Archive for the ‘Argentina Abroad’ Category
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Think of the festive Melrose Avenue restaurant with flavorful steaks and more as a place for Argentine home cooking.
For years, I wrote to the sound of tango music from the '20s and '30s — Don Barreto, Roberto Firpo, Ada Falcón and, of course, the king of them all, Carlos Gardel, ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Please join us in welcoming a delegation of medical professionals from our sister city of Bariloche, Argentina. They will be visiting Aspen today through March 25 to participate in the eighth annual Aspen-Bariloche Medical Exchange Program.
Members of the delegation are: Dr. Tomas Trapani, orthopaedic surgeon mentored by Mark Purnell, M.D., ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
For the past week, Argentina-born artist Santiago Cucullu has been creating a cityscape of the mind.
Cucullu has transformed the north and south walls of the education wing at the Salina Art Center into a complex pattern of buildings, streets, alleys, signs and other physical elements of what he called "an ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Toro Dorado
Grilled, Argentinian
Spuistraat 3D, 1012 SP, Amsterdam
top quality Argentinean restaurant, Toro Dorado is one of the most exclusive grill spots in Amsterdam, located in the centre of city and just a few minutes walking distance from the Central Railway Station. Only the best Aberdeen Angus Beef is served, selected from ...
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
Young musicians played the works of the famous Argentine composer, Astor Piazzolla, in the Kiev music school.
The most talented students prepared a special program to mark the 200th anniversary of Argentinean Independence.
[Lila Roldan Vazquez de Moine, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic in Ukraine]:
"He is a great figure in our culture ...
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
Argentina's drama "The Secret in Their Eyes" won the best foreign-language film Oscar on Sunday in an upset that brought the South American country its second Academy Award.
"The Secret in Their Eyes" (El secreto de sus ojos) stars Argentine actor Ricardo Darin as a retired prosecutor who sets out to ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
The DC Tango Festival is a collaborative celebration of tango music, tango dance and tango cinema with performances and workshops taking place in various venues throughout beautiful, historic Washington, DC.
The music and dance traditions of urban Uruguay and Argentina are highlighted throughout the festival with a grand symphonic performance, small ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
It may be a secret for all of us, but it has already been a surprise for everyone else. El Secreto de sus Ojos (The Secret In Their Eyes as the English title sells it) is gaining ground among its rivals in the Best Foreign Language Film category: the Argentine ...
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
TANGO FEVER HITS DUBAI THIS APRIL!
The second Dubai Tango Festival (DTF 2010) will be held from April 15 – 18, 2010 in collaboration with The Embassy of Argentina and Tango Dubai.
The festival will be attended by an impressive line-up of international dancers who will be hosting a selection of Tango ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Cue the balcony -- here comes Eva Peron!
Deals were being finalized this week on a Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's enduringly popular musical "Evita."
The production will open next year at a Nederlander theater. Nobody will say which one, but the gossip is that "Evita" will follow ...
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