Every year following the World Press Photo Contest, the winning images go on show around 80 cities worldwide, starting in Amsterdam as part of the prize-giving ceremony in April, until March the following year. This year's exhibition comprises 196 images selected by an international, independent jury from a total of 96,268 that entered the contest. During September 2009 they will be presented in Buenos Aires, at Centro Cultural Borges, sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Argentina.
The exhibition comprises 196 photographs, including the prize winner and the ones awarded in every one of the 10 categories.
Since 1995, the Dutch organization World Press Photo offers international support to new photo journalists. The World Press Photo Exhibition is the best known of World Press Photo's activities.
The annual World Press Photo contest offers an overview of the way press photographers approach their work, bringing together pictures from all parts of the globe to reflect trends and developments in photojournalism.

Dates: September 7 through October 4, 2009
Location: Centro Cultural Borges, Viamonte & San Martín, Buenos Aires
Opening hours: Mondays to Saturdays, 10 AM to 9 PM. Sundays 12 noon to 9 PM.

The center for the Interpretation of Restoration Works of Teatro Colón (Centro de Interpretación Vivencial) is now open to the public. In this space visitors can learn about the progress of the restoration works inside the theater through an audiovisual and multimedia exhibition.

The Center includes photographic exhibits, costumes, and scale models of various of the theater's historical stagings. It also features the screening of a documentary with detailed information about the program of restoration works in execution.

According to the Theater's authorities the restoration works, that were originally planned to be finished by May 2008, will be ready by the end of December 2009, and the re inauguration for the public is planned to take place on May 25, 2010.

The Interpretation Center is located on Viamonte 1180, and can be visited free of charge Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays, 2 pm to 6 pm.

The National Museum of Decorative Arts presents this exhibition organized by Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Le Corbusier Foundation in Paris, and Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.
Le Corbusier starts to write an art book by mid 1947, and publishes it in a limited edition in 1955 as "The Poem of the Right Angle".
Considered to the most lucid synthesis of Le Corbusier's personal maxims, The Poem of the Right Angle (Le Poeme de l'Angle Droit) is a series of metaphysical poems, accompanied by collages, paintings and drwaings.
Le Corbusier expressed his desire that the Poem reached the widest range of public possible. Fulfilling his will, Le Corbusier Foundation launched in 1989 a facsimile edition of the book. The Castillan edition (2007) made for the exhibition at the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, thoroughly respected the one made by the Foundation.
This will be the first time that this work is exhibited out of Europe. The exhibition is complemented with the projection of the Electronic Poem, an audiovisual work Le Corbusier composed in collaboration with musician Edgar Varése for the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels Universal Exhibition in 1958, as well as the world premiere of the Choreographic Meditation, specially composed by Oscar Araiz and inspired in the Poem of the Right Angle.

Location: Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo. Av. del Libertador 1902
Dates: September 2 to October 10, 2009
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 2 pm to 7 pm
Entry fee: AR$ 5
Tuesdays: Free

Casa FOA, the most important yearly exhibition where decorators, architects, designers, and landscapers selected for their talent and prestige, showcase the local and international trends in architecture, interior design, and landscaping, will take place this year at Tribuna Plaza, at Hipodromo de Palermo in Buenos Aires.
Casa FOA was born in 1985 as an initiative of Mercedes Malbrán de Campos and a group of ladies with the purpose of raising funds for the Argentine Ophthalmology Foundation "Jorge Malbrán" (FOA). With a growing success, Casa FOA has become one the most important events in the country´s cultural agenda.
The strategic selection of the venues and the careful and profound restoration of the chosen buildings give every edition of Casa FOA an indisputable value for the community, making it possible to associate its name not only to Argentine design but also to the preservation of buildings of great historic and cultural value, like: Casa de la Moneda (1995), Hotel de Inmigrantes (2000), Monasterio de Santa Catalina (2001), Casa del Patio de la Reconquista (2003), Hotel Avenida de Mayo (1991), Puerto Madero Dock 5 (1993), Palacio Alcorta (1994), Tattersal de Palermo (1998) Apostadero Naval (2000), Terrazas de Buenos Aires (2002), Tribuna II Palermo (2004), Puerto de Frutos de Tigre (2008), among others.

