Week of September 26^{TH TO} 2^ND OCTOBRE 2011

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26^TH

19hs.BOOK PRESENTATION at RUBBERS INTERNATIONAL

“POUPEE TESSIO – OBRAS 1965-2011” (works) by Julio Sanchez

My aunt Poupee Tessio presents a book that covers all paintings, collages and sculptures created throughout all this years. It is incredible paging through this magnificent book; one can see how Poupee´s style has changed over the years. I myself am lucky to have three of her works and they are totally different. I invite everybody who has some of her work to come and look for their piece on the book. The event is at the posh Rubbers International Art Gallery on Alvear Avenue. Some of her latest paintings will be on display. Hope to see you there to toast to my aunt´s success.

More info at: www.poupeetessio.com.ar

Avenida Alvear 1595,Recoleta

22:30hs-MONDAYS ARE HAPPENNING at La Cigale. (Two blocks from art opening)

There is not much to do on Mondays except La Cigale.This is a pseudo French lounge

With live music and dj sessions. The crowd is very eclectic, pretty much anybody who can’t stay still on a Monday night. It is always packed. I suggest you hit the pubs on Reconquista Street before you walk down to the party.

More info at:  www.lacigalebar.blogspot.com

25 de Mayo 597, Downtown

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27^TH

20hs. -ART OPENING at ANGEL GUIDO ART PROYECT

“5ESCULTORAS5” (five sculptresses five)

Works by Monica Canzio, Norma Siguelboim, Paulina Webb,Gabriela Heras and Maria Silvia Corcuera.This five female artists demonstrate that this field dominated by man can also be tackled by women. You have to understand that nowadays sculpting involves all kinds of material, machinery and tools. All of these components demand many skills, techniches, energy and strength.

More info at: http://www.angelguidoartproject.com/

Suipacha 1217, Retiro

21hs. BRITISH TUESDAYS at Wherever Bar

A Tuesday tradition in Palermo Soho. Great international crowd mixed with local Argue- gentry.

Good drinks and great bar food at reasonable prices right of the Plaza Italia subway station. Enjoy!

Fray Justo Santa María de Oro 2476, Palermo.

0hs. HYPE  at Kika

The neon nights are back at Palermo´s premier club. Located  just South of the border(train-tracks) from Hollywood  from in   Soho  … smack in the middle of party-sopolis Palermo.Dance your socks off to indie,hip-hop, electro and dubstep.

Free access until 1 am sending your name to list@hype-ba.com

2×1 happy hour ´till 1:30am

www.hype-ba.com

Honduras 5339 , Palermo

WEDNESDAY 28^th September

19hs. LIVE ART at ELSI DEL RIO

“EN VIVO” (LIVE) by LINIERS

This great cartoonist is also the owner of the only editorial dedicated to illustrated novels. He currently publishes everyday on La Nacion newspaper his comic strip “Macanudo”.He has the most ironic sense of humor. Lately he has been venturing into the live art where music and art combine in a junction of movement and sounds that stimulate our sences.Elsi del Rio happens to be one of my favorites Art galleries and they always have the most entertaining varnissages.

More info at: www.elsidelrio.com.ar

Humboldt 1510, Palermo Hollywood

22hs.ORANGE LIVE at Le Bar

Special Guest musician Alina Galdini of Tangente Agency

Eclectic night at Le Bar. A gathering of the sights and sounds of the Baires bohemia. The music that sparks from BA´s soul  in rock,pop,electronic,tango,fussions,folklore,hip hop all at once. Aromatic cocktails, great chow and chill-out ambience.

Tucuman 422, Centro

23hs. Rocking Rio at Rio Café

Newest addition to the Palermo scene that is destined to become a classic. A mid-week after office chill  to charge your groove for the rest of your work weeck.DJ CHAREC will move you to the beats of  New wave, punk,80´s,90´s ,Manchester,house, breaks and yours truly…disco.

For free access ´till 2 am send names to letsrockrio@gmail.com

Honduras 4772, Palermo Soho

Thursday   September ^29th

19hs. ART OPENING   at Alberto Sendrós

“CONSTRUIR EL FUERTE PERFECTO” (constructing the perfect fort) by Gimena Macri

This is the second time that this gallery exhibits Macri´s work. Grand paintings that reveal the before and after a great catastrophe. What remains is nothing covered in emptiness. Ruins of an inevitable disaster.

More info at: www.albertosendros.com.ar

Pasaje Tres Sargentos 359, Retiro

O hs.CLUB DEL LOBO (Wolf´s Club) at Lado B of Niceto Club

WOLF´S CLUB is for lovers of great music.Mr.Hugo Lobo will select the most varied and exquisite musical flavours and blends to awaken the cosmopolitan appetite.

