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2nd Annual Dome Music Festival

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The Dome Drive Thru Restaurant in Uvita de Osa will host the 2nd Annual Dome Music Festival on April 28th, 2012.  After last year’s one day Festival in June to celebrate the grand re-opening of the Dome Drive Thru proved a local success, owners Mike Allen and Brent Thomas agreed that Uvita needed a yearly [...]

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Teatro Jaco presents “Jazz Garbo”

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April 4, 5, 6 and 7th At 8:00 p.m. Cost $10 General/ $20 VIP (includes 2 drinks) This popular Costa Rican Jazz group features vocalist Gabriela Zamora, Mario Campos on drums, Ricardo Alfaro on piano and Alejandro Castro on bass. Gabriela Zamora, widely considered the most representative singer of the national jazz, is best known [...]

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Robert August “Surf n Turf” 2012

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To Benefit the Underprivileged Children of Costa Rica Surfers, Golf fanatics, community supporters and Robert August fan’s alike, we would like to send a special invitation to you to join us in supporting a good cause while having fun for the 13th Annual Robert August “Surf n Turf” Charity Challenge! 100% of this tournament profits are [...]

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FIA Breaks Attendance Record During First Weekend

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The13th edition of the International Arts Festival (FIA), organized by the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJD) and the National Theater, has been a total success among the residents of the great metropolitan area. The festival’s producers reported than an estimate of 400 thousand people attended the festival last weekend, a turnout that surpassed everyone’s [...]

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St. Patrick’s Day in Latin America

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Saint Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day that celebrates the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17 of March. Legend has it that St. Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland for, among other things, raising the dead and driving snakes out of Ireland. In the [...]

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Leap Year / Leap Day – History, Traditions, and Folklore

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ONE OF the convenient fictions we live by holds that there are exactly 365 days in a year. In point of fact, the earth turns roughly 365 and a quarter times on its axis by the time it has completed a full year’s orbit around the sun, which means that periodically the calendar has to catch up, [...]

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“All Bureaucrats” Goes on Tour – Free Theater Performance

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Free show for communities in Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago, Quepos and Guácimo Award winner dramaturgy for 2011 “All bureaucrats”, by writer Luis Arguedas, packs his suitcases and goes on the road to different places in our country.   Residents of Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago paradise, Quepos and Guácimo will enjoy this successful play that tells the story of [...]

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Celebrate Super Bowl XLVI, 2012 Texas Style in Costa Rica

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If you are looking for a place in Costa Rica to watch Super Bowl XLVI, and see the New England Patriot take on the New York Giants, Tom Brady vesus Eli Manning in the house that Peyton Manning built in Indianapolis, then look no further than Texas BBQ in San Joaquin de Flores. This quiet [...]

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Jose Maria Figueres Participates in the World Future Energy Summit

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Former Costa Rica President Jose Maria Figueres participated in the World Future Energy Summit 2012 held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 15-17 as guest of His Highness Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and guest of Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of MASDAR the sponsor of WFES. Mr. Figueres spoke [...]

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The Start of the Chili Wars

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How One Man Took On Texas When last we left-off it was 1893. We were at the Chicago World’s Fair at the first San Antonio ”Chilley” stand. Had we stood on line we would have been rewarded with a sampling of meat seasoned with a blend of hot chili peppers and other spices. It was [...]

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