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Tuesday, May 2

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Imani Woodwind Quintet

Las Tinajas:  Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro La Quadra: Pareja Abierta, a drama by Producciones Corotu

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

FILM

Cine Universitario: Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001 US drama directed by Steven Spielberg, with Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O’Connor, Brendan Gleeson)

Cinespacio: La Perdicion de los Hombres (2000 Mexican-Spanish dark comedy with Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Luis Felipe Tovar, Leticia Valenzuela, Rafael Inclán)

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, May 3

Fiesta de las Cruces in Peru and Venezuela

MUSIC/DANCE

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Costillitas: Acoustic night

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Teatro La Quadra: Pareja Abierta, a drama by Producciones Corotu

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

FILM

Cine Universitario: Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001 US drama directed by Steven Spielberg, with Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O’Connor, Brendan Gleeson)

ETC.

Patronato Amigos del Aguila Harpia: Dr. Eduardo Alvarez, Pan-American coordinator of Earthmatters.com, about the preservation of eagles, 6 pm at STRI's Tupper Auditorium. For more information call 225-6396 or 6-615-5895

Panama Historical Society: Art restorer Tony Rajer and his new book on Roberto Lewis, 7:30 pm at the Niko's in Balboa

Thursday, May 4

MUSIC/DANCE

La Casona: Popular Music Night (salsa, reggae, rock and/or calypso)

Bar Platea: Jazz Night

Oz: Roberto Delgado

Crown Casino: Jazz Effects, 7:30 to 9:30 pm

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro Nacional: Detras del Muro, a musical drama

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro La Quadra: Pareja Abierta, a drama by Producciones Corotu

FILM

Cine Universitario: Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001 US drama directed by Steven Spielberg, with Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O’Connor, Brendan Gleeson)

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, May 5

Panama honors its fallen firefighters

Mexicans celebrate Juarez's victory over Maximilian

MUSIC/DANCE

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pavo Real: Rock night

Bar Platea: Salsa Night

Crown Casino: Jazz Effects, 7:30 to 9:30 pm

La Casona: Dancing night, with a rock band or a DJ

Brooklyn Cafe: Live music night at the coffeehouse

Next: Electric dance music

Buzz: Electric dance music

THEATER

Casa Cultural Huellas: Cortito y al pie, an eclectic show with audience participation, jugglers, music and magic tricks worked in

Teatro La Quadra: Pareja Abierta, a drama by Producciones Corotu

Teatro Nacional: Detras del Muro, a musical drama

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

SPORTS

Boxing: Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno vs. Felix Machado heads the full professional card at ATLAPA, May 5

Saturday, May 6

MUSIC/DANCE

Bar Platea: Piano bar

Casa Domingo: Flamenco night

Costillitas: Acoustic night

Sahara: Rock night

Sparkles: Jazz night

La Casona: Jazz night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro La Quadra: Cronica de Ratones: El Traje Nuevo del Emperador, a children's play

Teatro Nacional: Detras del Muro, a musical drama

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro La Quadra: Pareja Abierta, a drama by Producciones Corotu

SPORTS

Boxing: Guillermo "El Felino" Jones fights American Steve Cunningham on May 6 in Worcester, Massachusetts for the vacant IBF Cruiserweight title. So far, no word on broadcast here.

Sunday, May 7

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Pareja Abierta, a drama by Producciones Corotu

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro Nacional: Detras del Muro, a musical drama

Teatro La Quadra: Cronica de Ratones: El Traje Nuevo del Emperador, a children's play

SPORTS

Golf: Multimax Golf Cup IV tournament, for scratch to full handicaps, Summit Golf & Resort

Mountain Biking: BOA Madden ride

ETC.

VI Black Ethnic Festival: folklore, gastronomy, fashion, music and art by Martha Productions, Paradise Banquet Hall, 4:00 pm, e-mail  sugiex@cwpanama.net  for details

Monday, May 8

VE Day celebrated in much of Europe, UK, French & Dutch possessions

THEATER

Teatro Nacional: Detras del Muro, a musical drama

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Tuesday, May 9

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas:  Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

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, May 10

Mothers Day in Mexico

MUSIC/DANCE

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Costillitas: Acoustic night

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Thursday, May 11

Mothers Day in Puerto Rico

MUSIC/DANCE

La Casona: Popular Music Night (salsa, reggae, rock and/or calypso)

Bar Platea: Jazz Night

Oz: Roberto Delgado

Crown Casino: Jazz Effects, 7:30 to 9:30 pm

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Bang Bang, ¡Te Mate!, a documentary drama

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

ETC.

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa del Rosario, Capira

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, May 12

Mangers pour divers loas Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pavo Real: Rock night

Bar Platea: Salsa Night

Crown Casino: Jazz Effects, 7:30 to 9:30 pm

La Casona: Dancing night, with a rock band or a DJ

Brooklyn Cafe: Live music night at the coffeehouse

Next: Electric dance music

Buzz: Electric dance music

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro La Quadra: Bang Bang, ¡Te Mate!, a documentary drama

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

ETC.

