starting at 9 pm
BAMBI DINNER AND SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES: At the Smithsonian’s facilities on Barro Colorado Island. You must make reservations and arrange passage on the boat from Gamboa beforehand at the Tupper Center in Ancon
CHIRIQUI: San Lorenzo celebrates its patron saint’s day, in this case with a three-day celebration
Friday, August 13
MUSIC/DANCE
PARROQUIA SANTA MARIA LA ANTIGUA (VILLA CACERES): Grupo Saltimbanquis (Renaissance music), 8 pm, admission free
MAJESTIC CASINO: Osvaldo Ayala, starting 9:30 pm
GUAGUANCÓ: Classic salsa with La Cachamba
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with the Fidel Morales Trio and Barbara Wilson
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
SHAMROCK’S: Jazz night
ZOOMBA: Heineken’s Music Tour, with an international DJ
THEATER
HOTEL MELIA PANAMA CANAL (COLON): La Cantina de Pancha Mancha, a Raúl Leis play about life in Colon in the 1940s and 1950s, with proceeds toward children’s and youth arts programs in Colon province
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
FILM
EXTREME PLANET: Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” opens
SPORTS
BICYCLE RACING: Vuelta de Panama, Santiago to Santa Fe
Saturday, August 14
MUSIC/DANCE
MAJESTIC CASINO: Combo All-star
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with Dino Nugent, Eusebio Dinza and Fidel Morales
SIETE MARES: Marea Alta
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
SHAMROCK’S: Jazz night
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
HOTEL MELIA PANAMA CANAL (COLON): La Cantina de Pancha Mancha, a Raúl Leis play about life in Colon in the 1940s and 1950s, with proceeds toward children’s and youth arts programs in Colon province
SPORTS
BOXING: Fight night at the Gimnasio Roberto Duran
BICYCLE RACING: Vuelta de Panama, Aguadulce - El Cope - Calabazo - Sanagua
AUTO RACING: Stock cars at the Rio Hato airstrip
Sunday, August 15
Anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal
Mothers Day in Costa Rica
MUSIC/DANCE
HOTEL MELIA PANAMA CANAL (COLON): La Cantina de Pancha Mancha, a Raúl Leis play about life in Colon in the 1940s and 1950s, with proceeds toward children’s and youth arts programs in Colon province
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
SPORTS
TRIATHLON: Interscholastic meet, Instituto Sun Yat-sen
BICYCLE RACING: Vuelta de Panama, circuit around Aguadulce
ETC.
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: Religious observance at the Hosanna Temple
CHIRIQUI: Remedios celebrates its patron saint’s day
LOS SANTOS: La Villa de Los Santos’s corregimiento of Guasimo celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
PANAMA: Panama City celebrates the 485th anniversary of its foundation
KUNA YALA: Aligandi celebrates the birthday of Alcibíades Iglesias
Monday, August 16
MUSIC/DANCE
TEATRO ANITA VILLALAZ (INAC): Music of Élcio Sá, by Teresa Toro, Emiliano Pardo-Tristán and friends
THEATER
HOTEL MELIA PANAMA CANAL (COLON): La Cantina de Pancha Mancha, a Raúl Leis play about life in Colon in the 1940s and 1950s, with proceeds toward children’s and youth arts programs in Colon province
ETC.
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: High school canal visits
VERAGUAS: San Roque, San Francisco and Cañazas celebrate their patron saint’s day
LOS SANTOS: Tonosi celebrates its patron saint’s day
COCLE: Aguadulce celebrates its patron saint’s day
COLON: Miramar celebrates its patron saint’s day
Tuesday, August 17
MUSIC/DANCE
TEATRO ANITA VILLALAZ (INAC): Polish guitarist Lukasz Kuropaczewski
TEATRO NACIONAL: Instantes, by Momentum Danza
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
HOTEL MELIA PANAMA CANAL (COLON): La Cantina de Pancha Mancha, a Raúl Leis play about life in Colon in the 1940s and 1950s, with proceeds toward children’s and youth arts programs in Colon province
SPORTS
TENNIS: Los Raqueteros Tournament, at the Club de Golf de Cerro Viento
ETC.
