BAIN DT Monthly Zoom Social — Talk about the Movie — Saturday, July 24, 5 pm

Posted on July 16, 2021 by tq

Event: Zoom Meeting – Not Quite End of the Month Social

Presentation: Talk about Mi Obra Maestra

Time: Saturday, July 24, 5 pm BA time

Zoom: email tonilin@aol.com for Zoom meeting info, or join the BAIN DT Zoom room as you have in the past

After you watch Mi Obra Maestra, let’s talk about it! Find it on Netflix. It has English subtitles. You’ll enjoy the story and the Argentine slant. We’ll also compare titles of other Argentine movies we might want to talk about together. So bring your favorite titles.

BAIN DT Monthly Zoom Social — Saturday, June 26, 5 pm

Posted on June 24, 2021 by tq

Monthly Zoom Meeting

Event: Zoom Meeting – End of the Month Social

Presentation: Catch Up

Time: Saturday, June 26, 5 pm BA time

Zoom: email tonilin@aol.com for Zoom meeting info, or join the BAIN DT Zoom room as you have in the past

Join us for a Catch Up. Sorry about the last minute notice. If you can be at the Zoom meeting, it would be so good to see you. Share what you’ve been doing, plans you have, things you have watched, things you have read, things you plan to read.

Come with an idea for our next month’s social. Please!!!

Kahoot!! BAIN DT Monthly Zoom Social — Saturday, May 29, 5 pm

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Posted on May 19, 2021 by tq

Event: Zoom Meeting – End of the Month Social

Presentation: Kahoot! Quiz

Time: Saturday, May 29, 5 pm BA time

What? It’s not really hard at all — patience!! You will be glad!!

A BAIN Downtown fun and interactive on-line quiz, hosted by Stephen & Philip (from UK and based in SoHo) as the quiz masters. It will last 30-40 minutes with additional time for getting up and running on the game.

Before starting you must have access to a SMART cell phone or tablet and a lap top/notebook/MacBook. Both need to have an active internet connection. Explanation below.

The quiz will be a mixture of questions — general knowledge, current affairs, history, music, films and sports. And the answers be multiple choice, one word typed answers, or true/false. We will have a couple of sample questions at the beginning, to help us all get on board.

When?

Saturday, 29 May, at 5 pm Argentine time. Use the usual zoom link and password or email tonilin@aol.com and she will send them to you.

How?

The key thing to remember is that for this quiz, the quiz questions appear on your lap top/tablet and then you will enter your answers on a separate phone/ device.

To get started — first download and activate the free “Kahoot !” application on your phone/tablet (use either App Store for Apple or Google Play for Android devices). Please take a little time to do this a day or so before the meeting, so you have the time to deal with any technical glitches. Each person playing will need to download the Kahoot app onto their device. The app will ask you a few basic questions and ask you to create a username nickname – be creative!

Toni will be starting the BAIN zoom video conference in the normal way and you will then see the quiz questions appear as part of the BAIN zoom meeting, in exactly the normal way and then the BAIN May 2021 Quiz fun begins J

Questions – Feel free to contact Stephen on stephen_meechan_uk@hotmail.com

BAIN DT Monthly Zoom Social — Saturday, April 24, 5 pm

Posted on April 23, 2021 by tq

Monthly Zoom Meeting

Event: Zoom Meeting – End of the Month Social

Presentation: Catch Up

Time: Saturday, April 24, 5 pm BA time

Zoom: email tonilin@aol.com for Zoom meeting info, or join the BAIN DT Zoom room as you have in the past

Next month we will have a game to play together put together by BAIN members, so be sure to hold May 29 free for that.

