For your diary

Chilli cook-off at Elk’s Club, Balboa.competition 5:15 p.m., dinner 6:00 p.m. $7, participants and those who bring homemade desserts are free. Info.: elks1414@cwpanama.net.

“Feria de la Rumba” (Party Festival) at ATLAPA. Tickets are $10 - $25; Blockbuster.

Pure electronic night at Hed Kandi, Plaza Paitilla. 10:30 p.m. Info.: 393-0929.

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.

Da Mercy Fest at El Pavo Real in Via Argentina. Mala Hierba, Atomik Surfing, Panama Red, Los Piojos Locos and MD on stage. 9:00 p.m. Tickets $3.

“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.

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.

“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..

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.

“Clasicos en Panama Viejo” antique cars exhibit at Panama Viejo. 10:00 a.m. Info: 226-8915.

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.

Jazz night at Las Terrazas, Multiplaza Pacific. Info. 300-9462.

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

DJ Donald Glaude at The Gallery. Info.: 265-3212.

Panagraf at Hotel El Panama. Info.: 6633-8300. www.panagraf.com.

DJ Donald Glaude at The Gallery, Plaza New York. Info.: 265-3212.

Kayak at the Chagres National Park. $55. Info.:info@panamaoutdoors.com.

Juan Luis Guerra in concert at Figali Convention Center. Tickets are $30 - $250; Video Avenue, Extreme Planet.