Visiting Buenos Aires

Tango World Summit 2009

The eighth Tango World Summit will take place in the city of Bariloche from the 5th to the 14th of March and will include the participation of 300 artists; dancers, musicians and plastic artists.

The summit will include the participation of national and international delegations. There will be 17 stages demonstrating a total of 50 shows.

There will be a great quantity of milonga shows; some classics and others called “alternatives”, one piece by the local singer Paola Schiavoni, “Herencia Tanguera”; “Tango Nómade” from the city of Gevena, Switzerland; “Tango para cinco” from Tenerife; live orchestras and demonstrations of Tango Danza; milongas with DJ’s from the most famous tango salons in Buenos Aires.

The Civic Center of Bariloche will offer tango classes for beginners and for advanced students, with teachers coming from Buenos Aires.

All tourists will have the opportunity to enjoy the Patagonia and Tango Expo with stands that will be selling tango footwear and clothing.

For further information on the chronogram, please enter here.

Schedule of cultural activities in the Claridge Hotel.

As is the custom, the Claridge Hotel will be offering during the month of March, a cycle of cultural activities.

The chronogram is the following:

-Friday 6 of March at 21hs. In the Claridge Restaurant, accompanied by the specialities of the Chef Damián Gelati, the tenor Leonardo Pastore with the pianist Estela Ojeda will be interpreting the most beautiful melodies of the history of music.

Tuesday 17 and 31 at 20hs. In the Claridge Bar there will be a tango show interpreted by the “La Milonga de Ultratango” group with the dancing of Paola Parrondo and Victor Nievas.

-Thursdays 12 and 26 at 20hs. In the Claridge Bar, the group “Gitanes Hot Cuartel” will be playing the greatest jazz hits.

For reservations and to obtain further information, write to actividadesculturales@claridge.com.ar, or you can enter the site of the hotel www.claridge.com.ar

Chinese New Year in Buenos Aires

According to the Chinese calendar, today, 26th January, begins the Year of the Ox which carries the number of 4707. Tomorrow, more than sixty thousand Chinese inmigrants living in our country celebrate it.

The celebrations start today publicly at 14 hours in Arribeños street with typical rituals, food and a cultural offer that promises to dress the neighborhood with joy. At that time, in China the Year of the Ox will have begun.

The celebration is related to the beginning of the Spring according to the traditional Chinese calendar, hence its official name is “the Spring Festival” in order to differentiate it from the international New Year’s Day.

You are all invited to participate in this celebration and to join the Chinese community in a day of so much rejoicing.

We’ll see you around!

The Night of the Museums 2008 in Buenos Aires.

Another edition of this memorable event art is coming to Buenos Aires. This would be the fifth consecutive year that it takes place.

You can visit more than 120 museums and art spaces with free access. There may make guided tours, between 07 pm and 2 am of November 15th.

Situated in historical areas and strategic points such as “La Casa de la Cultura Porteña”, “Florida Street”, “Puente de la Mujer” in Puerto Madero, “The Obelisco” and Plaza San Martin. These are some of the areas where is going to take place the event.

Furthermore joined the neighborhoods of Mataderos, Boedo, Barracas and Caballito, where different lines of buses will offer more continued services.

You can find more information about artists, museums and all that includes the event at the official site.

Boca Junior vs River Plate.

Super-classic Boca Junior vs River Plate.

Thousands of tourists come to stay in Buenos Aires only to see this super - classic match than it can be missed, every season.

This Oct. 19 will host a new Argentinean super classic match, the two largest teams of Argentina will face again, this time in the stadium of River the “Monumental” and for the “Torneo Apertura 2008”.

This event is so spectacular and exciting, is being said out there that “you can not die without see the super - classic.” Not only because the lesson of these two football teams but for the spectacle offered by the “hinchas” and the “cantitos” the fans sing making a mockery toward the other and demonstrating the great rivalry.

On the side of the Boca fans we have nicknamed “hinchada” the “12″, because they are seen as the player number 12. It is also often called “half plus one” because more than half the country is a sympathizer of this club.

In contrast River are named “Millionarios” because their stadium is located in a residential area of Buenos Aires, the “hinchada” nickname is “borrachos del tablon.”

As for the history while Boca has 22 titles River has 34 and is the club that was more titles in Argentina but Boca has 18 international titles and River only 5.

For more information on this great story you can click here. Do not miss it, ask your ticket via mail turismo1@alojargentina.com

THE TANGO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The tango World championship develops in Buenos Aires city from 24 to 1 of September. More than 400 couples will participate in the competition that includes interesting events, activities, Tango concerts and Dance classes.

