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Thursday, May 10

Mother's Day in Mexico

Señor de la Asuncion in Peru

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Julieta Venegas, with Post as the warm-up band

University of Panama Curundu Dome: Orquesta Filarmónica de la Universidad de Panamá, 6 pm

Lighthouse: Rock night

Casino Fantastic (El Dorado): Filtro Medusa, 8 pm

The Gallery (Plaza New York): Os Almirantes

Play Lounge (Brisas de Amador): Confession

S'Cena y Platea: Jazz with the Carlos Garnett Sextet

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

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Baño de Damas

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

Teatro La Quadra: Marko the Magician

FILM

Cine Universitario: Corre, Lola, corre (Lola Rennt) (1998 German comedy directed by Tom Tykwer, with Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Joachim Król)

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

ETC.

Sociedad Audubon: Featured speaker, Natalia Young from ANAM on cleaning up the hotel business, 6:30 pm at the Parque Natural Metropolitano headquarters on Via Juan Pablo II

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, May 11

MUSIC/DANCE

Lighthouse: JST & Malas Influencias

Universidad Tecnologica, Santiago: Dialecto, Roba Morena, Filtro Medusa, Avenida Sur

S'Cena y Platea: Salsa with Andy Bush

Mystik: Argentine DJ Nico Cota, local DJs Joe Cotter, Frank Faúndes, Anthony King

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Undercover

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

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Marko the Magician

Teatro ABA: Baño de Damas

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Insomnio (1997 Norwegian drama directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, with Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Gisken Armand)

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

ETC.

Wappin Radio Show: Mostly music --- stuff you won't hear elsewhere on Panamanian radio and a little bit of English-language news and commentary --- also unlike anything else on the air here, 6 to 7 pm on Radio Libre, 870 on the AM dial

Saturday, May 12

Mangers pour divers loas in Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

Lighthouse: Mabí

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Post

The Gallery (Plaza New York): DJ Ricky Stone

S'Cena y Platea: Piano bar with Guillermo Peña

Buzz (Punta Pacifica): Jam & Suppose

La Casona: Jazz Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

Teatro ABA: Baño de Damas

Teatro La Quadra: Marko the Magician

FILM

Cine Universitario: Insomnio (1997 Norwegian drama directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, with Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Gisken Armand)

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

ETC.

ATLAPA: International Dog show

Gimnasio Yuyin Luzcando, Betania: Star Wars Fair

Sunday, May 13

Mothers Day in the USA, Canada and many other places

THEATER

Teatro ABA: Baño de Damas

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Triple feature starting at 4 pm --- Le Mort qui tue (1914 French silent drama directed by Louis Feuillade, with René Navarre, Georges Melchior); 5:30 pm --- Pickup on South Street (1953 Cold War drama directed by Sam Fuller, with Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter); 7 pm --- Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1962 Italian drama directed by Luchino Visconti, with Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou)

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

SPORTS

Mountain biking: BOA Santa Cruz ride

Marathon: Isthmian Runners 10k / 4k Bridge of the Americas run

ETC.

ATLAPA: International Dog show

Monday, May 14

FILM

Cine Universitario: Las llaves de casa (I2004 Italian-French-German drama directed by Gianni Amelio, with Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Charlotte Rampling)

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

ETC.

Wappin Radio Show: Mostly music --- stuff you won't hear elsewhere on Panamanian radio and a little bit of English-language news and commentary --- also unlike anything else on the air here, 6 to 7 pm on Radio Libre, 870 on the AM dial

Tuesday, May 15

Independence Day in Paraguay

San Isidro Day in Spain and Peru

MUSIC/DANCE

Restaurante Il Boccalino: Classical dinner concert with pianist Romy Hernández and flautist Gretchen Laffitte

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Las llaves de casa (I2004 Italian-French-German drama directed by Gianni Amelio, with Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Charlotte Rampling)

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

ETC.

International Book Fair: At ATLAPA

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, May 16

MUSIC/DANCE

S6is: Mabí

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): DJ Marlon

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Celebración (1998 Danish-Swedish drama directed by Thomas Vinterberg, with Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen)

La Casona: Free Film Night, 8:30 pm

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

ETC.

International Book Fair: At ATLAPA

Thursday, May 17

Ascensión in Curacao and Venezuela

MUSIC/DANCE

ATLAPA: Diego "El Cigala"

Restaurante Il Boccalino: Classical dinner concert with pianist Romy Hernández and flautist Gretchen Laffitte

University of Panama, TUAL outdoor theater: Roba Morena, Alfredo Gasnell, Cinema Arte,  Aniel Mejía

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar

S'Cena y Platea: Jazz Night

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

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Celebración (1998 Danish-Swedish drama directed by Thomas Vinterberg, with Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen)

Ibermedia Film Festival: At the Alhambra Plus and Cinepolis movie theaters

ETC.

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa Rosario

International Book Fair: At ATLAPA

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, May 18

Manger pour Gran'n Aloumandia in Haiti

Battle of Las Peidras celebrated in Uruguay

MUSIC/DANCE

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Undercover

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Pizza Piola: Gaucho Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

S'Cena y Platea: Salsa 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

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Chica Terrible (1990 West German dramatic comedy directed by Michael Verhoeven, with Lena Stolze, Monika Baumgartner, Michael Gahr)

ETC.

