From Argentina With Love

9 de julio Celebration with the Casa Argentina de Colorado

Denver-based readers, the Casa Argentina de Colorado is hosting a Dia de Independencia asado next Saturday, including live music...details follow in English and Spanish--hope to see you there!

Saturday July 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm – We are celebrating Argentina's Independence Day with a Picnic! Casa Argentina is holding a Family Picnic and Barbecue at Arapaho Park at 7800 S Adams Street, Centennial CO, 80122 on Saturday, July 9, from 6:00pm to 9:00 pm.

We'll have the coals hot and ready! You only need to bring your meat for the grill and side dishes for your family.

We'll have music, sodas, ice, charcoal, and plates, napkins and utensils and the PARRILLEROS.

Casa Argentina will be organizing traditional games like Truco and other activities. The park has courts available for tennis, basketball and soccer.

From 6:00 to 6:30 pm we will have a tango singer opening the event. You don’t want to miss this fantastic gift from Caminito Tango Restaurant.

Cost of the event is $5 per person or $10 per family. Cash only please.

We kindly request a reservation by calling 720-443-2656.

See you there--Feliz Dia de Independencia! (Feel free to pass this invite on to anyone who would like to join us!)

South Suburban park rules state "Alcoholic Beverages with a 3.2% alcohol volume are allowed. No glass bottles."

Sumate a celebrar el dia de la Independencia Argentina el 9 de Julio!

Casa Argentina los espera en este Picnic y Asado familiar que se celebrara en el Arapaho Park ubicado en 7800 S Adams Street, Centennial CO, 80122, el Sabado 9 de Julio de 6:00 a 9:00 de la noche.

Las parrillas estaran con el carbon listo para la carne! Vos solo tenes que traer tu carne y lo que acompane.

Tendremos musica, gaseosas, hielo, carbon, platos, utensillos y servilletas… y ademas… los PARRILLEROS!

Jugaremos al Truco y otras actividades. El parque cuenta ademas con cancha de tenis, basketball y futbol.

Iniciaremos el evento con el talento de Abel que nos cantara unos tangos! No se pierdan este regalo que nos otorga el restaurant Caminito Tango.

El costo del evento es de $5.00 por persona o $10.00 por familia. Efectivo solamente.

No olvides de indicarnos tu reservacion! Llame al 720-443-2656.

Nos vemos el 9 de Julio. Feliz Dia de la Independencia! (invita a tus amigos)

Por reglamentacion del South Suburban Park solo bebidas alcoholicas con una graduacion alcoholica de 3.2% por volumen estan permitidas. No botellas de vidrio.

A Taste of Argentina

 

I won't be able to attend this awesome event, hosted by the Argentinean Consulate General and the Casa Argentina de Colorado at the elegant Denver Athletic Club--but I hope you'll be there!

The event is FREE, and will have a selection of fabulous Argentinean wines to try, as well as empanadas from Maria Empanada. 

If you're able to attend, just RSVP to the email address above, so you'll be on the list, and join everyone in celebrating Argentina's wine, food and culture.

Salut!

Departure Time Radio Show!

 

 

We have a lovely local AM radio station here in Denver that I listen to all the time called Studio 1430.  Their music hearkens back to the era of my grandparents--all their standards are, well, the standards.  It's great background music while I'm in the kitchen--the perfect tunes to croon to as I'm concocting something new.

On Saturdays, the station does a show called Departure Time, where featured guests talk about their travel experiences, tips, and recomendations--and on April 23rd, at 1pm Mountain time, I'll be a guest on the show!  Previous guests have included travel gurus Rick Steves and Rudy Maxa.

Please join me while I talk about Argentina with host Rick Crandall. I'll be dishing up my favorite things about the Southern cone, from wineries to recipes to must-see stops on your own vacation!

You can stream the audio live from the AM Studio 1430 Denver website.  I'll be adding a recorded version of the show to my media page sometime soon.  Thanks for tuning in!

Cuentame un Cuentito--Bilingual Family Theater

 

Gabriella Cavellero, the force behind the Tango Seduction show I wrote about last year, has created another masterpiece!  This time, she's brought us a family-oriented bilingual theater production, combining tradtional Latin American stories and music told/sung in English and Spanish.

This is just the sort of thing that Denver needs more of!   Not only does it combine some of my favorite things--music and theater--butI can bring along the whole family.  Affordable tickets, and something we'll all enjoy--is there a better way to enjoy a Saturday afternoon?

Thank you and felicidades, Gabriella, and hope to see you all there!

Q & A With Te Extraño Director Fabian Hofman



Last week I had the chance to pose a few questions to Argentinean director Fabián Hofman, who's poignant film, Te Extraño, will screen at the 2010 Starz Denver Film Festival.  The film follows two brothers, adolescent Javier and his older, politically involved brother, Adrian.  Based on Hofman's real life story during Argentina's military dictatorship of the 1970s, the plot takes a turn when Adrian, like 30,000 others during the 'Dirty War', disappears.

A special thanks to Sr. Hofman for agreeing to this interview.  (Follows in Spanish)