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