Volume 13, Number 1
Jan 7 - 20, 2007

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Monday, January 8

FILM

Cine Universitario: McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971 drama directed by Robert Altman, with Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Cocle vs Chiriqui at Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Oeste vs Darien at Justino Salas Stadium in Chorrera

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Los Santos at Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Colon vs Bocas del Toro at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Desnuden al Canalla, a comedy directed by Daniel Gómez Nates, with Larry Díaz, Lucho Gotti, Celia González, Dayra Torres, Miguel Ángel Macías, Pablo Salas, William Castro, Yesenia Navarro

Tuesday, January 9

Day of the Martyrs

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Darien vs Cocle at Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Herrera vs Chiriqui Occidente at Rico Cedeño Stadium in Chitre

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Chiriqui at Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Colon vs Veraguas at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

ETC.

Day of the Martyrs: This is the anniversary of the events of January 1964 in which 23 Panamanians and 4 Americans were killed and hundreds wounded on either side. It was a dispute over which flags would fly over the old Canal Zone, which in turn was a cipher for who would be sovereign there. It was the beginning of the end of the Canal Zone and is still the subject of much controversy and mythology, on the one side because a good part of the Zonian community still seems not to know what hit them and on the other side because the founders of both of Panama's major political traditions, Dr. Arnulfo Arias and General Omar Torrijos, were actively hostile to the outpouring of nationalist sentiment but in later years sought to falsify their stands for opportunistic political reasons. For many Panamanians this will be a day at the beach, but the ideological heirs to the leftists who were the first protagonists on the Panamanian side of the confrontation --- people of all political persuasions quickly joined the fray and Panama severed its diplomatic relations with the United States for a few months --- will march to the Jardin de Paz cemetery in El Chorrillo where Ascanio Arosemena, a high school student who was the first to die, is buried. This is not likely to be an occasion for violence, but this year it will surely be used to highlight opposition to a proposed US-Panama free trade agreement.

Wednesday, January 10

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Jazz Night

FILM

Cine Universitario: Images (1972 US-UK drama directed by Robert Altman, with Susannah York, Cathryn Harrison, Rene Auberjonois)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Chiriqui Occidente vs Cocle at Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Colon vs Panama Oeste at Justino Salinas Stadium in Chorrera

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Herrera vs Veraguas at Rico Cedeño Stadium in Chitre

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Darien at Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Bocas del Toro vs Los Santos at Olmedo Sole Stadium in Las Tablas

THEATER

ETC.

STRI Tupper Center: Lecture in Spanish on the forest plants and animals of Panama City, 6 pm in the Tupper Auditorium

Thursday, January 11

MUSIC/DANCE

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Casa Gongora: Cafe Cine

Cine Universitario: Images (1972 US-UK drama directed by Robert Altman, with Susannah York, Cathryn Harrison, Rene Auberjonois)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Chiriqui Occidente vs Darien at Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Herrera vs Panama Oeste at Justino Salinas Stadium in Chorrera

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Cocle vs Veraguas at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Chiriqui vs Bocas del Toro at Rico Cedeño Stadium in Chitre

ETC.

Audubon: Néstor Correa will speak to the monthly Sociedad Audubon meeting about the Ecoparque educational park in Panama Oeste, Parque Natural Metropolitano headquarters building on Juan Pablo II, 6:30 pm

Eastern Panama Province: Chepo Agricultural Fair

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

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, January 12

MUSIC/DANCE

La Casona: Jazz night

Scena: Salsa night

Buzz: DJ Leo

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Pizza Piola: Gaucho Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

FILM

Cine Universitario: Nashville (1975 US dramatic comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Keith Carradine, Lily Tomlin, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Murphy, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Jeff Goldblum, Shelley Duvall)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Bocas del Toro vs Darien at Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Oeste vs Cocle as Justino Salinas Stadium in Chorrera

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Herrera at Rodney Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Los Santos vs Colon at Olmedo Sole Stadium in Las Tablas

THEATER

ETC.

