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Volume 14, Number 2
Jan. 20 - Feb. 2, 2008


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Wednesday, January 23

MUSIC/DANCE
Panama Jazz Festival: Gala Night, at the Teatro Nacional
Panama Jazz Festival: Clinics and masters' classes, ATLAPA during the day
Pizza Piola: Salsa Night

FILM
Cine Universitario: Bolivar Soy Yo (2002 Colombian - French dramatic comedy directed by Jorge Ali Triana, with Amparo Grisales, Robinson Díaz, Jairo Camargo, Fanny Mickey, Gustavo Angarita, María Eugenia Dávila)
La Casona: Movie Night, 8:30 pm

SPORTS
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

Thursday, January 24

MUSIC/DANCE
Panama Jazz Festival: Women in Jazz Night, with Catherine Russell Band, Tia Fuller Quartet and more
Panama Jazz Festival: Clinics and masters' classes, ATLAPA during the day
Pizza Piola: Tango Night
La Casona: Emerging Artists Night. For details call 211-0740 or visit http://www.enlacasona.com
Siete Mares:
Caribbean music with Alta Mar

Hotel Miramar: Tango Night
Las Tinajas: Tipico folklore show
Brisas de Amador: Tipico folklore show

FILM
Cine Universitario: Bolivar Soy Yo (2002 Colombian - French dramatic comedy directed by Jorge Ali Triana, with Amparo Grisales, Robinson Díaz, Jairo Camargo, Fanny Mickey, Gustavo Angarita, María Eugenia Dávila)

SPORTS
Golf: Panama Movistar Championship, part of the Nationwide Tour, Club de Gold de Panama
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

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, January 25
Commemoration Birthday of G.F. Croes in Aruba
Burns Night in Scotland

MUSIC/DANCE
Panama Jazz Festival: Stanley Jordan Trio, Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project, more
Panama Jazz Festival: Family Concert, ATLAPA noon to 5 pm
Panama Jazz Festival: Clinics and masters' classes, ATLAPA during the day
Disco Tsunami, David: Dialecto
La Casona: Popular Music Night, with live rock, calypso, reggae roots or salsa bands. For details call 211-0740 or visit http://www.enlacasona.com
Pizza Piola:
Fiesta Gaucha

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar
Las Tinajas:
Tipico folklore show
Brisas de Amador:
Tipico folklore show


FILM
Cine Universitario: Bolivar Soy Yo (2002 Colombian - French dramatic comedy directed by Jorge Ali Triana, with Amparo Grisales, Robinson Díaz, Jairo Camargo, Fanny Mickey, Gustavo Angarita, María Eugenia Dávila)

SPORTS
Golf: Panama Movistar Championship, part of the Nationwide Tour, Club de Gold de Panama
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

Saturday, January 26
Australia Day in Australia
Duarte Day in the Dominican Republic
Republic Day in India

MUSIC/DANCE
Panama Jazz Festival: Outdoor concert in Plaza Catedral starting in the afternoon and goign late into the night
Bar Music, David: Polyphase
La Casona: Jazz Night. Call 211-0740 or visit http://www.enlacasona.com for details
Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar
Las Tinajas: Tipico folklore show
Brisas de Amador: Tipico folklore show

FILM
Cine Universitario: Nueba Yol (1995 Dominican dramatic comedy directed by Angel Muñiz, with Luisito Martí, Caridad Ravelo, Raúl Carbonell, Rafael Villalona)

SPORTS
Golf: Panama Movistar Championship, part of the Nationwide Tour, Club de Gold de Panama
Boxing: Panama's Roinet Caballero fights Chris John for the WBA world featherweight title in Jakarta, Indonesia
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

ETC.
Three Sisters Cooking Lessons: Panamanian cuisine, in El Valle

Sunday, January 27

THEATER
Teatro ABA: El Maravilloso Mundo de los Cuentos, 11 am & 1 pm

FILM
Cine Universitario: Nueba Yol (1995 Dominican dramatic comedy directed by Angel Muñiz, with Luisito Martí, Caridad Ravelo, Raúl Carbonell, Rafael Villalona)

SPORTS
Mountain biking: BOA La Pita ride
Golf: Panama Movistar Championship, part of the Nationwide Tour, Club de Gold de Panama
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

Monday, January 28

FILM
Cine Universitario: Nueba Yol (1995 Dominican dramatic comedy directed by Angel Muñiz, with Luisito Martí, Caridad Ravelo, Raúl Carbonell, Rafael Villalona)

SPORTS
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

Tuesday, January 29

FILM
Cine Universitario: El Siglo del Viento (1999 Uruguayan - Argentine - French - German - Spanish documentary directed by Fernando Birri)

SPORTS
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

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 30

MUSIC/DANCE
Main Park, Aguadulce: Orqesta Sinfonica Nacional & Ballet Nacional, 6 pm
Pizza Piola: Salsa Night

FILM
Cine Universitario: El Siglo del Viento (1999 Uruguayan - Argentine - French - German - Spanish documentary directed by Fernando Birri)
La Casona: Movie Night, 8:30 pm

