Panama Casco Viejo Blog - culture
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 Monday, August 25, 2008
A few days ago I got an email from a journalist at The Guardian, as they´ve found somehow my postings on La Casona in Casco Viejo. It was quite exciting, this is my first collaboration with international press! Here is the article:
8/25/2008 8:57:20 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Travel
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 Thursday, August 21, 2008
Casco Viejo will host a very special event in September. The United Nation´s agency for the Environment (known in Spanish as PNUMA) will present an art festival featuring artists from different disciplines, from poetry to street painting. Check out the event calendar here!
8/21/2008 8:16:45 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | eco | Event | Travel
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 Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Travel like a local with The Guardian. Surfing the web as I usually do, I found this article on Panama´s nightlife at The Guardian, featuring Casco Viejo. And not only Casco Viejo, but my favorite spots: Baños Publicos and La Casona! Check it out here!
8/19/2008 11:34:31 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Business | Community | culture | Travel
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 Thursday, August 14, 2008
Multiple websites and adds mention Panama as Paradise. Is it really? what about Casco Viejo?
8/14/2008 9:43:50 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Business | culture | Real Estate | Real Estate related  | Travel
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 Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Flash news: Puertas al Mundo or Doors to the World is an art show featuring cuban artists. It inaugurates August 8th at Plaza Francia and will be there until August 20th.
8/13/2008 10:03:30 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Event | Travel
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 Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Last Saturday a nice article came out about Casco Viejo (which in Panama is known as San Felipe, Catedral, la Ciudad... so many names!). I looked for it in the electronic version of La Prensa, but couldn´t find it. So here is my translation and the original piece scanned at the bottom. It talks about speculation, restoration, patrimony (human and architectural) and what has been done in the past 10 years.
8/12/2008 8:15:04 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Business | Community | culture | Real Estate | Real Estate related  | Social Work | Travel
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 Monday, August 11, 2008
La Casona has a new home! wonderful (and huge) Citi Bank, just at the corner of Plaza Herrera. Welcome!
8/11/2008 9:53:46 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Business | Community | culture | Event | Travel
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 Friday, August 08, 2008
While everybody is excited today about Beijing´s dramatic opening for the Olimpics (which, by the way, where simply amazing! wao), another bright sun shined this morning over the newspaper as they announced
8/8/2008 9:26:45 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Business | culture | Real Estate | Real Estate related  | Travel
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 Monday, August 04, 2008
Panama, Casco Viejo
Casco Antiguo, Plaza Herrera



8/4/2008 10:16:17 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Event
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 Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The oldest inside joke in Casco Viejo is that it isn´t a colonial city at all. As a matter of fact,
7/30/2008 3:00:43 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Real Estate | Real Estate related  | Travel
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 Monday, July 28, 2008
For the last two years, La Casona de las Brujas has been the center of the Panamanian bohemian scene. The space located at the old Maria Imaculada School near Plaza Herrera served as art gallery, concert hall, disco, art school for local children and just the favorite afterhours neighborhood hang out.
7/28/2008 7:16:49 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Event | Travel
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 Thursday, July 24, 2008
Panama´s National Theatre was literally born with the Republic. The need to build it was at the first Gacetas Oficiales in 1903 - 1904 along with main stuff like a Presidential Palace and public bathrooms. It was the heart of social life and culture. Today, we celebrate its 100 year anniversary with a bit of history and wonderful events in August and October.
7/24/2008 8:21:57 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Event | Travel
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 Wednesday, July 23, 2008
We received a flash note from Quintessentially announcing the next "Silent Auction" of Fundacion San Felipe. This year, it will be held at the Marriott hotel, and all proceeds will go to their various programs ranging from art to photography for kids.
7/23/2008 4:20:43 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Social Work
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 Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The best of the Casco Viejo and the French Expats gathered yesterday to celebrate France´s most important holiday. The party was at Plaza Francia (of course!). Check out photos of the celebration, along with historic photos as far as 1923 of other celebrations, including the inauguration itself of Plaza de Francia.
7/15/2008 11:33:01 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Event | Travel
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 Friday, July 11, 2008
It isn´t summer, but somehow Casco Viejo hasn´t slowed down too much regarding cultural events. August 8th will have a special presentation of a German Jazz Duet where all profits will go to social work in Darien. July still gets a Contemporary Dance Encounter and an Art Auction from the Museum of Contemporary Art at Casa Cor. Learn when and who to contact here!