International Book Fair: At ATLAPA

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa Rosario

Wappin Radio Show: Mostly music --- stuff you won't hear elsewhere on Panamanian radio and a little bit of English-language news and commentary --- also unlike anything else on the air here, 6 to 7 pm on Radio Libre, 870 on the AM dial

Saturday, May 19

MUSIC/DANCE

Anfitreo Lolo: Equinoxio, No Hay Dia, Lord Emmigrants, Ancestral, Malkavian, Scars from Deception , Destructores Del Amanecer

Lighthouse: Lemmiwinks

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Desbandados

La Casona: Jazz Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Chica Terrible (1990 West German dramatic comedy directed by Michael Verhoeven, with Lena Stolze, Monika Baumgartner, Michael Gahr)

ETC.

International Book Fair: At ATLAPA

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa Rosario

Sunday, May 20

Simbi Blanc in Haiti

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Quadruple feature European silent and sound classics

SPORTS

Marathon: Isthmian Runners 5k run beginning at the Power Club

ETC.

International Book Fair: At ATLAPA

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa Rosario

Monday, May 21

Naval Glories Day (Battle of Iquique) in Chile

Victoria Day in Canada

FILM

Cine Universitario: Irreversible (2002 French drama directed by Gaspar Noé. Con Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel)

ETC.

Panama Oeste: Capira Fair, in Villa Rosario

Wappin Radio Show: Mostly music --- stuff you won't hear elsewhere on Panamanian radio and a little bit of English-language news and commentary --- also unlike anything else on the air here, 6 to 7 pm on Radio Libre, 870 on the AM dial

Tuesday, May 22

National Sovereignty in Haiti

MUSIC/DANCE

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Irreversible (2002 French drama directed by Gaspar Noé. Con Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel)

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, May 23

Labor Day in Jamaica

Shavu'ot

MUSIC/DANCE

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): DJ Marlon

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Irreversible (2002 French drama directed by Gaspar Noé. Con Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel)

La Casona: Free Film Night, 8:30 pm

Thursday, May 24

Battle of Pichincha celebrated in Ecuador

Bermuda Day in Bermuda

Commonwealth Day in Belize

MUSIC/DANCE

Casino Fantastic (El Dorado): Cienfue

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar

S'Cena y Platea: Jazz Night

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

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Festival of short films by Panamanian graduates of the Cuban International Film and Television School (EICTV)

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, May 25

MUSIC/DANCE

Play Lounge (Brisas de Amador): Argentine DJ Uma Krieger, with local DJs Edward Allen, Antonio Díaz

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Undercover

Las Bovedas: Jazz night

Pizza Piola: Gaucho Night

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Marea Alta

S'Cena y Platea: Salsa 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

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Festival of short films by Latin American graduates of the Cuban International Film and Television School (EICTV)

ETC.

Wappin Radio Show: Mostly music --- stuff you won't hear elsewhere on Panamanian radio and a little bit of English-language news and commentary --- also unlike anything else on the air here, 6 to 7 pm on Radio Libre, 870 on the AM dial

Saturday, May 26

Independence Day in Guyana

MUSIC/DANCE

Lighthouse: Indigo

Teatro La Quadra: Dialecto

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): Desbandados

La Casona: Jazz Night

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Festival of short films by Latin American graduates of the Cuban International Film and Television School (EICTV)

Sunday, May 27

Abolition of Slavery celebrated in Guadeloupe

Mother's Day in Bolivia

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: Festival of short films by Latin American graduates of the Cuban International Film and Television School (EICTV)

SPORTS

Marathon: Isthmian Runners 15k / 4k Clayton run

Monday, May 28

Memorial Day in the USA

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Lengua de las Mariposas (1999 Spanish drama directed by José Luis Cuerda, with Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco)

ETC.

Wappin Radio Show: Mostly music --- stuff you won't hear elsewhere on Panamanian radio and a little bit of English-language news and commentary --- also unlike anything else on the air here, 6 to 7 pm on Radio Libre, 870 on the AM dial

Tuesday, May 29

MUSIC/DANCE

ULACIT: Roba Morena, Alfredo Gasnell, Capitán Ponche

Las Tinajas: Tipico dance show

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: La Lengua de las Mariposas (1999 Spanish drama directed by José Luis Cuerda, with Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco)

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, May 30

Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad & Tobago

Mother's Day in Nicaragua

MUSIC/DANCE

Universidad Latina (Panama): Roba Morena, Aniel Mejía

Hard Rock Cafe (Multicentro): DJ Marlon

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: In This World (2002 British drama directed by Michael Winterbottom, with JamalUdin Torabi, Enayatullah Jumaudin, Nabil Elouhabi)

La Casona: Free Film Night, 8:30 pm

Thursday, May 31

MUSIC/DANCE

Figali Convention Center: Sean Paul, with warm-up acts Comando Tiburon and Rabanes

Casino Fantastic (El Dorado): Priscila Moreno, Cinema Arte

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar

S'Cena y Platea: Jazz Night

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

Brisas de Amador: "Al Tambor de la Alegria" folklore show

THEATER

Teatro La Quadra: Divorciados, Evangélicas & Vegetarianas

FILM

Cine Universitario: In This World (2002 British drama directed by Michael Winterbottom, with JamalUdin Torabi, Enayatullah Jumaudin, Nabil Elouhabi)

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

Coming up

Festival Alfredo de Saint-Malo: Classical music festival, May 25 - June1. For details go to http://www.asmfestivalpanama.com

Panama International Marathon: August 5

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