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa del Rosario, Capira

Saturday, May 13

Virgen de Fatima  Day in Peru

MUSIC/DANCE

El Amir (Multicentro): Al Al Diek

Bar Platea: Piano bar

Casa Domingo: Flamenco night

Costillitas: Acoustic night

Sahara: Rock night

Sparkles: Jazz night

La Casona: Jazz night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Cronica de Ratones: El Traje Nuevo del Emperador, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro La Quadra: Bang Bang, ¡Te Mate!, a documentary drama

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

FILM

Biblioteca Nacional: Habana Blues (2005 Cuban-Spanish-French musical drama directed by Benito Zambrano, with Alberto Joel García, Roberto Sanmartín, Yailene Sierra)

Sunday, May 14

Mothers Day in the USA, Canada and many other countries

MUSIC/DANCE

Amador Causeway: Summer Rock Fest 2006, with 15 bands, at the Play bar, starting at noon

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro La Quadra: Cronica de Ratones: El Traje Nuevo del Emperador, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro La Quadra: Bang Bang, ¡Te Mate!, a documentary drama

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: BOA Coco Plantation ride

ETC.

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa del Rosario, Capira

Monday, May 15

Independence Day in Paraguay

San Isidro Day in Peru and Spain

THEATER

Teatro Anita Villalaz (INAC): ¿Me Entiende?, Youth-oriented true tales of drugs and violence directed by Xochitl Avalos, with Martín Porto and Eyra Portillo, in matinee shows. For more information call 270-4920 or 6-523-0543 or email  lagartija@cwpanama.net

Tuesday, May 16

Lag B'omer

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas:  Tipico dance show

THEATER

Soka Gakkai: El Guardian de las Aves del País Nevado, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

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, May 17

Dia de las Letras Gallegas in Spain

MUSIC/DANCE

Figali Convention Center: Floricienta

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Costillitas: Acoustic night

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Soka Gakkai: El Guardian de las Aves del País Nevado, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Thursday, May 18

Battle of Las Peidras celebrated in Uruguay

Manger pour Gran'n Aloumandia in Haiti

Flag & University Day Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

La Casona: Popular Music Night (salsa, reggae, rock and/or calypso)

Bar Platea: Jazz Night

Oz: Roberto Delgado

Crown Casino: Jazz Effects, 7:30 to 9:30 pm

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Soka Gakkai: El Guardian de las Aves del País Nevado, a children's play

ETC.

Chiriqui Artists' Night: Music, comedians, plastic arts, raffle at the Joron CBD. For more information call Nora (Pinacoteca) at 775-5572 or Izuly (INAC) at 774-1851

Expovino: Expovino International Wine Fair, at ATLAPA

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, May 19

MUSIC/DANCE

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pavo Real: Rock night

Bar Platea: Salsa Night

Crown Casino: Jazz Effects, 7:30 to 9:30 pm

La Casona: Dancing night, with a rock band or a DJ

Brooklyn Cafe: Live music night at the coffeehouse

Next: Electric dance music

Buzz: Electric dance music

THEATER

Ancon Theater: Into the Woods Jr., by the International School of Panama, 7:30 pm

Soka Gakkai: El Guardian de las Aves del País Nevado, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

ETC.

Expovino: Expovino International Wine Fair, at ATLAPA

Saturday, May 20

Armed Forces Day in the USA

Simbi Blanc in Haiti

San Fernando Day in Spain

MUSIC/DANCE

Bar Platea: Piano bar

Casa Domingo: Flamenco night

Costillitas: Acoustic night

Sahara: Rock night

Sparkles: Jazz night

La Casona: Jazz night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Ancon Theater: Into the Woods Jr., by the International School of Panama, 7:30 pm

Teatro La Quadra: Cronica de Ratones: El Traje Nuevo del Emperador, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

SPORTS

Boxing: Roberto "La Araña" Vásquez defends his WBA Jr. Flyweight title against Venezuela's Noel Arambulet, May 20 at ATLAPA. The bout will only be broadcast on pay-per-view TV

ETC.

Expovino: Expovino International Wine Fair, at ATLAPA

Sunday, May 21

THEATER

Ancon Theater: Into the Woods Jr., by the International School of Panama, 2 pm

Teatro ABA: Agarrala, Si Puedes, a comedy

Teatro La Quadra: Cronica de Ratones: El Traje Nuevo del Emperador, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: BOA Cermeño ride

Isthmian Runners: Amador Relays

ETC.

Expovino: Expovino International Wine Fair, at ATLAPA

Monday, May 22

Victoria Day in Canada

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Strippers, a comedy

Tuesday, May 23

MUSIC/DANCE

Figali Convention Center: Hilary Duff

Las Tinajas:  Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Extraña Pareja, the Spanish adaptation of The Odd Couple directed by Bruce Quinn

Teatro ABA: Strippers, a comedy

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

Coming up...

St. Christopher School Auditorium: II Gospel Jazz Concert, by Martha Productions, celebrating Black Panamanian Day, May 28, 3 pm, e-mail:  sugiex@cwpanama.net    for details.

2d Panama International Piano Competition: At the Teatro Nacional, August 21-28

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