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ICANA Book of the Month Club

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Book of the Month Club 2013

Hosted by Paula Varsavsky

 Book of the Month Club (annual).

Inicio: jueves 2 de mayo en Sede Central

Inicio: jueves 9 de mayo en Sede Belgrano

English speakers and readers are welcome to join the Book of the Month Club. Hosted by Argentine writer and journalist Paula Varsavsky at ICANA. We will enjoy and discuss one book every month. Either a fiction or non-fiction book is chosen by the host, suggestions done by participants are taken into account.

When it comes to fiction the focus is on characters, suspense, point of view, defamiliarization, sense of time and place, surprise, the reader in the text and other literary matters. As far as non-fiction is concerned the focus is on: subject, historical context, political and economic context, narrator and writing skills.

We will get together every Thursday of the first week of the month (or the second week)at 6:00pm for a one and a half hour gathering.

At the first meeting of the Book of the Month we will be reading a short-story together.

Informes e inscripción: dcultural@icana.org.ar 5382-1537

Reuniones mensuales. Nivel de Inglés requerido: Avanzado

Arancel: $100 por encuentro.

Dirección: ICANA Sede Centro Maipú 672

ICANA Sede Belgrano 3 de Febrero 821

Paula Varsavsky is the author of two novels Nadie alzaba la voz, also published in English in the U.S: No One Said a Word (Ontario Review Press) and El resto de su vida. She has also written a collection of interviews with British and American writers and short-stories. She is a regular contributor of local and foreign newspapers.

List of Books:

–       A Shower of Gold, short-story by Donald Barthelme (May)

–       Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee (June)

–       The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (July)

–       Thinks! By David Lodge (August)

–       Persuasion by Jane Austen (September)

–       The Honorary Council by Graham Greene (October)

–       The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (November)

–       A Confederancy of Dunces by John Kennedy O´Toole (December)

BAFICI

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BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) is an international film festival that takes place from April 10 – 21 in different theaters all over Capital (including the Planetarium in Palermo!).  BAFICI was born in 1999 and has ever since grown to become one of the most prominent film festivals in the world.

With its wide range of films including Argentine, Latin American and worldwide premieres as well as well-deserved retros, BAFICI is the greatest, most prestigious event for the independent cinema in Latin America.

Ticket pre-sales are available now, online and at two venues in the city; Casa de la Cultura (Av. de Mayo 575), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Mon-Fri) and at Village Recoleta Mall (Vicente López and Junín, 4th floor), same hours (every day).  Tickets are AR$20 at full price with discounted tickets available at AR$15.

Visit the official website for BAFICI: buenosaires.gob.ar/festivales for more information.  The site is available in English and Spanish.

You can keep up with this and other festivals to visit Buenos Aires by visiting the Buenos Aires Festivals website , or following them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FestivalesGCBA.

 

 

TC2000 Street Car Race in Recoleta

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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!

Be aware – Libertador and Figueroa Alcorta streets will be closed from Callao to Tagle beginning Friday morning, March 29.

For the second time after sixty years the city of Buenos Aires will organize a car race on a street circuit. This will occur when Super TC2000 strolls the city streets of Recoleta on the first date of the Argentine Championship Super TC2000 on March 31st, 2013. 

The circuit will have an extension of 3200 meters and will run on Av. del Libertador and Av. Figueroa Alcorta, between Tagle and Ayacucho.

The TC2000 (Turismo Competicion 2000) is a touring car racing competition recognized as one of the world’s best in its category for its sports quality and famous drivers. 28 top level drivers will participate in this event, racing at a top speed of 230 km/hour on the stretches.

 

The streets where the circuit will be held will be protected from both vehicles and partial elements ejected, by concrete structures of 1.10 meters, and above them a mesh 1.9 meters high.