The main headquarter of the championship is going to be at the “Harrods store”, and in the 1 of September will be the finals with the participation of the international Mariano Mores orchestra with Raul Lavierán in voice.

This event confirms that Buenos Aires was the word and most important tango center, supported by wide range of hotels, restaurants and furnished apartments.

In the official championship site I found a good resource with access at the compete information, very simple and fast. We can enter to every event by days and the access to the full schedule. We can download all the press releases arrange by date.

City Cultural Konex presents the ninth edition of Pecha Kucha Night.

Being lodged in an apartment I found out that the play Pecha Kucha Night was being played in Buenos Aires. It started in 2003 in Japan under a simple formula:

Inviting a group of creative from different disciplines to share their ideas and experiences in just 6’ 40’’ through 20 images displayed for 20 seconds each.

Pecha Kucha means “chit chat” in Japanese and that’s exactly what happen once presentations are completed by the speakers: present people come together to exchange their views in a relaxed and playful environment.

The Japanese architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham are the creators of this space that seeks interaction among innovative creative with different profiles.

The story of PKN began in Tokyo in 2003 and rapidly expanded by major world capitals (London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Sydney, Shanghai, New York, etc.).

Presented by City Cultural Konex on Tuesday June 24 at 20 pm; Sarmiento St. in 3131, Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Tickets: $ 15 advance - $ 20 at door

We invite you to Discover Buenos Aires architecture in their most varied styles and eras, in buildings that give the landscape a dye staff to the environment, is the purpose of this show.
The dome has had a very important role in the construction of churches, temples, palaces, etc. At its origin was not a whim or a demonstration of opulence of ostentation, but a symbolic architectural element.

The dome was chosen as the ending for its “expressive force”; becoming not only a recognizable symbol of the city, but also of the sumptuousness of the Argentinean bourgeoisie; elite that in the cultural, rejected local traditions, so is not curious to see highlight the influence of European culture in Buenos Aires architecture as a whole. As, if we enumerate the architects who designed buildings of Buenos Aires between the XIX and XX centuries, we see that any of Holland, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia, Spain, Russia, England, Poland, etc. managed to capture a spirit romantic landscape, as well as give a masterfully magnificent architectural work.

These works were collected by a photo researcher who accumulates an amount of approximately 350 images of domes. The proposal is, from this photographic work, latent maintain the spirit of this heritage that belongs to us all and requires us to your care, your attention and above all, respect for those with their ability and talent, designed and built these works of architectural art, for our City of Buenos Aires.

The inauguration of the sample will be the May 22 to 19 hours and will remain open until June 22, Monday through Friday from 14 to 18 hours and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 19 hours.
Free entry Monday through Friday. Saturdays and Sundays general entry $ 1.-

Theater Colon Buenos Aires…

On occasion of the commemoration of the Centennial of the Colon Theater, on May 28 at 19:00 pm. Will take place the delivery of the Commemorative Medals to 18 established artists who have honored a timely manner at the Colon Theater cast stable, the Maestro Pujia will be in charge of the ceremony.

Besides the Maestro Pujia will open a sample in Space “Encouragement of Fine Arts” at the prestigious theater, this event will be attended by 450 guests from the cultural environment, participating in the same authorities of the Colon Theater, Colon Theater Foundation, Government Buenos Aires, Ministry of Culture, Channel A and several media-related social and cultural sphere.

Both events are developed within the framework of the celebration of 100 years of the Theater Colón.

Skyin in Buenos Aires

Have you ever imagined that we could ski in Palermo? That is exactly what will happen from Saturday 24 to Tuesday, May 27, during Snow Expo 2008, the great ski fair to be held in the Yellow Pavilion of La Rural.

Snow Expo will be four days to hear news of all ski resorts in the country, updating prices, new trends and to plan winter vacations. Organized by LA NACION, Rural SA, Ferias Argentinas SA and the Chamber of Argentina Ski Resorts and Mountain Tourism.

One of the main attractions that tell the show will be the artificial snow skiing piste, of important dimensions, specifically designed and built for the event. There, a team of renowned riders will demonstrate their skills on obstacles to the beat of guests DJÂŽs.

This year’s mega fair will also feature the presence of international sky centers of Chile and the U.S. As every year, will gather over 100 exhibitors, including the leading brands of clothing, ski and snowboard equipment, accessories, credit cards, phone companies, automotive, travel agents, tour operators, hotels, ski schools, car rentals, travel agencies and airlines, among other items.

You can enjoy musical performances, parades and raffles.
It will be open from 15 to 22 during the four days, and the cost of entry is $18 pesos.