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Friday, May 13

MUSIC/DANCE

GUAGUANCO: Classic salsa with La Cachamba, with vocalist Luis Arteaga

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

SAHARA: Rock night

PAVO REAL: Juan Sin Tierra y sus Malas Influencias

LAS BOVEDAS: Jazz night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

VOODOO: Rock with Groucho’s Mustache

AL'DIWAN: Belly dancing

BONGOO: Roberto Delgado y su Orquesta

LUM'S: Acoustic rock with Gonzalo Horna

THEATER

AUDITORIO ASCANIO AROSEMENA: El Viejo y el Mar (Norman Douglas's one-man adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's classic, 9, 11 am and 2 pm in the auditorium between the old Balboa High School and the Balboa fire station)

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Gosford Park (2001 UK, US, Italian and German dramatic comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Emily Watson, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi)

Saturday, May 14

MUSIC/DANCE

HOTEL WASHINGTON (COLON): Caribbean Night

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS BOVEDAS: Jazz night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

AL'DIWAN: Belly dancing

THEATER

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY-PANAMA: Cenicienta (Cinderalla)

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Gosford Park (2001 UK, US, Italian and German dramatic comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Emily Watson, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi)

ETC.

CHANGUINOLA: Afro-Panamanian Fair

CAFE EXCEDRA: Panamanian writers' meeting, 2 pm

Sunday, May 15

Paraguayan Independence Day

THEATER

TEATRO ABA: Los Tres Cochinitos (matinees)

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY-PANAMA: Cenicienta (Cinderalla)

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Gosford Park (2001 UK, US, Italian and German dramatic comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Emily Watson, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi)

SPORTS

MOUNTAIN BIKING: BOA Cerro Campana ride

ETC.

CHANGUINOLA: Afro-Panamanian Fair

Monday, May 16

Whitmonday in Barbados

MUSIC/DANCE

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Madame Sata (2002 Brazilian-French drama directed by Karin Ainouz, with Lázaro Ramos, Fellipe Marques, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flávio Bauraqui)

Tuesday, May 17

MUSIC/DANCE

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

CAPO'S DORADO: Oldies Night

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Madame Sata (2002 Brazilian-French drama directed by Karin Ainouz, with Lázaro Ramos, Fellipe Marques, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flávio Bauraqui)

ETC.

RESTAURANTE TEN: Recital 80 jazz and poetry encounter

SCIENCE LECTURE: 4 pm science lecture at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Tupper Auditorium, free and in English. Check the STRI website --- http://www.stri.orghttp://www.stri.org --- for details

Wednesday, May 18

Uruguay celebrates the Battle of Las Peidras

MUSIC/DANCE

GUAGUANCO: Latin Jazz night with Luis Carlos Pérez, Oscar y Rey Cruz, Chispa  Lawson, Roberto Delgado and Alain Ríos

HAPPY'S: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

SAHARA: Rock night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Madame Sata (2002 Brazilian-French drama directed by Karin Ainouz, with Lázaro Ramos, Fellipe Marques, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flávio Bauraqui)

Thursday, May 19

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Ensemble Anteres, a string quartet playing works by Matheson, Brahms, Ravel and Mackey

GUAGUANCO: Classic salsa with La Cachamba, with vocalist Tony Flores

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

SAHARA: Rock night

OZ BAR & LOUNGE: House music with DJs Zito Barés and Javi del Vasto

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

HARD ROCK CAFE: Hard Rock Band

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Capitaine Conan (1966 French drama directed by Bertrand Tavernier, with Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Claude Rich, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich)

ETC.

