The Chinese and the Japanese communities in Buenos Aires have both organized their celebrations to honor Argentina, their adopted homeland, for the Bicentenary of its First National Government. Both celebrations will take place on Sunday May 16, 2010.

Starting at 11:00 am at the Barrio Chino in Belgrano (Arribeños and Olazabal), organized by the Buenos Aires Chinatown Association, Argentina Buddhist Association I.B.P.S, and the For Guang Shan Buddhist Monastery Argentina, the ceremony will reflect the love of all members of the Chinese community for Argentina.

A fundamental part of the event will be the ceremony of the Vesak, also known as the Bath of the Buddha. This important ceremony commemorating the birth of Sakyamuri Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) 2554 years ago will include an invocation for the future of Argentina and its people.

The idea is to use bath water to clean our own Buddha within, that is, to purify the body and mind by the washing of Buddha. It is also a reminder that we must always keep a pure mind.

The celebrations in the streets of Chinatown in Belgrano will also include the classic act of the dragon and a great show with the best of oriental cuisine and handicrafts both Argentine and Chinese.

The Artistic Japanese Grand Parade "Buenos Aires celebra Japon" will take place on the same day on Avenida de Mayo, between Bolivar and Tacuari, from 2 pm to 4 pm.

Groups of Taiko (Japanese drums) from various provinces, groups of Japanese and Okinawan dance, and Karate schools will participate in a colorful parade.

The event is organized by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, the Embassy of Japan in Argentina, the Nikkei Federation in Argentina (FANA), Kyoren and Okiren.

A mega show will dazzle locals and visitors on May 24, 2010, for the Reopening of Teatro Colón, that will take place at 7 pm, before the Reopening Gala, and as part of the celebrations of the Bicentennial.

With a system never performed in Argentina, nine state-of-the-art projectors will create a film on the facade of the building with three-dimensional images and effects relating to the theater, its history and the cultural figures who performed on its stages. People will be able to watch an emotional audiovisual tribute by characters simulating interactions with ballet dancers, opera singers and musicians from the theater's companies.

The screening, known as Mapping Projection, will last for 45 minutes and will be performed on the facade on Cerrito Street (Avenida 9 de Julio), on which a large stage will be put up, and where different shows will be performed.

According to the project's technicians: "It will be an amazing show with the most innovative technology in the world. Each of the major protagonists from different disciplines will be honored and everything will be combined with poetry, great authors, stable companies, acrobats and other performers, as well as an evocation of the history of the Theater and how it has been recovered for the people".

They will travel to Europe to film personalities such as Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Maia Mikhailovna Plisétskaia and Daniel Barenboim, among others, to participate in the event.

After the show, people will be able to watch the Reopening Gala on large screens that will be placed on Libertad Steet.

The Argentine Polo Association has announced the complete Schedule of tournaments in the Official 2010 Spring Polo 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. The most important championships in the season are:

SEPTEMBER

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.

September 2 - 11

Finals in Palermo: Monday, September 20
11.00 am: Final Ladies cup
1.30 pm: Francisco Reyes Carrere Cup (Field 2)
3.30 pm: Duque de Edimburgo Trophy (Field 1)
Free entrance 

METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (A) AND (H)

High handicap: 21 to 24 goal teams: September 16

Medium: 15 to 20 goal teams: September 18

Low: 7 to 14 goal teams: September 11

Argentine Polo Association fields, Pilar

SPRINGBOK TOURNAMENT

Organized by Argentine Polo Association

Between one civil team and one military team

September 22 and 24

BUENOS AIRES JOCKEY CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Organized by Buenos Aires Jockey Club. San Isidro (Province of Buenos Aires)

September 8 to September 25

TORTUGAS COUNTRY CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Emilio de Anchorena Cup

Organized by Tortugas Country Club. Tortuguitas (Province of Buenos Aires)

September 28 to October 16

CLASSIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR HURLINGHAM CLUB OPEN AND 117th ARGENTINE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Organized by Argentine Polo Association
Palermo Polo Field - Free entrance:

September 27, 1.30pm and 3.30pm
October 1, 1.30pm and 3.30pm
October 4, 1.30pm and 3.30pm

OCTOBER

117th HURLINGHAM CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

The Ayrshire Cup

Organized by Hurlingham Club. Hurlingham (Province of Buenos Aires)

October 19 to November 6

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 19

IX LA PLATA POLO OPEN 2010 REPUBLICA DE PANAMA AND EDUARDO ROJAS LANUSSE CUPS

Organized by La Enriqueta Polo Club, La Plata.

