calendar

Sunday, August 20

Montserrat Annual Pilgrimage

THEATER

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

Teatro La Quadra: El Principito (Spanish version of the children's play The Little Prince)

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: Bikers Off-road Association Fort San Lorenzo ride

ETC.

Veraguas: Santa Fe Orchid Fair

Monday, August 21

Lailat - Ul - Isra' Wal Mi'raj (Muhammad's trip to Jerusalem)

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Jessica Lee plays Debussy, Beethoven, Schoenberg and Schumann on violin and piano

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

Tuesday, August 22

Lailat al-Miraj (Muhammad's ascension to heaven)

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

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 23

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Jazz with the Carlos Ubarte Jazz Quartet, 8-9 pm

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Thursday, August 24

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

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: Agnes de Dios

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

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 25

Constitution Day in Paraguay

Independence Day in Uruguay

Table Communion pour Dan Wezo, Roi de France in Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

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

Next: DJ Tavo

Deep Room: DJ Tom Sawyer, DJ Antonio Diaz, DJ Noise Mac

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

SPORTS

Fishing: XV Contadora Fishing Tournament, sign up at Balboa Yacht Club, Diablo Spinning Club or Club de Yates y Pesca

Saturday, August 26

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

Azul Music Bar (Chiriqui): Rock fest with La Pelota y Qué?, Propiedad Privada, Reyerta, Los Sekuaces del Kaoz, Tío Patata, Emphizemah

Anfiteatro Lolos: Rock fest with Engel, Dowel, Adriel, Azaroth, Level Eleven, Project Gothik, In Case of Fire, Lord Emigrants

Deep Room: Twisted night with DJ Tom Sawyer, DJ Antonio Diaz, DJ Noise Mac

Moods: Rock Night

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: El Principito (Spanish version of the children's play The Little Prince)

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

SPORTS

Fishing: XV Contadora Fishing Tournament, sign up at Balboa Yacht Club, Diablo Spinning Club or Club de Yates y Pesca

Sunday, August 27

Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu religious holiday)

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

THEATER

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

Teatro La Quadra: El Principito (Spanish version of the children's play The Little Prince)

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: Bikers Off-road Association Santa Cruz ride

Running: Isthmian Runners 8k Las Bovedas run

Monday, August 28

Summer Bank Holiday in the UK

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica

Teatro Nacional: 2d Panama International Piano Competition

Tuesday, August 29

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Anita Villalaz: Amadeus series, Mozart Symphonies Numbers 7, 25, 26, 31, 38 "Praga"

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

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 30

Agou in Haiti

Feast of St. Rose of Lima (Rose Festival) in St. Lucia and Peru

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Jazz with the Carlos Ubarte Jazz Quartet, 8-9 pm

Pencas: Anaita de Azuero

Happy's: Acid jazz with Calle Mood

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

THEATER

ATLAPA Sesame Street, a music and dance spectacular for kids

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro en Circulo: Mujercitas

Thursday, August 31

Independence Day in Trinidad & Tobago

MUSIC/DANCE

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 en Circulo: Mujercitas

Teatro La Quadra: Agnes de Dios

Teatro ABA: Heroe de Papel

Teatro La Quadra: La Casa de Bernarda Alba

ATLAPA Sesame Street, a music and dance spectacular for kids

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

Coming up...

Gilberto Santa Rosa y El Gran Combo: September 1 at the Figali Convention Center

Fiesta Alrededor del Mundo, diplomatic women's charity fair: September 1 at ATLAPA Convention Center

Cabaret: Bruce Quinn directs the Spanish adaptation of the Broadway play, September 7 - 30

Bocas Sea Fair: Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, September 9-11

Vivaldi Nights: Dinner concerts at Il Boccalino, September 12 and 14

Vienna Children's Choir: ATLAPA, September 16

AMCHAM Tourism Forum: September 21 at the Hotel Miramar

Vitin Paz and friends: September 29 --- on Vitin's 74th birthday --- Nostalgia Night at the Paradise Banquet Hall, with Mauricio Smith Jr. and an all-star cast from the Panamanian jazz scene

Ricardo Arjona: October 18 at the Figali Convention Center

Festival of the Black Christ: October 21 in Portobelo

Referendum on the Torrijos - Alemán Zubieta Plan: Panamanian citizens vote on whether to accept or reject that canal expansion proposal on October 22

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