SAMAAP ANTI-DISCRIMINATION FORUM: On this, the birthday of Malcolm X, 5:30 pm at the Hotel El Panama

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND: BAMBI dinner & science lecture series. You must make  reservations and get on the list for the launch ride in advance at the office in the Tupper Center in Ancon. Check the STRI website --- http://www.stri.orghttp://www.stri.org --- for details

Friday, May 20

MUSIC/DANCE

GUAGUANCO: Classic salsa with La Cachamba, with vocalist Luis Arteaga

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

SAHARA: Rock night

PAVO REAL: Juan Sin Tierra y sus Malas Influencias

LAS BOVEDAS: Jazz night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

VOODOO: Rock with Groucho’s Mustache

AL'DIWAN: Belly dancing

BONGOO: Roberto Delgado y su Orquesta

LUM'S: Acoustic rock with Gonzalo Horna

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Capitaine Conan (1966 French drama directed by Bertrand Tavernier, with Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Claude Rich, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich)

Saturday, May 21

Chile celebrates the Battle of Iquique

MUSIC/DANCE

PARQUE 5 DE NOVIEMBRE (COLON): Black Gospel concert

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS BOVEDAS: Jazz night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

AL'DIWAN: Belly dancing

THEATER

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY-PANAMA: Cenicienta (Cinderalla)

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Capitaine Conan (1966 French drama directed by Bertrand Tavernier, with Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Claude Rich, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich)

Sunday, May 22

National Sovereignty Day in Haiti

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY-PANAMA: Cenicienta (Cinderalla)

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Capitaine Conan (1966 French drama directed by Bertrand Tavernier, with Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Claude Rich, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich)

SPORTS

TRIATHLON: Duathlon Series I, 2.5k run, 20 k bicycling, 2.5 k run, Avenida Balboa

MOUNTAIN BIKING: BOA Summit - Coco Plantation - Gamboa ride

Monday, May 23

Victoria Day in Canada

Labor Day in Jamaica

MUSIC/DANCE

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1966 US comedy directed by Woody Allen, with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Robert, Julie Hagerty)

ETC.

HOGAR ELKS FORUM: At the Elks Justice Lodge (IBPOE), 6 pm

Tuesday, May 24

Commonwealth Day in Belize

Ecuador celebrates the Battle of Pichincha

MUSIC/DANCE

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

CAPO'S DORADO: Oldies Night

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1966 US comedy directed by Woody Allen, with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Robert, Julie Hagerty)

ETC.

SCIENCE LECTURE: 4 pm science lecture at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Tupper Auditorium, free and in English. Check the STRI website --- http://www.stri.orghttp://www.stri.org --- for details

Wednesday, May 25

Revolution Day in Argentina

MUSIC/DANCE

GUAGUANCO: Latin Jazz night with Luis Carlos Pérez, Oscar y Rey Cruz, Chispa  Lawson, Roberto Delgado and Alain Ríos

HAPPY'S: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

SAHARA: Rock night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Victimas de la Violencia, Testigos de la Solidaridad (2005 Panamanian documentary directed by Luis Romero, a collaboration with the UN High Commission on Refugees about Colombians displaced by their country's warfare)

Thursday, May 26

Corpus Christi

MUSIC/DANCE

IGLESIA SAN MARTIN, CERRO BATEA: Darien-style diablito dancing

GUAGUANCO: Classic salsa with La Cachamba, with vocalist Tony Flores

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

SAHARA: Rock night

OZ BAR & LOUNGE: House music with DJs Zito Barés and Javi del Vasto

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

HARD ROCK CAFE: Hard Rock Band

THEATER

TEATRO NACIONAL: Jesucristo Superstar (Spanish adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera directed by Bruce Quinn, with Juan Carlos Adames, Luis Arteaga, Jannelle Davidson, Edwin Cedeño, Ricardo Risco, Miguel Cuadra, musical direction by Dino Nugent)

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Zelig (1983 US comedy directed by Woody Allen, with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Susan Sontag)

ETC.

AMERICAN SOCIETY: Election night, at Sunly restaurant in El Dorado

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND: BAMBI dinner & science lecture series. You must make  reservations and get on the list for the launch ride in advance at the office in the Tupper Center in Ancon. Check the STRI website --- http://www.stri.orghttp://www.stri.org --- for details

Friday, May 27

Mothers Day in Bolivia

MUSIC/DANCE

GUAGUANCO: Classic salsa with La Cachamba, with vocalist Luis Arteaga

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

SAHARA: Rock night

PAVO REAL: Juan Sin Tierra y sus Malas Influencias

LAS BOVEDAS: Jazz night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

VOODOO: Rock with Groucho’s Mustache

AL'DIWAN: Belly dancing

BONGOO: Roberto Delgado y su Orquesta

LUM'S: Acoustic rock with Gonzalo Horna

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

TEATRO NACIONAL: Jesucristo Superstar (Spanish adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera directed by Bruce Quinn, with Juan Carlos Adames, Luis Arteaga, Jannelle Davidson, Edwin Cedeño, Ricardo Risco, Miguel Cuadra, musical direction by Dino Nugent)