Projections, drinks, djs, deluxe guest musicians and more. Each Thursday is full moon werewolf dancing

To reggae, funk, salsa, soul, ska, and cumbia.

Access and drink 30 pesos ´till 1am.

More info at: www.nicetoclub.com/

Humboldt 1356, Palermo Hollywood

FRIDAY 30^th of September

19hs. ART OPENING   at CENTRO CULTURAL RECOLETA

“EL TIEMPO ES OTRO RIO” (time is another river) by Juan Doffo

Paintings, drawings, photographies and installations make up the work and trajectory of this artist´s last years. The connection between nature and his art are evident in his pieces. The destination of his ideas is poetic and lucid. The symbolic center is Doffo´s native town of Mechita in the flatlands of La Pampa in the center of the province of Buenos Aires.

More info at: www.centroculturalrecoleta.com.org

Junín 1930, Recoleta

0 HS FIESTA INVASION at Niceto Club.

Great party at an awesome club in the heart of  Palermo Hollywood. I suggest you have

A couple of pints and a curry round the corner at Bangalore PUB before you hit the dance floor.

Free tequila shot and 15 peso pints for arriving before 2 a.m.!

Featuring  DJs:Fabian Dellamonica,Cisco,VJ NAIF and Micheal Mike LIVE.

More info at: http://www.facebook.com/fi​estainvasion

Gal’s FREE entrance and Guys only 20 pesos ´till 2 am sending your name to fiestainvasion@gmail.com

Niceto Vega 5510, Palermo Hollywood

0 HS.-MSTRPLN at  Studio Crobar

This party is dedicated to promoting new sounds with live shows and the world renowned resident DJ, Javier  Zuker.

Dance under the train tracks at this Super Club. Feel the place tremble when the train zooms by above the dance floor.

This Friday, International Edition with Fred Falke from France. the house music  guru.

Libertador 3883 Arco (arch) 17, Palermo

SATURDAY 24^th of September

17hs. ART OPENING at JARDIN OCULTO (hidden garden)

“FORMATO HOGAR” (home format) by Cristina Schiavi.

“FLORES Y FRUTOS” (flowers and fruits) by Pablo Rosales

There usually aren´t openings on Saturday, thus the time of 5 pm.Charming gallery in up and coming San Telmo.I suggest you  have a late lunch in Puerto Madero and then walk up to S.T. for a vino and art.

More info at: www.jardinocultogaleria.com

Venezuela 926, San Telmo

23hs.SABADOS SON DE FIESTA (Saturdays are for partying) at Le Bar

This is a one Saturday a month event. Under the command of DJ Pareja who will delight us with new and old sounds

With the help of a surprise guest musician.Soundcloud house, afro-electro, tribal edits, proto acid, da da pop, and tropical disco to get the skeleton shaking.

Free Access at: www.djspareja.com.ar

Tucumán 422, Centro

SUNDAY 25^th of September

I suggest you head for the countryside to enjoy the refreshing breeze and timid sun of spring. This is the best time of the year to visit La Pampa. Inquire with us about the many options. Be it horseback riding, birdwatching, polo, tennis, golf, swimming, fishing or just resting, Buenos Aires Experience will make sure you enjoy the best of the countryside to escape from the beat of the city.

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In the 1800´s Recoleta was composed mostly of farms. One of these was known as Hale Farm. It was owned by Mariano Saavedra, son of Cornelio Saavedra who was president of the Cabildo Abierto, the group that started the independence revolution of 1810. Back then this area was called Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) because of the frequent burning of trash.

Part of this land was purchased by Mariano Unzue, a cattle tycoon born in 1838. He built a mansion for his wife, Mercedes Baudrix, and they used it as their summer pad. After Unzue’s death his widow moved to the mansion where she resided until her death in the early 1930’s.

The mansion was set in beautiful park land on top of a hill, looking out at the River Plate. It was modelled  on contemporary French structures and flanked by huge columns. Also found within the property were garages, service rooms and a casino.

After the crisis of 1930, the state alleged that some of the wealthy families were not in a healthy financial position to keep their large houses. The Anchorena Palace and the Errazuriz Palace are perfect examples. Today they are no longer privately owned, acting as the foreign ministry and the Decorative Arts Museum respectively.

In January of 1937, the House of Representatives approved the expropriation of the Unzue Palace; which was designated as the new presidential residence. Except for Edelmiro Farrel who sometimes stayed there, the only president to have ever really lived there was Juan Domingo Peron.

Both Peron and Evita preferred this residence to the one in Olivos, as it avoided the long journey. They would use the upper floor. There they had the main bedroom, a guest room, a library, an office and a small dining room. The marble staircase in the shape of a “Y” led to the ground floor where Peron enjoyed watching films with his staff. All new releases were delivered to the residence. He especially enjoyed American war films and documentaries.