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Eastern Panama Province: Chepo Agricultural Fair

Saturday, January 13

MUSIC/DANCE

Finca Maya Arts Center (San Carlos): Sunset Jam, starts 2 pm, a benefit for arts and language courses for people of all ages in San Carlos

Parque Nuevo Reparto (Chanis): Rock en tu Calle, with Toma tu Cruz, Hacienda Libre de Bruce Lees, Asiria, Adrial, Scar from Deception, Fim, Deuda Saldada, The Morrison Code, Incruenta, Natha, Shoked, Contracorriente y Raices y Cultura, starting 3 pm. This is a free concert

Rio Abajo: City free concert series with Sidney Young

Lum's: Polyphase, The Vox

La Casona: Jazz night

Scena: Jazz night

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Unplugged: Luna Lopez

FILM

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Bocas del Toro vs Chiriqui Occidente at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Oeste vs Veraguas as Justino Salinas Stadium in Chorrera

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Cocle at Rodney Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Los Santos vs Chiriqui at Olmedo Sole Stadium in Las Tablas

THEATER

ETC.

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Eastern Panama Province: Chepo Agricultural Fair

Sunday, January 14

Makar Sankranti

THEATER

FILM

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Herrera vs Cocle at Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Los Santos vs Veraguas at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Chiriqui Occidente vs Colon at Rico Cedeño Stadium in Chitre

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Bocas del Toro at Rodney Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Darien vs Chiriqui at Justino Salinas Stadium in Chorrera

ETC.

Panama City: "Veraneando en Avenida Balboa" --- Avenida Balboa will be closed off for a municipal fair with a variety of family-oriented activities including arts, sports, a senior citizens' health fair and more

Eastern Panama Province: Chepo Agricultural Fair

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Monday, January 15

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday

FILM

Cine Universitario: Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976 US drama directed by Robert Altman, with Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Joel Grey, Geraldine Chaplin)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Herrera vs Darien at Rico Cedeño Stadium in Chitre

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Bocas del Toro vs Panama Oeste at Justino Salinas Stadium in Chorrera

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Veraguas at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Colon vs Chiriqui at Rodney Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Chiriqui Occidente vs Los Santos at Olmedo Sole Stadium in Las Tablas

ETC.

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Tuesday, January 16

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976 US drama directed by Robert Altman, with Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Joel Grey, Geraldine Chaplin)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Herrera vs Chiriqui at Rico Cedeño Stadium in Chitre

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Cocle vs Colon at Remon Cantera Stadium in Aguadulce

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Chiriqui Occidente vs Veraguas at Omar Torrijos Stadium in Santiago

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Panama Metro vs Panama Oeste at Rodney Carew Stadium in Panama City

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Darien vs Los Santos at Olmedo Sole Stadium in Las Tablas

ETC.

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

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, January 17

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Jazz Night

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: Three Women (1977 US drama directed by Robert Altman, with Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule)

ETC.

Herrera: Ocu Fair, in Ocu

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Thursday, January 18

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Panama Jazz Festival

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Casa Gongora: Cafe Cine

Cine Universitario: Three Women (1977 US drama directed by Robert Altman, with Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Herrera: Ocu Fair, in Ocu

Friday, January 19

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Panama Jazz Festival

La Casona: Jazz night

Scena: Salsa night

Buzz: DJ Leo

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Pizza Piola: Gaucho Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: A Wedding (1980 US comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Carol Burnett, Vittorio Gassman, Lillian Gish, Desi Arnaz Jr., Amy Stryker, Geraldine Chaplin)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Herrera: Ocu Fair, in Ocu

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Saturday, January 20

Muslim New Year

MUSIC/DANCE

Parque Catedral, Casco Viejo: Panama Jazz Festival

La Casona: Jazz night

Scena: Jazz night

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: A Wedding (1980 US comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Carol Burnett, Vittorio Gassman, Lillian Gish, Desi Arnaz Jr., Amy Stryker, Geraldine Chaplin)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Herrera: Ocu Fair, in Ocu

Sunday, January 21

Errol Barrow Day in Barbados

Feast of our Lady of Altagracia in the Dominican Republic

MUSIC/DANCE

San Felipe Cathedral: Orquesta Sinfonica Municipal

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: A Wedding (1980 US comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Carol Burnett, Vittorio Gassman, Lillian Gish, Desi Arnaz Jr., Amy Stryker, Geraldine Chaplin)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Herrera: Ocu Fair, in Ocu

Chiriqui: Boquete Flower & Coffee Fair

Monday, January 22

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Day

MUSIC/DANCE

Don Bosco Basilica: Orquesta Sinfonica Municipal

FILM

Cine Universitario: Streamers (1983 US drama directed by Robert Altman, with Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Michael Wright, George Dzundza, Guy Boyd)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Herrera: Ocu Fair, in Ocu

