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Teatro ABA: Rain

Oz: Roberto Delgado y el Grupo Fiebre

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

ETC.

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.org --- for details

Friday, December 23

MUSIC/DANCE

Casona de las Brujas: Los Flasheros, DJ Mike Power, graffiti, tattoo and breakdancing exhibitions

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pavo Real: Rock night

Saturday, December 24

Christmas Eve

Sunday, December 25

Christmas

 Monday, December 26

Hanukkah begins

Boxing Day in the UK and Canada

Junkanoo in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas

Proclamation Day in Australia

ETC.

Panama Audubon Society: Christmas Bird Count, Volcan and Central Panama portions. To get more information and ways to contact the society, go to the outdoors section of The Panama News, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on the Panama Audubon Society button

Tuesday, December 27

Hanukkah

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

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.org --- for details

Wednesday, December 28

Day of the Holy Innocents --- Panama’s analogue to April Fool’s Day

Hanukkah

MUSIC/DANCE

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Pencas: Folklore Night

Wasabi: DJ Tavo

Sahara: Rock night

Thursday, December 29

Hanukkah

MUSIC/DANCE

Oz: Roberto Delgado y el Grupo Fiebre

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

ETC.

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.org --- for details

Friday, December 30

Hanukkah

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Wasabi: DJ Sergio Mix

Pavo Real: Rock night

Saturday, December 31

New Year’s Eve

Hanukkah

ETC.

Panamanian New Year’s Tradition: In parts of the Interior, muñecos --- effigies usually representing personalities of the outgoing year --- are burned in midnight bonfires. Saril with seco is a popular Interiorano-style beverage. Although the Transito Police will be out in force, there will be plenty of drunks on the road, so it’s better to make your plans so that you aren’t on the road this evening.

Sunday, January 1

New Year’s Day

Hanukkah

Independence Day in Haiti

Liberation Day in Cuba

MUSIC/DANCE

Club Equestre, Coronado: Colaquito Cortes, Sarigua, tribute to Lucho Azcarraga

ETC.

Panamanian New Year’s Tradition: On the afternoon or evening of New Year’s Day, a meal with special holiday tamales --- big ones which typically include hunks of roast pork, prunes, guandu and so on --- and sancocho de pollo

Monday, January 2

Forefathers Day in Haiti

Tuesday, January 3

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

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.org --- for details

Wednesday, January 4

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: DJ Festival, with DJ Tiesto from Holland, DJs Tom Sawyer, Antonio Diaz, Frank Faundes, Sergio Mix and Joe Cotter from Panama

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Pencas: Folklore Night

Wasabi: DJ Tavo

Sahara: Rock night

Thursday, January 5

MUSIC/DANCE

Oz: Roberto Delgado y el Grupo Fiebre

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

ETC.

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.org --- for details

Friday, January 6

Three Kings Day

Maroon Day in Jamaica

Orthodox & Coptic Christmas Eve

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Wasabi: DJ Sergio Mix

Pavo Real: Rock night

SPORTS

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Los Santos vs Chiriqui, 7:30 pm at Kenny Serracin Stadium in David

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Panama Oeste vs Cocle, 7:30 pm at Jose Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Herrera vs Veraguas, 7:30 pm at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Colon vs Panama Metro, 7:30 pm at Rodney Carew Stadium in Panama City

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Darien vs Bocas del Toro, 7:30 pm at Calvin Byron Stadium in Changuinola

Saturday, January 7

Orthodox & Coptic Christmas

MUSIC/DANCE

Sahara: Rock night

Sparkles: Jazz night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

SPORTS

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Los Santos vs Chiriqui Occidente, 7:30 pm at Glorias Baruenses Stadium in Puerto Armuelles

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Panama Metro vs Cocle, 7:30 pm at Jose Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Panama Oeste vs Veraguas, 7:30 pm at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Herrera vs Chiriqui, 7:30 pm at Kenny Serracin Stadium in David

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Colon vs Bocas del Toro, 7:30 pm at Calvin Byron Stadium in Changuinola

Sunday, January 8

SPORTS

Marathon: Isthmian Runners 5k Balboa Run, starting 7 am at the Banco Nacional de Panama in Balboa

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Herrera vs Chiriqui Occidente, 7 pm at Glorias Baruenses Stadium in Puerto Armuelles

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Darien vs Cocle, 7 pm at Jose Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Panama Metro vs Veraguas, 7 pm at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Panama Oeste vs Chiriqui, 7 pm at Kenny Serracin Stadium in David

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Los Santos vs Bocas del Toro, 7 pm at Calvin Byron Stadium in Changuinola

Monday, January 9

The Day of the Martyrs

SPORTS

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Panama Oeste vs Chiriqui Occidente, 7:30 pm at Glorias Baruenses Stadium in Puerto Armuelles

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Colon vs Cocle, 7:30 pm at Jose Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Darien vs Veraguas, 7:30 pm at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Panama Metro vs Chiriqui, 7:30 pm at Kenny Serracin Stadium in David

National Junior Baseball Tournament: Herrera vs Bocas del Toro, 7:30 pm at Calvin Byron Stadium in Changuinola

ETC.

Day of the Martyrs: This commemorates the event of January 1964, when a dispute over which flags should fly over the old Canal Zone resulted in a scuffle between high school students, in which the Panamanian flag carried to the old Balboa High School by protesters from the Instituto Nacional was torn, and serious violence ensued. All told 27 people were killed, Panama and the United States briefly broke of diplomatic relations and it was the beginning of the end of the Canal Zone. It’s now a national holiday, another day at the beach for a lot of Panamanians but also the occasion for nationalist and leftist political statements. These have for many years been peaceful, and though there may be some anti-American slogans expressed, Panama is not particularly dangerous for Americans on this day.

Coming Up...

Third Annual Panama Jazz Festival: January 19-21, this time dedicated to the late jazzman Mauricio Smith, again organized by Danilo Pérez, with  the Randy Weston African Group, the David Sanchez Group, the Kurt Rosenwinkel Group featuring Mark Turner, the New England Conservatory Ensemble, the University Panama Big Band, led by Vitin Paz with special guests, Santi Debriano and the Sounds of Ashé From the University of Massachusetts, the Carlos Garnett Quartet,  Mauricio Smith’s Tribute Band and more acts to be announced

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