SPORTS
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

Thursday, January 31

MUSIC/DANCE
Sahara: Polyphase
Pizza Piola: Tango Night
La Casona: Emerging Artists Night. For details call 211-0740 or visit http://www.enlacasona.com
Siete Mares:
Caribbean music with Alta Mar

Hotel Miramar: Tango Night
Las Tinajas: Tipico folklore show
Brisas de Amador: Tipico folklore show

FILM
Cine Universitario: El Siglo del Viento (1999 Uruguayan - Argentine - French - German - Spanish documentary directed by Fernando Birri)

SPORTS
National Junior Baseball Tournament: Second round, teams and venues TBA

ETC.
Don Bosco Procession: Catholic religious procession recognizing the founder of the Salesian order, starting late in the afternoon in front of the Don Bosco Basilica on Avenida Central
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 1
Carnival
St. Brigid's Day in Montserrat

ETC.
Veraguas: Santa Fe Fair

Saturday, February 2
Carnival
Fiesta de la Virgen de Candelaria in Bolivia, Mexico & Peru
Candlemas
Groundhog Day

MUSIC/DANCE
Centolla's Place: True Evolution Carnival Dance

ETC.
Antillean Fair: On the grounds of the Museo Afroantillano, Panama City
Veraguas: Santa Fe Fair

Sunday, February 3
Carnival
San Blaise in Paraguay

SPORTS
Mountain biking: BOA Madden ride
Isthmian Runners: La Candalaria 10k run (Chiriqui)

ETC.
Antillean Fair: On the grounds of the Museo Afroantillano, Panama City
Veraguas: Santa Fe Fair

Monday, February 4
Carnival

Tuesday, February 5
Carnival
Mardis Gras
Shrove Tuesday

Wednesday, February 6
Ash Wednesday - Lent begins
Bob Marley Day in Jamaica
New Zealand Day / Waitangi Day in New Zealand
Niue

Thursday, February 7
Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat begins)
Independence Day in Grenada
Lent

MUSIC/DANCE
Pizza Piola: Tango Night
La Casona: Emerging Artists Night. For details call 211-0740 or visit http://www.enlacasona.com
Siete Mares:
Caribbean music with Alta Mar

Hotel Miramar: Tango Night
Las Tinajas: Tipico folklore show
Brisas de Amador: Tipico folklore show

FILM
Cine Universitario: Las Amigas / Le Amiche (1955 Italian drama directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, with Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Valentina Cortese, Madeleine Fischer, Franco Fabrizi)

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 8
Lent

MUSIC/DANCE
La Casona: Popular Music Night, with live rock, calypso, reggae roots or salsa bands. For details call 211-0740 or visit http://www.enlacasona.com
Pizza Piola:
Fiesta Gaucha

Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar
Las Tinajas:
Tipico folklore show
Brisas de Amador:
Tipico folklore show


THEATER
Teatro Nacional: Festival de Teatro King

FILM
Cine Universitario: Las Amigas / Le Amiche (1955 Italian drama directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, with Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Valentina Cortese, Madeleine Fischer, Franco Fabrizi)

ETC.
Veraguas: Jesus Nazareno Festival in Atalaya

Saturday, February 9
Lent

MUSIC/DANCE
La Casona: Jazz Night. Call 211-0740 or visit http://www.enlacasona.com for details
Siete Mares: Caribbean music with Alta Mar
Las Tinajas: Tipico folklore show
Brisas de Amador: Tipico folklore show


THEATER
Teatro Nacional: Festival de Teatro King

FILM
Cine Universitario: Las Amigas / Le Amiche (1955 Italian drama directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, with Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Valentina Cortese, Madeleine Fischer, Franco Fabrizi)

ETC.
Veraguas: Jesus Nazareno Festival in Atalaya

Sunday, February 10
Lent

THEATER
Teatro Nacional: Festival de Teatro King

FILM
Cine Universitario: La Aventura / L'Avventura (1960 Italian - French drama directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, with Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari, James Addams)

SPORTS
Mountain biking: BOA Cermeño ride

ETC.

Colon: Carnavalito

Veraguas: Jesus Nazareno Festival in Atalaya

COMING UP

Festival de Teatro King: Continues at the Teatro Nacional through February 14

Cayuco racing season: Atlantic Cup February 16; Gamboa Regatta March 1; Ocean-to-Ocean Race March 14-16

Opera: Verdi's three-act opera Rigoletto, February 21 at ATLAPA

Afro-Antillean Night: February 28 in Parque Omar

This page, like our gallery & museum guide, is a community service that we try to make as comprehensive as possible. Listings herein are free, but we do sell advertising as well, offering special low rates for musicians. We will come closer to our goal of publishing a complete guide and your events will be more successful if you promoters and artists send us your additions, updates and corrections by email to editor@thepanamanews.com. We compile this guide from multiple sources, but must give special thanks to Lizi Rodríguez and her InfoArte email art news bulletin.


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