Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Today is “Sábado de carnaval”, everyone is out either at the beach or at one of Panama´s countryside towns to celebrate. Casco gets pretty quiet, but if you walk to Central Avenue, you´ll see everyone buzzing, buying lottery tickets, hats, wigs and food, getting ready for the weekend and the…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Last night was the second edition of Cine Animal at Temporal, Casco Viejo. The star film of the night was Cucarachita Mandi, a twist on the Panamanian fable “La Cucarachita Mandinga”. All the films, including Mandi, were based on animation. Temporal also showed what it takes to make it: all…
Panama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo To dance, is one thing. To create, another. To direct your own peers takes a special skill. Now try to do all of it, and, by the way, you are barely a teenager. Yesterday, we went to Enlaces dance program, to see the first choreography fully created, directed and danced…
Panama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Last Wednesday, young families in Casco gathered at 5th street to inaugurate Casco´s first “baby park”, fully created and implemented by the community. The ngo that made it happen was AVACA, Casco´s neighborhood association. The event was honored by the presence of the Major and the Director of Historic Patrimony,…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo A mini movie theatre in Casco Viejo! Arte Nómada and Cine Animal transformed La Vecindad in a pop up mini cinema. This week, they opened with three short films by Panamanian artists and the place was packed. The films had fashion as a common theme, but they were all very…
The Caramelized Apples, brings me so many memories of my childhood. I remember seeing them at fairs, at carnivals, it’s like turning the cassette around to see this image. I was curious to know the origin of this wonderful dessert that made Eve sin and to Snow White fell into the temptation to give…