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Thursday, October 26

MUSIC/DANCE

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Alta Mar

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Las Pencas: Jazz Night

THEATER

Theatre Guild of Ancon: The Canterbury Ghost, 8 pm

Teatro ABA: Dos Viejas Bandidas

Teatro La Quadra: Una noche de primavera sin sueño

Teatro En Circulo: Casa de Muñecas

Teatro La Quadra: El gran secreto de las mujeres

FILM

Alliance Français: Una Casa de Locos (directed by Cedric Klapish, in French with Spanish subtitles)

Cine Universitario: La Virgen de los Sicarios (2000 French - British - Colombian drama directed by Barbet Schroeder, with Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo)

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, October 27

Independence Day in St. Vincent & the Grenadines

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Balboa: Panamanian composers night, with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional

Paraninfo Universitario, University of Panama: Avenida Sur, Filtro Medusa, Quincha, Aniel Mejía

USMA Gym: Aniel Mejía, Los Nenes

PH de Churrasco, Chitre: Vandex, Los Bonzai

Hombre de La Macha, Multiplaza: El Papo Vecino

Pizza Piola: Fiesta Gaucha, Argentine music and dancing

Siete Mares: Alta Mar

La Casona: Dance night, with rock, reggae or salsa band

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Pavo Real: Rock night

Bar Platea: Live music, usually jazz or salsa

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Buzz: DJ Leo

NEXT: Crossover with DJ Tavo

THEATER

Theatre Guild of Ancon: The Canterbury Ghost, 8 pm

Teatro La Quadra: El gran secreto de las mujeres

Teatro ABA: Dos Viejas Bandidas

Teatro La Quadra: Una noche de primavera sin sueño

Teatro En Circulo: Casa de Muñecas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Barrio (1998 Spanish drama directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, with Críspulo Cabezas, Timy Benito, Eloi Yebra, Marieta Orozco, Chete Lera)

Saturday, October 28

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: El Consorcio

ATLAPA: Sin Bandera

Anfiteatro Lolos: Halloween rock party with  Rencilla, Atomik Surfing, Capitán Ponche, La Pelota y Qué?, Project Gothik, Selah, Grand Malota, Los Psikópatas, Remder

Figali Convention Center: Cienfue

Estadio de Sonlano, Buguba: Halloween concert with Trademark, Underground

Avenue Sports Bar, Chiriqui: Solo

Brisas Bar, David: AKP, 30 Balas, Tio Patata, Kerigma, Kaos Social

NEXT: Los 33

Siete Mares: Alta Mar

La Casona: Jazz Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Sensation Halloween Party, with DJ Mary Amado leading a cast of international and Panamanian DJs

Bar Platea: Live music, usually jazz or salsa

THEATER

Theatre Guild of Ancon: The Canterbury Ghost, 8 pm

Teatro La Quadra: Caperucita Roja

Teatro En Circulo: Casa de Muñecas

Teatro ABA: Dos Viejas Bandidas

Teatro La Quadra: Una noche de primavera sin sueño

Teatro La Quadra: El gran secreto de las mujeres

FILM

Cine Universitario: Barrio (1998 Spanish drama directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, with Críspulo Cabezas, Timy Benito, Eloi Yebra, Marieta Orozco, Chete Lera)

Sunday, October 29

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Un cuento de hadas, princesas y piratas

Teatro La Quadra: El gran secreto de las mujeres

Teatro En Circulo: Casa de Muñecas

Teatro La Quadra: Caperucita Roja

Teatro La Quadra: Una noche de primavera sin sueño

Teatro ABA: Dos Viejas Bandidas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Barrio (1998 Spanish drama directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, with Críspulo Cabezas, Timy Benito, Eloi Yebra, Marieta Orozco, Chete Lera)

SPORTS

Isthmian Runners: Elektra Noreste 6 kilometer run

Mountain biking: BOA Las Yayas ride

Monday, October 30

Chanté - messes in Haiti

THEATER

TEATRO ABA: Incomunicados

FILM

Cine Universitario: Colors (1988 US drama directed by Dennis Hopper, with Robert Duvall, Sean Penn, María Conchita Alonso; notable photography by Haskell Wexler, music by Herbie Hancock)

Tuesday, October 31

Halloween

Celtic New Year

MUSIC/DANCE

Das 39.8: Chalo

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Dos Viejas Bandidas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Colors (1988 US drama directed by Dennis Hopper, with Robert Duvall, Sean Penn, María Conchita Alonso; notable photography by Haskell Wexler, music by Herbie Hancock)

Cinespacio: Diabolik (1968 Italian-French dramatic comedy with John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi)

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, November 1

All Saints' Day

Independence Day in Antigua & Barbuda

Liberty Day in the US Virgin Islands

MUSIC /DANCE

Casa Gongora: Jazz Wednesday 

FILM

Cine Universitario: Boyz in the Hood (1991 US drama directed John Singleton, with Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Nia Long, Ice Cube, Angela Bassett)

Thursday, November 2

Day of the Dead – All Souls Day

MUSIC/DANCE

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Siete Mares: Alta Mar

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Las Pencas: Jazz Night

FILM

Cine Universitario: Boyz in the Hood (1991 US drama directed John Singleton, with Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr, Nia Long, Ice Cube, Angela Bassett)

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, November 3

Panamanian Independence Day

St. Martin de Porres Festival in Peru

Discovery Day and Independence Day in Dominica

ETC.

