This Saturday December the 13th 2014, Casa de Campo and Altos de Chavón invites you to celebrate the official start of the holiday season with the first appearance of Santa Claus, the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and even a Christmas concert – all in the Altos de Chavón main plaza!
Category: Art and Culture
Dominican English Dictionary – Decricaje
Here we are once again to present you our Dominican word of the week, we hope with this edition we may be able to expand your Dominican vocabulary knowledge and entertain you with our peculiar form of speech.
Ángela Occhipinti opens exhibit in Santo Domingo
The prestigious contemporary artist, Ángela Occhipinti from Italy, presented her solo exhibition entitled “Twelve constellations” on Tuesday November 25th at 7:30 pm, in the temporary exhibition rooms of the Centro Cultural Mirador in Santo Domingo.
Altos de Chavón to host “Weaving Together” benefit dinner
Next Friday December 12th, the foundation “Women Together” and the Regional Altos de Chavón Regional Museum invite you to a gala event, a dinner that will contribute to improving the lives of women who work hard to develop beautiful handiwork, while making a better life for themselves and their families.
40% off at Harmont & Blaine
Although the madness of Black Friday is behind us, the good news is that at Harmont & Blaine in the Marina Casa de Campo still have 40% off selected items!
Hannah Parr, an artist making the ordinary extraordinary
Hannah Parr is an artist who takes the ordinary and makes it art, a whole new creation fashioned out of what others may see as a simple piece of wood. And that is precisely what defines an artist, her ability to see art where the rest just see something common, something that without an inspired vision […]
Ballet Don Quijote by Escuela de Ballet Elizabeth P. de Zeller in Altos de Chavón
Are you ready? Ivonne Zeller (Director of the Elizabeth P. de Zeller’s ballet academy), will present “Don Quijote”, and it’s just around the corner!!
Miss France beauty pageant in Casa de Campo
On Monday and Tuesday the 17th and 18th of November, Casa de Campo was honored by the visit of France’s most beautiful young ladies – the 33 contestants of the Miss France beauty pageant.
Colectiv@ 5 Art Exhibition
On Friday December 12th, you are cordially invited to the opening of “Colectiv@ 5” a photography exhibit that represents the collective work of 5 artists; America Olivo, Lowell Whipple, Mary Rosa Jimenez, Clara Martinez Thedy and Ángel Ricardo Rivera.
Dominican English Dictionary: Moriqueta
Hello to every scholar in the Dominican language! Welcome to this new edition of our fun and educational Dominican English dictionary, if this is the first time you read our dictionary, we would like to invite you to become acquainted with the words that we have previously published; jumo, guayarse, deguabinao, jartura, yeyo, chepa, dique, empepillar.
Chavoneros present “Holistic” art exhibit
Art and more art! From December 18th to January 26th, The Gallery in Altos de Chavón will be filled with the fantastic artworks of the “Holistic” art exhibit presented by Dominican artists George Heinsen and Joao Rodriguez and US Yoel Bordas, all “Chavoneros” and graduates of the Altos de Chavón School of Design.
