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Night of the Theaters in Buenos Aires

Once again this year: Night of the theaters in Buenos Aires! On this Saturday 28 October, 2024 many theaters in the City open their doors so you can enjoy the works at promotional prices with discounts ranging from 60 to 90%. From 8 p.m. to midnight, more than 30 theater shows will offer free [...]

By |2024-10-09T12:07:19-03:00October 9th, 2024|Buenos Aires NOW, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Night of the Theaters in Buenos Aires

Techniques and tips to learn Spanish

We are going to suggest some techniques for learning Spanish, for example, the SMART method that is used to set learning objectives.           GOALS SHOULD BE: Specific: Define what specific aspect or what level of Spanish you want to achieve in a period of time. Measurable: Establish how to measure [...]

By |2024-01-07T03:05:44-03:00January 7th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Techniques and tips to learn Spanish

The tragic story of the architect who designed the Colón Theater and Congreso building in Buenos Aires

Colón theater, when it was yet a project....   Vittorio Meano had been born in 1860 in Susa, a small Italian city about 50 kilometers from Turin. At 18 he graduated as a geometer and then studied architecture and engineering, where he met who he considered his teacher, Francesco Tamburini. When Tamburini traveled to Argentina, [...]

By |2020-07-20T01:31:03-03:00July 20th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The tragic story of the architect who designed the Colón Theater and Congreso building in Buenos Aires

Friend´s day

Friend's Day is an Argentine invention, which found inspiration in an unknown dentist, musician and professor of psychology, philosophy and history in a very special way. On July 20, 1969, a man stepped on the Moon for the first time. That day Enrique Ernesto Febbraro had a sudden idea: connect with the rest of the [...]

By |2020-07-20T01:14:22-03:00July 20th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Friend´s day

Expressions using “DAR”

The Spanish verb "Dar" is a verb that you can use in many expressions. "Dar" literally means "to give". It can also means "to hand", "to pass" and "to deliver". But we also use the verb Dar to express an emotion that we are feeling. For example: Me da vergüenza hablar en público The literal [...]

By |2020-07-20T01:09:47-03:00July 20th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Expressions using “DAR”

Mate

Mate is an infusion made with leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis), a plant native to the Paraná river basins, Paraguay and the upper course of Uruguay. These previously dried, cut and ground plants form the yerba mate, which has a bitter taste due to the tannins of its leaves (is like a strong green [...]

By |2019-10-23T11:30:09-03:00October 23rd, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mate

Barolo Palace

The Barolo Palace (also called Barolo Passage or Barolo Gallery) is an office building located on Avenida de Mayo, in Monserrat neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was disigned by the Italian Mario Palanti and inaugurated in 1923. Untill 1930 it was the tallest building in the city and in South America as well as his [...]

By |2019-10-18T12:43:46-03:00October 21st, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Barolo Palace

Jazz Festival

The Jazz Brothers Festival is an event that takes place only in The Brothers Club | Palermo, performances by the Under Jazz Porteño. Free Entrance || Happy Hour until 10 pm || Craft Brewery || Wine Bar || all night open kitchen || Cocktails. This Saturday (October 19th) and the next one (October 26th). Niceto [...]

By |2019-10-18T10:25:47-03:00October 18th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Jazz Festival

Connectors

The connectors are used for many things but mainly for these 6 cases: 1) to link similar ideas or to add an idea: Otra vez (again), de nuevo (again / one more time), también / además (also), y (and), igualmente (in the same way), de igual importancia (as important as...), asimismo / de la misma [...]

By |2019-10-16T14:28:39-03:00October 17th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Connectors