July Morning Coffee

Posted on July 5, 2013 by dawngill

The next BAIN Morning Coffee is coming up! Mark your calendars!

Date: Tuesday, July 16th
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00
Where: Caballito

Come spend a morning making new friends and catching up with old ones.
This is a casual, fun way to mingle and meet new people and it’s open to all BAIN Downtown members.

Never been to a coffee event before? New to BAIN or Buenos Aires? We’d love to have you join us. Let us know in your RSVP if you have any questions!

Please RSVP to Celia Criseo Jakimczuk at celiacriseo@rauljak.com.ar

We are looking for Morning Coffee Hosts! You pick the date, it is a small window of time (10:30 – 12:00pm), you can limit the number of attendants if need be, and you receive AR$150 to assist in the cost of hosting. This is a great way to keep our Morning Coffees the successful event that it is! If you are interested in hosting a Morning Coffee, please contact Katarina Nyssens: katarina.nyssens@gmail.com.

*Exact address provided upon RSVP. We hope you can make it!

*This event is limited to current BAIN members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN, contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*

2013 Buenos Aires Children´s Book Fair

Posted on July 3, 2013 by dawngill

From July 8th to July 27th, 2013, the 23rd edition of the Buenos Aires Children´s Book Fair (Feria del Libro Infantil y Juvenil) will take place at Centro de Exposiones de Buenos Aires, with the motto “The Magic Continues” (La Magia Continúa) The Fair is a place destined for the cultural and educational upbringing of children, in an entertaining and joyful environment.

Apart from the exhibition and sale of books, the Fair will offer numerous activities for youngsters and children:

Workshops: drawing, story telling, painting, modeling, magic, science, illustration, comics, reading, cooking, creativity, music, puppetry, and much more.
Theater, puppet, circus, and music shows.
Games and contests
Story-telling
Talks with writers
Signing of copies
Children´s Library

Kids will be able to meet their favorite writers and cartoonists, participate in the workshops, read at the library or enjoy the shows organized by the exhibitors, that will take place at their exhibition stands.

During the course of the fair there will also be activities designed for professionals and students of the areas related to education and the world of children´s books.

This year for the forth time a Comics Festival will be presented during the fair, on July 26th and 27th. Distinguished Argentine authors will present talks, workshops and exhibits related to comics, their design, script writing, drawing, animation, and graphic humor.Every day at 5pm different choirs will be singing at the exhibition´s entrance hall.

Dates: July 8th to 27th, 2013

Location: Centro de Exposiciones de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Av. Figueroa Alcorta & Pueyrredón

Opening times:
July 9, 10, 11, and 12: 9 am to 6 pm

July 9 (National Holiday), Saturday and Sunday: 2 pm to 10 pm

July 15 to July 27: Monday to Friday 11 am to 8 pm.

Entry fee:

Adults: AR$30

Seniors, teachers and Children under 18: Free

Feria del Libro Infantil y Juvenil official website

Thank you to My Buenos Aires Travel Guide for the information below. To keep up with this an other events in Buenos Aires, we have added a feature called “Blogs We Read” to the lower right-hand corner of the BAIN Downtown site. Or, subscribe to My Buenos Aires Travel Guide and receive all of her posts though email!

Expo Cuisine & Vins: June 12, 13, 14

Posted on June 8, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Over 300 first class companies will showcase their products on June 12, 13, and 14, 2013, at the Expo Cuisine&Vins 2013, the 20th edition of the wine exhibition organized by Cuisine&Vins Magazine, where visitors have the chance to taste some of the best wines produced in Argentina.

New and traditional wineries will present their premium labels, talks and tastings by enologists and wine makers. There will also be stands dedicated to spirits, cigars, luxury resorts, delicatessen, crafts from all over the country, as well as the new flavors of the most outstanding restaurants of the moment.

Wine tastings will be offered every day, with limited capacity and with previous accreditation at the Expo.

Location: Palacio Paz. Santa Fe 750, Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires

Dates: June 12, 13, 14, 2013

Opening hours: 5 pm to 11 pm

Entry fee: AR$ 170, includes a complimentary tasting cup.

Tickets on sale at the venue.

More info: Expo Cuisine&Vins website.

Screening; Free China: The Courage to Believe

Posted on June 6, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

We have a special screening of the award-winning film “FREE CHINA: The Courage to Believe” coming up in the Centro Cultural Borges (Viamonte 500 esq. San Martin) on Friday, June 14 at 7pm. The 54 minute documentary is in English with Spanish subtitles.

FREE CHINA has just been released in US theatres – see its review in “LA Weekly”:http://www.laweekly.com/movies/free-china-the-courage-to-believe-2086087/

June 4, 2013 was the 24th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing. Please read Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu and blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng´s statement and attached petition for “A Year for Human Rights in China” –
http://thecommunity.com/2013/06/desmond-tutu-and-chen-guangcheng-a-year-for-human-rights-in-china/

Mickey Vail Returns to La Biblioteca!

Posted on June 4, 2013 by dawngill

La Biblioteca Cafe presents, a continuation in the series of Jazz Trios

Mickey Vail, Adrian Masteocola and Adrian DeFilippo

Friday, July 5 at 9:30pm

La Biblioteca Cafe, Marcelo T Alvear 1155, call 4811-0673 for reservations.

AR$70 for the show, required AR$60 additional food & drink bill

or purchase the dinner + show option for AR$180.

BAIN members receive a 10% discount off the entrada.

