The third stage of Argentina Polo Tour 2009 will be played between Saturday, February 28 and Saturday, March 7, at Tortugas Country Club and at the Campo Argentino de Polo, in Palermo.
Ten teams with 16 goals handicap will be disputing the cups Nespresso and Stella Artois, with the debut of the great former soccer player Gabriel Batistuta, who will be playing for Loro Piana together with Adolfo Cambiaso.
Other outstanding players will also take part in the tournament, including Nachi Heguy, Paco De Narváez and Jaime García Huidobro.


Teams:

Zone A:Tom Tailor: Uwe Schroeder, 0. Eduardo Anca, 6. Ignacio Badiola, 5. Santos Anca, 5. Total: 16.
La Picaza: Carlos Solari, 6. Santiago Solari, 6. Juan Jose Storni, 3. Kevin Korst, 1. Total: 16.
Les Lions: Jean David Du Plessis, 3. Joe Gottschalk, 0. Ignacio Heguy, 9. Francisco Elizalde, 4. Total: 16.
El Remanso: George Hanbury, 2. Matilda Woods, 0. Jaime Garcia Huidobro, 8. Manuel F. Llorente, 6. Total: 16.

Zone B:
Traun Polo Team: Ben Traun, 0. Juan Manuel Echeverz, 7. Martin Orozco, 4. Pablo Bagnardi, 5. Total: 16.
Chapelco: Juan Cruz Adrogue, 1. Facundo Sola, 6. Silvestre Grant, 0. Francisco De Narváez, 9. Total: 16.
La Virgencita: Celine Charloux, 0. Lucas James, 7. Matias Logioco, 3. Gaston Urturi, 6. Total: 16.

Zone C:
La Ginevra: Luca D´Orazio, 0. Juan Ruiz Guiñazu(Jr), 5. Juan Jose Brané, 7. Manuel Caranza, 4. Total: 16.
Franken: Gregorio Gelosi, 3. Matias Maiquez, 6. Juan Ruiz Guiñazu, 6. Hannes Hühnlein, 1. Total: 16.
Loro Piana: Gabriel Batistuta, 0. Gustavo Usandizaga, 2. Adolfo Cambiaso, 10. Alfio Marchini, 4. Total: 16.

Schedule of matches:

Saturday 28
11.00 AM: Traun Polo Team Vs. Franken -Tortugas
4.30 PM: Tom Tailor Vs. La Picaza - Palermo (1)
6.00 PM: La Virgencita Vs. La Ginevra - Palermo

Sunday 1
4.30 PM: Chapelco Vs. Loro Piana - Palermo
6.00 PM: Les Lions Vs. El Remanso - Palermo (2)
UPDATE: ABOVE MATCHES RE-PROGRAMMED FOR RAIN FOR MONDAY 2 AND TUESDAY 3.

Monday 25 PM: Les Lions vs El Remanso - La Dolfina
6 PM: Loro Piana vs La Virgencita - La Dolfina

Tuesday 3
2.30 PM: Traun Polo Team vs La Ginevra - Palermo
4.30 PM: Les Lions vs La Picaza - Palermo
6.00 PM: El Remanso vs Tom Tailor - Tortugas
6.30 PM: Loro Piana vs Chapelco - Palermo

Friday 6
6.00 PM: Franken Polo Team vs La Virgencita - Ellerstina Polo Club

Saturday 7
3.00 PM: Tom Tailor vs Les Lions - Centauros
5.00 PM: Chapelco Vs. La Ginevra - Centauros
5.00 PM: La Virgencita Vs. Franken - Palermo
5.00 PM: Traun Polo Team Vs. Loro Piana - Ellerstina

Sunday 8
FINALS IN PALERMO - NESPRESSO CUP - STELLA ARTOIS CUP
Nespresso Cup
12.00: Les Lions Vs. La Ginevra
Stella Artois Cup
4.00 PM: Loro Piana vs Tom Tailor

For more information and results, visit Argentina Polo Tour official website.

