DR1 Calendar – Page 20

The Dominican national basketball team is scheduled to face team USA today, Wednesday 20 August 2014 at Madison Square Garden. The exhibition game is one of many training games leading up to the FIBA 2014 Basketball World Cup that will be held in Spain from 30 August-14 September. The US team is the champion of …

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Everyone’s favorites with Laura Rivera and guest performers Maridalia Hernandez, Pavel Nunez, Covi Quintana, Maximo Martinez and Tony Almont tomorrow, Wednesday 20 August 2014, at 9pm at the Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo at Blue Mall. The musical director is Rafa Payan. Tickets for sale at Supermercados Nacional, Jumbo, Uepa.com for RD$800 and RD$2000 VIP. …

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The Bachata es Bossa concert will take place at the Aida Bonnelly concert hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo tomorrow evening, Friday 15 August 2014. Well known bachata songs have been arranged into bossa nova for the concert. Urbanova is known for its musical fusions. Tickets are RD$500 at the National Theater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEyaN3DD7E …

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El 28, a play by Claudio Rivera, is being staged at Teatro Guloya in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City on Friday 15, 16, 17 August 2014. The play is inspired on the book “Mis 500 locos” written by psychiatrist Antonio Zaglul. Starring Yerlim Guzman, Noel Ventura, Viena Gonzalez and Claudio Rivera. Performances are at 8:30pm on …

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The highly successful religious music group Tercer Cielo will be performing at the National Theater in Santo Domingo this Saturday, 16 August 2014. This is a Cesar Suarez production. Dominican Juan Carlos Rodriguez and Evelyn Herrera from the US will be appearing. The group, founded by Rodriguez, has received two Latin Grammy nominations. Tickets: RD$3,000-RD$2,000.

Claro is sponsoring the national car speed-racing contest this Sunday, 17 August 2014 at the Autodrome Mobil 1 off Las Americas Expressway east of Santo Domingo. The Claro Grand Prix starts at 10:30am with motorcycling competitions. Tickets are RD$300-RD$1,500. Children under 10 years enter free. http://www.autodromomobil1.com For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar

The main hall of the National Theater in Santo Domingo is the venue for the production of the Spanish zarzuela “Luisa Fernanda” on Friday, 8 August and Saturday 9 August 2014 at 8:30pm. This is a production of the Sociedad Pro Arte Latinoamericano. Zarzuela is a traditional Spanish operetta with dancing, singing, and drama all …

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The Presidente Beer-sponsored Festival Presidente this year goes global and multi-genre. This year there will be pop, electronic music, R&B, rap and other urban music beats together with the Latin beats of salsa, bachata, merengue. On the list of performing artists is US singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. Franklin Leon, president of the Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, announced …

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The Puerto Rican reggae group Cultura Profetica has included the Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo at Blue Mall in their Americas tour for 2014. They will perform on 3 September 2014. For more on ongoing and upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar

Dominican photographer Polibio Diaz is participating along with 10 other artists in the Canadian art project, “Confluence: Shifting Perspectives of the Caribbean”. The exihibit will run from 25 July to 29 August 2014. The event brings together artworks produced by artists from the Caribbean or artists with cultural ties to the Caribbean. The artworks are …

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