Organized by the Argentine Antiquarian Bookstores Association (ALADA), the VI Antiquarian Book Fair will take place from November 4 to November 7, 2010, at the Ministry of Education, with free entrance. 

This annual event emphasizes the highly valuable cultural heritage of antique books, manuscripts, documents, engravings, maps and photographs available in the antiquarian bookstores of Buenos Aires, placing the city in an outstanding position among other cities where similar fairs are held, like Paris, Madrid, New York, or Milan.

The Fair will showcase a varied selection of antique books, historical documents, maps and photographs, primitive Argentine prints, first editions, and a great amount of diverse, carefully selected printed material.

Dates: November 4 - 7, 2010

Opening hours: 2 PM to 8 PM

Starting October 22nd, 2010, Buenos Aires celebrates the "Week of the Cafes of Buenos Aires", in which the Notable Bars will be honored, offering a series of activities that will culminate on Wednesday 27th with a free open air concert by singer Soledad Villamil at Esquina Homero Manzi, in the corner of San Juan y Boedo, at 8.30pm.

During these days there will be guided visits to know the history of these emblematic places, and musical shows at every Notable bar.

On Tuesday 26th, the "Day of the Cafes" will be celebrated, with a 4x2 offer. On that day guests can order 4 coffees and pay only 2, while enjoying tango and flamenco shows, between 7pm and 9pm, at one of these bars:
Café García: Sanabria 3302, Devoto
Clásica y Moderna: Av. Callao 892, Recoleta
Gato Negro: Av. Corrientes 1669, San Nicolás Florida
Garden: Florida 899, Retiro
El Faro: Av. De Los Constituyentes 4099, Parque Chas
La Biela: Av. Quintana 600, Recoleta

Click here for the complete schedule of activities.

The sixth edition of Buenos Aires Photo will take place at Palais de Glace in Recoleta from October 28th through October 31st, 2010. This is the only art fair specialized in Photography in Latin America.

This exhibition brings together more than 30 galleries from different countries like: Argentina, Chile, Perú, United States, and Spain.

The works by the finalists of the Petrobras Buenos Aires Photo Award 2010 will be presented. There will be conferences and book presentations every day during the fair.

For more information on participating galleries and schedule of lectures, visit Buenos Aires Photo 2010 official website.

Dates: October 28 to 31, 2010

Location: Palais de Glace. Posadas 1725

Opening hours: 1 PM to 9 PM

Entry Fee: AR$ 25

The 117th Hurlingham Club Open Championship, the oldest Polo tournament in the world, will kick off this Tuesday, October 19, 2010, with the participation of the eight best world wide Polo teams and the top ranked polo players.

The Hurlingham Club Open is the second of the championships in the Argentine Polo season that make up the "Triple Crown", following the Tortugas Open Championship and preceding the Argentine Open Championship.

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.

Participating teams:

Zone A:

Ellerstina: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (Jr) 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 40

Pilará: Agustín Merlos 9, Santiago Chavanne 8, Sebastián Merlos 9, Marcos Heguy 10. Total: 36

Chapa Uno: Bautista Heguy 9, Hilario Ulloa 9, Juan Ignacio Merlos 9, Matías Mac Donough 8. Total: 35

Sao José: Jaime García Huidobro 8, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8, Pablo Pieres (Jr) 7, Nicolás Pieres 7. Total: 30

Zone B:

La Dolfina: Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (Jr) 10, David Stirling (Jr) 9, Bartolomé Castagnola 10. Total: 39 

La Aguada: Javier N. Astrada 9, Eduardo N. Astrada (Jr) 9, Miguel N. Astrada 10, Ignacio N. Astrada 9. Total: 37. 

Indios Chapaleufú II: Alberto Heguy (Jr) 8, Ignacio Heguy 9, Matías Magrini 8, Eduardo Heguy 9. Total: 34

La Alegría: Mariano Aguerre 10, Francisco de Narváez (Jr) 9, Francisco Bensadón 8, Federico Manis 7. Total: 34

Schedule of matches:

Tuesday, October 19 - Zone A

2:00 PM Ellerstina vs Sao Jose (1)

4:00 PM Pilara vs Chapa Uno (2)

Wednesday, October 20 - Zone B

2:00 PM La Dolfina vs La Alegria (3)

4:00 PM La Aguada vs Indios Chapaleufú II (4)

Saturday, October 23 - Zone A

2:00 PM Chapa Uno vs Sao Jose

4.00 PM: Ellerstina vs Pilara

Sunday, October 24 – Zone B

2:00 PM La Aguada vs Alegria

4:00 PM: La Dofina vs Indios Chapaleufu II

2:00 PM San Jose vs Pilara
4:00 PM Ellerstina va Chapa Uno

Sunday, October 31 – Zone B

2:00 PM La Alegria vs Indios Chapaleufu II

4: 00 PM La Dolfina vs La Aguada

4:30 PM: ELLERSTINA vs LA DOLFINA

Autoclasica 2010, the biggest festival for classic cars and motorcycles in South America will take place between October 8 and 11, 2010, at the Gardens of San Isidro Race Track.

Autoclasica will feature this year 500 automobiles and 300 motorcycles in their original state, and in perfect working conditions, as well as the famous Argentine "Monopostos".

For collectors, the classic "Autojumble", with over 100 stands offering antique pieces and accessories, books, models, and auto clubs stands from around the country.

A jury will award the most outstanding vehicles in every category of the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (FIVA) in exhibition, and the "Best of Show” between autos and motorcycles of the year.

Dates: October 8 -11, 2010

Opening hours: 10 am to 6.30 pm

Location: Hipódromo de San Isidro, Av. Santa Fe and Av. Márquez, San Isidro, Province of Buenos Aires.

Entrance: $ 28 Pesos. Children under 12, free. Parking: $ 12 Pesos
Not suspended for rain.

Opera lovers in Buenos Aires will now be able to enjoy the best productions, with the greatest singers and reggisseurs of the moment, of the 2010-11 opera season, live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, presented by Fundacion Beethoven de Argentina.

The live high-definition performances are transmitted to movie theaters around the world. The fifth season of The Met Live in HD features 12 transmissions and begins and ends with the first two installments of Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelungs). More than 40 countries around the world are participating in The Met: Live in HD this season.

The series starts on October 9th, 2010, and all performances will be transmitted at Teatro El Nacional, Av. Corrientes 960 & Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires.

Schedule:

October 9, 2010, 2.00 pm

Wagner’s Das Rheingold – New Production

James Levine; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Stephanie Blythe, Patricia Bardon, Richard Croft, Gerhard Siegel, Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens, Franz-Josef Selig, Hans-Peter König

October 23, 2010 1.00 pm

Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov – New Production

Valery Gergiev; Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Oleg Balashov, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Vladimir Ognovenko

November 13, 3pm:

Donizetti’s Don Pasquale

James Levine; Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Del Carlo

December 11, 2010 2.30 pm:

Verdi’s Don Carlo – New Production

Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Eric Halfvarson

January 8, 2011, 3.00 pm:

Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West

Nicola Luisotti; Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo

February 12, 2011, 3.00 pm:

Adams’s Nixon in China – New Production

John Adams; Kathleen Kim, Janis Kelly, Robert Brubaker, Russell Braun, James Maddalena, Richard Paul Fink

February 26, 2011, 3.00 pm:

Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride

Patrick Summers; Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Gordon Hawkins

March 19, 2011, 2.00 pm:

Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor

Patrick Summers; Natalie Dessay, Joseph Calleja, Ludovic Tézier, Kwangchul Youn

April 9, 2011, 2.00 pm:

Rossini’s Le Comte Ory - New Production

Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi

April 23, 2011, 2.00 pm:

Strauss’s Capriccio

Andrew Davis; Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, Morten Frank Larsen, Peter Rose

April 30, 2011, 2.00 pm:

Verdi’s Il Trovatore

James Levine; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

May 14, 2011, 2.00 pm:

Wagner’s Die Walküre – New Production

James Levine; Deborah Voigt, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Hans-Peter König

More information and tickets: Fundacion Beethoven de Argentina

A spectacular free open air concert by the great conductor Zubin Mehta, in front of the  the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, will be presented on Saturday, October 2nd, 2010,  at 1pm, at the Obelisk in Buenos Aires.

The stage will be located in Plaza de la Republica looking south, and 8000 seats will be placed in the front. There will also be two large screens for better viewing of the show.
The concert, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, will consist of works from Johann Strauss Jr., Fritz Kreisler, Max Bruch, Antonin Dvorak, Johannes Brahms, Pablo de Sarasate and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and a surprise ending.
The young violin player Mayuko Kamio will join the orchestra as invited soloist.

The traditional Tortugas Country Club Open Polo Championship will kick off on Tuesday, September 28, 2010, a tournament where some of the teams with the highest handicap in the world, including La Dolfina and Ellerstina, will be disputing the Emilio de Anchorena Cup.

This is the first of the three great Polo Open Championships in the 2010 Official Spring Season of the Argentine Polo Association, marking the start of the honorable "Triple Crown" of Argentine Polo, also made up by the 117th Hurlingham Club Open and the 117th Argentine Open in Palermo.

Fixture:

Tuesday, September 28: SUSPENDED FOR RAIN 

New Fixture:

Saturday, October 2:
4.00pm: Pilara vs Indios Chapaleufu I (1)

Sunday, October 3:

4.00pm: La Dolfina vs Indios Chapaleufu II (2)

Tuesday, October 5:

4.00pm: Ellerstina vs Looser Match 1

Wednesday, October 6:

4.00pm: La Aguada vs Looser Match 2

Saturday, October 9:

4.00pm: Ellerstina vs Winner Match 1

Sunday, October 10:

4.00pm: La Aguada vs Winner Match 2

Saturday, October 16:

3.30pm: FINAL
ELLERSTINA vs INDIOS CHAPALEUFU II

Participating Teams:

Zone A

Ellerstina: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (Jr) 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 40.

Pilará: Agustín Merlos 9, Santiago Chavanne 8, Sebastián Merlos 9, Marcos Heguy 10. Total: 36.

Indios Chapaleufu I: Bautista Heguy 9, Hilario Ulloa 9, Juan Ignacio Merlos 9, Matías Mac Donough 8. Total: 35.

Zone B

La Dolfina: Adolfo Cambiaso (Jr) 10, Lucas Monteverde (Jr) 10, David Stirling (Jr) 9, Bartolomé Castagnola 10. Total: 39.

La Aguada: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (Jr) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 10, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 37.

Indios Chapaleufú II: Alberto Heguy (Jr) 8, Ignacio Heguy 9, Matías Magrini 8, Eduardo Heguy 9. Total: 34.

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

All matches will be played on fields of Tortugas Country Club, ruta Panamericana Ramal Pilar km. 38.5. Tickets: AR$ 35 to AR$ 250, depending on match and location. On sale at the club.

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.

Created in 2004, Copa Petrobras (Petrobras Tennis Cup) has become the most important Challenger Circuit in Latin America. The aim of this competition is to provide young players with the opportunity of competing in top level tournaments, with good prizes and, most importantly, to add points for the ATP world rank.
This year the Cup will be played in 6 countries: Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. The Argentine series will take place at Vilas Tennis Club in Palermo, from October 2 through October  10, 2010.

The confirmed players in the main keys are:

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (ESP) - 82
Pablo Cuevas (URU) - 87
Brian Dabul (ARG) - 92
Carlos Berlocq (ARG) - 111
Nicolás Massú (CHI) - 123
Rui Machado (POR) - 124
Santiago Ventura (ESP) - 135
Ramón Delgado (PAR) - 136
Federico Delbonis (ARG) - 147
Diego Junqueira (ARG) - 185
Gastón Gaudio (ARG) - 188
Diego Hartfiedl (ARG) - 192
Jorge Aguilar (CHI) - 197
Guillermo Alcande (ESP) - 207
Máximo González (ARG) - 210
Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) - 225
Leonardo Tavares (POR) - 236
José Acasuso (ARG) - 250
Nikola Ciric (SRB) - 260
Pavol Cervenak (SVK) - 264
Martín Alund (ARG) - 268
Facundo Bagnis (ARG) - 275
Substitutes:
1. Goran Tosic (MNE) - 292
2. Martín Vassallo Argüello (ARG) - 308
3. Juan Pablo Amado (ARG) - 315
4. Pablo Galdón (ARG) - 317
5. Ivo Klec (SVK) 318

Dates: October 2 - 10, 2010
Location: Vilas Club. Valentín Alsina 1450, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina
More information: Copa Petrobras official website

Vinos y Bodegas, Cosecha 2010 (Wines and Wineries, 2010 Edition), will take place from September 22nd to 25th, 2010, 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.
So far nearly 70 wineries have confirmed their presence in the 5000 m2 Pavilion where the event will take place.
A new feature this year is the Wine Bar, where visitors can sample high end wines from the wineries participating in the fair. In addition, at the Gourmet Area, with 8 renowned restaurants of Buenos Aires, will offer dishes to be paired with wines present in the Fair.
Visitors will also be able to stroll through Paseo de las Olivas, a space to know the progress that our country has made in the production of olive oil. Also present will be all wine schools, with different proposals to form increasingly informed consumers.
Cooking shows will be presented to show the preparation of dishes and advice the visitors about the best pairings between food and wine. In addition it will also be possible to enjoy outdoor spaces, which will create different atmospheres for sharing a glass of wine with friends Again this year, the Wine Store will be the space for those wishing to buy wine labels.
For the past years Argentina has been positioned in the international wine market among the five main wine producers worldwide, after France, Italy, Spain, and United States.

Dates: September 22nd to 25th, 2010
Opening hours:
Thursday 23 and Friday 24:
3 pm to 6 pm: Trade/Professionals with invitation only.
6 pm to 11 pm: General Public
Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25: 6 pm to 11 pm: General Public
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Pabellon Ocre. Av. Santa Fe 4201, Palermo
Entry fee: AR$ 85.
More information: Vinos y Bodegas Cosecha 2010 official website (in Spanish only).

One of the greatest dancers of all times, Mikhail Baryshnikov, comes to Buenos Aires in October to offer his latest show that has been presented with great success in cities across the U.S. and Europe.

This contemporary dance show: "Three solos and a duet", is composed of four pieces by prominent choreographers: two of the solos performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov: "Valse-Fantasie", by Alexei Ratmansky, and "Years Later", by Benjamin Millepied; and two pas de deux, 'Solo for Two' and 'Place', both signed by the choreographer Mats Ek, and which the legendary Russian artist performs with Spanish dancer Ana Laguna. In fact 'Place' is a piece that Ek created especially for these two great artists.

Dates: Saturday, October 23rd, Sunday, October 24th, 2010
Location: Teatro Coliseo. Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125
Tickets: on sale at the theater or through www.ticketek.com.ar

Joining the celebration of European Heritage Days (Journées européennes du patrimoine), the French Embassy in Argentina will open its doors to the public on Sunday, September 19th, 2010, from 12 noon to 6 pm. This will allow visitors to discover the Palace Ortiz Basualdo, home to the French Embassy since 1939, built by French architect Paul Parter in 1912.

Besides the main entrance and the honor staircase, the public will be invited to visit the reception halls in the first floor, which make the Palace Ortiz Basualdo a significant example of the French influence in the Argentine architecture.
Accessing the second floor, visitors will admire the main dining room, the music room in a Louis XV style with Chinese decoration, the ball room, its mirrors and its painted boards, as well as the XVI century English style winter garden.
The French Embassy is located in Cerrito 1399, Recoleta.
An ID is required to enter the Embassy (Passport or DNI). No pictures will be allowed inside the residence.

Casa FOA is 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. It will take place this year at "Casa FOA La Defensa", Defensa 269, from October 1st. Defensa Street connects the most ancient neighborhoods in Buenos Aires (Monserrat, San Telmo, and Barracas).
The exhibit will feature 40 architectural spaces that will make up the 2500 square meters of a renovated three-story old building.
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: October 1 to November 14, 2010.
Opening hours: 12 noon to 8 PM
Location: Defensa 269, Buenos Aires
Entry fee: AR$ 35
Casa FOA official website.

The magnificent fields of Buenos Aires Jockey Club, located in the town of San Isidro, North of Buenos Aires, will host one of the most important polo tournaments in our country: the 46th Jockey Club Open Championship, which opens the high handicap polo season in Argentina,. It will take place from September 8th through September 25th, 2010.

The nine teams in the tournament are made up by most of the players that will participate in the Argentine Triple Crown.

Participating teams:

UPDATE September 16 - NEW SCHEDULE

Friday 10:

3.00 pm: Pilará vs Trenque Lauquen II (1)

Sunday 12:

1.00 pm: La Mariana vs Trenque Lauquen
3.00 pm: Chapa II vs Pilara

Friday 17:
3.00 pm: La Baronesa vs Chapa I

Saturday 18: 
3.00 pm: La Irenita vs La Aguada

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

Free entrance

Av. Marquez 2302, San Isidro

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.

The exhibition, that will open on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010, at the Museum of Natural Sciences Bernardino Rivadavia, is the largest display of dinosaurs in South America, and the only one in the world that focuses on the first dinosaurs that roamed the Earth. This is because the exhibit is based on the animals found in the province of San Juan, Argentina, where the most ancient specimens in the planet where dug out. The public will be able to see for the first time the planet's oldest dinosaurs, and the animals with which they had to compete to become kings of the world, including giant crocodiles.

Titans of Ischigualasto covers more than 1,500 square meters, and contains four scenarios of up to 18 meters wide with recreations of the prehistoric habitat of the Triassic. It contains 29 sculptures of dinosaurs of different sizes represented in fights with giant crocodile-like reptiles and mammals. There are also eight skeletons, including a 21 meters long one. The entire exhibit is accompanied by a sound setting, theatrical lighting and multimedia reference materials. 

The exhibition is the result of more than 20 years of scientific research in Ischigualasto fossil site located in San Juan province, considered as the Cradle of Dinosaur by the world's paleontological scientific community.

The exhibition, funded by the Government of the Province of San Juan, required an investment of over three million dollars, has the support of CONICET, and started a few days ago an international tour which took place on July 9th at the Mori Art Center in Tokyo, Japan.

Dates: July 27th to November 30th, 2010
Location: Museo de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Parque Centenario
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday, 12 noon to 7 pm
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: 10 am to 7 pm
Entry fees:
Monday to Friday: Children AR$ 15, Adults AR$ 25
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: Children AR$ 20, Adults AR$ 30.
Includes entrance to Natural Science Museum
More information: Titanes de Ischigualasto en Buenos Aires official website