BAIN DT Monthly Zoom Social — Saturday, March 27, 5 pm

Posted on March 22, 2021 by tq

Event: Zoom Meeting – End of the Month Social

Presentation: The Magic of Peninsula Valdés

Time: Saturday, March 27, 5 pm BA time

Zoom: email tonilin@aol.com for Zoom meeting info, or join the BAIN DT Zoom room as you have in the past

Join us for an engaging discussion about the magic of Peninsula Valdés, and the excitement and challenges of developing projects in countries like Argentina. Sharilyn Amy (bio below) will share what inspires her to invest and the floor will be open to any and all questions about the region or the projects underway!

Sharilyn will share drone footage of the orcas in their element. She will give us an insider’s view of this unique wildlife reserve in Patagonia, Argentina. Your best opportunity to ask questions before you travel to this amazing province.

Sharilyn Amy, MBA

Sharilyn is the developer, co-owner and operator of an award-wining eco-hotel in the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage site and wildlife reserve in Patagonia, Argentina, Océano Patagonia: Wild Coast Residence. www.oceanopatagonia.com. She spent the first years of her career working in communications for the oil and gas sector before transitioning to the Red Cross, where she managed disaster response communications, publicity and government relations strategies around the globe. She then founded Go-To Group, a strategic planning, research and facilitation consultancy. Among other leading-and-learning-edge strategic leadership offers, her team specialized in community economic development (CED), social enterprise, and M&A in the social services, charity, education and NGO sectors. In 2012, Sharilyn took a leave of absence from her work to spend some time in Argentina, where she quickly fell in love with the culture and the challenges of doing business and making a difference within this complex society. After supporting the development of a CED tourism project in the mountains of Patagonia, she joined her Argentine business partner to develop socially and environmentally responsible luxury accommodation in Peninsula Valdés, Chubut, Argentina. Most recently, Sharilyn and another Argentine business associate have created ElementPatagonia, an initiative to help Argentine artisans reach broader markets. She has been awarded the Women of Inspiration – Humanitarian award in Canada and recognized with an Alumni Achievement award from Mount Royal University. Sharilyn often speaks to groups interested in development and social enterprise. She also enjoys coaching young entrepreneurs. For more information, you can contact her directly via: LinkedIn, sharilyn@oceanopatagonia.com, or on WhatsApp at +54 9 11 51586125.

Walking tour of Recoleta — Sunday March 21 — 4 pm

Posted on March 7, 2021 by tq

Recoleta Neighborhood

Walking Tour

Join us for this walking tour in the neighbourhood of Recoleta. We will walk through the surroundings of the Cemetery of Recoleta and learn about the National Library, The cathedral of Las Heras Avenue, the parks and famous monuments and sculptures.

date: Sunday, 21st, March 2021
time: 4 p.m.
cost: 600 pesos per person (with bank transfer) or 650 pesos paid with Mercado Pago.
payment: in advanceduration: 2 hours

language: English

*participants will be asked to wear masks and keep social distance during the tour.

information/sign up: please contact ezequielcerioni@gmail.com

meeting point: at the exit of Las Heras Station, subway line H (corner of Avenida Las Heras and Avenida Pueyrredón)

Cancellation policy: no refunds will apply after signing up and paying so make sure you can make it before signing up. No exceptions, please

Virtual Tour of Centro Cultural Kirchner — Saturday, May 2, 6 pm

Posted on April 24, 2020 by tq

Centro Cultural Kirchner
An Example of Republican Monumental Architecture in Argentina

BAIN member Ezequiel Cerioni invites you to join an online tour to discover one of the most beautiful buildings in the City of Buenos Aires. Learn about the history of the building and see the changes it has gone through.

Presentation mode: The presentation will be given via Skype where the participants will be asked to keep their microphones off during the presentation. Questions can be written in the chat section of Skype and they will be read and answered at the end of the presentation by the speaker, orally .

Payment can be done via a) Bank Transfer (the speaker will give you the bank information for the transfer upon sign up) or b) Mercado Pago (you will receive a Mercado Pago link to make the payment using your credit card information).

