Football Soccer in Buenos Aires - Calendar of matches Torneo Apertura 2011

The fixture of football (soccer) matches in Buenos Aires for the second half of the year 2011 has been announced. It comprises the matches in the "National Tournament 2011/2012", "Torneo Apertura 2011" the international tournaments "Recopa Sudamericana", "Copa Sudamericana" (South American Cup), and the Qualifying matches for Brazil Wold Cup 2014 .
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AUGUST 2011

Sat 6: River vs Chacarita
Sun 7: San Lorenzo vs Lanus
Wed 10: Independiente vs Inter (Brazil) - Recopa Sudamericana 2011
Mon 15: Boca vs Union
Tue 16: River vs Chacarita
Thu 17: Racing vs Godoy Cruz
Sat 20: Independiente vs Estudiantes
Sat 20: San Lorenzo vs Argentinos Jrs
Fri 26: Racing vs Arsenal
Sat 27: River vs Desamparados
Sat 27: Velez vs All Boys
Sun 28: Boca vs San Lorenzo

SEPTEMBER 2011
 
Thu 1: Argentinos Jrs vs Velez - Copa Sudamericana 2011
Fri 2: San Lorenzo vs Belgrano
Sun 4: Independiente vs Boca
Wed 7: Independiente vs San Martin
Thu 8: Velez vs Argentinos Jrs - Copa Sudamericana 2011
Sat 10: Racing vs Olimpo
Sun 11: Boca vs San Martin
Mon 12: Argentinos vs Lanus
Fri 16: Independiente vs Colon
Sat 17: San Lorenzo vs Atletico Rafaela
Wed 21: Racing vs Newell's
Wed 21: Velez vs San Lorenzo
Thu 22: Boca vs Estudiantes
Sat 24: River vs Gimnasia de La Plata
Sun 25: Argentinos Jrs vs Boca

OCTOBER 2011

Sat 1: Velez vs San Martin 
Sun 2: Boca vs Tigre
Sun 2: Racing vs Independiente
Wed 5: River vs Atlanta
Fri 7: Argentina vs Chile - 2014 World Cup Qualifiers
Sun 9: Huracan vs River
Fri 14: San Lorenzo vs Banfield
Sun 16: Boca vs Belgrano
Thu 20: Velez vs Universidad Catolica (Chile) - Copa Sudamericana 2011
Tue 25: Velez vs Estudiantes
Wed 26: Racing vs Lanus
Sat 29: River vs Aldosivi
Sun 30: Boca vs Atletico Rafaela

NOVEMBER 2011

Sat 5: Racing vs Argentinos Jrs
Sun 6: Velez vs Boca
Thu 10: Velez vs Santa Fe (Colombia) - Copa Sudamericana 2011
Fri 11: Argentina vs Bolivia - 2014 World Cup Qualifiers
Sun 13: River vs Atletico Tucuman
Sun 20: Argentinos Jrs vs Godoy Cruz
Sun 20: Boca vs Racing
Sun 20: San Lorenzo vs Union
Sat 26: River vs Rosario Central
Sun 27: Velez vs Colon 
Tue 29: Velez vs Liga (Ecuador) - Copa Sudamericana 2011

DECEMBER 2011

Fri 2: Argentinos Jrs vs Arsenal
Sun 4: Boca vs Banfield
Tue 6: Racing vs Atletico Rafaela
Wed 7: San Lorenzo vs Independiente
Sat 10: Argentinos Jrs vs Olimpo
Sat 10: River vs Patronato
Sun 11: Boca vs All Boys
Sun 11: Velez vs Racing

Schedule subject to modifications. Please check for updates.