Dates: September 4 to October 18, 2009.
Opening hours: 12 noon to 8 PM
Location: Tribuna Plaza, Av. Libertador 4401
Entry fee: AR$ 30
Casa FOA official website.

The Patrouille de France, the French Air Force acrobatic squad, also known as ‘The Cavaliers of The Sky" and considered as one of the greatest aerobatic teams in the world, will arrive in Argentina for the first time to fly over the cities of Buenos Aires and Cordoba.

The French pilots will fly over Buenos Aires on Tuesday, September 13th, 2009. Eight aircrafts will depart from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, flying over Tigre and the Costanera. They will then turn over Avenida de Mayo, flying over Casa Rosada and ending at Av. 9 de Julio at 1 pm, after passing over the French Embassy, drawing the French and Argentinian flags.

The French Alphajet planes will be accompanied by 3 Pampa aircrafts from the Argentinian Air Force.

The Patrouille de France will also visit the city of Cordoba on September 17.

According to the French Embassy, the visit of the acrobatic patrol is the result of the good relations existent between the two countries, and will be an occasion for France to contribute to the celebrations of the bicentenary of May Revolution.

The best adventure film festival in the world, Banff Mountain Film Festival, arrives in Buenos Aires for the ninth time as part of its World Tour, with spectacular films about mountaineering, nature, and extreme sports, from countries like Norway, Germany, United States, and Canada, among others.

As a new feature this year, a series of conferences will be held before the movie screenings. Great Argentine adventurers and mountain men, like Sebastián Cura, Guillermo Glass and Christian Vitry (Expedición Dhaulagiri 2008), Alfredo Barragán (Expedición Atlantis, El desafío a los imposibles), and Humberto Vázquez, with Martin Iglesias, from Expedición Bicentenario 2010, will share their experiences, adventures and projects. On September 21, 22, andl 23, at 6.00 pm, with free entrance.

The program combines 13 films, featuring great stories of daring sporstmen, surrounded by breathtaking natural landscapes. The last date, called "3ra Noche" is the National Festival of Adventure and Nature Cinema, presenting the best films in the field by Argentine directors.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival was created in 1976, in the Canadian town of Banff, when 450 people gathered to watch 10 movies. From then on the festival grew every year to screen the best pictures that capture the spirit of mountain and adventure culture. The Festival´s World Tour began 15 years ago, and it was presented for the first time in Argentina in 2001.

Dates: September 21, 22, and 23, 2009
Location: Hoyts Cinemas Dot Baires Shopping. Vedia 3632 (Saavedra)
Tickets on sale at the venue. $ 25 Pesos for 1 night, $ 65 Pesos for the 3 nights.

For more information and complete program, visit the Banff Mountain Film Festival's website.

Vinos y Bodegas, Cosecha 2009 (Wines and Wineries, 2009 Edition), will take place from September 8th to 10th, 2009, at La Rural Exhibition Center. The most important Fair for the Wine Industry in Latin America will offer visitors the opportunity to enjoy the most renowned wine labels from traditional and boutique wineries in Argentina. The wines awarded abroad will be presented at the Fair, as well as the new trends in wine consume.

For the past years Argentina has been positioned in the international wine market among the five main wine producers worldwide. United States is at present the main destination for the Argentine wine exports, followed by United Kingdom, Canada, and Brazil. With this in mind, Vinos y Bodegas will offer this year the 5th International Wine Buyers' Business Round, with special opening hours exclusive for trade.

Dates: September 8th to 10th, 2009
Opening hours:
Tuesday, September 8th:
3 pm to 6 pm: Trade/Professionals with invitation only.
6 pm to 11 pm: General Public
Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th: 6 pm to 11 pm: General Public
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Pabellon Frers. Av. Santa Fe 4201, Palermo
Entry fee: AR$ 60. Includes 1 tasting cup.
More information: Vinos y Bodegas Cosecha 2009 official website (in Spanish only).

Situated on Libertador Avenue 1473, this museum has one of the most important art collections in Latin America. The ground floor of the museum houses a fine international collection of paintings from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century. It contains paintings by El Greco, Rubens, Tiepolo, Van de Velde, Tiziano, Zurbarán, and Goya, among others.

In April 2019, the Museum has been renewed to present to the public two permanent galleries dedicated to the Pre-Columbian Art and Colonial Art collections in the ground floor, with around 400 pre-Hispanic pieces from the Argentinian North-West cultures. 