8 teams up to 14 goals

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

117th ARGENTINE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Organized by AAP. Palermo

November 20 to December 11

CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS (A) AND TROFEO COMANDO DE REMONTA Y VETERINARIA (A) CUPS

Organized by AAP. 

24 goal teams and over.

From November 16

December 12, 5:00 pm: Finals in Palermo - Free entrance

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 20

GUILLERMO SOJO (A) and (H) CUP

Organized by AAP. Finals in Palermo

13 to 18 goal teams.

From November 20

ESTÍMULO (A) and CACIQUE (H) CUPS

Organized by AAP. Finals in Palermo

4 to 12 goal teams.

From November 13

ANNUAL PONNIES EXHIBITION

Tortugas Country Club.

Not suspended for rain

November 15

On May 24, 2010, at River Plate Stadium, the National Soccer Team of Argentina will face Canada, in the last friendly match and farewell to the Argentine public before the South Africa World Cup.

The event coincides with the festivities for the Bicentennial of Argentina, so the organization is preparing a "Superbowl-style show, unprecedented in Argentina", with the participation of international artists like Shakira, Ricky Martin, Charly Garcia, Fito Paez, Vicentico, Diego Torres, and Katherine Jenkins singing the National Anthem of Canada.

There will also be special guests, and a high quality light show, accompanied by fireworks. Several of the most outstanding Argentine sports personalities will be present at the event. It will be a great opportunity to see in action stars like Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, among many other football stars.

The National Symphony Orchestra continues with its series of outstanding concerts, that will take place throughout the year, all of them with free entrance. 

For all the concerts at Auditorio de Belgrano, free tickets must be picked up on the same day of each performance, at the Auditorium, 10 am to 1 pm, and 4 pm to 8 pm.

MAY 2010

Friday 7, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Rodolfo Arizaga: Passacaglia, Opus 4
Gustav Mahler: Symphony Nº 6

Tuesday 25 – Concert of the Bicentennial – Plaza de Mayo
Pedro I Calderón , director
Darío Volonté, tenor
Works to be determined

JUNE 2010

Friday 4, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Coro Polifónico Nacional
Gilardo Gilardi: El gaucho con botas nuevas
Luigi Cherubini: Réquiem en Do menor
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony Nº 12 , opus 112 - “The year 1917” -

Friday 11, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Artists and works to be determined

Friday 18, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Hadrián Avila, director
Xavier Inchausti, violín
Pablo Travaglino, contratenor
Coro Nacional de Jóvenes
Cecilia Gros: Caleidoscopio (1st World Audition)
Niccolò Paganini: concert Nº 1 for violin and orchestra, Re mayor, opus 6
Astor Piazzolla: Movimiento tanguístico No 3, from Serie de Tangos para orquesta
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, for choir, soloist and orchestr

Friday 25, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Concert Latin American Festival - programs and artists to be determined

JULY 2010

Friday 16, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Guillermo Scarabino, director
Elsa Puppulo, piano
Alberto Williams: Marcha del Centenario 1810-1910, opus 36
Maurice Ravel: Concert for piano and orchestra “for the left hand”
Johannes Brahms; Symphony No 4 in Mi menor, opus 98

Friday 23, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Julián Aguirre-Ansermet: Huella y gato
Anton Bruckner : Symphony Nº 5, B-flat Major

Friday 30, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Coro Polifónico Nacional
Horacio Lavandera: piano
Juan José Castro: Corales Criollos
Ludwig van Beethoven: concert for piano and orchestra No 4, opus 58
Max Reger: Psalm 100, for choir and orchestra, opus 106

AUGUST 2010

Friday 6, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Ernesto Drangosch: Obertura Criolla
Gustav Mahler: Symphony N0 9