The great tennis players Gabriela Sabatini, the best all time Argentine female tennis player, and Martina Navratilova, former world Number 1, will offer an exhibition match at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club (Olleros 1510, Palermo), in benefit of the Miastenia Gravis Foundation, on Saturday, March 14th, 2009.
The event will start at 12.30 PM. Sabatini and Navratilova will hit the courts at 2 PM with a singles exhibition set, and then a doubles set along with Paola Suarez and Patricia Taravini, bronze medal winners in the 2004 Athens Olympic games.
Other great present and former Argentine tennis players will be participating in this event to collaborate with the Miastenia Gravis Foundation, inlcuding: José Luis Clerc, Martín Jaite, Ricardo Cano, Christian Miniussi, Emilse Raponi de Longo, Mercedes Paz, Bettina Fulco, Mariana Díaz Oliva, María Emilia Salerni, Mariana Pérez Roldán, Raquel Giscafré, Norma Baylon, Claudia Casabianca, Gustavo Luza, Ivanna Madruga, Beatriz Araujo, Adriana Villagrán, Inés Gorrochategui, Mariano Hood, Fernando Dalla Fontana, Alberto Mancini and Florencia Labat, among others.

Tickets range from $ 15 to $ 50 Argentine Pesos, and can be purchased at:
Halcry Tenis: Lavalle 553
Halcry Tenis: Av. Del Libertador 8196
Hard Rock Café Buenos Aires: Buenos Aires Design Center. Av. Pueyrredon & Libertador
Lee Chi: Av. Santa Fe 1670, local 42
Or through TuEntrada.com

Matches will be held on March 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th, 2009 at La Aguada Polo Club (in Open Door, province of Buenos Aires), one of the best Polo clubs in the world, with the participation of 8 -10 teams with 10 to 12 goals of handicap, playing 4 games of 5 chukkers each.

In this edition of the Autumn Cup, the Novillo Astrada brothers will act as hosts of the tournament. Following the family tradition, the events will end with an exhibition of ladies polo, and a great prize-giving.

Every weekend from Saturday, February 7 and until Sunday, March 1st, the “Carnaval Porteño 09” (Buenos Aires Carnival) will take place at different neighborhoods, with the participation of 17 thousand artists, 105 "murgas" (carnival bands), and over one thousand drums and percussion instruments.

The parades will be held from 7 PM to 2 AM on Saturdays, and from 7 PM to 12 AM on Sundays.

Murgas and carnival are the artistic expressions of the marginal neighborhoods, their songs and urban folk customs. The lyrics of these songs are called "criticas", and combine the social denunciation with humor and dancing. What identifies the "murga porteña" from others is their costumes (frock coat, gloves, top hat, and stick), the drums with cymbals, and the various traditional rhythms used to differentiate every neighborhood.

Where to watch the parades:

• Abasto: Av. Córdoba between Agüero and Sanchez de Bustamante.
• Almagro: Av. Corrientes between Medrano and Bulnes.
• Bajo Núñez: Ramallo between Vuelta de Obligado and Arcos.
• Balvanera: Av. Independencia between Matheu and Rincón.
• Núñez: Av. Congreso between Cabildo and Moldes.
• Boedo 1: Av. Boedo between San Juan and Independencia.
• Boedo 2: Av. Belgrano between Columbres and Maza.
• Caballito 1: Av. Avellaneda between N. Oroño and F. Sarmiento.
• Caballito 2: Av. Gaona between Trelles and Boyacá.
• Colegiales: Av. Federico Lacroze between R. Freire and Martínez.
• Liniers: Tuyutí between Carhué and Cosquín.
• Lugano 1: Av. Riestra between Leguizamón and Murguiondo.
• Lugano 2: Av. Cruz between Murguiondo and Lisandro De la Torre.
• Mataderos: Av. Alberdi between Araujo and Av. Escalada.
• Monte Castro: Av. Juan B. Justo and Lope de Vega.
• Parque Avellaneda: Av. Directorio between Av. Olivera and Lacarra.
• Parque Centenario: Lambaré between Sarmiento and Corrientes.
• Paternal 1: Av. Nazca between Lascano and Baigorria.
• Paternal 3: Av. San Martín between Juan B. Justo and Seguí.
• Piedrabuena: 2 de abril between Av. General Paz and Montiel.
• Pompeya 1: Av. Cruz between Las Palmas and Av. La Plata.
• Pompeya 2: Av. Perito Moreno between Ochoa and Taborda.
• Saavedra 1: Av. Balbín between Plaza and Machain.
• Saavedra 3: Av. Balbín between Pico and Arias.
• San Telmo: Av. San Juan between Bolívar and Balcarce.
• Villa Crespo: Av. Scalabrini Ortiz between Av. Corrientes and Padilla.
• Villa Pueyrredón: Moscón between Terrada and Bolivia.
• Villa Urquiza: Av. Triunvirato between Roosevelt and Rivera.
• Versalles: Jonte between Juan B. Justo and Barragán.

