February Monthly Meeting… in March!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by dawngill

BAIN DOWNTOWN FRIDAY, March 1!

BAIN Downtown members and their guests are invited to the Buenos Aires International Newcomers Downtown monthly meeting on Friday, March 1 at 4:00 p.m. Come join us! We’ll be socializing over cookies from Sugar and Spice; discovering new information about our adopted country, Argentina; and just having fun.

Place: ICANA, Maipú 686, (between Viamonte and Tucumán) in the city center

Our meeting will be on the ground floor in the beautiful library.

Please note that the entry is at Maipú 686, and NOT at Maipú 672

Date: Friday, March 1 (Due to the short month, our February meeting is taking place in March!)

Time: 4.00 p.m. – members and guests begin to arrive

4.30 p.m. – the program begins

5.30 p.m. – after-meeting social, venue To Be Announced

Program: The topic of this month’s presentation will be Argentine popular culture and its heritage, by anthropologist, Mara Tissera Luna. Ms. Luna studied in the Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Filosofía y Letras and focused her studies on Sociocultural Orientation. She currently works for NGO Relaf, www.relaf.org, which deals with the fulfilment of children’s rights and public policies for the care of children without parental care. Starting this past December, she is also a professor at UBA.

Fees: BAIN Downtown members – no charge

Non-members/Guests – AR$50

We look forward to seeing you on Friday!

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February Ladies Night Out

Posted on February 7, 2013 by dawngill

It is time again for good cheer and fun with friends at BAIN’s February Ladies Night Out!

Date: Wednesday, February 13

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

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

RSVP: Ann Sager, annsager@me.com

February Morning Coffee

Posted on February 3, 2013 by dawngill

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

Date: Tuesday, February 26th

Time: 10:30am-12:00

Where: Puerto Madero

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 Katarina Nyssens at katarina.nyssens@gmail.com

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

Gastronomic Festival Jan 15 – Feb 28

Posted on January 18, 2013 by dawngill

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 with important restaurant discounts

The website Restaurant.com.ar organizes its yearly Tour Gourmet Buenos Aires, an opportunity for all foodies (member of Restaurant.com.ar and the general public alike) to enjoy some of the best restaurants in Buenos Aires with incredible discounts.

In this edition of the Tour Gourmet, from January 15 to February 28, 2013, all participating restaurants offer a 35 % to 50 % discount every day on the total of the check when ordering “a la carte”. There will also be special discounts on wine tastings at the Sheraton Buenos Aires on specific dates. This is a free event for the general public and doesn’t require registration.

To use this benefit, enter Tour Gourmet website, (in Spanish only) choose a restaurant, print the discount coupon clicking on “Certificado de Beneficio”, and present it when arriving at the restaurant or asking for the check (note some of the discounts are only applied for cash payments).

The list of participating restaurants will be updated every day.

Art Connoisseurs Tour of San Telmo

Posted on January 17, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

The new year is a time to explore the world around you, whether you’ve been in the same place for a few days or multiple years. BAIN wants to help you learn more about the city we call home!

Miguel with Art Connoisseurs has invited BAIN to join in this week’s tour of two San Telmo museums, a historic location-turned-cafe coffee stop and a description of the San Telmo neighborhood. Interested? Read on!

Date: Saturday, January 19th

Time: 3:30pm

Place: Meet at the entrance of the Museum of Modern Art, Avenida San Juan 350

The tour will last approximately 3 hours includes the visit to Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, Museum of Contemporary Art and a coffee break at L´Atelier de Céline.

The tour has a cost of AR$ 200, BAIN members are offered a price of AR$180 (all costs included).

If you would like to join, please RSVP to Dawn Gill: dawn.e.gill@gmail.com

Send A Child to School Volunteering

Posted on January 16, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

SACS (Send a Child to School) is ready to fill backpacks for the 2013 school year. We will be providing over 600 Argentine children with backpacks and other school supplies. We will deliver these to the children at the end of February so they will be ready for the first day of school. Many of you have helped us in the past – thank you! On Wednesday, February 6th we will be hard at work again. Please consider giving us some of your time & energy.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
9:30 AM – 1:30PM

UCC Church
Santa Fe 839
(1641) Acassuso
Buenos Aires – Argentina
(54-11) 4792-1375

During this work session we will be filling the backpacks with school supplies, grouping them by organization, & bagging them for delivery. Wear cool clothing and comfortable shoes! We will provide a light lunch of yummy empanadas to enjoy when we have finished working!

Please sign up by contacting Marian St. James at marianstjames@yahoo.com Please respond quickly as we have limited spaces available and note that we will not be providing transportation this year.

Thank you for your interest & support of SACS/NALE

Additional information concerning SACS/NALE is available at our website – www.sacs-nale.com

Thanks so much,

SACS Board members

Mickey Vail Returns to La Biblioteca

Posted on January 9, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

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

Mickey Vail, Adrian Masteocola and Adrian DeFilippo

Tuesday, February 12 at 9:00pm

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

AR$40 to enter, required AR$40 additional food & drink bill

New Year’s Kick Off Meeting

Posted on January 4, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Happy New Year! From all of us here at BAIN Downtown, we hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year!

As everyone settles into 2013, we want to invite everyone to join us as BAIN holds its annual New Year’s celebration with an afternoon cocktail party at Club Español.

On Friday afternoon, January 25, at 5:00 p.m we will meet in the Sala Autonomia (on the fourth floor, you can use the elevator or the stairs) to enjoy catered snacks from the Club Español restaurant, beverages and a champagne toast! With this being a catered event, please be kind and RSVP. Bring a friend! (let us know about them too!). RSVP to bain.downtown@gmail.com by Friday, January 18th.

The beautiful Club Español, a 100 year-old landmark located just south of Avenida de Mayo, across from the Avenida 9 de Julio (on Bernardo de Irigoyen 172 between Hipolito Yrigoyen and Adolfo Alsina).

Here is a link for directions: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=club+espa%C3%B1ol+buenos+aires&ie=UTF8&ll=-34.609687,-58.380446&spn=0.019321,0.036135&fb=1&hq=club+espa%C3%B1ol&hnear=Buenos+Aires,+Argentina&t=m&z=15

This meeting is FREE for BAIN Members, $150 pesos for guests. The guest fee is waived for anyone who joins BAIN Downtown at the meeting. This is a great opportunity for those that still need to renew their membership

We look forward to seeing you there!

February Book Club

Posted on January 2, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Come and join in our next book club, as we meet to chat about Catherine the Great. Given her life, it’s sure to be an interesting discussion!

Date: Thursday, February 14th

Time: 12:00 – 2:00pm

Place: Palermo *exact address provided upon RSVP

RSVP to Solange: smecham25@yahoo.com

Book: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie

Amazon describes the book as:

“The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. Catherine’s family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies—all are here, vividly brought to life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life.”

*This event is restricted to current BAIN members only, if you are interested in joining BAIN Downtown, fill out our Membership Sign-Up Form to start the process!