Are you interested in running for a cause? Join the Ser 5K Women’s Run Against Breast Cancer.
March 24, 2013
9:00am
Enroll at: http://ser5k.com.ar/
Breast Cancer Ser 5K in Puerto Madero
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April Book Club
Thanks to everyone who joined us in March for our book club meeting — it was great to continue to see new faces and we hope to see more in the future! We wanted to provide everyone with the information for our April meeting and also share the book chosen for May.
Here is the information for our April Book Club meeting:
Book choice: Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Date: Monday, April 8
Time: 13h00 -15h00
Location: Recoleta
Please email your RSVP to: dawn.e.gill@gmail.com
(She will send you the exact address)
Also, to help people plan for upcoming meetings, the group also decided on a book for the May meeting. The book chosen is Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout. Stay tuned for the May meeting date and time which will be announced after April’s book club meeting.
Hope to see you all on April 8th!
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*
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March Social Monthly Meeting
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!
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BA Underground Market
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.
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SACS Open House
Dear BAIN Members,
Send a Child to School (a charitable organization that provides backpacks filled with school supplies to children in need) would like to invite you to a coffee open house on Thursday, March 14 from 10:30 to 12:30. We would love to share with you information about our organization and the fundraising activities we do. We look forward to seeing you next Thursday. Once you RSVP we will send you the address of Stephanie Bruchou’s house in Lomas de San Isidro.
RSVP: “Marian St. James” <marianstjames@yahoo.com>
Thanks so much!
SACS Board members
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March Ladies Night Out
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
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Gastronomic Festival of the Foreign Communities
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
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March Morning Coffee
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
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*
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BA Fashion Week
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!
BAFWeek – Buenos Aires Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2013
The most important event for the Argentine fashion industry,BAFWeek, brings together the most established brands in the fashion world and the independent designers, for the launching of their Fall/Winter 2013 collections.
For this edition that combines “Illustration + Fashion”, top designers and renowned brands such as Muaa by Mariano Toledo, Desiderata, Prüne, Cora Groppo, Garza Lobos, Hermanos Estebecorena, Como quieres que te quiera, De La Ostia, Jazmin Chebar, Mariana Dappiano, Mishka, among many others, have confirmed their presence.
BAFWeek Fall/Winter 2013 will feature daily fashion shows, and around 25 showrooms where designers will showcase their creations in an exclusive space, including accessories, shoes, bags, jewels, underwear, and men’s and women’s clothes.
BAFWeek supports University of Buenos Aires (UBA) students through the Seed Plot contest, so they can show their first collection together with the famous designers.
Dates: February 26, 27, 28, March 1 of 2013
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center, Pabellón Amarillo. Av. Sarmiento 2704
Opening times: from 2 pm to 10 pm
Entry fee: $ 40 Pesos. Tickets on sale at the venue 2 pm to 8 pm. Having a ticket does not guarantee the access to the runway rooms, as this is subject to capacity.
BAFWeek official website.
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February Monthly Meeting… in March!
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!
BAIN Downtown 