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Zelig (1983 US comedy directed by Woody Allen, with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Susan Sontag)

Saturday, May 28

MUSIC/DANCE

TAKE FIVE WINE BAR: Jazz Night

SIETE MARES: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

LAS BOVEDAS: Jazz night

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

LAS TINAJAS: Tipico dance show

AL'DIWAN: Belly dancing

THEATER

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY-PANAMA: Cenicienta (Cinderalla)

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Radio Days (1985 US comedy directed by Woody Allen, with Seth Green, Mia Farrow,  Dianne Wiest, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Tony Roberts, Tito Puente, Diane Keaton)

SPORTS

TEATRO NACIONAL: Jesucristo Superstar (Spanish adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera directed by Bruce Quinn, with Juan Carlos Adames, Luis Arteaga, Jannelle Davidson, Edwin Cedeño, Ricardo Risco, Miguel Cuadra, musical direction by Dino Nugent)

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

ETC.

PARQUE SIDNEY A. YOUNG, RIO ABAJO: Day of the Black Ethnicity parade and fair, sponsored by the Elks Justice Lodge and the Junta Comunal of Rio Abajo

PARADISE BANQUET HALL: Dinner - Dance - Fashion Show - Awards Night to honor outstanding members of the Afro-Panamanian community

CHANGUINOLA: Afro-Antillean dinner dance, Chiquita Banana 8 pm

Sunday, May 29

Mothers Day in the Dominican Republic

THEATER

ALHAMBRA PLUS: Las Aparencias Engañan

TEATRO ABA: Tengo novio... pero busco marido

TEATRO NACIONAL: Jesucristo Superstar (Spanish adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera directed by Bruce Quinn, with Juan Carlos Adames, Luis Arteaga, Jannelle Davidson, Edwin Cedeño, Ricardo Risco, Miguel Cuadra, musical direction by Dino Nugent)

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY-PANAMA: Cenicienta (Cinderalla)

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Radio Days (1985 US comedy directed by Woody Allen, with Seth Green, Mia Farrow,  Dianne Wiest, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Tony Roberts, Tito Puente, Diane Keaton)

SPORTS

RUNNING: Corredores del Istmo 10k Bridge of the Americas run

Monday, May 30

Memorial Day in the USA

Mothers Day in Nicaragua

Corpus Christi officially observed in Colombia

MUSIC/DANCE

MARIANO BULA STADIUM (COLON): Rastafarian concert and cultural encounter, 4-9 pm

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: Radio Days (1985 US comedy directed by Woody Allen, with Seth Green, Mia Farrow,  Dianne Wiest, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Tony Roberts, Tito Puente, Diane Keaton)

ETC.

RIO ABAJO EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Ecumenical service in honor of the Day of the Black Ethnicity

COLON: Day of the Black Ethnicity parade, 10 am

BASTIMENTOS: Afro-Panamanian Fair, Escuela Primaria de Bastimentos

Tuesday, May 31

MUSIC/DANCE

SAN DIEGO STEAK HOUSE: Me Rio de Janeiro, with Carlos Rocha

CAFE SANTE: Waldo & Justine

CAPO'S DORADO: Oldies Night

THEATER

TEATRO NACIONAL: Jesucristo Superstar (Spanish adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera directed by Bruce Quinn, with Juan Carlos Adames, Luis Arteaga, Jannelle Davidson, Edwin Cedeño, Ricardo Risco, Miguel Cuadra, musical direction by Dino Nugent)

FILM

CINE UNIVERSITARIO: New York Stories (1989 US vignettes directed by Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, with Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Peter Gabriel, Talia Shire, Giancarlo Giannini, Carole Bouquet, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow)

ETC.

SCIENCE LECTURE: 4 pm science lecture at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Tupper Auditorium, free and in English. Check the STRI website --- http://www.stri.orghttp://www.stri.org --- for details

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