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Thursday, November 23

Thanksgiving Day in the USA

MUSIC/DANCE

Mystik: D40

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Ata Mar

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Las Pencas: Jazz Night

Alliance Français: Salsa dancing lessons

THEATER

Teatro En Circulo: Los derechos de la mujer

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, inauguration at 7:30 Entre Ciclones (2003 Cuban-Spanish-French dramatic comedy directed by Enrique Colina, with Mijail Mulkay, Mario Balmaceda, Indira Valdés, Klara Badiola); and En las Laderas del Himalaya (2006 Cuban documentary directed by Roberto Chile)

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 24

MUSIC/DANCE

Mystik: DJ Collette

University of Panama Curundu Campus: Gaucho Festival, Argentine music and folklore, Salon F-111 starting at 6 pm

Pizza Piola: Fiesta Gaucha, Argentine music and dancing

La Casona: Maleza

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 La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, El Benny (2006 Cuban-UK-Spanish drama directed by Jorge Luis Sánchez, with Renny Arozarena, Enrique Molina, Carlos Ever Fonseca, Isabel Santos, Salvador Wood, based on the life of Cuban musician Benny Moré) Special showtimes 3:50, 6 and 8:10 pm

Saturday, November 25

Independence Day in Suriname

Mangé Yam (fête de la moisson) Haiti

Anniversary of Moquegua in Peru

MUSIC/DANCE

The Gallery: Donald Glaude

Anfiteatro Lolos: "Guineos en el Platanal," a rock opera spoof about Carmen's sick sister

Unplugged: Remder, Project Gothik

La Casona: Jazz Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Bar Platea: Live music, usually jazz or salsa

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Zito Barés

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, El Benny (2006 Cuban-UK-Spanish drama directed by Jorge Luis Sánchez, with Renny Arozarena, Enrique Molina, Carlos Ever Fonseca, Isabel Santos, Salvador Wood, based on the life of Cuban musician Benny Moré) Special showtimes 3:50, 6 and 8:10 pm

Sunday, November 26

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

Teatro ABA: Un Cuento de Hadas, Princesas y Piratas

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, El Benny (2006 Cuban-UK-Spanish drama directed by Jorge Luis Sánchez, with Renny Arozarena, Enrique Molina, Carlos Ever Fonseca, Isabel Santos, Salvador Wood, based on the life of Cuban musician Benny Moré) Special showtimes 3:50, 6 and 8:10 pm

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: BOA Fort San Lorenzo ride

Monday, November 27

Anniversary of Cerro de Pasco Peru

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, Roble de Olor (2006 Cuban-Spanish-French drama directed by Rigoberto López, with Jorge Perugorría, Lía Chapman, Raquel Rubí)

ETC.

Bomberos' Torchlight Parade: Starting about 7 pm, from the banking district down Via España and Avenida Central to the Bomberos Monument in Plaza Cinco de Mayo

Tuesday, November 28

Panama Independence from Spain Day

Anniversary of the founding of Panama's Cuerpo de Bomberos

MUSIC/DANCE

Taberna 21: Quincha

Wednesday, November 29

MUSIC/DANCE

Excedra Books: Male soprano Fernando Bustos, accompanied by Lupe Avila, performing works by Debussy, Piazzola, Latin American composers, 7:30 pm

Majestic Casino: Luna López, Indigo

Hard Rock Cafe: (Multicentro): Undercover

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, Roble de Olor (2006 Cuban-Spanish-French drama directed by Rigoberto López, with Jorge Perugorría, Lía Chapman, Raquel Rubí)

Thursday, November 30

Independence Day in Barbados

St. Andrew's Day in the UK and Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

Figali Convention Center: Arjona Adentro

Teatro Balboa: Tribute to Mozart on his 250th birthday, with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Leonardo Durham, the Coro Música Viva, Indira Rodríguez, Carlos Tovar, Salvador Ríos, Elvia Vergara de Ordóñez, starting 6 pm

University of Panama's Teatro Tual: Quincha, Capitán Ponche, Aniel Mejía, Filtro Medusa, Roba Morena, starting 11 am

Tribaldos Residence, Valbuena, David: Benefit jazz dinner for the Boquete Jazz Festival, with Tropical Jazz y Dubarran's Jazz Trio

The Gallery: DJs Marcelo Castrelli, Tom Sawyer, Sergio Mix, Joe Cotter, Frank Faúndes

Pavo Real: Mabi, Rencilla, Lemmiwinks, No Hay Dia

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Ata Mar

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Las Pencas: Jazz Night

Alliance Français: Salsa dancing lessons

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, Páginas del Diario de Mauricio (2006 Cuban drama directed by Manuel Pérez, with Rolando Brito, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Larisa Vega, Raúl Pomares, Assenech Rodríguez)

SPORTS

Kickboxing: A full night of bouts at the Gimnasio Yuyin Luzcando in Betania, starting 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, December 1

World AIDS Day

MUSIC/DANCE

Pizza Piola: Fiesta Gaucha, Argentine music and dancing

La Casona: David Chuas

Unplugged: La Vibra

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 La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, Páginas del Diario de Mauricio (2006 Cuban drama directed by Manuel Pérez, with Rolando Brito, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Larisa Vega, Raúl Pomares, Assenech Rodríguez)

ETC.

