The Gas Station Poet of Jarabacoa, is a very talented poet we discovered in a gas station outside of Jarabacoa!Here is our story of how we met him:
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MIRMIA – the Fundacion MIR’s latest charity event!
The Fundacion MIR, the charity founded by Lian Fanjul, which helps local La Romana children and adults with education and healthcare, is hosting another fundraising event this week – although unfortunately in Miami.
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Memories of Casa de Campo: Altos de Chavon is a Work of Art
Altos de Chavon is the art colony extraordinaire. I’ve always felt that Los Altos itself is a work of art – Artisans from the Dominican Republic built the entire village out of small and medium size stones. Many of the stones have been designed into sculptures and mosaics.
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La Piazzetta: Special Menu for Kenny G concert
Kenny G will be playing in the Altos de Chavon Amphitheater on Sunday November the 8th.
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Dueños ’09: Shooting results and photos!
As part of the Dueños ’09 event, Casa de Campo invited all villa owners to take part in a variety of free Casa de Campo based activities.
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Jonas Brothers Craze: The Jonas Brothers Concert, Santo Domingo
On Sunday October the 25th, a group of 28 Casa de Campo parents and their Jonas Brother crazy kids, set off to Santo Domingo, to see the infamous Jonas Brothers in concert.
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Only in the DR: a goat’s gamble
This photo was submitted by Simón Antonio Feaugas.
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Dominican-English Dictionary: bengué
‘Dominican’ isn’t exactly a real language, but it has enough dialects and unique words and phrases to confuse even the most fluent Spanish (or rather non-Dominican) speaker, and even some Dominicans!
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La Romana Fashion Show – Saturday October 24th
The La Romana Fashion show took place on Saturday the 24th of October, in the Club Casa Puerto Rico with the objective of raising money for CODIA, the Dominican College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors. CODIA are currently raising funds to take a group of CODIA representatives to participate in the XI Encounter of Women […]
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Memories of Casa de Campo – the Altos de Chavon amphitheater
Back again, by popular demand, Carol Burke brings us her memories of the Altos de Chavon Amphitheater.
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Inauguration of Exposición Artesacro Santos de Palo
This Thursday the 22nd of October the Altos de Chavon art gallery hosted another successful inauguration of their latest art exhibit ‘Artesacro Santos de Palo,’ exhibiting the work of Dominican artists Mauricio Brito and Martin Lopez.