Friday 27, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Luis Gorelik, director
Diana Lopszyc, clef
Roberto Aussel, guitar
Saúl Cosentino/Mario Andreola: concert “Argentina” for guitar and orchestra (1st Audition in Argentina)
Henryk Gorecki; concert for clef and orchestra, Op. 40 (1st Audition in Buenos Aires)
Dimitri Shostakovich; Symphony Nº 5, re minor, opus 47

SEPTEMBER 2010

Sunday 12, 11 am - Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), Agüero 2502
Andrés Spiller, director
Program to be determined

Friday 24, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Antonio Formaro, piano
Carlos López Buchardo: Escenas argentinas
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concert for piano and orchestra No 4, opus 40
Igor Stravinsky: La Consagración de la Primavera

OCTOBER 2010

Friday 1, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Daniel Mazza, director
Marcelo Balat, piano
Alberto Ginastera: concert for piano and orchestra No 1, opus 28
Richard Strauss: Vida de Héroe, Opus 40

Friday 8, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Concert Latin American Festival - program and artists to be determined

Friday 15, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Paula Almerares, soprano
José María Castro: Overture for a comic ópera
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations
Richard Strauss: “Así hablaba Zarathustra” , Opus 30

Friday 22, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Reinaldo Censabella, director
Coro Polifónico Nacional
Alejandra Malvino, Mezzosoprano “Carmen”
Enrique Folger, tenor (CPN) “Don José”
Soledad de la Rosa, soprano “Micaela"
Juan José Castro: Overture of the Opera Proserpina y el extranjero
Georges Bizet: selection from Carmen

NOVEMBER 2010

Friday 5, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Bruno Gelber, piano
Coro Polifónico Nacional
Jan Sibelius: Tapiola, opus 112
Roberto Caamaño: Magnificat, opus 20
Frédéric Chopin: concert No 1, for piano and orchestra

Friday 12, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Concert Latin American Festival - program and artists to be determined

Friday 19, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Pedro I Calderón, director
Luis Roggero, violín
Hector Berlioz: Overture “El Corsario”, Opus 21
Luis Gianneo : Concert Aymará, for violin and orchestra
Johannes Brahms; Symphony Nº1, Do minor, opus 68

Friday 26, 8 pm – Auditorio de Belgrano, Virrey Loreto 2348
Concert Latin American Festival - program and artists to be determined

Feria PuroDiseño is a space where design is the main protagonist. The goal of Feria PuroDiseño is to accompany and to promote this sector of the Argentine industry, as well as each and every one of its designers, as a platform for the promotion of local and international design and the stimulation to regional creativity.

This new edition of Feria PuroDiseño, from May 20th to 25th , 2010, at the Pabellón Amarillo in La Rural, will exhibit the avant-garde works of over 250 designers in the fields of clothing, accessories, contemporary jewelry, equipment, objects, digital design, graphic design, contemporary craftsmanship, textile development, and lighting.

The Fair features different thematic spaces:

Dates: May 20 - 25, 2010
Location: La Rural, Pabellon Amarillo. Av.Sarmiento 2704
Feria PuroDiseño website

FRIDAY 7 - SATURDAY 8
FITO PAEZ

The renowned Argentine musician, who has sold over 3 million copies, presents his new record "Confiá".
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Av. Corrientes & Bouchard
Tickets: www.ticketportal.com.ar

TUESDAY 11
ROGER HODGSON
The British musician, the voice of Supertramp, presents a show in Buenos Aires at Teatro Gran Rex. Renowned as one of the best musicians, singers and song writers of our time, composer of hits like ‘Give a little bit’, ‘The logical song’, ‘Dreamer’, ‘Take the long way home’, ‘Breakfast in America’, ‘It’s raining again’, ‘School’ and ‘Fool’s overture’.
TEATRO GRAN REX. Corrientes 857
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

FRIDAY 14
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD
The acclaimed trio from New York is back in South America to present their first Box Set: "The Evolutionary Set" which marks the culmination of Radiolarians, the ambitious project initiated in 2008. In this new tour that will include 8 cities, the MMW will present themes included in this series and the classics from their most emblematic albums.
TEATRO COLISEO. Marcelo T de Alvear 1125 