Fundamus (Fundacion para la Musica) opens the opera season in Buenos Aires presenting Bizet's "Carmen" at Teatro Avenida.
According to the organizers, the Opera will be staged with an austere scenography, period costumes, and projection of images that will take a prevailing role.
The cast is made of some of the best voices in the local scene:

María Luján Mirabelli
Alicia Cecotti
Carlos Duarte
Juan Carlos Vasallo
Claudia Montagna
Andrea Maragno
Luciano Garay
Nuevo Coro de Opera
Nuevo Coro de Niños

Video design: Edgardo Beck
Stage design and wardrobe: Mariela Daga
Children's Choir Direction: Rosana Bravo
Nuevo Coro de Opera Direction: Ezequiel Fautario

Staging: Eduardo Casullo
Musical Direction: Roberto Luvini

Location: Teatro Avenida - Av. de Mayo 1222 – Tel. 4381-0662
Dates and times:
February 20 - 8 PM
February 22 - 6.30 PM
February 27 - 8 PM
March 6 - 8 PM
March 7 - 8 PM
March 8 - 6.30 PM
Tickets on sale at the theater

The website Restaurant.com.ar organizes its 4th Tour Gourmet Buenos Aires 2009, an opportunity for all foodies (member of Restaurant.com.ar and the general public alike) to enjoy some of the best restaurants in Buenos Aires with incredible discounts.
In this edition of the Tour Gourmet, from January 12 to February 28, all participating restaurants offer a 30 % discount as a minimum every day on the total of the check when ordering "a la carte". There will also be special discounts or free wine tastings on specific dates. This is a free event for the general public and doesn't require registration.
To use this benefit, enter Tour Gourmet website, choose a restaurant, make the reservation by phone, print the discount coupon clicking on "Certificado de Beneficio", and present it when asking for the check. All participating restaurants requiere advance reservation to use this benefit.
The list of participating restaurants will be updated every day.

The government of the City of Buenos Aires presents "Aires Buenos Aires - Cultura para respirar" (Culture to Breathe), a program of cultural activities that starts next Saturday, January 10, consisting on over 800 free events, including: musical shows, drive-in movies, theater plays, activities for children, circus, open air "milongas", and numerous musical events, every day during January and February, 2009.
Iñaki Urlezaga, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Jaime Ross, the group Miranda, Jairo and Iván Noble, are some of the artists that will entertain the audiences with their shows.
The schedule includes 124 activities, with over 800 events, around 20 neighborhoods of Buenos Aires: 14 movies, 4 theater plays, 45 recitals, 7 popular "milongas", 18 children's shows, 6 circus shows, and 10 workshops for kids.
The drive-in will be set up at the Rose Garden, on Iraola & Sarmiento, Paseo de la Infanta, every Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 PM. There will also be stalls for spectators without a car. The first two showings will be "El Nido Vacío", by Daniel Burman, and Leonera, directed by Pablo Trapero.
Children will enjoy shows by artists like Adriana, Los Cazurros and La Banda del Musiquero Loco, among others, as well as children's plays and painting workshops at Pasaje Lanín, in the neighborhood of Barracas.
Ballet lovers will have th chance of seeing Iñaki Urlezaga in "Carmina Burana" at the Obelisk, on January 17 at 9:30 PM.

The closing of the activities will be on February 28 with four outstanding shows in different locations: Jairo sings Horacio Ferrer (Mataderos Amphitheater, 7:30 PM); Flemish singer Enrique Morente (Avenida de Mayo & Peru, 9 PM), La Portuaria celebrating its 20 years (Costanera Sur, 9 PM) and Café de los Maestros (Planetarium, 7:30 PM).
To download the complete schedule of activities in pdf, click here.

Argentina Polo Tour, the fall tournament created four years ago by Adolfo Cambiaso and Gonzalo Pieres, presents its second stage of 2009, at Santa Maria de Lobos Polo Club from February 14th to 21st, 2009.
Four teams up to 16 goals handicap will be participating for the Cup "Secretaría de Turismo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires", with the presence of Argentine and international players, including Adolfo Cambiaso himself.

Teams:

Santa Rita: Jose Maria Lopez (1), Santiago Allaria (4), Patricio Gaynor (4), Guillermo Terrera (7). Total. 16
Loro Piana - La Virgencita: Ralph Batler (0), Jorge Lamarque (4), Gustavo Usandizaga (2), Adolfo Cambiaso (10). Total. 16
Las Hermanas: Charlie Hanbury (4), Olly Cudmore (2), Ernesto F. Llorente (5), Adrian Laplacette (4). Total.15
El Remanso: George Hanbury (2), Matilda Woods (0), Jaime Garcia Huidobro (8), Manuel F. Llorente (6). Total. 16.