The classification rounds and promotional activities will take place on Saturday, March 30th, and the Gran Prix will be run on Sunday, March 1st, with it’s start at the ACA on Av. del Libertador y Tagle. The activities on both days will begin at 10:00am, with the following schedule:

Saturday 30:
10:00 am – 12:30 pm: Training 1
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Training 2
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Qualification
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Training 3

Sunday 31: 
11:10 am: Previous lap
11:12 am: Race 14 laps FLC
12:30 pm: STC2000 Opening boxes
12:40 pm: Grid show
12:45 pm: National Anthem
1:00 pm: Previous lap
1:05 pm: 36 lap race
2:10 pm: Podium
The event is open to the public with free access.
There are preferential seats and access to Paddock and Boxes on sale through http://www.ticketek.com.ar

Fair at the British Embassy: April 6

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eng Join the folks at the British Embassy for a Fall Fair on Saturday, April 6 from 12:00pm – 6:00pm.

AR$20 to enter, children under 10 enter free.

Address: Newton 2575 (close to Gelly Obes in La Isla in Recoleta)

**Remember!  Bring your ID, to enter the property, you need to show a valid ID.

RAIN DATE: Saturday, April 13

Visit www.abcc.org.ar for more details!

March Social Monthly Meeting

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BAIN DOWNTOWN SOCIAL MEETING

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 AT 5:00pm

BAIN Downtown members are invited to join in this month’s Strictly Social meeting.  Continue St. Patrick’s Day into the week 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, March 22 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)

Other Notes:

The BAIN Downtown website:

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

Want to stay up to date with all of BAIN Downtown’s events?  Sign up to follow our blog, or like us on Facebook!

BA Underground Market

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The Argentina Independent is proud to present the next BA Underground Market on Saturday 23rd March.

Come and explore the flavours! From hot sauce to cake pops, goat’s cheese to spring rolls, juice and smoothies to hand crafted beer, try new things or retaste old favourites while enjoying live music.

We’ve also opened the market up to non-food vendors, so it will be the perfect chance to find handmade crafts and souvenirs.

Tickets are $5 in advance / $10 at the door. Kids up to 12 years old are free.

Please book your tickets in advance by emailing events@argentinaindependent.com. We will then give you the new address of the event.

This event is a cash event only.

Please note that access to the market is via stairs and is not, unfortunately, equipped for those with reduced mobility.

March Ladies Night Out

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Open New Doors to Friends New and Old!

BAIN LADIES NIGHT OUT – Come join us for Happy Hour!

Date: Wednesday, March 13

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Primafila Restaurant Terrace Bar, Buenos Aires Design Center Terrace

RSVP: Ann Sager, annsager@me.com

Gastronomic Festival of the Foreign Communities

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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!

Gastronomic Festival of the Foreign Communities

A giant food court representing 35 different foreign communities living in Buenos Aires will be set up on Avenida de Mayo Saturday, March 9th, 2013 from 4:00 pm.
The typical dishes of every region will be offered in 80 food stands along Avenida de Mayo and Bolivar, as well as crafts and traditional products of every represented country.
The Queen of the Communities will be crowned, selected among the representatives of every country. At 7:30 pm the pageants will be carried along Av. de Mayo to the stage by a parade of antique Ford T cars. At 9:00 pm they will model the typical dresses of their represented country or region and evening dresses.
The crowning ceremony will be accompanied by different music shows.
In case of rain the event will be postponed for Saturday 16th.
Free entrance

March Morning Coffee

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

Date: Tuesday, March 19th
Time: 10:30 am-12:00
Where: Recoleta* exact address provided upon RSVP

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 Peggy Greer at pjgreer@gmail.com
*Exact address provided upon RSVP.  We hope you can make it!

Are you interested in hosting a Morning Coffee??  You pick the day, and BAIN will chip in AR$150 to help cover hosting fees.  Hosting is a great way to continue the event, and get involved with BAIN!  Contact Katarina Nyssens at katarina.nyssens@gmail.com for more information!
*This event is limited to current BAIN members only.  If you are interested in becoming a member of BAIN, contact bain.downtown@gmail.com*