For your diary

FRIDAY OCTOBER 10

The Canadian Association presents a Thanksgiving dinner at the Miramar Intercontinental Hotel. Tickets $50, Canadian Embassy. Info.: www.canapan.org.

Salsa night with Roberto Delgado at Scena & Platea (Casco Antiguo). Info.: 226-4011.

80s and 90s music with DJ Fidel Bastro at La Casona, Casco Antiguo. 10:00 p.m. Entrance: $3. Info.: 211-0740.

FRIDAY OCT 10 - 11

Isla Tigre Fair, San Blas

FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 –12

“Pulgarcito” play at Teatro La Quadra. Saturday 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m; Sunday 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 for children and $7 adults. Info.: 214-8281.

“Hay que casar a la abuela” (We need to get grandmother married) play at Teatro Aba. Info.: gonates2@yahoo.com.ar.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 10 – 15

“Languages from other times” exhibit by artist Yaneca at Galeria de Casa Cultural Huellas. 7:30 p.m. Info.: 265-8703.

FRIDAY OCT 10 –21

8th Biannual Panama Art exhibit, themed the former Panama Canal Zone. Contemporary Art Museum. Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Info.: http://www.bienalpanama.org/.

Brooke Alfaro paintings exhibition. Biodiversity Museum. Amador Causeway. Info.: 314-1396.

“Garden City: Progressive planning and the Canal of Panama” photographic exhibition at the Manuel E. Amador Guerrero Room at the University of Panama. Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Info.: 262-3380.

Sea Fair in Bocas del Toro

FRIDAY OCT 10 – 26

“No seas cruel” (Don’t be cruel) play at La Quadra Theater. Tuesdays to Saturdays 8:00 p.m. Sundays 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10. Info.: 6613-9329.

FRIDAY OCT 10 – 31

“El Metodo Gronholm” play at Teatro La Quadra. Tuesday to Saturday 8:00 p.m.; Sunday 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Tickets $12; Tuesdays half price and retirees $8.10. Blockbuster.

“Plasmos 08” Exhibit by artists Jorge Camaño at the Torre Mayor building in Bella Vista. 7:00 p.m. Info.: 223-1799 or www.helpanama.com.

FRIDAY OCT 10 – JAN 2009

“Bodies Revealed” exhibit at the Santo Tomas Hospital. 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Tickets: $12 children and retirees; $23 adults. Info.: 393-5720.

SATURDAY OCT 11

“Know your country” tour to an Embera indigenous community. 7:00 a.m. $65. Info.: 261-5043.

Electronic night at La Casona (Casco Antiguo). 10:30 p.m. Info.: 211-0740.

DJ QBA from Miami at The Gallery- 10:00 p.m. Info.: 265-3212.

“Satelite Rock” at El Pavo Real. 8:00 p.m. $3.

TUESDAY OCT 14 AND 16

Madame Butterfly Opera, National Theater. 7:00 p.m. Tickets from $12.60; Blockbuster.

TUESDAY OCT 14 – OCT 26

“Contigo pan y cebolla” play at Teatro en Circulo. Tuesdays to Saturdays 8.00 p.m. and Sundays 4:00 p.m. Tickets $15. Info: 264-4819

WEDNESDAY OCT 15

REO Speedwagon concert. Tickets available at Video Avenue.

WEDNESDAY OCT 15

River rafting at National Chagres Park. 7:00 a.m. $60. Info.: 6668-1842.

Jazz night at Las Terrazas, Multiplaza.

WED OCTOBER 15 – NOV 8

Inaugural Cocktail. “Zoned Out” exhibit by Jose Manuel Castrellon. Diablo Rosso. 7:30 p.m.

WED OCTOBER 15 – 25

“Karaoke Emocional” play at La Casona, Caso Antiguo. Wednesdays to Saturdays, 8:00 p.m. Tickets $8.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16

Tribute to “Police” by the Official International Band: Synchronicity. Doors open at 9:00 p.m. Tickets from $33.60; Blockbuster.

“Los caballeros la prefieren malportadas” play at Aba Theater. Mondays to Fridays 8:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Info.: 260-6316.

Os Almirantes, new music video release at The Roof. 6:00 p.m.

THURSDAY OCT 16 – 17

II Forum on Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility. Room 409 at the Ascanio Arosemena Center. Scheduling info.: 221-3181.

THURSDAY OCT 16 – OCT 20

Festival of the pretty bull in Anton, Cocle. Folkloric and traditional activities.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 17

Jungle Trekking at the National Portobelo Park. $25. Info.: ecoloaventuras@yahoo.com.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

South American Music Conference. Hed Kandi lounge at Plaza Paitilla. 4:00 p.m. Tickets from $23 at Blockbuster.

Rock in Pajamas II at BBQ Sport in El Dorado. 5:00 p.m. Info.: www.panamarock.com.

SUNDAY OCT 19

Reebok Panama Canal Triatlon 2008. 8:00 a.m. Info.: www.triathlon.org.pa.