Nineteenth century French painting is thoroughly represented, with works by Corot, Manet, Boudin, Cézanne, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rodin, Degas, and others. There are also works by 19th century and early 20th century Spanish artists, including Ramón Casas, Ignacio Zuloaga and Pablo Picasso.

The Government of the City of Buenos Aires organizes the Immigrants Day Celebration, with an open air festival at the park surrounding the Planetarium Galileo Galilei (Av. Sarmiento & Figueroa Alcorta), on Sunday, September 6, 2009.
More than 40 dance groups representing the different communities that reside in the city of Buenos Aires will offer their typical dances, along with a tango orchestra concert, and circus shows for the whole family.
The "Immigrants Day" was instituted on September 4, 1949, with the purpose of paying a permanent and public tribute to the immigrants of all times.
The celebrations will start at 1.30 pm.

For 18 days, starting August 14th, 2009, Buenos Aires will be the Tango Capital of the world, with two world class events: the 2009 Buenos Aires Tango Festival, and the 7th Tango Dance World Championship.
The beautiful building of the former department store Harrods, the legendary Luna Park, the theaters Avenida, San Martín and 25 de Mayo, the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Ciudad Cultural Konex, La Trastienda, Tango Porteño and the Planetario, will be the main venues for a program of concerts, special shows, dance clinics, book presentations, live "milongas", cinema, lessons and seminars.
All the activities in the festival are free of charge, but some of the shows require advanced free tickets, that must be picked up at Casa de la Cultura, Av. de Mayo 575, in the following days and hours:
Entry tickets for the Festival: Must be picked up from August, Wednesday 12 to Friday 14, 11 am to 7 pm: tickets for the shows at Centro Cultural Konex, Teatro Avenida, Teatro San Martín and Planetario Galileo Galilei.
Entry tickets for the Great Dance Final at Luna Park: must be picked up on August, Monday 17 and Tuesday 18, 11 am to 7 pm
The rest of the activities don't require advance tickets, but are limited to the venue's capacity.

The 11th edition of Buenos Aires Festival de Tango will take place from August 14th to August 31st, 2009, with free tango shows, lessons and seminars, conferences, collector's meetings, exhibitions, and film screenings.
For more information about schedules and programmed activities, visit: Buenos Aires Festival de Tango official website.

The 7th Tango Dance World Championship (Mundial de Baile de Tango) will take place from August 23rd to 31st, 2009, and will be organized into 3 phases: Classifying, Semifinal, and Final, and divided into two categories: Tango Salon, in which the social dancing prevails, and Tango Escenario, with a more choreographic approach.
Throughout the World Championship, the public will be able to enjoy "milongas", exhibitions, free thematic classes, and work in progress by the most prestigious dance companies.

Schedule

Classifying Rounds
Venue: La Trastienda, Balcarce 460
Category Salón: Monday 24 and Tyesday 25 3 pm to 12 am
Category Escenario: Wednesday 26, 3 pm to 12 am, and Thursday 27, 11 am to 8 pm

Semifinals
Venu: Tango Porteño, Cerrito 570
Category Salón: Friday 28, 11 am to 5 pm
Category Escenario: Friday 28, 7 pm to 1 am

Finals
Venue: Luna Park, Bouchard 465
Category Salón: Saturday 29, 8 pm to 12 am
Category Escenario: Monday 31, 7 pm to 11 pm

More information: 7mo Mundial de Baile de Tango official website.

The Argentine Polo Association has announced the complete Schedule of tournaments in the Official 2009 Spring Season. The program, between September and December, includes three of the most important Polo tournaments worldwide: Tortugas Country Club Open; Hurlingham Club Open, the oldest Polo tournament in the world; and the world-class Argentine Open Championship.

SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER

SAN JORGE MILITARY CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
San Jorge (A) and Coronel Francisco Reyes Carrere (H) Cups
Organized by: San Jorge Club, in Hurlingham (province of Buenos Aires).
Up to 24 goals; 1 militar player per team, and no more than 1 high handicap player (8 to 10 goals) per team.
From September 2.
September 6, 2 pm and 4 pm: Finals in Palermo. Free entrance

SAN JORGE MILITARY CLUB LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP
Organized by: San Jorge Club, in Hurlingham (province of Buenos Aires).
From August 28
September 6, 11.30 am: Finals in Palermo. Free entrance

BUENOS AIRES JOCKEY CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Organized by Buenos Aires Jockey Club. San Isidro (Province of Buenos Aires)
September 6 to September 19

METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (A) AND (H)
High handicap: 21 to 24 goal teams: September 23 and 26. October 1.
Medium: 15 to 20 goal teams: September 17, 18, 19, 20.
Low: 7 to 14 goal teams: September 12, 13, 17. Argentine Polo Association fields, Pilar

INITIATION CUP (A) AND (H)
0 to 6 goal teams.
Semi finals and Finals at the Argentine Polo Association fields, in Pilar
September 12, 13, 19

SPRINGBOK TOURNAMENT
Organized by Argentine Polo Association
Between one civil team and one military team
September 16, 3.30 pm
October 1, 4 pm
Palermo Polo Field
Free entrance

TORTUGAS COUNTRY CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Emilio de Anchorena Cup
Organized by Tortugas Country Club. Tortuguitas (Province of Buenos Aires)
September 22 to October 10

CLASSIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR HURLINGHAM CLUB OPEN AND 116th ARGENTINE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Organized by Argentine Polo Association
Thursday 9/24, 1 pm and 3.30 pm - Palermo
Friday 9/25, 11.30 am and 2.30 pm - Palermo
Tuesday 9/29, 2 pm and 4 pm - AAP - Pilar
Wednesday 9/30, 2 pm and 4 pm - AAP - Pilar
Thursday 10/8, 2.30 pm and 4.30 pm: Palermo
Free entrance

VIII LA PLATA 2009 POLO OPEN 2009REPUBLICA DE PANAMA AND EDUARDO ROJAS LANUSSE CUPS
Organized by La Enriqueta Polo Club, La Plata.
8 teams up to 14 goals
September 26 and 27

HIGH
Campaña del Desierto (A) and Coronel Enrique Padilla (H) Cups
Organized by AAP. Finals in Pilar
21 to 24 goal teams
From October 10

MEDIUM
Presidente (H) and Honor (A) Cups
Organized by AAP. Finals in Pilar
15 to 20 goal teams
From October 10

LOW
Andrés Gazzotti (A) and General Mariano Necochea (H) Cups
Organized by AAP. Finals in Pilar
7 to 14 goal teams
From October 10

SPRING CUP (A) and (H)
Organized by AAP.
0 to 6 goal teams.
Semi finals and Finals at the Argentine Polo Association fields, in Pilar
From October 10

JUAN B MILES CUP (A)
Organized by AAP
23 and 24 goal teams
From October 16

MUNICIPALIDAD DE PILAR TOURNAMENT
Organized by AAP
25 goal teams and over
From October 20

116th HURLINGHAM CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
The Ayrshire Cup
Organized by Hurlingham Club. Hurlingham (Province of Buenos Aires)
October 13 to October 31


NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

116thº ARGENTINE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Organized by AAP. Palermo
November 14 to December 5

CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS (A) AND TROFEO COMANDO DE REMONTA Y VETERINARIA (A) CUPS
Organized by AAP.
24 goal teams and over.
From November 11
Semifinals Friday 11 2.30 pm and 5 pm in Palermo 
Final Monday 14, 2.30 and 5 pm in in Palermo

PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES (H) AND JOSE C. REYNAL (H) CUPS
Organized by AAP. Finals in Palermo
19 to 23 goal teams
Semifinals in Pilar, Final in Palermo.
From November 14

GUILLERMO SOJO (A) and (H) CUP
Organized by AAP. Finals in Palermo
13 to 18 goal teams.
From November 14

ESTÍMULO (A) and CACIQUE (H) CUPS
Organized by AAP. Finals in Palermo
4 to 12 goal teams.
From November 14

ANNUAL PONNIES EXHIBITION
Tortugas Country Club.
Not suspended for rain

LADIES POLO WORLD JOCKEY CLUB OPEN 
Jockey Club, San Isidro
November 23 - 27

LA CANDELARIA DE PILAR POLO CLUB TOURNAMENT
Organized by Tolo Polo.
For children up to 14 years of age
Categories:
Seniors: up to 14
Juniors: up to 11
Minis: up to 8
From November 27