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

SATURDAY 22
WISIN & YENDEL
The reaggeton Puerto Rican duo, Juan Luis Morera and Llandel Veguilla, arrive in Argentina as part of the Revolution Tour.
ARGENTINOS JRS STADIUM. Juan Agustín Garcia y Gavilán
Tickets: www.tuentrada.com.ar

SATURDAY 22
OVERTONE QUARTET & KURT ROSENWINKEL TRIO
Two of the best groups in the world of jazz, present a show together for the first time in Buenos Aires.
TEATRO COLISEO. Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

WEDNESDAY 26
ZZ TOP
ZZ Top arrives for the first time in Argentina. The southern rock trio from Texas (USA), with Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard will offer a show as part of their South American tour.
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Av. Corrientes & Bouchard
Tickets: www.ticketportal.com.ar

SATURDAY 29
BOB MARLEY DAY
The fourth edition of Bob Marley Day, with great national and international reggae groups, like LUCIANO (Jah Messenjah), LOS CAFRES, DREAD MAR-I and GONDWANA.
MICROESTADIO MALVINAS ARGENTINAS. Gutenberg 350
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

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After the success of its shows Saltimbanco and Alegria, with over 350,000 spectators, Cirque du Soleil, the world famous circus company, is back in Buenos Aires presenting its spectacular show "Quidam", starting May 29, 2010.

About Quidam: a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past. It could be anyone, anybody. Someone coming, going, living in our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all. This is the "quidam" that Cirque du Soleil is celebrating.

A young girl fumes; she has already seen everything there is to see, and her world has lost all meaning. Her anger shatters her little world, and she finds herself in the universe of Quidam. She is joined by a joyful companion as well as another character, more mysterious, who will attempt to seduce her with the marvelous, the unsettling, and the terrifying.

Location: Complejo al Rio, Laprida y Bartolome Cruz, Vicente Lopez.

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

Performances from May 29 to June 27, 2010

The second 2nd Buenos Aires International Circus Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, Culturesfrance, and the French Embassy in Argentina, with the collaboration of  Quebec, Alliance Francaise and the Embassies of Brazil and Canada, will take place between April 29 and May 9, 2010. Several big tops will be put up at "Buenos Aires Polo Circo", Combate de los Pozos 1700, in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios, and there will be activities in three other venues: Centro Cultural Cine Teatro 25 de Mayo; Alliance Francaise, and Centro Cultural General San Martín.

The Festival will offer the public unique experiences such as outstanding artistic performances, conferences, talks, creative and fun national and international shows, including twenty companies from Canada, France,  Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Brazil, focusing on contemporary circus.

The opening of the 2nd International Circus Festival will take place on Thursday April 29th, 7:30 pm, at "Buenos Aires Polo Circo", with the prestigious Canadian Circus show "LOFT" from the company “les Sept Doigts de la Main”.

The closing of the Festival will be on Sunday, May 9th, 7.00 pm, also at "Buenos Aires Polo Circo", with a Grand Gala coordinated by Gaston Elie (an Argentine member of the Cirque Du Soleil), and consisting of national and international numbers not belonging to any of the events presented during the Festival.

Some of the shows are free of charge. For the Special Events (Caidos del Cielo - Tombes du Ciel, by Les Studios Cirque de Marseille, Night of the Bicentennial - Place des anges, and Escalando Alturas - Comeback!) it is not necessary to pick up advanced tickets. These are open air shows and admission is free.

The Closing Gala is also with free admission, but space is limited. Entrance to the big top will be in order of arrival.

TICKET SALES: You can buy your advanced tickets up to one day before the selected  performance in the following points of sale. On the day of the performance, only  at the box offices of the respective venues:

Centro Cultural General San Martin: Sarmiento 1551, Centro.
Box Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 11am to 6pm

Buenos Aires Polo Circo: Av Juan de Garay and Combate de Los Pozos, Parque Patricios
Box Office Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11am-6pm
From 29 April to 9 May: Monday to Sunday, 1pm-9pm

Complejo Cultural Cine Teatro 25 de Mayo: Av. Triumvirato 4444, Villa Urquiza
Box Office Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11am-6pm

Casa de la Cultura: Avenida de Mayo 575 - PB, Centro
Box Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 11am-6pm

The Alliance Française,  Av. Cordoba 936, has no ticket office. For the shows at this site, buy tickets one day before the  performance at any of the points of sale listed above.