It was in this building that Evita started her charity work. She would receive visits and requests and eventually turned the garages into stores for food, clothes and other donations. Fittingly it was here that she passed away in 1952. Peron remained until he was ousted in September 1955 during the “Revolucion Libertadora”. During these unstable days rebels bombarded Plaza de Mayo and trued to hit the Palace.

My family have a place two blocks away from where the palace was and around this time my grandmother would take my father to the roof. One day they saw planes flying overhead which appeared to be part of a military parade. When a small black thing dropped out of one of the approaching planes and blew a bus into pieces below it they soon realised that it was no celebration. The following planes fired their machine guns at adjacent buildings- my building still has bullet holes marking it.

Luckily for Peron they had bad aim and he survived the attack but stood down shortly after with the objective of avoiding more bloodshed. A few days later he took asylum in the Paraguayan Embassy located only two blocks from the Unzue Palace.

With the objective of doing away with all that represented Peron, the mansion was obliterated on the 28^th January 1958 after orders given by the de facto president Aramburu.

In 1960, constitutional president Frondizi decreed that this historical site was to be used to build the new National Library. A monument to Evita was recently inaugurated in the gardens surrounding the Library.

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The “Cabildo” is witness to 418 years of political and social history in the Republic of Argentina. The Argentine government declared the building as a national monument in 1933 and the building is now a museum.

The building and its patrimony evoke the rich social and political history that formed Argentina, and is testament to our proud heritage and national identity.

Long before Casa Rosada, Colon Theater and the Obelisk were constructed, the Cabildo was the main political institution and architectural attraction in Buenos Aires city.

I remember my first field trip to the Cabildo. A classic that sticks firmly in my mind, just like when I lived in the United States and my teacher took us to see the Liberty Bell.

On any day you will see scores of schoolchildren, white coated ‘cherubs’, flocking to the Cabildo in order to re-live our history.  Every Argentine child knows that during a rainy week of May of 1810, porteños stood in the muddy Plaza de Mayo with their umbrellas waiting for news from inside the Cabildo (very similar to the faithful crowding the square of the Vatican while waiting for the smoke that signals a new Pope).  The news they eagerly awaited was about the self-determination of the Viceroyalty of the Rio del la Plata whilst a Joseph Bonaparte usurped the Spanish throne.

In commemoration of our bicentennial year, the museum has recently undergone a full restoration and the many exhibits that chart our history modernized with the latest technology and media to ensure a fun and enlightening exhibit for visitors of all ages.

Amazingly, restoration work took just 50 days and involved an investment of over 3 million pesos. Some 50 workers toiled 7 days a week. Workman used two thousand six hundred liters of donated lime to whiten the Cabildo’s façade riddled with graffiti from protests that take place in the square. The original door, damaged by spray-paint, needed full and costly restoration.  This mindless defacing of our proud history tolerated. Every time somebody sprays paint on the walls of the Cabildo, they cause more damage than they know.

The Cabildo, built for eighteenth century suffers a daily twenty-first century pounding from the vibrations of the Subway to air pollution from the traffic – we must care for our heritage.

Elina Tassara, who also worked in the restoration of the Sistine Chapel, expertly completed the work with amazing results. The exhibit halls are spacious, luminous with new furnishings and ‘giantography’, and new technologies that allow visitors to interact with history.

On the ground floor is the reconstruction of Buenos Aires first prison. This is the only section of the original eighteenth century structure that suffered the changes of architectural tastes and style. At the end of the nineteenth century, city planners decided to change the colonial face of Buenos Aires to ensure a progressive modern European feeling throughout the city – it worked.

On the first floor, visitors find the town hall, refurbished with original furnishings circa 1810. In addition, for the first time, the visitors can access the balcony of the Cabildo from where our early government announced to the eagerly awaiting crowd on the Plaza De Mayo that we would not recognize a new king imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte. The views of the square and the Pink House make for a great photo opportunity. In addition, the new exhibits feature the first printer ever, an original invitation to the Cabildo dated 22 May 1810 and a flag captured from the British Invasions.

The Cabildo you visit today is a reconstruction of the original building completed between 1938 and 1940 by the architect Mario Buschiazzo. The windows, door, the tower and the clock are not original. Notwithstanding that, this exhibit captures our glorious history so wonderfully that tourists must make time to visit!

Stroll through the patio amongst the trees that protected our founding fathers from the scorching summer sun. Thursdays and Fridays, a select group of the city’s best artisans offers their handcrafts and interacts with the visitors exploring the roots of the Argentine culture.

The Cabildo Museum, (Bolivar 65)

Open Tuesday to Friday from 10.30am to 5pm.

Sundays and holidays from 11.30am to 6pm.

Telephone:4342-6729 or  4334-1782.

E-Mail: cabildomuseo_nac@yahoo.com.ar

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