For your diary

River tubing in the Chagres. 7:00 a.m. $79. Info.: 261-5043.

“Mundo extraño” (strange world) exhibition by Gabriela Handal in Exedra Books. Info.: prettyballoon@gmail.com.

Exotic birds and birds of prey tour at Cerro Ancon. 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Free entrance. Info.: 232-5977.

“4 Miradas de Mujer” exhibit at Marcorama Balboa, at the Galerias Balboa Mall.

“Los caballeros las prefieren malportadas” (Gentlemen prefer them misbehaved) play at Aba Theater. Monday – Friday at 8:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Info.: 260-6316.

“Andamiajes” exhibit at Allegro Gallery, with international artists Gustavo Acosta, Luis Cruz Azaceta (EU), Carlos Estevez, Jaime Franco (Colombia), Pancho Quilici “Venezuela – France). Info.: 226-6967.

“Un plomero con plumero” play at Aba Theater. Monday to Thursday 8:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $12. Info.: 260-6316.

“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.

“Playlist” nights at La Casona, Casco Antiguo. 10:00 p.m. Free Entrance. Info.: 211-0740..

“Ida y vuelta”, performance by Panamanian singer Yomira John with her new cd. Free Entrance. Info.: 391-5164.

Ecuadorian artista Omedo Quimbita’s paintings exhibit. Sponsored by the Embassy of Ecuador. Sala de Lectura Ligera, National Library, Parque Omar. Info.: 221-8360.

Inauguration of the photographic exhibit “Celebrando los 60 años de Israel, Desafios y Logros” in honor of Israel’s 60th anniversary. Anthropological museum Reina Torres de Arauz in Curundu, 7:00 p.m. Info.: 208-4702.

“Polen: maravilla microscopica” monthly Smithsonian conference at the Earl S. Tupper center in Ancon (in Spanish). Info.: ventocij@si.edu.

Osvaldo Ayala in concert at Bar Rumba 507, Marriott Hotel.

Revolucion 7080, literary café at Exedra Books with 9 narrators born between 1971 and 1987. 7:00 p.m.

Jazz night at Scena and Platea, Casco Antiguo.

“Feria de la Rumba 2008” (Rumba Fair) at ATLAPA. Presale on Blockbuster, $10 - $25.

Los Bleacers at Bar Rumba 507, Marriott Hotel.

Salsa Night with Andy Bush and his group at Scena y Platea, Casco Antiguo.

Tribute to Kreator at Bar Epocas. 8:00 p.m. Entrance: $1 women, $3 men.

Movistar lights up its Christmas tree in Albrook Mall. 5:00 p.m. Christmas carols.

Panama Flat International 2008 at the gymnasium of the Centro Cultural Chino Panameño. 1:00 p.m. $3. Info.: 676-49442.

National Salsa Fair at Figali Convention Center with Wichi Camacho, Pedro Bull, Cheo Feliciano, Roberto Blades and 6 national orchestras. 12:00 p.m. Tickets $17-$38 at Blockbuster.

Graphic Fest at the Architecture Faculty in the University of Panama. 5:00 p.m. Free Entrance.

Extreme animation week at Ganexa, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Maroon 5 and Duran Duran in concert. Figali Convention Center. 7:00 p.m. Tickets $25 - $150 at Video Avenue. Info.: 279-0333.

“Magnolias de acero” (Steel magnolias) play in Spanish at La Quadra Theater. Tuesdays to Saturdays 8:00 p.m. and Sundays 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Tickets $12. Info. 214-8281.

American Society of Panama’s annual Thanksgiving dinner at St. Mary’s Church Parish Hall, Balboa. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. $20 members, $25 non-members. American.society.panama@gmail.com