Cancellation policy: no refunds will apply after signing up and paying so make sure you can make it before signing up . No exceptions, please. In the event that you miss the presentation for any reason (including technical problems on your end) the speaker will be happy to share with you a video of the presentation.

date: Saturday, 2nd of May, 2020

time: 06 p.m. Buenos Aires time

cost: 500 pesos

payment: bank transfer or Mercado Pago

type of course: online presentation via Skype

duration: 90 minutes

language: English

information/sign up: please contact ezequielcerioni@gmail.com

Date Change!! Palacio Barolo and Lunch — Wedesday, February 12 — 11 am

Posted on February 4, 2020 by tq

We’d love you to join us for a visit to one of the oldest and still most spectacular views of Buenos Aires and lunch.

WHERE: Palacio Barolo & Salon 1923, Avenida de Mayo 1370

WHEN: Wedesday, February 12, from 11-14 [1.5 h tour + lunch]
MEETING POINT & TIME: 10:50 in the center of Palacio Barolo lobby
HOW TO GET THERE: Buses 60, 39, Metro A Saenz Peña
RSVP: +5491136782558 or Deirdre.malone@gmail.com
PRICE: ARS 1600 to include guided tour in English, lunch with sharing plates at Salon 1923 with a glass of wine, fresh lemonade or soft drink including tip & a Trivia Quiz about this fascinating building.

PALACIO BAROLO
Designed by Italian architect Mario Palanti for the businessman Luigi Barolo with many allegorical architectural references to classical poet Dante Alighieri´s Divine Comedy, Palacio Barolo is divided into three sections, heaven, hell and purgatory. Departing from hell, we’ll take the stairway to heaven, reaching the dome, which was inspired by the indian temples Hawa Mahal in Jaipur and Rajarani in Bhubaneswar.

Inaugurated in 1923, the building was the tallest in South America until the construction of the Kavanagh building in 1935. It was also the first reinforced concrete building measuring more than 100 m and is topped by a searchlight which originally was able to communicate with a twin building, the Palacio Salvo, over the other side of the Río de la Plata in Montevideo, Uruguay.The Buenos Aires City Government undertook a restoration of the building in 2010, which included making the searchlight operational again, for the celebration of Argentina’s bicentenary.

Note there is some walking at the end of the tour up to the lighthouse via a spiral staircase.

SALON 1923

Situated on the 16th floor of Palacio Barolo, decorated to recreate a 1920s ambiance, the Salon has two terraces and a lovely lounge.

Tour and Merienda — Palacio San Martin — Thursday, May 16 — 2:45 pm

Posted on May 13, 2019 by tq

A last minute chance has opened up to tour the Palacio San Martin. Their schedule of official events makes it difficult to secure a tour opportunity, and we have gotten their attention!

This sumptuous mansion was designed by the architect Alejandro Christophersen, who was also responsible for the facade of Café Tortoni and for the Russian Orthodox Church in San Telmo. He was commissioned by Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena, whose family would live in the house until the 1930s.

This tour in English promises insights and a close up view of an iconic building.

Where: English tour at Palacio San Martin, Esmeralda 1231.
When: Thursday May 16th, 2:45.
Merienda to follow for those interested.

Please RSVP to Joanna Graf, jsharpegraf@gmail.com

Museum and Lunch — April 18 — Fundacion PROA

Posted on April 12, 2019 by tq

WHEN 18 April
WHERE Av. Don Pedro de Mendoza 1929, La Boca
WHAT DISEÑO EN ACCIÓN – Design in Action
TIME 1pm

A fantastic look at Argentine design since the turn of the 20th century leads us
to where we are today, and looks at the multiplicity, aesthetics, points of view
and vital issues that are revealed to us about the objects with which we coexist.
Lunch inside the PROA cafe or on the beautiful terrace weather permitting

PRICE 100 pesos museum entrance + 350 pesos menu incl. tip
CONFIRM via WHATSAPP to +54 91136782558 or bain.downtown@gmail.com