Excedra Books: "Amistad, Cultura, Navidad" party, with music, art, books and more surprises, starting at 6 pm

Saturday, December 2

MUSIC/DANCE

Plaza de la Independencia, Casco Viejo: First Panamanian Songrwiters' Festival, with Alejandro Lagrotta, Ivan Barrios, Horacio Valdès, Cienfue, Lilo Sanchez, Yigo Sugasti, Karla Lamboglia, Manuel Escala, Evelyn Caballero, Gonzalo Horna, Carlos Ivan Zuñiga and more, starting 5 pm

ATLAPA: Giga'ton de Estrellas, with Match & Daddy, Zion, Comando Tiburón, Junior Ranks, La Factoria, Aldo Ranks, Demus Clan, lots of international and Panamanian DJs

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Zito Barés

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 La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, Entre Ciclones (2003 Cuban-Spanish-French dramatic comedy directed by Enrique Colina, with Mijail Mulkay, Mario Balmaceda, Indira Valdés, Klara Badiola); and En las Laderas del Himalaya (2006 Cuban documentary directed by Roberto Chile)

Sunday, December 3

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

FILM

Cine Universitario: Cuban Film Festival, Entre Ciclones (2003 Cuban-Spanish-French dramatic comedy directed by Enrique Colina, with Mijail Mulkay, Mario Balmaceda, Indira Valdés, Klara Badiola); and En las Laderas del Himalaya (2006 Cuban documentary directed by Roberto Chile)

SPORTS

Isthmian Runners: 6k Albrook run

Mountain Biking: BOA Santa Cruz ride

Monday, December 4

MUSIC/DANCE

Teatro Balboa: Jazz with the Luis Carlos Pérez Sextet

Tuesday, December 5

Discovery Day in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

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 6

St. Nicholas Day in Aruba

MUSIC/DANCE

Hard Rock Cafe: (Multicentro): Undercover

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Comicus Impromtum

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

Thursday, December 7

MUSIC/DANCE

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

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Ata Mar

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: Tipico dance show

Las Pencas: Jazz Night

Alliance Français: Salsa dancing lessons

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: El ultimo de los amantes ardientes

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

FILM

Cinemark Albrook Mall: El Rey de los Huevones (2006 Chilean drama directed by Boris Querciaa, with Boris Quercia, Rhandy Piñango, Tamara Acosta, Angie Jibaja, Diego Hurtado), in a special one-time showing with director/actor Boris Quercia, sponsored by the Chilean Embassy, 7 pm

SPORTS

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 8

Panamanian Mothers Day

Day of the Immaculate Conception

Blessing of the Waters (Beach Day) in Uruguay

Saturday, December 9

MUSIC/DANCE

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?

Sunday, December 10

Human Rights Day

Ganga - Bois in Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

Das: Trinity Denied, No Hay Día, Zithma

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Zito Barés

THEATER

Teatro ABA: ¿Que Prefieres, Dinero o Libertad?

SPORTS

Mountain Biking: BOA Cermeño ride

Coming up:

Theatre Guild of Ancon: Live at Station XMAS, December 14-16, 21-22

Panama Jazz Festival: January 15-20, dedicated to Barbara Wilson, with Danilo Pérez, Carlos Garnett, Jorge Silvester, Santi Debriano, Renato Thoms, Billy Cobham, Nneena Freelon Quartet, Edmar Castaneda Trio, Patricia Zarate, Francisco  Molina, Dan Greenspan, Fernando Michelin, Mili Bermejo, Reggie Boyce and the Panama Jazz Effects, Panama Jamboree Group, Panamerican Big Band (New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music and University of Panama students led by Victor Paz and Ken Shaphors), Patricia Vlieg and Marcos Pignataro, New England Conservatory Ensemble, and more musicians from Panama 

The Mighty Sparrow in Boquete: The Mighty Sparrow, Alfredito Payne, Shorty & Slim, Samuel Archer, Solinka, Arcadio Molinar, Leony Herrera, Carlos Martinez,  Kabir,  Daniel Bulgin, February 17 at the Feria De Las Flores Y El Cafe

Antillean Fair: At the Museo Afroantillano, February 17-18

Carnival: February 16-20

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