7/11/2008 8:53:58 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | culture | Event | Social Work
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 Thursday, July 10, 2008
This is not "body painting", claims the artist Ramon Almanza. Throughout my work I always ended up representing the female form and at some point I thought, it would be great to transfer my vision directly to a female body! Today, at Casa Gongora, his art show will feature...
7/10/2008 8:13:25 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Event
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 Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Flash news! new music festival. This one blending art and fashion. Also, don´t forget to visit the Central America Photo Bienale at Las Bovedas.
7/9/2008 6:29:09 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | culture
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 Monday, July 07, 2008
Passionate, skillful and thoughful. Samantha, our Casco Viejo female surf champion fired up in Cambutal last weekend at Cambutal and took home a very good prize. She has become a national pride and a local roll model.
7/7/2008 6:58:13 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Social Work | Surf
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Often your best memories of places where you have been are actually from people you have met. In Casco Antiguo we are lucky to still have with us "antique" residents that are very much part of the different textures of this neighborhood. Miss Daisy is one of them...
7/7/2008 6:13:43 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Business | Community | culture
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 Friday, July 04, 2008
I had a literature teacher that used to say: taking out the obvious great masters, at the end of the day, the line between art and non art these days is very fine. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There used to be a clear difference between folk, handcraft and art. Today, it is all fusion, pieces dancing from one concept to the other, depending on the latest critic review. However, she said, don´t be ashamed if you feel confused. Think about this: if YOU enjoy it, it is art to you. And if the artist brings love to its work, then it is in it´s purest form.
7/4/2008 9:40:47 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture
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 Thursday, July 03, 2008
Sometimes the world´s problems overwhealm you: politicians are doing their best to make your life worst, news of contamination, low education in the new generations, Dooms Day. But sometimes we are reminded that we do have the power to change things around. We actually excersice that power every day... That is one of the many things I like about Casco Viejo. Small projects have a huge impact... check this out and get inspired.
7/3/2008 8:16:53 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Social Work
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 Thursday, June 26, 2008
A wonderful vacation on Europe gave me a refreshing view of what life and lifestyle is in the old continent. There is so much to learn! Starting to get my thoughts organized...
6/26/2008 7:29:30 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | eco | Real Estate related
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A wonderful vacation on Europe gave me a refreshing view of what life and lifestyle is in the old continent. There is so much to learn! Starting to get my thoughts organized...
6/26/2008 7:29:22 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Real Estate related
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 Friday, June 20, 2008
There are advantages to living in Casco Viejo when a major event is being held there...
6/20/2008 1:30:17 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Social Work
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 Wednesday, June 18, 2008
As many times as I have walked the Calles of Casco Antiguo, the un-restored buildings in their dilapidated condition are endlessly fascinating...
6/18/2008 10:38:30 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Real Estate related  | Social Work
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 Tuesday, June 17, 2008
All over Panama City, the one thing that is rarely missing on the streets where there is parking is a bien cuidao...
6/17/2008 12:04:45 PM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Community | culture | Real Estate related  | Social Work
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 Monday, June 16, 2008
At the foot of Casco Viejo is a beautiful pocket park called "Baluarte de las Mojas"
6/16/2008 8:46:10 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Social Work
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 Friday, June 13, 2008
This might be Friday the Thirteenth, but it not to worry, there is far too much excitement in Casco Viejo...
6/13/2008 9:05:07 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Business | Community | culture | Real Estate related  | Social Work
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 Wednesday, June 11, 2008
One of these days, the headline in La Prensa might read, “Tram Service in Casco Antiguo Returns”.
6/11/2008 10:55:38 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Business | Community | culture | Social Work
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 Tuesday, June 10, 2008
For those of you who might like to keep up with Panama news ...
6/10/2008 8:20:07 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Social Work
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 Monday, June 09, 2008
When Patrizia and Casey planned their recent wedding ceremony...
6/9/2008 8:47:09 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Community | culture | Real Estate related  | Social Work
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 Friday, June 06, 2008
Most buildings are transformed in Casco Antiguo after two or more years...
6/6/2008 8:14:12 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Business | Community | culture | Real Estate related  | Social Work
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 Wednesday, June 04, 2008
The advantage of living in Casco Viejo is the variety of small shops within a couple of blocks of my home in Casco Viejo.
6/4/2008 9:06:21 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Art | Business | Community | culture | Social Work
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 Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Casco Viejo, the jewel of Panama is also a UNESCO Heritage Trust site.
6/3/2008 8:22:30 AM (SA Pacific Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [0]  Business | culture | Real Estate related
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 Monday, June 02, 2008