VIII All Star Polo Match (VIII Partido de las Estrellas)


The 8th edition of the All Star Polo Match (Partido de las Estrellas - Copa Banco BBVA Frances) will be played on Sunday, November 6th, 2011, at 4:00 PM, at the main course of San Isidro Jockey Club.
As every year, the purpose of this charity match is to raise funds for the children´s home Nuestra Señora del Pilar.
This year's match will have a significant importance, since it will revive the super-classic of the 80's. The two teams, Indios Chapaleufú and La Espadaña, will be made up by most of the original players:

La Espadaña Jaeger-LeCoultre: Gonzalo and Alfonso Pieres, Ernesto Trotz, Carlos Gracida, Juan M. Zavaleta
Indios Chapaleufú Anaflex: Marcos Heguy, Horacio Heguy Jr, Bautista Heguy, Alex Garrahan

Location: San Isidro Jockey Club. Av. Marquez and Isabel la Católica, San Isidro, Province of Buenos Aires.
Tickets: AR$ 30 on sale at the venue.
Don´t miss the opportunity of attending this world class event. Contact me so I can arrange transportation for you (at least 48 hours in advance).

Buenos Aires Photo 2011

The seventh edition of Buenos Aires Photo will take place at Palais de Glace in Recoleta from October 27th through October 30th, 2011. This is the only art fair specialized in Photography in Latin America.
This exhibition brings together 500 photographs by 150 artists from more than 30 art galleries from different countries like: Argentina, Perú, United States, Uruguay, Bolivia, Guatemala, Cuba, and Spain.
The works by the finalists of the Petrobras Buenos Aires Photo Award 2011 will be presented. There will be conferences and book presentations every day during the fair.
The works by Luis Gonzalez Palma will be exhibited simultaneously with Buenos Aires Photo at Palacio de las Artes in Palacio Duhau, Av. Alvear 1661.

For more information on participating galleries and schedule of lectures, visit Buenos Aires Photo 2011 official website.

Dates: October 27 - 30, 2011
Location: Palais de Glace. Posadas 1725
Opening hours: 1 PM to 9 PM
Entry Fee: 
General: AR$ 30
Students and pensioners: AR$ 15  
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Unprecedented exhibition Gods, rites and crafts from the prehispanic Mexico


Fundación Proa presents the exhibition "Gods, rites and crafts from the prehispanic México", organized by the Embassy of Mexico in Argentina and sponsored by Tenaris/Organizacion Techint, that will be held until February 21st, 2012.
The exhibit features for the first time in Argentina more than 150 archaeological pieces from different cultures that inhabited the Gulf of Mexico, their gods, their various shapes and representations, the many rituals developed on behalf of them, and crafts exercised by the inhabitants of the area before the Spanish conquest.
According to its curator, David Morales Gómez, the exhibition is "a fine selection of pieces that show the huge variety of ideas, social structure and complexity of an ideology."
From a special selection, with recently recovered pieces never exhibited before, the works impress with their symbolic force and beauty. They belong to the patrimony of 13 museums, two Houses of Culture, an archaeological site and the National Institute Anthropology and History Mexico (INAH).
The exhibition also features the production of those who worked with indispensable sea materials like conch and snail shells to make bracelets, rings and armbands. It includes fragments of mural paintings, which are crucial to grasping the vital, sacred and profane orders of these cultures.

Fundación PROA
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929, La Boca
Tuesdays to Sundays, 11am to 7pm
Mondays closed.

Polo: 118th Hurlingham Club Open Championship


The 118th Hurlingham Club Open Championship, the oldest Polo tournament in the world, will kick off this Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 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 (at least 48 hours in advance).
Participating teams:

Zone A: 
La Dolfina Dubai: Adolfo Cambiaso (Jr) 10, David Stirling (Jr) 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 39.
Pilará Piaget: Bautista Heguy 8, Tomás García del Río 8, Hilario Ulloa 9, Cristian Laprida (Jr) 8. Total: 33.
Estancia Grande Sancor Seguros: Agustín Merlos 9, Lucas Monteverde (Jr) 9,
Sebastián Merlos 9, Bartolomé Castagnola 9. Total: 36.
Chapa Uno Hope Funds: Pablo Pieres 8, Guillermo Caset (Jr) 8, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8, Jaime García Huidobro 8. Total: 32.


Zone B:
Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (Jr) 10, Nicolás Pieres 8, Ignacio Heguy 9. Total: 37.
La Aguada BMW: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (Jr) 9,
Miguel Novillo Astrada 9, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 36.
Indios Chapaleufú II Cardón: Alberto Heguy (Jr) 8, Julio Arellano 9, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8, Eduardo Heguy 8. Total: 33.
Alegría Crowne Plaza: Frederick Mannix (Jr) 7, Francisco Bensadón 8, Mariano Aguerre 9, Francisco de Narváez (Jr) 8. Total: 32

Fixture:

Tuesday, October 18
2:00 pm: La Dolfina Dubai Vs. Chapa Uno Hope Founds
4:30 pm: Estancia Grande Sancor Seguros Vs. Pilará Piaget

Wednesday, October 19
2:00 pm: Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra Vs. Alegría Crowne Plaza
4:30 pm: La Aguada BMW Vs. Indios Chapaleufú Cardón

Saturday, October 22
2:00 pm: Chapa Uno Hope Founds vs Pilará Piaget
4:00 pm: La Dolfina Dubai vs Estancia Grande Sancor Seguros

Monday, October 24
12:00 pm: La Aguada BMW vs Alegría Crowne Plaza
3:00 pm: Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra vs Indios Chapaleufú Cardón

Saturday, October 29 - SEMI FINAL I
2:00 pm: Estancia Grande Sancor Seguros vs Chapa Uno Hope Founds
4:00 pm: La Dolfina Dubai vs Pilará Piaget

Sunday, October 30 - SEMI FINAL II
2:00 pm: Alegría Crowne Plaza vs Indios Chapaleufú Cardón
4:00 pm: Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra vs La Aguada BMW

Saturday, November 5 - FINAL
4:30 pm: LA DOLFINA vs ELLERSTINA

Tickets on sale at the club on arrival.
The schedule of matches is subject to modifications depending on weather conditions. Check for updates in case of rain.