Carnavales Panama 2012

Carnival Queen

This weekend, it’s time to bury the sardine. Thought you misread that? Not a chance. Burying sardines in tiny coffins is one of the fabulous and wild traditions of the Panama Carnival! Starting this weekend, you need to get ready to have a serious party at the Carnavales Panama 2012. If this is your first… Read More

Tunes N Brews

Tunes N Brews Boquete

2 Rare Treasures in Panama: Country Music and Great Beer And they’re going to be pulled together into one fabulous event this month in the little town of Boquete. The likes of New York, Boston, and Manchester all have great events dedicated solely to the appreciation of a good pint and it’s about time we… Read More

Ready for the Rocket Man?

Elton John Solo Piano

The great, Sir Elton John, needs no introduction. He’s a world-class musician and he’s coming to Panama City on February 4, 2012. Need we say more? The concert itself will be held at the Figali Convention Center and will be a Solo Piano feature: just the Rocket Man and his piano. If you can get… Read More

Baja Zero: Saving the World through Creativity

Bajo Zero Logo

Using creativity to inspire a solid message in Panama youth: Imagine a World of Peace Now is the time to use your own music-inspired creativity. The rock group, Baja Zero, has put the call out to the youth of Panama to do a little inspired innovation. Youth, between the ages of 12 and 20, can… Read More

New Exhibits at MAC

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This is the weekend to head out to the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo!  There are currently 2 new exhibits featuring renowned artists from all over the world. The first exhibit, Evolution, is showing until January 22,2012.  The exhibit reveals a wide collection of art in different medias by Panamanian artist, Mark Lee.  Mark’s work includes… Read More

Tales of Bucaneers

Tales of Bucaneers By Mike Sabine The Buccaneers of the Spanish Main captured the imagination of generations, freebooters who lived by the sword and gun, sailing the Caribbean in search of fortunes in gold and silver. And as Panama was the center of Spain’s New World, the axis of two continents, the colony would bear… Read More

Devils on the run

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 Photo by: Bobby Pereira The canyon of gleaming glass and steel towers lining Calle 50 in Panama City would be a convincing stand-in for downtown Miami until an army of old American school buses, basted in decorative murals and flashing lights, comes barreling through the business district. Nearly two thousand colorful buses roam the capital’s… Read More

Coffee in Panama

COFFEE IN BOQUETE It’s all good By Bob Applegate When people ask me about Panama’s best coffee, I tell them that it’s all good.  Some of it is just better than others. I live in Panama’s coffee country, in Boquete, the mountain town at the end of the road in the highlands of Chiriqui. This… Read More

Panama City Museums

IN SEARCH OF CULTURE:  Panama City Museums By Vicky Colorado “As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.”– Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher Panama City visitors and residents can often be heard raving about the city’s nightlife spots, wildlife viewing… Read More

The Panama biodiversity museum

IN SEARCH OF CULTURE:  Panama City Museums By Vicky Colorado “As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.”– Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher Panama City visitors and residents can often be heard raving about the city’s nightlife spots, wildlife viewing… Read More