The traditional Tortugas Country Club Open Polo Championship, where some of the teams with the highest handicap in the world will be disputing the Emilio de Anchorena Cup, will kick off on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

This is the first of the three great Polo Open Championships in the 2012 Official Spring Season of the Argentine Polo Association, marking the start of the honorable "Triple Crown" of Argentine Polo, also made up by the 119th Hurlingham Club Open and the 119th Argentine Open in Palermo.

Participating Teams:

Zone A

Ellerstina: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres Jr 10, Nicolas Pieres 9, Mariano Aguerre 9. Total: 38.

Pilará: Hilario Ulloa 9, Francisco Bensadon 9, Sebastian Merlos 9, Francisco de Narvaez Jr 8. Total: 35.

La Natividad: Pablo Pieres 8, Ignacio Heguy 9, Rodrigo Riberiro de Andrade 8, Bartolome Castagnole 9. Total: 34

Zone B

La Dolfina: Adolfo Cambiaso (Jr) 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 40.

La Aguada: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Guillermo Caset Jr 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 9, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 36.

Alegria: Frederick Mannix 8, Lucas Monteverde 9, Agustin Merlos 9, Juan Ignacio Merlos 8. Total 34.

Fixture:

Tuesday, September 25:

4:00pm: Pilara vs La Natividad (1)

Wednesday, September 26:

4:00pm: La Aguada vs Alegria (2)

Saturday, Septembner 29:

4:00pm: Ellerstina vs Loser Match 1

Sunday, September 30:

4:00pm: La Dolfina vs Loser Match 2

Saturday, October 13:

4:00pm: Ellerstina vs Pilará

Sunday, October 14:

4:00pm: La Dolfina vs La Aguada

Thursday, October 25:

4:00 pm: FINAL - LA DOLFINA vs ELLERSTINA
AT CAMPO ARGENTINO DE POLO IN PALERMO (AV. LIBERTADOR & DORREGO)
Tickets: $ 110 - $ 280 - $ 420 Pesos, on sale at the stadium

FINAL RESULT:
ELLERSTINA CHAMPION OF THE 2012 TORTUGAS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

The Government of the City of Buenos Aires organizes the Immigrants Day Celebration, with an open air festival at the park surrounding the Planetarium Galileo Galilei (Av. Sarmiento & Figueroa Alcorta), on Sunday, September 23, 2012.

Groups representing the different communities that reside in the city of Buenos Aires will offer their typical dances, gastronomy and culture, in an event for the whole family.

At 11 am, representatives of the different communities will participate in a parade around the Rose Garden's lake with their typical costumes.

On a large stage at the Planetarium, over 40 dance and music shows by 500 artists from 60 communities will be presented throughout the day.

There will stands offering typical crafts, regional products, and traditional food and drinks.

The "Immigrants Day" was instituted on September 4, 1949, with the purpose of paying a permanent and public tribute to the immigrants of all times.

The celebrations will start at 11.00 am.

"La Semana del Arte 2012" (Buenos Aires Art Week 2012), the most important art event in Buenos Aires, will start on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. For the ninth 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 23:

3.00 pm: Inauguration of Buenos Aires Art Week 2012 at La Usina del Arte, Av. Don Pedro de Mendoza 501, La Boca, with a free concert by Esteban Morgado Cuarteto - Tango.

Free tickets must be picked up on Thursday 20, Friday 21 and Saturday 22, from 11am to 6pm at La Usina del Arte (limited capacity).

Tuesday 25 to Friday 28:

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, Centro.

Wednesday 26:

7.00 pm: Special GALLERY NIGHTS in Palermo

Thursday 27:

7:00 pm: Special GALLERY NIGHTS in San Telmo and Puerto Madero

Friday 28:

7:00 pm: Special GALLERY NIGHTS in Centro, Plaza San Martin, Retiro, Recoleta and Barrio Norte

Saturday 29:

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, Av. Figueroa Alcorta & Sarmiento. (all material provided by BIC company), art workshops, 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 2012 official website (in Spanish only).

This event is part of a program of festivities destined to pay homage to the different communities present in the city, that has been carried out throughout the year. This time the invited country will be Italy, in an artistic and cultural event that will take place on Sunday, October 14th, 2012, at the corner of Avenida de Mayo and Bolivar.

The event will start at 12.00 pm. Musical shows and dance groups will represent the varied Italian culture. An exhibition of antique cars from Club Fiat Clásicos will showcase several cars from the Italian factory. 

At 5:30 pm the Symphonic Band of Buenos Aires will be presented an award dedicated to it´s founder, Antonio Malvagni, to culminate with a classical music concert.

Visitors will also be able to taste typical Italian dishes, like cannoli, sfogliatella, crustoli, calzone and gelatti italiani; and purchase crafts from all regions in Italy, among other activities.

In case of rain the event will be postponed to Saturday, October 20th, 2012.