The Buenos Aires International Book Fair is the largest of its kind in the Spanish speaking world. It is considered one of the most important cultural and editorial events in Latin America, and a meeting point for authors, editors, book sellers, distributors, teachers, librarians, scientists, and over 1,200,000 readers from around the world. The Fair will occupy the "Azul", "Verde", "Amarillo", "Rojo", "Blanco", and Nº 9 pavilions of La Rural exhibition complex, and 3 outdoor tents.  As every year, it will feature conferences, round-tables, talks with prestigious national and international intellectuals, book presentations, shows, activities for children and teenagers, events for specialists and publishing professionals, and book sales of literature in all languages.

The special activities this year include: a Book Reading Marathon; the 5th International Poetry Festival; a Story-telling meeting; free courses and workshops. The Fair will also be one of the venues of the Second Biennial Kafka Borges / Buenos Aires, Prague, among other activities.

One of the outstanding features of the Fair is the participation of internationally renowned authors. Some of the intellectuals that have confirmed their presence this year are: Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, the Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda, Cervantes Prize winner 2006, the Colombian writer Fernando Vallejo, author of "La Virgen de los sicarios", the narrator and Spanish essayist Enrique Vila-Matas, the American novelist John Katzenbach; politics specialists Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau, the French historian  and epistemologist, François Dosse, the writer, poet and journalist Manuel Rivas Spanish, among others.

On Saturday, May 1st, the fair will join the celebrations of "The Day of the City", with a free, open air show, from 5.30 pm. On a stage located on Av. Sarmiento and Av. Santa Fe, the renowned artists Caetano Veloso, Sandra Mihanovich, and Tania Libertad will offer a great show.

After the show, the Book Fair will remain open until 1 am, celebrating "The night of the city at the fair", with free entrance after 9.00 pm, and more musical shows and extra activities inside the Fair.

Location: La Rural Exhibition Center, Ave. Santa Fe and Sarmiento, Palermo, Buenos Aires.
Dates: April 22nd through May 10th, 2010
Opening hours:
Sunday to Thursday: 2 pm to 10 pm
Friday and Saturday: 2 pm to 11 pm
Saturday May 1st: 2 pm to 2 am
Entry fee:
Monday to Thursday: AR$ 12.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday: AR$ 15.
Children under 12.
Saturday May 1st, after 9 pm: free.

For further information, visit the 36th International Buenos Aires Book Fair official website (in Spanish only).

On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, Ciudad Cultural Konex presents the sixteenth edition of Pecha Kucha Night, a “showcasing + networking” event created in Japan in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, in which 12-15 creators from different disciplines have 6 minutes and 40 seconds each to show an idea or project, through 20 images screened for 20 seconds. Once the presentations are finished, the guest artists get together to exchange their opinions, and the public is invited to enjoy some music and conversation.

The participating artists confirmed for this edition are:

Lorenzo Shakespear (design) 

Fernanda Cohen (illustration) 

Publiquest (technological marketing) 

Miguel Brea (illustration) 

Adobe (ong) 

Estamos Felices (independent record label) 

Nicolás Hardy (photography) 

Andrea Servera (dance) 

Diego Vainer (music) 

Dario Chapur (landscaping and art) 

Gerardo Richarte (informatics safety) 

Estudio Pomada (industrial design)

“Pecha kucha” (which means chit-chat in Japanese), is presented in several cities around the world, including: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Bangladore, Bangkok , Beijing, Belfast, Berlin, Bern, Bogotá , Budapest, Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Chicago, Cologne, Copenhagen, Costa Rica, Delhi, Dublin , Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenberg, Groningen, Hamburg, Harvard, Helsinki, Hobart, Lagos, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico city, Miami, New York, Newcastle, Oslo, Perth, Portland, Porto Alegre, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Santiago, Seattle, Seoul, Seville, Shanghai, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Udine, Vienna, Washington DC. 

Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010. 8 PM 

Location: Ciudad Cultural Konex. Sarmiento 3131. Buenos Aires. 

Tickets: AR$ 25. Ticketek Argentina or Ciudad Cultural Konex ticket office: Monday to Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM, Friday and Saturday 5 PM to 11.30 PM, Sunday 5 Pm to 9:30 PM.

More information: www.pechakucha.com.ar

On Saturday April 24th, 2010, for the third time the Festival "El Dia de la Tierra" will be presented in Buenos Aires, joining the world wide Earth Day celebration, an international event celebrated annually on April 22 since 1970, that gathers millions of people around the globe in a "Call for climate".

The artists that will participate this year in Buenos Aires are: El Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Bebel Gilberto, Aztecas Tupro, Yicos, Tremor, Hablan por la Espalda, El Festival de los Viajes, Falsos Profetas, Roxana Carabajal, Los Síquicos Litoraleños, Sergio Sandoval, Gustavo Lamas, Ismael Pinkler, among others.

Other programmed activities are: eco-conferences on innovation and sustainable design; organic food market; yoga classes, 3D movies.

The special activities for children include: music workshop; bread baking in a solar oven; traditional wool weaving; chess; massages for children; art and recycling  workshops.

Date: Saturday April 24th, 2010. From 12 pm to 11 pm. The event is not suspended in case of rain.

Location: Ave Figueroa Alcorta and Austria. Plaza Naciones Unidas (The Flower).

Free entrance.
More information: El dia de la Tierra Buenos Aires official website.

Between April 19 and 30, 2010, the City of Buenos Aires will host an important cultural and artistic event: The Second Biennial Borges - Kafka / Buenos Aires - Prague 2010, organized by the International Foundation Jorge Luis Borges, in collaboration with the Company and Center Franz Kafka in Prague and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires. A series of activities on topics related to the life and work of Borges and Kafka will take place around an International Symposium, including a maze, developed specially for the Biennale, exhibitions of plastic arts and photography, cyber installations, performances, concerts, movies and various participatory experiences.

Representing the City of Buenos Aires, prominent writers and scholars will be presented, such as Ivonne Bordelois, Horacio González, Abel Posse, Rolando Costa Picazo, María Kodama, and Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Cristina Mucci, Luis Kancyper and Abraham Lichtenbaum.

From the field of plastic arts, Rogelio Polesello is working on creating a labyrinth, a work designed expressly for the Biennial, which will be exhibited at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, and through which the artist proposes to investigate the meaning of this constant presence in the literature of Borges and Kafka. In the same area, Mariano Sardon will exhibit a cyber art installation on "The Book of Sand" and The Art Museum of Tigre has scheduled an exhibition on Borges, by Zdravko Ducmelic. Finally, the National Library will host an exhibition of first editions from both authors.

The brilliant scientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga of Argentina, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Leicester, UK, will address the relationship between the work of Borges and neuroscience, the study of memory, based on the story "Funes the memorious" and his discovery of neurons that form the abstract concepts in the human brain.

On the Czech side, the presence of Josef Cermak, considered the leading expert of that country in the life and work of Kafka, Arnost Lustig, one of the most important Czech writers along with Milan Kundera, Vaclav Havel and Ivan Klima, Petr Brod , Miloš Havelka, Daniel Nemrava, and Jiří Charvatova Anežka Dědeček. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, outstanding representatives of Czech culture come to Latin America to attend this biennial.

At the National Library, the President of the Czech Pen Club and song writer Jiri Dedecek, will talk about the protest songs composed in the Czech Republic at the time of the "Prague Spring" to "Velvet Revolution" to the Cold War and will play some. For its part, the Argentine composer and performer Ica Novo will do likewise with Testimonial Argentine songs, so that the public at the auditorium will have a rare opportunity to appreciate and compare the sensitivity in the protest in both countries.

The closing of the Biennial is another world class musical event at the Book Fair, with the introduction of the soprano Susan Caligaris, with the National Symphony Orchestra on "Milena", Alberto Ginastera cantata inspired by Kafka's letters to Milena Jesenska.

Recoleta Cultural Center, the Book Fair, the National Library, the Museo de Arte Tigre, the Malba, the Borges Museum at Jorge Luis Borges International Foundation, the Xul Solar Museum, Centro Cultural Borges and Centro Cultural Rojas, are the main venues where the many activities planned will take place.

For more information and complete schedules, visit the Biennial's official website (in Spanish only).

