Teatro Catalinas Sur – A Unique Theater Experience
... where to go, my advice would be to go see El Grupo de Teatro Catalinas Sur, at El Galpón de Catalinas. Located right in the heart of the barrio de la boca, a typical port area where working-class Italian immigrants traditionally came to live in the early 1900′s, El Grupo de Teatro Catalinas is a community theatre with a clear political orientation.
They present various professional productions featuring entertaining epics of Argentina´s history. The idea of El Grupo de Teatro Catalinas Sur...
February 28th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Buenos Aires, la boca, The Arts, theaters, tradition
Music + Dance + Colours = Carnaval Porteño
... heavy jokes) will have 107 murgas, and will be held from the 6 of February to the 28.
Among the most numerous murgas is the Murga Los Amantes de la boca, (with nearly 400 people), Los Chiflados of Boedo and Los Quitapenas. These are some of the more traditional groups that will fill the streets with colour, music and dance.
Protest and entertainment, a combination that set the Rey Momo at odds with the rest of the gods. In this case however, mere mortals can enjoy the ritual of singing and dancing...
February 7th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Buenos Aires, Carnaval, dance, featuredarticle, la boca, music
Live Blues at El Samovar de Rasputín in La Boca
... Alejandro Medina, la Napolitana) and one of the top venues to find good blues is El Samovar de Rasputín.
This casual bar is in the heart of la boca neighbourhood, the working-class barrio that has transformed itself into a living art museum. It is located a couple of blocks from Calle Caminito, and since you are going to come to la boca anyway, why not take some time and drop in at El Samovar.
This eclectic blues bar is a favorite after hours spot for locals (2am – 5am). Check out the “dish-of-the-day”...
November 5th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: blues music, Buenos Aires, food and beverage, la boca
Images of the Louvre in Buenos Aires
... “Images of the Louvre: six centuries of European painting”, was presented last Saturday, October 31st. in the streets of the barrio de la boca and it will be on display until January 31st. of next year.
The exhibition features 122 life size reproductions of paintings from the Louvre Museum in Paris, photographed in high resolution and printed on a quality material with their original frames including “La Gioconda”, of Leonardo da Vinci, and the “Altarpiece of the French Parliament”,...
November 2nd, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Buenos Aires, caminito, featuredarticle, la boca, The Arts
Quinquela Martín’s Art at La Boca
Although I think that a good number of places in la boca neighbourhood are set up scenery for tourists who want to take a picture of this stereotype barrio to show everyone when they go back home, there is a fine little museum opposite Calle Caminito called Museo de Bellas Artes de la boca de Artistas Argentinos “Benito Quinquela Martín” that is worth paying a visit.
A part of it is devoted to the talented painter Benito Quinquela Martín, an artist deeply identified with the barrio,...
August 4th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Attractions, Buenos Aires, Family Friendly, History & Informationi, la boca, museums, The Arts
Fútbol Madness
... fútbol clubs in the world. The great Diego Maradona once played on Boca. In terms of being tourist friendly, consider yourself warned that the la boca neighborhood, although picturesque, is not the safest area of the city. The club is rich with history and their fans are rich with passion. The stadium itself is surrounded by hangouts where fans eat and drink before attending the match. It is also rank with people selling fake Boca Juniors merchandise. Inside the stadium the two stands behind the...
June 18th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 4Filed under: Attractions, Buenos Aires, Events, Family Friendly, fútbol, la boca, Outdoors & Recreation, river plate, soccer
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