Patriotic Parades: On Via España and Calle 50 in Panama City, and in most of the provincial capitals and several other places in the Interior

Brooklyn, New York: Caribbean Peoples International Collective Scholarship Awards Night, The Glen Terrace, 5313 Avenue N, (between E 53rd & E 54th Street, Brooklyn), 8 pm. For info see http://www.cpicincny.org/

Saturday, November 4

Panamanian Flag Day

SPORTS

Playa Venao: Quicksilver surf contest

ETC.

Patriotic Parades: On Via España and Calle 50 in Panama City, and in most of the provincial capitals and several other places in the Interior

Sunday, November 5

Colon celebrates the surrender of the Colombian garrison

Guy Fawkes Day in the UK

El Salvador’s first cry for independence

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Un cuento de hadas, princesas y piratas

SPORTS

Playa Venao: Quicksilver surf contest

Mountain biking: BOA Rio Chame ride

ETC.

Colon celebrates its history: Colon marks the 1903 surrender of the Colombian garrison --- two days earlier, pro-independence conspirators had called their officers to come by train to Panama City for consultations, then decoupled their train car in the middle of the jungle. La Estrella opened its safe for cash to buy prodigious amounts of rum for the soldiers, and when the troops awoke from their drunken stupor they found that they were unwanted foreigners in a newly independent Panama. So they surrendered and were allowed to sail away. There will be parades and other celebrations in Colon on this day.

Monday, November 6

THEATER

Teatro En Circulo: Los derechos de la mujer

FILM

Cine Universitario: Jules y Jim (1961 French drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre)

Tuesday, November 7

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Que prefieres, dinero o libertad?

Teatro En Circulo: Los derechos de la mujer

FILM

Cine Universitario: Jules y Jim (1961 French drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre)

ETC.

Democrats Abroad US Election Night Party: At Mi Ranchito on the Amador Causeway

Republicans Abroad US Election Night Party: At the City Club in the Credicorp Tower

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, November 8

MUSIC/DANCE

Majestic Casino, Multicentro: Rock night

Casa Gongora: Jazz Wednesday 

THEATER

Teatro En Circulo: Los derechos de la mujer

Teatro ABA: ¿Que prefieres, dinero o libertad?

FILM

Cine Universitario: Jules y Jim (1961 French drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre)

Thursday, November 9

MUSIC/DANCE

Hippodromo Remon: Shakira

Alliance Français: Salsa dancing lessons

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Las Pencas: Jazz Night

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro ABA: ¿Que prefieres, dinero o libertad?

Teatro En Circulo: Los derechos de la mujer

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Piel Dulce (1964 French drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with Jean Desailly, Pierre Lachenay, Françoise Dorléac, Nicole
Nelly)

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, November 10

Grito de Los Santos

MUSIC/DANCE

Pizza Piola: Fiesta Gaucha, Argentine music and dancing

La Casona: Dance night, with rock, reggae or salsa band

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Pavo Real: Rock night

Bar Platea: Live music, usually jazz or salsa

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro En Circulo: Los derechos de la mujer

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro ABA: ¿Que prefieres, dinero o libertad?

ETC.

Los Santos celebrates its history: On November 10, 1821 the notables in the town of La Villa de Los Santos, inspired by the independence movement that was sweeping across Spain's Latin American colonies, issued Panama's first call for independence from Spain. Within less than three weeks Panama cut its political ties with the Old World and shortly thereafter threw its lot in with Simón Bolívar's Gran Colombia. There will be parades and cultural events --- if you have never seen a float drawn by oxen, this is your big chance --- in the town of Los Santos. There will also be celebrations in several other places in Panama.

Saturday, November 11

Veterans Day – Armistice Day

Feast of St. Martin Sint Maarten / St. Martin

MUSIC/DANCE

Estadio Solano, Buguba: Rock Fest 2006 with Tio Patata, 30 Balas, S3 Norma, more bands

La Casona: Jazz Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Bar Platea: Live music, usually jazz or salsa

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Que prefieres, dinero o libertad?

Teatro En Circulo: Los derechos de la mujer

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Piel Dulce (1964 French drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with Jean Desailly, Pierre Lachenay, Françoise Dorléac, Nicole
Nelly)

ETC.

Veterans Day observance: At 11 a.m. in the American Cemetery in Corozal

Coming up:

American Society formal gala, November 17 at the Marriott

Colon Nostalgia Night, with the stars of the combos nacionales of yesteryear and more, at the Hotel Washington, December 7

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