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Thursday, July 13

MUSIC/DANCE

Alianza Francesa: French music and dance party, 8 pm

Pencas: Jazz night

Bohios Alegres: Las Plumas Negras

Next: DJ Tavo

Decapolis: Rock with La Chota

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

Bar Platea: Jazz Night

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: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

FILM

Cine Alhambra, Via España: Inauguration of ICARO regional film and video festival, with Las Cruces (2005 Guatemalan drama directed by Rafael Rosal, with Giacomo Buonafina, Danely Gudiel, Mariam Arenas, Jennifer Soto); and Episodios sinfónico (2004 Panamanian - Cuban documentary directed by Victor Mares), 7 pm

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, July 14

Bastille Day in France, and for political prisoners everywhere

MUSIC/DANCE

Bar Los Cayucos (ATLAPA): DJ Christopher Lawrence, Omid 16B

Da Club Bar: Apache Ness

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Sparkles (Hotel Miramar): Jazz starting at 10 pm

Pavo Real: Rock night with Rossanegra

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

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: ICARO Central American film & video festival --- Central American video shorts, 4 and 6 pm; Viva Cuba (2004 Cuban drama directed by Juan Carlos Cremata, with Malud Tarrau, Jorgito Milo, Larisa Vega), 8 pm

 

Saturday, July 15

MUSIC/DANCE

Bar Liverpool: Vortice Party

Mystik: Gaitanes y Aditus

Da Club Bar: Danger Man

David: Dubarran's Jazz Trio, next to the Museo De Obaldia

Bar Billar Lolo's: False Society Punk Fest, with Q69K, Radicales Libres, La Pelota y Que?, Silent Majority, Sektor 3, MD

Pavo Real: No Ley 55

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

FSU Auditorium: Hansel y Gretel

Teatro La Quadra: Las Aventuras de Urbano Valor & El Malvado Baron Von Toxic, a children's play

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: ICARO Central American film & video festival --- Central American video shorts, 4 and 6 pm; Caribe (2004 Costa Rican drama directed by Esteban Ramírez, with Jorge Perugorria, Cuca Escribano, Maya Zapata, Gabriel Retes, Arnoldo Ramos), 8 pm

SPORTS

Boxing: Carlos "Shangai" Melo vs Felipe Almanza at the top of the ticket at the Ginmasio Municipal in Anton

 

Sunday, July 16

Lunes del Cerro in Mexico

Virgen del Carmen in Peru

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

FSU Auditorium: Hansel y Gretel

Teatro ABA: La Cenicienta, children's matinee, Spanish rendition of Cinderella

Teatro La Quadra: Las Aventuras de Urbano Valor & El Malvado Baron Von Toxic, a children's play

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: Central American film & video festival --- Central American video shorts, 4 and 6 pm; El corazón de Jesús (2003 Bolivian drama directed by Marcos Loayza, with Cacho Mendieta, Melita del Carpio, Julio Kempft, Maritza Wilde), 8 pm

SPORTS

Mountain biking: BOA family ride, starting at Cerro La Vieja

 

Monday, July 17

Hurricane Supplication Day in the US Virgin Islands

Muñoz Rivera Day in Puerto Rico

MUSIC/DANCE

Excedra Books: Pasion y Canto, with sopranos Moisés Castillo and Mirna Gómez accompanied by pianist Juan Carlos De León

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Crucible (1996 US drama directed by Nicholas Hytner, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen)

 

Tuesday, July 18

Constitution Day in Uruguay

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Pianist Raúl Di Blasio

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Crucible (1996 US drama directed by Nicholas Hytner, with Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen)

Cinespacio: Bride of Frankenstein (1935 horror camp directed by James Whale, with Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester)

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, July 19

Liberation Day in Nicaragua

MUSIC/DANCE

Hotel Veneto: Paul Larrinaga

Taberna 21: Juan Carlos Bordanea

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989 US dramatic comedy directed by Steve Kloves, with Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges)

 

Thursday, July 20

Independence Day in Colombia

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Grupo Quincha acoustic concert

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

Bar Platea: Jazz Night

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: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989 US dramatic comedy directed by Steve Kloves, with Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges)

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, July 21

St. Martin / Sint Maarten and Guadeloupe celebrate the abolition of slavery

MUSIC/DANCE

Figali Convention Center: Binomio de Oro de America

Hotel El Panama: Calle 13, Wisin y Yandel

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

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: Requium for a Dream (2000 US drama directed by Darren Aronofsky, with Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans)

 

Saturday, July 22

MUSIC/DANCE

Bar Liverpool: Dialecto

Pavo Real: Rock night

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: Las Aventuras de Urbano Valor & El Malvado Baron Von Toxic, a children's play

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

FSU Auditorium: Hansel y Gretel

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: Requium for a Dream (2000 US drama directed by Darren Aronofsky, with Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans)

 

Sunday, July 23

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: La Cenicienta, children's matinee, Spanish rendition of Cinderella

FSU Auditorium: Hansel y Gretel

Teatro ABA: ¿Conoce usted a su mujer?

