Last month, Stage Art Studio celebrated their second anniversary doing what they love most – performing! On December 16th, after weeks of rehearsal and preparation, they presented, “Once upon a time…” their first-ever original musical and we must say they were incredible!
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Chavón School of Design has two new film workshops this month!
The film industry in the Dominican Republic is rapidly growing and so is the new film career here at Chavón School of Design. This new 2-year career, opened last year in February and already has two groups, the first one to graduate next year. As preparation for it, the school had been offering various workshops before officially […]
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Three Kings Day in the Dominican Republic
Three Kings Day, also known as the Epiphany, is a holiday that carries as much importance as Christmas in the Dominican Republic, with children receiving gifts and adults getting time off to celebrate. It is a time spent with family feasting and exchanging gifts, wrapping up the holiday season.
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One week away! 2018 Magical Splendor Gala for the Fundación MIR with Naeem Khan
If you’re ready to continue your start to the new year in the best way possible, look no further than next weekend! While many vacationers will be heading home soon after a holiday filled with “fiestas, fiestas, fiestas” (as a friend recently summarized) we hope you’ll stick around for the Magical Splendor Gala with the Fundación MIR […]
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Los Hermanos Rosario proved why they are called “Los dueños del swing”!
What a night to remember! If there is one thing Dominicans love to do – it’s dance! And from what we were able to see so does all villa owners and guests! Last Tuesday the 26th of December, Chavón was bustling with music and laughter and when the Hermanos Rosario hit the stage in Plaza Chavón, […]
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“La Verdadera Yo” by Dominican artist Olivette Santoni
On December 21st, Eddy Guzman presented the exhibition “La Verdadera Yo” (The real me) inspired by the book written by the Dominican artist Olivette Santoni. The artist prepared a collection of drawings, paintings, and altarpieces to illustrate the poems that make up her book of poetry and drawings named in the same way, “La Verdadera […]
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Don’t miss the photographic exhibition “Los Almendrones” in The Gallery
On Saturday, December 16th the main gallery in Altos de Chavón hosted the opening of the photographic exhibition, “Los Almendrones” by artists, Clara Martínez Thedy, Mary Rosa Jiménez, Carlos Acero, and Sandra Garip. The impressive photographs were dispersed throughout the walls of the first floor of the gallery, where many members of the Casa de Campo communitygathered to […]
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Beautiful live nativity presentation by the Fundación MIR students
On Friday, December 22nd a group of the Casa de Campo villa owners, residents and visitors enjoyed an interpretation of the magical live nativity (the “Nacimiento Viviente”) performed by the children of the Fundación MIR on the Altos de Chavón’s main plaza in front of the St Stanislaus church.
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Jacqueline Then’s Holiday dress shop at the Jenny Polanco Project
Fans of Jacqueline Then’s Dominicana Moda 2017 runway show got to experience it up close and personal along with some never-before-seen holiday specials at her trunk show the weekend before last in Altos de Chavón. The event which was held at the Jenny Polanco Project on Saturday and Sunday, December 16th & 17th, allowed guests […]
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Spreading Christmas cheer around Altos de Chavón
On Thursday, December 14th, numerous kids and their parents came to the Altos de Chavón Regional Museum of Archaeology to be part of a traditional Dominican Aguinaldo around the village. The activity began at 5 pm with a Maracas workshop for our kids where they learned how to make their own using beads and disposable cups […]
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Traditional Live Nativity by the children of the Fundación MIR will be held next Friday!
Just a few days ago we saw that a group of Fundación MIR children came to Chavón to rehearse their traditional annual presentation, and if what we saw and heard is any indication of what will happen next Friday, December 22nd, we are sure it will be one of their best representations of Jesus’ arrival […]