This weekend the Altos de Chavon School of Design is offering you the opportunity to learn to draw with Melanie Reim, the woman Stephen Kaplan fondly refers to as “Chavón’s Tornado of a Drawing Teacher”.
Author Archives: Perkin Agramonte
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National Youth Tennis Tournament in Casa de Campo
On Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th of June the Dominican National Youth Tennis Tournament will be celebrated in Casa de Campo with the participation of many talented young players.
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Homewood Suites by Hilton coming to Santo Domingo
As we know our Casa de Campo community likes to be kept up to date about everything happening in the Dominican Republic and especially in Santo Domingo, we thought you might be interested to know that Hilton has announced a plan to oprn their first Caribbean’s Homewood Suites by Hilton in Santo Domingo.
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Juan Luis Guerra at the Altos de Chavón Amphitheater
Who doesn’t love Juan Luis?! I certainly do and that’s why I’m so excited to tell you – he’s coming to Altos de Chavón in concert!
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Chavoneros featured in #20YearsOnTheRoad exhibit
From May 21st to June 20th, the Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery in Santo Domingo will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with a great art exhibition called #20YearsOnTheRoad, a collaboration of Dominican artists who have been part of the gallery’s history since it opened in 1995, including a number of Altos de Chavón graduates, otherwise known as “Chavoneros”.
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Casa de Campo announces Summer Camp 2015
The littles ones of the house are nearly on school vacation and Casa de Campo has everything ready to provide your children a summer break they will never forget with all the sports activities of the Casa de Campo’s Summer Camp 2015.
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Dominican English Dictionary: Bojote
Well my friends, the list goes quite far and we hope that all the words we have published so far have been useful for a better understanding of the Dominican words used all around us every day.
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Fernando Tamburini to represent the DR in Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan American Games
OK so not quiet true… But our favorite Dominican artist Fernando Tamburini has been selected to represent the Dominican Republic in an art project being produced by the Textile Museum of Canada in partnership with the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan American Games.
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Next Café de la Leche at the Yacht Club
Number six is almost here! Thursday June 11th, marks the sixth Café de la Leche of the year! Which means another opportunity for all members of the Casa de Campo community to have a great time, while supporting a good cause. On this occasion it will be hosted at the Marina Casa de Campo, specifically […]
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Royal Salute, first official engagement in Casa de Campo
On June 2nd 1953, Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne as monarch of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon. On that same day, and in honor of this special occasion, the Chivas Brothers launched Royal Salute whisky, and today, nearly 62 years later while we have not had the honor of welcoming the Queen to […]
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Casa de Campo opens Avenida Rey Juan Carlos I
Today, Thursday May 14th, the new Casa de Campo second main entrance and adjoining road- Avenida Rey Juan Carlos I -was officially inaugurated in a private ceremony held at the Casa de Campo Hotel, one of the activities of the “XIII Congreso de Padres e Hijos” being celebrated in Casa de Campo this week.