From January 6 until February 28, 2011, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires presents "Buenos Aires Playa" (Buenos Aires Beach), an oasis for those residents and visitors who have to spend the summer in the city, in the style of the artificial beaches installed in Paris, Rome, Tokio, Berlín, Bruselles, Ámsterdam, Viena, and Prague.

There are two beaches, one in the North of the city, in Parque de los Niños, and one in the South, in Parque Roca where, from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm, visitors will enjoy an integral program of entertainment for the whole family: artificial sand beaches with sunshades and beach chairs; cultural activities like musical shows and book readings; water fountains and showers to cool down from the heat; sport activities and inflatable playgrounds for kids; magic and puppet shows; food courts; among many other activities and services.

Each park will have sports coordinators in aerobics, beach volley, football-tennis and other popular sports. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, there will be dance lessons, including hip hop and salsa; and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the public will enjoy a varied program of musical shows. All the activities are free of charge.

Infants have to be permanently accompanied by adults. Entering the parks with alcoholic drinks and/or pets is not allowed. Free entrance. Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm.

How to get there:

Parque de los Niños (North):
Nuñez (on the shore of Río de la Plata where Avenue General Paz ends).
Bus 28, or by car through avenida Cantilo.

Parque Roca (South):
Escalada and 27 de Febrero.
Buses 91 and 115.

As a complement to this program, several parks in Buenos Aires will be transformed into solariums with free sun chairs and sunshades, including Parque Las Heras (Palermo); Plaza Naciones Unidas (Recoleta); Parque Rivadavia (Caballito).

On Sunday, February 6th, 2011, the Chinese New Year 2011,  the Year of the Rabbit, will be celebrated in the streets of the Chinese Quarter in Belgrano, on Arribeños Street, from Blanco Encalada to Juramento. 

The activities will take place between 10 am and 10 pm. At 12 noon, the ambassador or the Popular Chinese Republic in Argentina will officially open the ceremony, giving start to the traditional Dragon Dance.

Schedule of activities:

10:00 am: Start of the Gastronomic and Cultural Fair. Stands on Arribeños, Mendoza and Montañeses. Streets
12:00 pm: Official Inauguration. Dance of the Dragon.
2:00 pm: Start of the Cultural Shows
2:30 pm: Martial Arts Demonstration. Teacher CHEN MIN, WuShu Argentine Club. Children and adults.
3:20 pm: Japanese Drumbs Taiko. Kiseiko Mineidanchi, Mede Taiko. (
3:40 pm: Arrival of Dragon and Lions. School Choy Lee Fut.
3:50 pm: Demonstration of Chinese Martial Arts. School of Master LIU MING. AAMCHI.
4:00 pm: Traditional Chinese Dances. Prof. ANA WU.
4:15 pm: Games with the public
4:25 pm: Traditional Chinese Dances (2nd part)
4:35 pm: Taiko Japanese Drumbs on Arribeños and Mendoza.
4:40 pm: Martial Arts Demonstration. Teacher CHEN MIN WuShu Argentine Club. Children and adults.
5:00 pm: TANGO of Integration. Orchestra and couples composed by Argentines and Asians
5:40 pm: Traditional Chinese Dances. Prof. ANA WU.
6:00 pm: Dance of the Lion. School Choy Lee Fut.
6:15 pm: Yoga Demontration. Prof. Martín Trevisan,
6:30 pm:  Taiko Japanese Drumbs.
6:40 pm: TANGO of Integration. Orchestra and couples composed by Argentines and Asians
7:00 pm: Argentine Folklore Zambas and Chacareras.
7:20 pm: Demonstration of Chinese Martial Arts. School of Master LIU MING. AAMCHI.
7:40 pm: Shaolin Marcial Arts. Temple Shaolin Argentina. Master Jorge Gabriel Buzzi.
8:00 pm: Yoga Demonstration. Prof. Martín Trevisan,
8:20 pm: Games with the public, who will call the the Dragon for the closing of the Celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit
8:30 pm: Closing with Dane of the Dragon and the Lion on the stage. School of Choy Lee Fut Germán Bermúdez.
9:00 pm: Closing of the Festival.

As every year, the shopping malls of Buenos Aires will celebrate the Holidays with a show of fireworks and music, this time on Sunday, December 19th, at 10:00 PM. This free of charge event will take place simultaneously at different points in the city:

As a way of protest for the cancellation of Teatro Colon Ballet season, the members of the Teatro Colon Ballet Company will offer a performance on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010, 9:00 PM, at Teatro Nacional Cervantes, which has offered its main concert hall for the realization of this performance.

The principal dancers, soloists, and members of  Teatro Colon ballet company will participate in the event: Karina Olmedo (First Dancer), Silvina Perillo (Soloist, substitute of the First Dancer), Gabriela Alberti, Vagram Ambartsoumian, Edgardo Trabalón, Leonardo Reale, Analía Sosa Guerrero, Marta Desperes, Nestor Asaff, Julián Galván, Dario Estanga, Verónica Lemarchand, Sergio Hochbaum, Roberto Zarza,Mariana Crespo, Federico Fernandez, Paula Cassano, Matias Santos, Rosana Perez, Gerardo Wyss, Luciana Barrirero, Natalia Pelayo, Maria Laura Domingo, Amalia Perez Alzueta. 

The program includes choreographs by Raul Candal, Michel Fokine, Ruben Gallardo, Alexander Gorsky, Asaf Messerer, Gustavo Mollajoli, Marius Petipa, Alexander Plissetsky, Laura Roatta and Jose Zartmann: Pas de Deux from Carmen, Spartacus, Spring Waters, The Corsair, Don Quixote; solos Death of a Swan and on baroque music by Astor Piazzolla, and a grand finale of Ravel's Bolero, with the participation of Choir Armonía Vocal.

Tickets: $ 40 Pesos, on sale at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes Box office,  Libertad 815, 10 am to 9 pm. Tel. 4816-4224.