2013 Chili Cook Off Event – Don’t Miss It!

Posted on May 28, 2013 by dawngill

SACS (Send a Child to School) helps children each year by providing the school supplies essential for a successful education. Each participating child receives a custom built backpack containing the required supplies for their grade level prior to the start of the school year. This charity is dependent on community donations, volunteer assistance and fundraising events to continue its work each year.

We are thrilled to be chosen as the featured charity for the Annual Buenos Aires Chili Cook Off! Last year, this event raised over $13,000 pesos, which we used to supply 630 children with school supplies for the 2013 school year.

There is now a date, time and place for the 2013 Chili Cook Off event – and there are daily updates as the judges and cooks are announced. Keep up to date with the bios of each cook and judge by following the 2013 Buenos Aires Chili Cook Off Facebook Page. SACS is the featured charity at this year’s event, let’s work together to BEAT last year’s donation total!

Where: Pagana Club, Vicente Lopez 2134 (between Uriburu and Azcuenaga), Recoleta

Date: Sunday, June 16, 2013

Time: 2:00pm – 6:00pm

Are you out of town for this fantastic event?? You can still donate to SACS! Stay warm inside the comfort of your home, or wherever you may be, and donate via PayPal!

Beer Festival: BeerDay Buenos Aires 2013

Posted on May 22, 2013 by dawngill

On May 26, 2013, the Auditorium of Buenos Aires Design Center (Av. Pueyrredon 2501, Recoleta. Level 2) receives Beer Day Festival, a beer tasting event focusing on specialty beers. The Festival will bring together 20 breweries from different regions in the country in one place.

Throughout the day, visitors will have the opportunity to learn how to cook with beer, and try dishes to be tasted with the different specialty beers; taste more than 50 styles of beer; and attend to talks on food pairing, sensory analysis of beer, tasting process and history.

The event will also feature live shows and DJ sets. One of the guests is the band tribute to the Blues Brothers, The Soul Men.

Some of the Argentine breweries participating in the event are: Cross (Bariloche), Owe (Neuquén), Fenicia (Rosario), Sauce (Santa Fe), Owl (Entre Rios) and Antares (Mar del Plata), among others.

The entrance fee includes five tastings of different styles of specialty beers (including Honey, Indian Pale Ale, Scotch, Porter and Weissbier) and access to all the talks. The event starts on Sunday at 2pm and finishes at 1am.

Tickets:

May 19 – 20: $ 130 Pesos

May 21 – 26: $ 150 Pesos

On sale at:

Bars that sponsor the event (see the list at beerday.com.ar)
By phone: 4381 7972 / 4382 4782
Online: beerdayfestivaldecervezas.tiendanube.com/
Facebook. facebook.com/BeerDay.Festival

Tickets must be purchased in advance, they won´t be sold at the door.

May Monthly Social Meeting

Posted on May 16, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

BAIN DOWNTOWN SOCIAL MEETING

FRIDAY, MAY 31 AT 5:00pm

BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting at Downtown Matias in Recoleta, an Irish pub located next to Starbucks in the Terrazas Buenos Aires Design Center. Our start time is 5 p.m., BAIN will provide appetizers and there is a 2 for 1 happy hour menu available!

Location: Downtown Matias at the Buenos Aires Design Center in Recoleta (next to the Recoleta Cemetery, nearest the intersection of Av Libertador and Pueyrredon).

Date and Time: Friday, May 31 5:00 p.m.

Program: Conversation! Meet someone new! Bring friends and introduce them to BAIN! We will provide light appetizers and finger food while our guests enjoy the happy hour specials of 2 for 1 on beverages.

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge

Guests and BAIN Suburbs members – AR$50*

*If you join BAIN at the meeting, your guest fee is waived.

(The fee to join BAIN for a year’s membership is AR$250)

July Renewals: If you received an email reminding you that your renewal date isJuly 1, this meeting is a great place to renew! The cost to renew is AR$250.

Other Notes:

The BAIN Downtown website:

Check out our website at https://baindowntown.com/ for the online membership directory and more.

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Tango: Buenos Aires City Dance Champhionship 2013

Posted on May 12, 2013 by dawngill

From Sunday, May 12th to Sunday, May 26th, 2013, the Buenos Aires City Tango Dance Championship 2013 will be held in different “milongas”, theaters, and cultural centers across the city.

The competition is on the look out for new winning couples in the categories Tango de Pista, Milonga, “Milongueros” of the World, and Waltz, who will qualify to participate in the World Tango Dance Championship that will take place in Buenos Aires in August 2013.

The Championship starts on May 12th at Teatro 25 de Mayo. The qualifying rounds will continue on Saturday 18 at CC Resurgimiento (La Paternal), Sunday 19 at CC Julián Centeya (San Cristóbal), and Tuesday 21 at CC Carlos Gardel (Chacarita), all with free entrance and limited capacity, until Wednesday 22 at La Viruta (Palermo) ($ 40 Pesos), to arrive at semifinals on Thursday 23rd at El Pial (Flores) ($30 Pesos).

The Final will be held on Sunday, May 26th at the recently inaugurated cultural center Usina del Arte (Av. Pedro de Mendoza & Caffarena), in La Boca, with free entrance. Free tickets for this event must be picked up at Casa de la Cultura, Av. de Mayo 575, on Friday 24th, from 12pm to 5pm (2 tickets per person). Make sure to get in line early!

Tickets for the events that are not free of charge will be on sale at the respective venues.

Click here for more information and complete day by day schedule.