The 115th Hurlingham Club Open Championship, the oldest Polo tournament in the world, will kick off this Sunday, October 19, 2008, with the participation of the 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", and precedes the Argentine Open Championship.


Zones:
Zone A: Ellerstina (39), La Aguada (37), Indios Chapaleufú II (37) and El Paraìso (29)
Zona B: La Dolfina (40), Pilará (37), Black Watch (34) and Trenque Lauquen (30)

Schedule of matches

Sunday, October 19 - Zone B
2:00 PM La Dolfina vs. Trenque Lauquen (3)
4:00 PM Pilará vs. Black Watch (4)
Results:
La Dolfina 12 - Trenque Lauquen 9
Pilara 19 - Black Watch 16

Tuesday, October 21 - Zone A
11:00 AM Ellerstina vs. El Paraíso (1)
2:00 PM La Aguada vs. Indios Chapaleufú II (2)
Suspended for rain until further notice.
Rescheduled for: Thursday, October 23. 2 PM and 4:30 PM.
Results:
Ellerstina 16 - El Paraiso 7
La Aguada 17 - Indios Chapaleufu II 12
Sunday, October 26 - Zone B
2:00 PM Winner 3 vs. Looser 4
4:00 PM Winner 4 vs. Looser 3
Results:
La Dolfina 18 - Black Watch 11
Pilara 19 - Trenque Lauquen 11

Monday, October 27 - Zone A
2:00 PM Winner 2 vs. Looser 1
4:00 PM Winner 1 vs. Looser 2
Results:
La Aguada 1- El Paraíso 9
Ellerstina 18 - Indios Chapaleufú II 12

Saturday, November 1 - Zone A
2:00 PM El Paraíso vs. Indios Chapaleufù II
4:00 PM Ellerstina vs. La Aguada
Results:
Indios Chapaleufu II 21 - El Paraiso 11
La Aguada 13 - Ellerstina 11

Sunday, November 2 - Zona B
2:00 PM Trenque Lauquen vs. Black Watch
4:00 PM La Dolfina vs. Pilará
Results:
Black Watch 12 - Trenque Lauquen 10
Pilara 16 - La Dolfina 15

Saturday, November 8 - Final
1º Classified Zone A vs. 1º Classified Zone B
La Aguada vs Pilara
Final Result: La Aguada 15 - Pilará 14

La Aguada, champion of the 115th Hurlingham Open Championship.

Starting September 19, 2008, and continuing on the third Friday of October and November, from 7 PM to 10 PM, Wine Tour Urbano returns to Palermo Soho, on Malabia Street between Honduras and El Salvador, with its innovative wine tasting concept. In every fashion and interior design store, visitors will have the opportunity of tasting a different Argentine winery, while doing some shopping at the same time. Palermo Fashion & Wines is a urban tour around one of the most fashionable areas of the city. The concept of this event is to have the possibility of doing shopping out of the commercial hours while taking a ride through the wine route.
The first date will be dedicated to red wines, with the Malbecs and Merlots of every winery. Participants will also have the chance of playing the Wineries' Lottery, and, after 10 PM, join in the After WTU at the restaurant Quiroz.
The participating wineries are: Colomé, Bodega Del Desierto, Familia Schroeder, Xumek, Weinert, Las Perdices, Flichman Roble, Misterio, Estancia Mendoza and Nómade. The shops: Tosone, Vestite Clara, Cappio, Mawa, Kisuwen, De Vanguardia, Rosh, Setuá, Hábito, Vivendi, Reset Shoes.
On Friday, October 17 it will be the turn of Syrahs and Cabernets, and on Friday, November 21, all the wineries will present their best labels.
To participate in this event the public should buy their coupons on the same day at the stands on Malabia & Honduras. The cost of the coupon is $45, and allows the tasting of all brands.

Created in 2004, 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 torunaments, with good prizes and, most importantly, to add poits for the ATP world rank.
This year the Cup will be played in 5 countries: Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.

The Argentine series will take place at Vilas Tennis Club in Palermo, from October 18, 2008.

Schedule:

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19: Classifying matches. Free entrance.
Monday 20 to Wednesday 22: from 11 AM
Thursday 23 and Friday 24: from 12 Noon
Saturday 25: from 10 AM
Sunday 26: from 11 AM

Dates: October 18 to October 26, 2008
Location: Vilas Club. Valentín Alsina, 1450, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Tickets: Ticketek Argentina
More information: Copa Petrobras official website

The Euro American Cinema, Video and Digital Art Exhibition (Muestra Euroamericana de Cine, Video y Arte Digital - MEACVAD) is an annual meeting organized by Alliance Francaise Argentina, Goethe-Institut, and Espacio Fundacion Telefonica, with the support of foreign delegations, universities, and national institutions. During a whole week of activities, performers, directors, theorists, and academicians in visual arts showcase their author-based movies, documentaries, experimental videos and interactive visual arts, to debate about the present status of audiovisual arts and media.
The 2008 edition of MEACVAD focuses on the digital era: digital cinema, online TV, web art, VJs, live events, video games, and cell phones, as means of hyper media production.
Invited guests from America and Europe will converge for a week in Buenos Aires to present their material, showcase their works, offer seminars, and set out a debate about the audiovisual arts, the artistic practices, and the current state of technological transition. MEACVAD presents this year two new publications: "La era Post Analógica", a compilation of the minutes of the event, and "Entre Imágenes", by Raymond Bellour.

Guest Artists:
Lucas Bambozzi (Brazil)- Video artist, academician, documentary-maker, director, curator.
Raymond Bellour (France) – Investigator and theorist in audiovisual arts C.N.R.S.
Silvia Cacciatori (Uruguay) – Designer and audiovisual director
Edgar Endress (Chile) – Video artist and audiovisual director
Federico Falco (Argentina) – Video artist, writer
Carmen Gil Vrolijk (Colombia) – Multimedia artist and academician, Universidad de los Andes.
Ingo Günther (Germany) – Artist, audiovisual director, and academician
Pablo Lamar (Paraguay) – Movie director
Antonio Weinrichter (Spain) Theorist and academician, specialized in documentary

Scheduled activities:
Seminar "Entre Imágenes", Raymond Bellour
Retrospective Lucas Bambozzi.
Retrospective journey around the work of Ingo Günther
30 years of video art, Homage to Carlos Trilnick
"Visionarios", Historical program of cinema and experimental video in Latin America, curated by Arlindo Machado, Itaú Cultural de San Pablo/MAMBA Buenos Aires, at Alliance Francaise
Program Jean-Paul Fargier, Jour après jour (Jean-Daniel Pollet) and Godard/Sollers. L´entretien.
Live events, a story, Carmen Gil Vrolijk.
Monumental Graphics, creative project with GPS, Andrea Di Castro
Documentary, a situation status, Antonio Weinrichter
Presentation Publications MEACVAD: Libro de actas 08 and Entre Imágenes, Raymond Bellour.

Participating institutions:
Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires
Centro Cultural de España, Córdoba
Itaú Cultural
Centro Cultural Rector Ricardo Rojas
Centro Multimedia del Centro Cultural General San Martín
MAMBA, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
Embajada de Colombia

Dates: October 27 throgh 31, 2008
Locations:
Alianza Francesa: Av. Cordoba 936/946
Espacio Fundación Telefónica: Arenales 1540
Goethe-Institut: Av. Corrientes 319
All activities free of charge.
More information, registrations and complete program: MEACVAD 2008 official website.