SCIENCE LECTURE: Noon science lecture at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Tupper Auditorium, free and in English. Check the STRI website for details
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: High school canal visits
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: Literary contest about the canal and Afro-Antillean history, University of Panama English Department
Wednesday, August 18
MUSIC/DANCE
TACO’NTENTO: Luis Arteaga and Grupo Tuira
TEATRO ANITA VILLALAZ: Dúo + Que2 and Jorge Zamora
TEATRO NACIONAL: Instantes, by Momentum Danza
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with Ibrahím Merel, Mario Becabunco and Fidel Morales
GUAGUANCÓ: Latin jazz night with Luis Carlos Pérez, Oscar y Rey Cruz, Chispa Lawson, Roberto Delgado and Alain Ríos
SIETE MARES: Marea Alta
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
SPORTS
SOCCER: Panama’s national team vs. El Salvador, in a friendly match in San Salvador
TENNIS: Los Raqueteros Tournament, at the Club de Golf de Cerro Viento
ETC.
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: Annual wreath-laying ceremony in Culebra Cut, to honor the memory of those who died building the Panama Canal, 9 am. You must make a reservation to get on the launch --- call 262-1668
HERRERA: Parita celebrates its foundation
Thursday, August 19
MUSIC/DANCE
TACO’NTENTO: Luis Arteaga and Grupo Tuira
TEATRO ANITA VILLALAZ (INAC): Popular guitar recital with Rómulo Castro, Luis Arteaga, Babito do Carmo, Eliécer Barsallo, Frank Gutiérrez, Pedro Quintero, Toñito Rudas, Domingo Muñoz and Leopoldo Magallón
TEATRO NACIONAL: Instantes, by Momentum Danza
GUAGUANCÓ: Classic salsa with La Cachamba
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
SPORTS
TENNIS: Los Raqueteros Tournament, at the Club de Golf de Cerro Viento
ETC.
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: High school Panama Canal and Afro-Antillean history competition, Centro Ascanio Arosemena (old Balboa High School), 4 pm
CAFE DE ASIS: “Jueves de Algo,” open mike for musicians and poets, free place for plastic artists to show their work, and more, starting at 9 pm
BAMBI DINNER AND SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES: At the Smithsonian’s facilities on Barro Colorado Island. You must make reservations and arrange passage on the boat from Gamboa beforehand at the Tupper Center in Ancon
Friday, August 20
MUSIC/DANCE
IGLESIA SAN GERARDO DE MAYELA: Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, with Dúo +Que2 and Emiliano Pardo-Tristán
GUAGUANCÓ: Classic salsa with La Cachamba
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with the Fidel Morales Trio and Barbara Wilson
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
SHAMROCK’S: Jazz night
WASABI: Heineken’s Music Tour, with an international DJ
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
SPORTS
TENNIS: Los Raqueteros Tournament, at the Club de Golf de Cerro Viento
ETC.
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: Dinner to honor jazz singer Barbara Wilson, tailor Stafford Cole and Canute Cockburn, Hotel Caesar Park’s Gran Salon, 7 pm
BONSAI EXHIBITION: At Multicentro, 10 am to 9 pm
LOS SANTOS: Las Tablas’s corregimiento of La Palma celebrates its patron saint’s day
KUNA YALA: Nargana celebrates the birthday of Charles Robinson
Saturday, August 21
MUSIC/DANCE
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with Dino Nugent, Eusebio Dinza and Fidel Morales
SIETE MARES: Marea Alta
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
SHAMROCK’S: Jazz night
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
SPORTS
TENNIS: Los Raqueteros Tournament, at the Club de Golf de Cerro Viento
ETC.