Tuesday, January 23

Vasanta Panchami / Saraswati Puja

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: Streamers (1983 US drama directed by Robert Altman, with Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Michael Wright, George Dzundza, Guy Boyd)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

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, January 24

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Jazz Night

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: Vincent & Theo (1990 French-British-Dutch drama directed by Robert Altman, with Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Johanna Ter Steege)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

Thursday, January 25

Birthday of G.F. Croes observed in Aruba

MUSIC/DANCE

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Casa Gongora: Cafe Cine

Cine Universitario: Vincent & Theo (1990 French-British-Dutch drama directed by Robert Altman, with Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Johanna Ter Steege)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Veraguas: Santa Fe Fair, in Santa Fe

Cocle: Churuquita Orange Fair, in Churuquita

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

Friday, January 26

Australia Day

Duarte Day in the Dominican Republic

Republic Day in India

MUSIC/DANCE

La Casona: Jazz night

Scena: Salsa night

Buzz: DJ Leo

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Pizza Piola: Gaucho Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

Cine Universitario: The Player (1992 US dramatic comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Cher, James Coburn, John Cusack, Brad Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Elliott Gould, Joel Grey, Anjelica Huston, Sally Kellerman, Sally Kirkland, Jack Lemmon, Burt Reynolds, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Chiriqui: Candalaria Fair in Bugaba, through February 4

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

Veraguas: Santa Fe Fair, in Santa Fe

Cocle: Churuquita Orange Fair, in Churuquita

Saturday, January 27

MUSIC/DANCE

La Casona: Jazz night

Scena: Jazz night

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

THEATER

FILM

SPORTS

Cayuco Racing: Balboa Yacht Club Regatta, to the end of the Amador Causeway and back

Baseball, Home Run Derby: Houston Astros slugger Carlos Lee, local heroes Einar Díaz, José Macías, Olmedo Sáenz, Sherman Obando and other major league players from various countries, at the Rodney Carew National Stadium starting at 4 pm. A benefit for Nutre Hoger's anti-hunger programs. Even though it will be late in the afternoon, be sure to protect yourself against the tropical sun because there's very little shade in the stadium

ETC.

Cocle: Churuquita Orange Fair, in Churuquita

Chiriqui: Candalaria Fair in Bugaba, through February 4

Veraguas: Santa Fe Fair, in Santa Fe

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

Sunday, January 28

MUSIC/DANCE

El Valle: El Valle Music Camp concert

THEATER

FILM

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Veraguas: Santa Fe Fair, in Santa Fe

Cocle: Churuquita Orange Fair, in Churuquita

Chiriqui: Candalaria Fair in Bugaba, through February 4

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

Monday, January 29

Ashura

FILM

Cine Universitario: Prêt à Porter (1995 US-French comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Anouk Aimée, Rupert Everett, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger, Richard E. Grant, Forest Whitaker, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Jean Rochefort, Michel Blanc, Rossy De Palma)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

Chiriqui: Candalaria Fair in Bugaba, through February 4

Tuesday, January 30

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

FILM

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Chiriqui: Candalaria Fair in Bugaba, through February 4

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

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, January 31

MUSIC/DANCE

Casa Gongora: Jazz Night

THEATER

Cine Universitario: The Company (2003 US dramatic comedy directed by Robert Altman, with Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, James Franco)

SPORTS

Baseball, National Junior Tournament*: Second round, teams and venues to be announced

ETC.

Panama City: Don Bosco Procession, starting at the Don Bosco Basilica on Avenida Central at 4 pm

Panama Oeste: Chorrera Fair, in La Chorrera, through February 4

Chiriqui: Candalaria Fair in Bugaba, through February 4

* Most of the National Junior Baseball Tournament games start at 7:30 pm, but some start at 7 o'clock. Get there a little early and you won't miss anything.

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 main venues are ATLAPA on the 18th and 19th and Plaza Catedral on the 20th, but there are also a lot of events at Panama City clubs and several days of seminars for the up and coming generations of local musicians.

Coming up:

2007 cayuco racing season:

February 10, Melia Atlantic Cup

March 10, Gamboa Rainforest Resort Regatta

March 30, 31, April 1, Ocean to Ocean Cayuco Race

Death Metal night at the Afiteatro Lolos: Selah, Disemburied, Antaro, Morttus on February 3

Carnival: February 16-20

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

Portobelo Diablos & Congos Festival: March 3

International Book Fair: May 16-20

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