Schedule:

Saturday 14 at El Remanso4:30 PM. Santa Rita vs El Remanso 1
6:00 PM Las Hermanas vs Loro Piana 2

Wednesday 18 at Santa Maria de Lobos4:30 PM Winner 2 vs Looser 1
6:00 PM Winner 1 vs Looser 2

Saturday 21 at Santa Maria de Lobos4:30 PM Looser 1 vs. Looser 2
6:00 PM Winner 1 vs. Winner 2

The most important event for the Argentine fashion industry, BAFWeek, brings together the most established brands in the fashion world and the independent designers, for the launching of their fall/winter 2009 collections.

The focus of this edition is on wool, "a recyclable, renewable natural resource, non pollutant, and, above all, extremely important for the Argentine textile industry".

BAFWeek 2009 will feature 2 runways for five daily fashion shows, and around 40 showrooms where designers will showcase their creations in an exclusive space, including accessories, shoes, bags, jewels, underwear, and men and women's clothes.
Some of the designers and brands who will be presenting their collections are, among others: Gabriela Horvat, Mariana Dappiano, Prüne, Rapsodia and Kostüme, and the introduction of two new young designers from the contest UBA-BAFWeek Hotbed.

Dates: February 25, 26, and 27, 2009
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center, Pabellón Amarillo. Av. Sarmiento 2704
Opening times: from 2 pm to 10 pm
Entry fee: 20 Pesos. Tickets on sale at the venue 2 pm to 8 pm

BAFWeek official website.

See also Buenos Aires Fashion Week 2009/2010 Spring/Fall Edition

On Saturday, February 14, the ninth edition of Telmex Cup - ATP Buenos Aires will kick off with the qualifying rounds. The traditional tournament will receive some of the greatest world wide tennis players from February 14 to February 22, 2009 at the courts of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis club.

The list of participating players includes:

Direct: 23
Wild cards: 3
Qualification: 4
Special Exempts: 2

1-David Nalbandian (ARG) - 11º
2-Nicolás Almagro (ESP) - 18º
3-Tommy Robredo (ESP) - 21º
4-Carlos Moyá (ESP) - 42º
5-Albert Montañés (ESP) - 43º
6-Juan Mónaco (ARG) - 44º
7-José Acasuso (ARG) - 46º
8-Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - 52º
9-Marcel Granollers (ESP) - 55º
10-Eduardo Schwank (ARG) - 57º
11-Agustín Calleri (ARG) - 62º
12-Oscar Hernández (ESP) - 67º
13-Martín Vassallo Argüello (ARG) - 69º
14-Potito Starace (ITA) - 71º
15-Nicolas Devilder (FRA) - 72º
16-Iván Navarro (ESP) - 73º
17-Nicolás Massú (CHI) - 76º
18-Diego Junqueira (ARG) - 77º
19-Nicolás Lapentti (ECU) - 84º
20-Fabio Fognini (ITA) - 86º
21-Thomas Bellucci (BRA) - 87º
22-Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) - 88º
23-Pablo Andujar (ESP) - 98º

Wild cards:
1 - Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
2 - Gaston Gaudio (ARG)
3 - Brian Dabul

Alternative:
1-Alberto Martín (ESP) - 99º
2-Brian Dabul (ARG) - 100º
3-Marcos Daniel (BRA) - 102º
4-Luis Horna (PER) - 103º
5-Filippo Volandri (ITA) - 110º
6-Leonardo Mayer (ARG) - 113º
7-Kevin Kim (USA) - 114º
8-Sergio Roitman (ARG) - 116º
9-Wayne Odesnik (USA) - 117º
10-Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (ESP) - 199º


Dates: February 14-22, 2009
Qualifying rounds: Saturday 14 and 15, from 12 noon.
Monday and Tuesday: day matches from 11:30 AM.
Wednesday to Friday day matches from 1:45 PM.
Evening matches: 7:30 PM.
Saturday 21: Semifinals, 12 noon
Sunday 22: Final, 2 PM

Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club. Olleros 1510.

Tickets:

More information: Telmex Cup official website.

On February, Monday 16 and Monday 23, a free Open Air Milonga (tango dancing) will be set at Corrientes & Esmeralda, at the door of the centenary Teatro Maipo, with different activities throughout the night: