The traditional Tortugas Country Club Open Polo Championship will kick off this Tuesday, September 23, 2008, when six exceptional teams from 34 to 39 goals will be disputing the Emilio de Anchorena Cup.
This tournament is the first of the three great Polo Open Championships in the Official Spring Season of the Argentine Polo Association, marking the start of the honorable "Triple Crown". In this new edition of the Tortugas Open, 11 of the 12 Argentine players with the highest handicap will be participating, along with other team mates with the highest handicaps on the road to obtaining the 10 goals, making up the six most qualified teams in the Polo world.

Zone A:
Ellerstina: Facundo Pieres (10), Pablo Mac Donough (10), Gonzalo Pieres (Jr) (10), Juan Martín Nero (9).
Indios Chapalufú II: Alberto Heguy (Jr) (9), Ignacio Heguy (10), Juan Ignacio Merlos (9), Eduardo Heguy (9).
Pilará: Agustín Merlos (10), Santiago Chavanne (8), Sebastián Merlos (9), Marcos Heguy (10).

Zone B:
La Dolfina: Adolfo Cambiaso (Jr) (10), David Sterling (Jr) (7), Mariano Aguerre (10), Bartolomé Castagnola (10).
La Aguada: Javier Novillo Astrada (9), Eduardo Novillo Astrada (Jr) (9), Miguel Novillo Astrada (10), Ignacio Novillo Astrada (9).
Black Watch: Bautista Heguy (10), Ignacio Figueras (6), Matías Mac Donough (9), Francisco de Narváez (9).

Schedule of Matches:

Entry fee: AR$ 25 to AR$ 200, depending on match and seats. On sale directly at the Club.

The ballet company of Teatro Colón, with artistic direction by Olga Ferri, will offer a new program of performances at Teatro Coliseo.

The first part will be dedicated to "Les Sylphides", with choreography by Michael Fokin, on the original pieces for piano by Frederic Chopin. In this "romantic dream", conceived by Fokin in 1908, the poet is surrounded by the immaterial creatures, the "Sylphides". The main roles in this part will be performed by Karina Olmedo, Silvina Perillo, Natalia Saraceno, Analía Sosa Guerrero, Silvina Vaccarelli, Alejandro Parente y Juan Pablo Ledo.
The second part of the program will consist of "Momentos", with choreography by Jorge Amarante and music by Glover Gill, an American composer dedicated to Argentine Tango, with his group Glovertango. "Momentos" has been awarded as the best contemporary Theater-Dance play in 2003 by "Teatro XXI" magazine and selected to be presented at the IV Buenos Aires Tango World Championship.
The program will end with the Grand Pas of the third act of "Raymonda", with music by Alexander Glazunov and choreography by Marius Petipa. In the third act od this classical ballet, the wedding of the protagonist with Jean De Brienne takes place, performing Hungarian dances in their honor and the classic pas-de-deux by the protagonists. This brillant scene will be performed by Karina Olmedo (26-27) and Silvia Petrillo (28-29) as Raymonda, and Edgardo Trabalón (26-27) and Alejandro Parente (28-30) as Jean de Brienne.

Dates:
Friday, September 26, 2008. 8:30 PM
Saturday, September 27, 2008. 8:30 PM
Sunday, September 28, 2008. 5:00 PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2008. 8:30 PM
Location: Teatro Coliseo. Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125
Tickets: from AR$ 16 to AR$ 50, on sale at Teatro Colón ticket office, Tucumán 1171, from 9 am to 5 pm. On the day of the performances the remaining tickets will be on sale at Teatro Coliseo´s tickett office, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125, from 5 pm, except on Sunday, from 2 pm.

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 over one thousand antique books, historical documents and photographs, primitive Argentine prints, first editions, and a great amount of diverse, carefully selected printed material.
The following Antiquarian bookstores will participate in the Fair: Alberto Casares; Cueva Libros; Librería Anticuaria "Poema 20"; Librería Armando Vites; Librería de Antaño; Librería del Plata; Librería Fernández Blanco; Librería Figueroa; Librería Helena de Buenos Aires; Librería Lord Byron; Manos Artesanas Comunicaciones; Víctor Aizenman; Terra Nova; Librería Histórica Emilio J. Perrot.

Dates: September 24 through 28, 2008
Opening hours: 2 PM to 8 PM
Location: Museo Fernández Blanco. Suipacha 1422.
Entry fee: AR$ 1.-

On Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, 2008, the Tourism Entity of the city of Buenos Aires invites visitors to celebrate the International Tourism Day, enjoying its tourist and cultural sights, with a circuit of free Hop-on Hop-off buses which depart from four head points in the city: Obelisco (Carlos Pellegrini 271), Recoleta (Quintana 596), Plaza Italia (Av. Sarmiento & Av. Santa Fe) and La Boca (Av. Pedro de Mendoza & Palos). It will be possible to get on and off the buses in any of the 14 stops of the tours. The departures from the head stops are at 11 am and 3 pm, and the frequency is between 11 am and 6 pm.

The circuit will consist of 14 stops where visitors will be able to get off to know the attractions in the area, and then continue the route on the next bus. They will be handed written informative material about the different places to visit. The stops and their near attractions are:

Stop 1: Obelisco. Carlos Pellegrini 217: Obelisco, Plaza Lavalle, Palacio de Tribunales (Justice Courts), Teatro Cervantes, Teatro Colón (closed for renovation), Av. Corrientes.

Stop 2: Plaza San Martín. Florida Street & Plaza San Martín: Kavanagh building (1936), Palacio San Martin, Military Circle (Palacio Paz), Hotel Marriott Plaza, Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento, Torre Monumental, Florida Street, Galerias Pacifico.

Stop 3: Recoleta. Quintana 596: Del Pilar Church, Recoleta Cemetery, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Palais de Glace, Fine Arts Museum, Alvear Avenue.

Stop 4: Costanera Norte. Av. Rafael Obligado & Muelle del Club de Pescadores: Fisher´s Club Pier, Airport Jorge Newbery, Rio de la Plata.

Stop 5: Barrancas de Belgrano. Echeverría & Virrey Vertiz: Barrancas de Belgrano park, Chinese Quarter, Larreta Museum, Cabildo Avenue.

Stop 6: Palermo. Av. Del Libertador & Av. Sarmiento: Tres de Febrero Park, Zoo, Japanese Garden, Polo Field, Planetarium, Palermo Race Track, Islamic Mosque.

Stop 7: Plaza Italia. Av. Sarmiento & Santa Fe: Botanical Garden, Zoo, Evita Museum, Garibaldi´s Monument.

Stop 8: Abasto. Av. Corrientes & Anchorena: Museum Carlos Gardel, Abasto Shopping Mall.

Stop 9: Boedo. San Ignacio & Boedo: Café Margot. Bars cafés, and tango houses.

Stop 10: San Telmo. Av. San Juan & Bolívar: Dorrego Square. Antiquarian Fair on Sunday. Parque Lezama. National History Museum.

Stop 11: La Boca. Av. Pedro de Mendoza & Palos: Boca Juniors Club. La Boca Fine Arts Museum. Open Air Museum Caminito Street.

Stop 12: Costanera Sur. Av. España & Dellepiane: Ecological Reserve. "Las Nereidas" fountain, by Lola Mora. Museum of Sculptural Replicas.

Stop 13: Puerto Madero. Alicia Moreau de Justo 200: Docks, bars and restaurants, Old navy vessesl, The Woman´s Bridge.

Stop 14: Plaza de Mayo. Diagonal Norte & Florida: Pink House, Metropolitan Cathedral, Cabildo, City Government Building, Avenida de Mayo, National Congress.

See also New Hop-on Hop-off bus service in Buenos Aires.