SAMAAP KNOW YOUR CANAL WEEK: Reception at the Afro-Antillean Museum, 1:30 to 3 pm
BONSAI EXHIBITION: At Multicentro, 10 am to 9 pm
Sunday, August 22
MUSIC/DANCE
TEATRO NACIONAL: Vitín Paz y su Big Band Jazz
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
COLON: Corregimiento of La Guayra (Portobelo) celebrates the Virgin Mary
Monday, August 23
Tuesday, August 24
MUSIC/DANCE
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
SCIENCE LECTURE: Noon science lecture at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Tupper Auditorium, free and in English. Check the STRI website for details
CHIRIQUI: Puerto Armuelles and Boqueron celebrate their foundations
Wednesday, August 25
Independence Day in Uruguay
Constitution Day in Paraguay
MUSIC/DANCE
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with Ibrahím Merel, Mario Becabunco and Fidel Morales
GUAGUANCÓ: Latin jazz night with Luis Carlos Pérez, Oscar y Rey Cruz, Chispa Lawson, Roberto Delgado and Alain Ríos
SIETE MARES: Marea Alta
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Centro Basico Angelina Maylin de Tirones in Rio Hato
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Escuela Compañia in El Valle
Thursday, August 26
MUSIC/DANCE
ATLAPA: Sartory Camara, Spanish chamber music string sextet
GUAGUANCÓ: Classic salsa with La Cachamba
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
CAFE DE ASIS: “Jueves de Algo,” open mike for musicians and poets, free place for plastic artists to show their work, and more, starting at 9 pm
BAMBI DINNER AND SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES: At the Smithsonian’s facilities on Barro Colorado Island. You must make reservations and arrange passage on the boat from Gamboa beforehand at the Tupper Center in Ancon
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Centro Basico Angelina Maylin de Tirones in Rio Hato
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Escuela Compañia in El Valle
Friday, August 27
MUSIC/DANCE
GUAGUANCÓ: Classic salsa with La Cachamba
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with the Fidel Morales Trio and Barbara Wilson
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
SHAMROCK’S: Jazz night
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Centro Basico Angelina Maylin de Tirones in Rio Hato
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Escuela Compañia in El Valle
Saturday, August 28
MUSIC/DANCE
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA CATHEDRAL, PENONOME: Sartory Camara, a didactic concert by the Spanish chamber music string sextet, 7 pm, admission free
TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz night with Dino Nugent, Eusebio Dinza and Fidel Morales
SIETE MARES: Marea Alta
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Caribbean night with El Grupo Clave
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
SHAMROCK’S: Jazz night
DIOSCOTECA NEXT: Heineken’s Music Tour, with Tom Sawyer and Zito Bares
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Centro Basico Angelina Maylin de Tirones in Rio Hato
BOCAS DEL TORO: Folklore Festival on Isla Colon
BOCAS DEL TORO: The province celebrates its patron saint’s day
HERRERA: Ocu and the corregimiento of Paris (Parita) celebrate Santa Rosa de Lima
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Escuela Compañia in El Valle
Sunday, August 29
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Escuela Compañia in El Valle
Monday, August 30
Peru celebrates Santa Rosa de Lima
Constitution Day in the Turks and Caicos Islands
MUSIC/DANCE
UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA CURUNDU DOME: Sartory Camara, a didactic concert by the Spanish chamber music string sextet, 11 am, admission free
ETC.
VERAGUAS: Santiago and Canto del Llano celebrate Santa Rosa de Lima
VERAGUAS: Santa Fe celebrates its foundation
LOS SANTOS: The corregimientos of Llano de Piedra (Macaracas), Paritilla (Pedasi) and Valle Riquito (Las Tablas) celebrate their patron saint’s day
COCLE: Campesino Week at the Escuela Compañia in El Valle
COLON: Cocle del Norte celebrates Santa Rosa de Lima
Tuesday, August 31
Independence Day in Trinidad and Tobago
MUSIC/DANCE
LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show
THEATER
TEATRO EN CIRCULO: Las Mujeres Sabias, a play by Molière, directed by Edwin Cedeño, with Cloty Luna, Carlos Bromley, Félix Gómez, Jaime Rodríguez, Yolanda Vallarino, Maritza Vernaza, Erick De León, Joanna De Ycaza, José Luis Mejía, Ana Lorena Otero and Teresa Díaz
ETC.
SCIENCE LECTURE: Noon science lecture at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Tupper Auditorium, free and in English. Check the STRI website for details
COCLE: Penonome celebrates Santa Rosa de Lima
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