POTRILLOS and POTRILLITOS CUPS
Organized by Los Indios Polo Club.
Potrillos up to 14 years of age, Potrillitos up to 11
From December 7

The fixture of football (soccer) matches in Buenos Aires for the second half of the year 2009 has been announced. It comprises the matches in the National "Torneo Apertura 2009", and the Qualifying rounds for the 2010 World Cup. The "Superclasico" River vs Boca, defined as one of the most fascinating sports experiences worldwide, will take place on October 25th.
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Centro Cultural Borges presents the historic-photographic exhibition "Darwin in Argentina", honoring the renowned English scientist and his journey through Argentina. The year 2009 has been declared as the Darwin Year worldwide, in celebration of the bicentennial of Darwin's birthday, and sesquicentennial of publication of his book "The Origin of Species".
In 1831, at only 22, Darwin embarked as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle commanded by Captain Fitz Roy on a 5-year journey around the world. Between 1833 and 1835 Darwin visited Argentina as part of that trip. He registered the customs of its inhabitants, the features of its flora and fauna, the fossils, and the geological aspects of our territory. These data were fundamental for the development of his theory of evolution.
The exhibition is organized in different themes: Darwin in Argentina; Darwin's journey through Patagonia; the Theory of Evolution; the Beagle; and a series of illustrations that depict the influence of Darwin's thoughts on other areas of culture.

Location: Centro Cultutal Borges. Viamonte & San Martin
Dates and opening times:
August 13 - September 9, 2009
Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 9 pm
Sunday 12 noon to 9 pm
Entry fee: AR $ 10.-

The National Museum of Decorative Arts, with the exceptional participation of The Louvre Museum and the support of the French Embassy in Argentina presents the exhibition "Treasures from the Louvre. Houdon's Sculptures", featuring 19 works by French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon, considered as the best sculptor of his time for the vividness of his portraits.
Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political French figures of the XVIII century, including Diderot, Rousseau, Mirabeau, Condorcet, Voltaire.
In 1785 Houdon was invited by Benjamín Franklin to portrait the then President George Washington. Washington sat for wet clay life models and a plaster life mask that served for many busts and statues, including a standing figure currently located in the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.
The exhibit will feature not only portraits of historical figures, but also of Houdon's family members, French royals, and the singer Sophie Arnauld as Iphigénie at Gluck's Iphigénie in Aulide.
The exhibition will run between August 5 and September 27, 2009, and will be accompanied by guided visits, conferences by specialists, and concerts of fragments of French Baroque operas.

Location: National Museum of Decorative Arts. Av. Libertador 1902
Dates and hours:
August 5 to September 27, 2009
Tuesday to Sunday, 2 pm to 7 pm
Entrance: AR $ 2. Tuesdays: Free

The First Official Snow Polo Event in the Southern Hemisphere will be held on August 15 and 16 at Cerro Chapelco, the famous ski center in the province of Neuquen. The tournament will showcase four teams up to 16 goals.
The Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup will be the most important event of snow polo in the country, and unlike other exhibitions played on this surface, Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup is an official competition certify by the World Polo Tour.
Some of the most important patrons and businessmen in Argentina are playing the tournament, along with the world's best player, Adolfo Cambiaso. It will be also the debut on snow polo of the former soccer star, Gabriel Batistuta.
Another ten-goaler will be playing the Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup, Agustín Merlos, who holds the record of goals scored at the Argentine Open.
The Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup joins the Snow Polo category in the World Polo Tour, along with St. Moritz Polo World Cup on Snow, Cortina D 'Ampezzo Gold Cup and the S Club Snow Arena Polo World Cup Courchevel.

Teams:

Jaeger-Le Coultre: Ernesto Gutierrez Conte, 1. Adolfo Cambiaso, 10, and Fernando Pigni, 3. Handicap. 14.
Julius Baer: Juan Cruz Adrogué 1. Agustin Merlos, 10, and Valentin Caset, 4. Handicap. 15.
Mastercard: Jorge Colombatti, 0. Guillermo "Sapo" Caset, 8 and Tomas Gandara, 6. Handicap. 14.
Clear: Gabriel Batistuta, 1, Tomas Pieres, 7 and Martin Garrahan, 7. Handicap. 15.