Paramotorists will set a new
trans-oceanic world record

On May 3, eight adventure sportsmen will set a world record for a new sport called “paramotoring” to benefit children with cancer in Panama. The paramotorists will catch an upwind with their parachutes in the Carribbean and glide over to the Pacific side of Panama, propelled by a singular fan-like propeller. “Vuelo por la vida” or “Flight for life” is the name of the event which should get Panama some airtime on the Discovery Channel.

The International Aeronautical Federation of Switzerland, which regulates airborne sports, is interested in establishing the flight as a world record for traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific by paramotor.

The paramotorists are scheduled to take off from Fort Sherman in Colon at 7:00 a.m. and glide over the Panama Canal propelled by a motor placed directly behind the seated pilot, which looks like a big fan on his back. They should land on the west side of the Canal, probably at Howard, by 9:00 a.m.

Remy Swaab is the only Panamanian who will participate in the event as a pilot. He explained that for a short period between April and May, a “wind window” exists which provides the perfect conditions for the sport. When the southern and northern winds meet over Panama around these dates, wind is reduced to a minimum.

The event has received all the necessary clearances from Panama’s Civil Aeronautics and the Canal Authority.

Visit www.vueloporlavida.org.

Amber Trio Jerusalem
at National Theater

Israeli musicians will perform to commemorate the
60th anniversary of the foundation of the Jewish State

The Amber Trio Jerusalem will perform at the National Theater on Monday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the State of Israel. Founded in 1991, the group is made up of violinist Uri Dror, pianist Lior Kretzer and cellist Ira Givot. They are the official musical group for the Jewish Museum of Vienna and continuously perform on radio and television as well as produce albums at the Israeli Broadcasting Authority Music Radio Station.

The concert will be just one of many celebrations carried out in Panama to conmemorate the foundation of the Israeli state. Menashe Bar On, the Israeli ambassador in Panama, informed that an exclusive reception will be held on the evening of May 7 at the Hebrew Cultural Center of Panama.

Make reservations to see the Amber Trio Jerusalem by calling 208-4702 or 208-4705.

With table service

Salsa greats live at Figali

Showpro is putting together an exciting concert at Figali Convention Center to celebrate Labor Day in Panama on Wednesday, April 30 (Labor Day is of?cially May 1). Salsa greats Oscar D’ Leon of Venezuela and El Gran Combo of Puerto Rico will entertain the audience with their hits in a different kind of concert. The audience will be seated at tables instead of rows to enjoy the music and will have a chance to get up and dance as well as enjoy bar services while seated.

A salsa concert is not the same if attendees cannot dance to their favorite songs like “Llorarás”,“Manisero” and “Detalles” by Oscar D’ Leon as well as “Brujeria”,“El Caballo Petolero” and others by El Gran Combo. Visitors may not know the names of these famous songs by these top salsa artists, but the songs themselves and their rhythms will surely ring a bell for anyone who has been listening to local music.

VIP Table tickets are $150, Preferential Table tickets are $100, Area B Table tickets are $75, Area C Table tickets are $50, and General Standing Room tickets are $25. Large groups can receive discounts of 10% for 24 - 46 people (three to seven tables), 15% for 57 to 120 people (eight to 15 tables) and 20% for more. Prices do not include tax or service fee.

Tickets are available at Video Avenue.

The Pullitzer comedy in Spanish

“You can’t take it with you”

Teatro en Círculo will be showing the Spanish version of Pulitzer Prize winning comedy“You Can’t Take it With You” (Vive Como Quieras), written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, from April 1st to May 2nd.

The cast of the Teatro en Circulo production.

The play, directed by Edwin Cedeño, centers around the eccentric Sycamore family and the exotic friends that live with them. Penelope, the would-be artist that never finishes what she starts, Paul, the junkyard inventor that builds rockets in the basement, Martin Vanderhof, the tax evading, snake-owning "grandpa" and more surround mild mannered Alice. Alice is a normal girl with a normal job that, when getting engaged to her boss Tony Kirby, a successful businessman with a conservative, upper class family, both families must meet in a rendezvous that is sure to cause many laughs.

What will happen when the Kirby’s are invited for dinner at the Sycamore home to "meet the parents" but get the dates confused and arrive out of schedule?

Tickets are priced at $15 Tuesday to Saturday at 8p.m., with shows on Sundays at 4p.m. For more information call 265- 5375, 261-5259 or visit
www.teatroencirculo.com.

CINE UNIVERSITARIO

At the National University of Panama

TIMES: 4:00 / 6:00 / 8:00 p.m.
TEL: 264-2737
TICKETS: $2.00 / $1.00 (national or foreign students with I.D./ estudiantes nacionales o extranjeros con carnet)

THEATER AT THE CINEMA
In collaborations with CIMAS

Apr. 26 – 27
NOISES OFF (U.S.A., 1992) comedy by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, and Denholm Elliott. Excellent adaptation of the play by Michael Frayn, where a theater director tries to finish a comedy he is directing, while behind the scenes chaos is taking control. 104’. (B+)

Apr. 28 – 29
MARAT – SADE, the persecution and assassination of jeanpaul marat as performed by the inmates of the Ssylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade. (U.K., 1966) drama by Peter Brook, with Patrick Magee, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson, and Ian Richardson. Adaptation of the play by Peter Weiss, staged by Brook, with the plot described in the title. 115’.

Apr. 30 & May 2
DIE BITTEREN TRÄNEN DER PETRA VON KANT (THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT) (Germany, 1972) drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Eva Mattes, and Katrin Schaake. Inside her studio, a fashion designer confronts her stormy relationships with one of her models, her assistant and relatives. Based on the play by Fassbinder. 124’. B

May 2
CLOSED

May 3 – 4 (4 p.m./ 7 p.m.)
1865 ALL ABOUT EVE (U.S.A., 1950) drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, and Thelma Ritter. During a talent award ceremony in New York, a man narrates the story of the famous actress Margo Channing and her assistant, who enters to her life with terrible intentions. 138’. B+