Teatro La Quadra: Las Aventuras de Urbano Valor & El Malvado Baron Von Toxic, a children's play

FILM

Cine Universitario: Requium for a Dream (2000 US drama directed by Darren Aronofsky, with Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans)

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: Rio Chame ride

 

Monday, July 24

Simón Bolívar’s birthday

FILM

Cine Universitario: Gangs of New York (2002 US drama directed by Martin Scorsese, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Díaz, Liam Nelson)

 

Tuesday, July 25

St. James Day observed in several countries

Constitution Day in Puerto Rico

Guanacaste Day in Costa Rica

Papa Ogou in Haiti

Gallego Day in Spain

MUSIC/DANCE

Mystik: Paul Di'Anno

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: Gangs of New York (2002 US drama directed by Martin Scorsese, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Díaz, Liam Nelson)

Cinespacio: Gods and Monsters (1999 US - UK drama directed by Bill Condon, with Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave)

SPORTS

Figure skating: Monsters Inc. on Ice, Figali Convention Center

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, July 26

Cuba observes the attack on the Moncada Barracks

Day of Iansa in Brazil

MUSIC/DANCE

University of Panama Curundu Dome: Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces Training Squadron Band, 11:15 a.m.

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: Monsters Ball (2001 US drama directed by Marc Forster, with Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Peter Boyle)

SPORTS

Figure skating: Monsters Inc. on Ice, Figali Convention Center

 

Thursday, July 27

MUSIC/DANCE

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

Bar Platea: Jazz Night

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: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

FILM

Cine Universitario: Monsters Ball (2001 US drama directed by Marc Forster, with Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Peter Boyle)

SPORTS

Figure skating: Monsters Inc. on Ice, Figali Convention Center

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, July 28

Independence Day in Peru

MUSIC/DANCE

Bar Rock & Blues (Calle 50): Paul Larrinaga

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

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Player (1992 US satire directed by Robert Altman, con Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger)

SPORTS

Figure skating: Monsters Inc. on Ice, Figali Convention Center

 

Saturday, July 29

Aymaraes in Peru

Father's Day in the Dominican Republic

Maitresse Silverine in Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

Next: Merengue with Edy Herrera

Pavo Real: Rock night

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: Las Aventuras de Urbano Valor & El Malvado Baron Von Toxic, a children's play

FSU Auditorium: Hansel y Gretel

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Player (1992 US satire directed by Robert Altman, con Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger)

SPORTS

Figure skating: Monsters Inc. on Ice, Figali Convention Center

 

Sunday, July 30

THEATER

FSU Auditorium: Hansel y Gretel

Teatro ABA: La Cenicienta, children's matinee, Spanish rendition of Cinderella

Teatro La Quadra: Las Aventuras de Urbano Valor & El Malvado Baron Von Toxic, a children's play

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Player (1992 US satire directed by Robert Altman, con Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger)

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: Las Yayas ride

Figure skating: Monsters Inc. on Ice, Figali Convention Center

 

Monday, July 31

San Ignacio in Peru

FILM

Cine Universitario: Mulholland Drive (2001 US - French drama directed by David Lynch, with Naomi Watts, Laura Herring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya)

 

Tuesday, August 1

Emancipation Day in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad - Tobago

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Elisa y Diana Durán

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

FILM

Cine Universitario: Mulholland Drive (2001 US - French drama directed by David Lynch, with Naomi Watts, Laura Herring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya)

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, August 2

MUSIC/DANCE

Buzz: Butterfest, with Cinema Arte, Gonzalo Horna, Hacienda Libre de Bruce Lee, Skrapped Knees, Ruleta, Dkde Flesh

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

FILM

Cine Universitario: Mulholland Drive (2001 US - French drama directed by David Lynch, with Naomi Watts, Laura Herring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya)

 

Thursday, August 3

MUSIC/DANCE

Play Lounge (Causeway): AP, DJ Necar, Cinema Arte, Reggae Fever

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

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, August 4

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

 

Saturday, August 5

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

SPORTS

Boxing: A world championship bout between Panama's Vicente "El Loco" Mosquera vs Venezuela's Edwin Valero heads the ticket at the Figali Convention Center

 

Sunday, August 6

THEATER

Teatro ABA: La Cenicienta, children's matinee, Spanish rendition of Cinderella

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

SPORTS

Running: The Panama Marathon

ETC.

Cultura Sobre Ruedes 2: Skateboarding competition, food, invited bands include No Hay Dia, Factor VIII and Raices y Cultura

 

Monday, August 7

 

Tuesday, August 8

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro ABA: Coge el Swing

Teatro La Quadra: Los enredos de Carballido

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...

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

 

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