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Tuesday February 20

Carnival ends, late at night with the burial of the sardine

MUSIC/DANCE

Carnival: There will be outdoor concerts in many places around the country, with the biggest parties being in Las Tablas and on the Transistmica between Colegio La Salle and the Assemblies of God church in Panama City

Wednesday February 21

Ash Wednesday - Lent begins

Thursday February 22

George Washington's Birthday

Independence Day in  Lucia

MUSIC/DANCE

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

La Casona: Popular music night, live entertainment by local musicians, which could be in the salsa, rock, roots reggae or calypso genres

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 February 23

Republic Day in Guyana

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Pizza Piola: Gaucho Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

La Casona: Popular music night, live entertainment by local musicians, which could be in the salsa, rock, roots reggae or calypso genres

Saturday February 24

Flag Day in Mexico

MUSIC/DANCE

Paradise Banquet Hall: From Trinidad, The Mighty Sparrow. Also, Shorty & Slim, Leony Herrera, Samuel Archer, Yuly, Alfredito Payne, Daniel Bulgin, Kali

La Casona: Jazz night

S'cena: Jazz night

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Majestic Casino: Salsa & Merengue night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

FILM

Cine Universitario: Casa de Locos (2002 Russian-French comedy directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, with Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Bryan Adams, Stanislav Varkki --- in Russian and Chechen with Spanish subtitles, about a soldier who comes back crazy from the Chechen War and falls in love with a nurse at the psychiatric hospital)

Sunday February 25

Norriture Rituelle des sources têt d' l'eau in Haiti

Revolution Day in Suriname

FILM

Cine Universitario: Casa de Locos (2002 Russian-French comedy directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, with Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Bryan Adams, Stanislav Varkki --- in Russian and Chechen with Spanish subtitles, about a soldier who comes back crazy from the Chechen War and falls in love with a nurse at the psychiatric hospital)

ETC.

Veraneando en Avenida Balboa: Family fair on a blocked-off Avenida Balboa

Monday February 26

FILM

Cine Universitario: Casa de Locos (2002 Russian-French comedy directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, with Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Bryan Adams, Stanislav Varkki --- in Russian and Chechen with Spanish subtitles, about a soldier who comes back crazy from the Chechen War and falls in love with a nurse at the psychiatric hospital)

Tuesday February 27

Independence Day in the Dominican Republic

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Boda (2000 Russian-French-German comedy directed by Pavel Lungin, with Marat Basharov, Maria Mironova, Andrei Panin)

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 February 28

MUSIC/DANCE

Majestic Casino: Undecover, Los Desbandados

Casa Gongora: Jazz Night

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Boda (2000 Russian-French-German comedy directed by Pavel Lungin, with Marat Basharov, Maria Mironova, Andrei Panin)

Thursday March 1

Heroes' Day in Paraguay

MUSIC/DANCE

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar

Pizza Piola: Tango Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

La Casona: Popular music night, live entertainment by local musicians, which could be in the salsa, rock, roots reggae or calypso genres

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Boda (2000 Russian-French-German comedy directed by Pavel Lungin, with Marat Basharov, Maria Mironova, Andrei Panin)

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 March 2

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Pizza Piola: Gaucho Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

La Casona: Popular music night, live entertainment by local musicians, which could be in the salsa, rock, roots reggae or calypso genres

FILM

Cine Universitario: Arca Rusa 2002 Russian-German drama directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, with Serguei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetosva, Leonid Mozgovoy y la voz de Aleksandr Sokurov)

Saturday March 3

Holi

MUSIC/DANCE

La Casona: Jazz night

S'cena: Jazz night

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Majestic Casino: Salsa & Merengue night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

FILM

Cine Universitario: Arca Rusa 2002 Russian-German drama directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, with Serguei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetosva, Leonid Mozgovoy y la voz de Aleksandr Sokurov)

ETC.

Portobelo Diablos & Congos Festival: March 3

Painting with Olga Sinclair: Noted Panamanian painter holds a free workshop for kids, Parque Omar

Sunday March 4

Purim

MUSIC/DANCE

Veraneando en Avenida Balboa: Family fair on a blocked-off Avenida Balboa

FILM

Cine Universitario: Arca Rusa 2002 Russian-German drama directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, with Serguei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetosva, Leonid Mozgovoy y la voz de Aleksandr Sokurov)

Monday March 5

Tuesday March 6

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

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:

2007 cayuco racing season:

March 10, Gamboa Rainforest Resort Regatta

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

Art in the Park (Penonome Art Fair): March 31

International Book Fair: May 16-20

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