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!

June Book Club

Posted on May 27, 2013 by dawngill

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our book club discussion! We wanted to provide everyone with the information for our June meeting and hope that you can join us for the discussion.

Here is the information for the next book club meeting:

Book choice: Purgatory by Tomas Eloy Martinez
Date: Tuesday, June 11th
Time: 15h30 -17h30
Location: Las Canitas
Please email your RSVP to: anetworks1@gmail.com

(She will send you the exact address)

For those interested in learning more about the book we will be discussing, here is a brief summary and a link to the book description and reader reviews on Amazon.

Simón Cardoso had been dead for thirty years when Emilia Dupuy, his wife, found him at lunchtime in the dining room of Trudy Tuesday. So begins Purgatory, the final and perhaps most personal work of the great Latin American novelist Tomás Eloy Martínez. Emilia Dupuy’s husband vanished in the 1970s, while the two were mapping an Argentine country road. All evidence seemed to confirm that he was among the thousands disappeared by the military regime. Yet Emilia never stopped believing that the disappeared man would reappear. And then he does, in New Jersey. And for Simón, no time at all has passed. In Martínez’s hands, this love story and ghost story becomes a masterful allegory for history political and personal, and for a country’s inability to integrate its past with its present. http://www.amazon.com/Purgatory-Novel-Tomás-Eloy-Mart%C3%ADnez/dp/B00AKRPSRS

Hope to see you on June 11th!

Regards,
The Book Club Organizers

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

May Monthly Luncheon

Posted on May 27, 2013 by dawngill

Our May luncheon will be at a Peruvian restaurant that has only been open for two months and is delivering great food with reasonable pricing.

The restaurant is conveniently located about one block away from the Tribunales Subte stop on the D line – close to the main court house. A favorite dish is the Seco de Cordero and the ceviche dishes are also very good. The menu is quite extensive so I am sure you will find something to your liking.

Upon arrival I will collect 25 pesos which pays for your cover charge, tip and non-alcoholic beverage. The balance can be given to me before you leave.

Date: Thursday, May 30

Time: 12:30 pm

Cost: 25 pesos plus actual food and alcohol (if any) costs per menu.

Please e-mail to reserve a spot with Michael: mweldon213@yahoo.com. If you are new to BAIN, or would like to join as a guest, let Michael know so that he can provide you with the exact address and location.

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.

Fuerzabruta in Buenos Aires

Posted on May 22, 2013 by dawngill

Home Hotel Buenos Aires

Fuerzabruta is a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery. Featuring mind – blowing visual effects that must be seen to be believed – a man running full throttle through a series of moving walls, women frolicking in a watery world suspended just inches above the audience – Fuerzabruta is a show that floods the senses.

Fuerzabruta, presents the new material and re revisits previous material, giving a new dimension and nature. What no one ever saw, plus all the power of previous shows, and accumulated experience over Fuerzabruta trips around the world.

Starting January 16th, 2014, you can see their show at Centro Cultural Recoleta. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

A highly recommended show not to be missed. Check the trailer of their last show in Buenos Aires:

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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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June Wine & Tapas

Posted on May 15, 2013 by BAIN Downtown

Time to join friends for an evening of wine, tapas, and conversation — this month in Belgrano.

Location: Belgrano *Exact address provided upon RSVP

Date: Saturday, June 1

Time: 8:00pm

How does it work? Bring wine, finger food, and your sparkling self to join other BAIN members and friends in a night of socializing and making new friends.

Look forward to catching up with you!

Please email RSVPs to nuri.masriera@gmail.com Address will be sent to you via email response.

New to Buenos Aires? New to BAIN or is this your first Wine & Tapas? It’s easier than you think! One of our members has graciously opened their doors to create a social environment for any BAIN member interested in attending. If you are interested in becoming one of these fabulous hosts or if you have any questions about the event, please contact Toni Quinatna: tonilin@aol.com.

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

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.

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!