La Semana del Arte - Buenos Aires Art Week 2011

On Sunday, September 25th, 2011, the most important art event starts in Buenos Aires: "La Semana del Arte 2011" (Buenos Aires Art Week 2011). For the eighth consecutive year, nearly 100 art galleries, museums, and cultural centers will take part in a seven-day event in which visitors will be able to enjoy guided visits, conferences, concerts, special Gallery Nights, and diverse cultural and artistic activities, all of them free of charge. 
Schedule of activities: 
Sunday 25:
4.00 pm: Inauguration of Buenos Aires Art Week 2011 at the Amphitheater of Parque Centenario, Av. Lillo y Leopoldo Marechal, with a free open air concert by Pablo Agri and Camerata Argentina. (In case of rain the concert will be postponed). 
Monday 26 to Friday 30:
Every day at 4.30 PM: Program of free guided visits led by professional guides, starting at the meeting points of all circuits: Retiro, Barrio Norte, San Telmo, Palermo Viejo, Belgrano, Puerto Madero. 
Monday 26:
6.30 pm: Conference: Cultural Mangement. Banco Itaú, Auditorium - Cerrito 740, 18º floor 
Tuesday 27:
7:00 pm: Inauguration of Eduardo Pla's exhibition. Installation of 5 giant spheres and intervention of spaces inside the mall.
Paseo Alcorta Shopping Mall. Av. Figueroa Alcorta & Salguero 
Wednesday 28:
6.30 pm: Conference: "New Editorial Platforms". Espacio de Arte Eseade - Uriarte 2472
7.00 pm: Special GALLERY NIGHTS in Palermo and Belgrano (free transportation between Palermo and Belgrano). 
Thursday 29:
6.30 pm: Conference: "Collecting and Market". Galería Wussmann – Venezuela 470
7.00 pm Special GALLERY NIGHTS in SAN TELMO and PUERTO MADERO. 
Friday 30:
6.30 pm: Conference "Thinking on Art today". Banco Itaú, Auditorio - Cerrito 740, piso 18º
7.00 pm: Special GALLERY NIGHTS in CENTRO-PLAZA SAN MARTIN, RETIRO-RECOLETA, and BARRIO NORTE. 
Saturday, October 1:
12.00 - 4.00 pm: Closing of the event with "BIC Kids Drawing Festival".
Free activities for the whole family at the Rose Garden in Palermo (all material provided by BIC company), music, puppets and entertainers.
For more information on meeting points for guided visits, daily activities at the participating art galleries, and Gallery Nights circuits, visit La Semana del Arte 2011 official website (in Spanish only).

Casa FOA 2011


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 Centro Metropolitano de Diseno (Metropolitan Design Center) with the name "Casa FOA CMD Design Market", from September 9th to October 10th, 2011, in the neighborhood of Barracas, one of the most ancient neighborhoods in Buenos Aires together with Monserrat and San Telmo.
The exhibit will feature more than 50 architectural spaces that will make up the 7700 square meters of a renovated 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.

A free transportation service will be available for visitors, departing every 90 minutes from Teatro Colon, Cerrito and Tucuman.

Dates: September 9 to October 10, 2011.
Opening hours: 12 noon to 8 PM
Location: Algarrobo 1041, Barracas, Buenos Aires
Entry fee:
General: AR$ 50
Mondays: AR$ 25
Disabled and children under 12: Free
Casa FOA official website.

FIBA - International Buenos Aires Theater Festival

Organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, the International Buenos Aires Festival (Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires -FIBA), will take place between September 24th and October 8th, 2011.
FIBA takes place every two years, featuring diverse artistic expressions through theater, dance and musical theater. FIBA offers special activities such us open talks with artists, workshops and masterclasses, books presentations, the second Laboratory Workshop for young students, and the Graphic Exhibition for Theater Productions by Gonzalo Martínez.
This year the international program features the acclaimed work by Peter Brook, "Une flûte enchantée", version of Mozart's opera; two great German companies: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz with a "Hamlet" direccted by Thomas Ostermeier, and Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburg-Platz with "Ich schau dir in die Augen, gesellschaftlicher Verblendungszusammenhang!", by René Pollesch. 
Other outstanding presentations include French actor, director and régisseur Patrice Chéreau, with the debut in Buenos Aires of "Patrice Chéreau lit Le Gran Inquisiteur", based on Karamazov Brothers, by Fédor Dostoievski. And German musician and director Heiner Goebbels, with a show that combines live music, theater and dance called "Eraritjaritjaka". 
Spain will be represented by the youth revelation Angélica Liddell, and by Flamenco singer Estrella Morente. From Italy: Compañía Motus.
A version of Medea will be presented in a French production with cast from Burkina Faso.
The Latin American theater will feature creations from Uruguay ("Chaika", by Mariana Percovich), Mexico ("Las cajas voyeuristas" by La Biznaga) and Chile ("Villa+Discurso" by Guillermo Calderón, and "La amante fascista", with Paulina Urrutia). And the debut in our country of Sao Paulo Companhia de Dança with a triple program of works by Jiri Kylián, Nacho Duato and Marie Chouinard. 

Tickets for the shows are on sale at:
Casa de la Cultura, Av. de Mayo 575, Monday to Friday, 11 am to 7 pm.
Teatro Municipal General San Martin, Av. Corrientes 1530, Every day 11 am to 7 pm
The price of tickets for the national plays is $ 8 Argentine Pesos and for the International shows between $ 30 and $ 70 Pesos. The rest of the activities are free of charge.

For more information on locations, and day by day program, visit FIBA 2011 official website.