Between April 16 and 29, 2010, a new Festival will be presented in Buenos Aires: Festival de Otoño 2010, featuring 16 concerts in four scenarios that will bring together 10 of the most outstanding artists from across the globe, from different genres and cultures:

Diego el Cigala will present a repertoire of tangos, accompanied by Juanjo Domínguez, Néstor Marconi and Andres Calamaro and Ruben Juarez as invited guests; Goran Bregovic Wedding and Funeral Band, once again bringing its Balkan sounds to Buenos Aires; The Klezmaticz, from United States, the most prominent klezmer band in the world; Chango Spasiuk, invited local artist who will open the festival; the Portuguese Misia, who will present her new show and CD, "Ruas", with her personal vision of Fado; the Irish music and choreography group Celtic Legends; the Portuguese-Mozambican Maria Joao, who together with pianist Mário Laginha will offer their new album, "Chocolate", a blend of African and Portuguese music, jazz and other influences, a style that made the singer famous; the French multi-ethnic group Tryo, composed of musicians from different countries with varied influences; the new revelation of modern flamenco, singer Arcángel, from Huelva, which among many other awards, was elected Best Male "cantaor" in 2009; and Tabaré Cardozo, perhaps the most original artists of the new street murga and its mixtures with rock and other sounds. 

The opening of the Festival will take place at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, in two dates with three presentations each day at the main stage, a secondary stage, complementary activities, ethnic food, flavors and sounds from around the world.

Program:

Friday 16
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
CHANGO SPASIUK - 7.30 pm
ARCANGEL - 9 pm
GORAN BREGOVIC Wedding and Funeral Band - 10.30 pm

Saturday 17
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
THE KLEZMATICS - 7.30 pm
MISIA - 9 pm
GORAN BREGOVIC Wedding and Funeral Band - 10.30 pm

Sunday 18
La Trastienda Club
ZAZA FOURNIER - 7.45 pm
Arcangel - 10 pm

Monday 19

La Trastienda Club
THE KLEZMATICS

Tuesday 20
La Trastienda Club
TABARE CARDOZO

Wednesday 21

La Trastienda Club
TRYO

Thursday 22

La Trastienda Club
MARIA JOAO - MARIO LAGINHA

Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25
Teatro Coliseo
THE CELTICS LEGENDS

Thursday 29

Teatro Gran Rex
DIEGO EL CIGALA

Locations:
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club: Olleros 1510
Teatro Coliseo: Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125
Teatro Gran Rex: Av. Corrientes 857
La Trastienda Club: Balcarce 460
Tickets: www.ticketek.com.ar

Argentina Polo Tour, the fall tournament created four years ago by Adolfo Cambiaso and Gonzalo Pieres, presents its fourth stage of 2010, at Ellerstina Polo Club, Province of Buenos Aires, starting April 6th, 2010, with the participation of eight 22-goal teams.

Zone A:
Endeavour Capital: Larry Austin 1, Martin Aguerre h 5, Ignacio Taverna 6, Mariano Aguerre 10.
Miramar: Marcos Araya 6, Alejandro Muzzio 8, Diego Araya 7, Alejandro Quentin 1.
El Remanso: George Hanbury 3, Charlie Hanbury 4, Manuel Fernandez Llorente 6, Jaime Garcia Huidobro 8.
Ellerstina: Nicolas Pieres 7, Pablo Pieres 7, Joaquin Pitaluga 7, James Paker 1.

Zone B:
Enigma: Jerome Wirth 1, James Beim 7, Matias Mac Donough 8, Malcolm Borwick 6.
La Locura: Rommi Gianni 1, Juan Ambroggio 6, Santiago Chavenne 9, Dario Musso 6.
TMT: Dario Ahuad 1, Facundo Castagnola 7, Guillermo Terrera 7, Juan Chavanne 6.
La Picaza: Carlos Reyes Terrabussi 1, Ignatius Du Plessis 7, Ignacio Heguy 9, Francisco Elizalde 5.

The schedule of matches is subject to modifications depending on weather conditions. Check for updates in case of rain. 

Don´t miss the opportunity of attending this world class event. You can experience Polo the Argentine way. Contact me so I can arrange transportation for you.