Metallica played a two and a half hour show, rocking out a packed Figali Convention Center Monday night. The set list included classic favorites like Master of Puppets, Whiplash, One, Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, Seek and Destroy, Creeping Death, Harvester of Sorrow and Blackened, as well as some newer songs. “Do you want...
The Panama Canal Authority’s eighth annual Cultural Summer series starts today, commemorating the first decade of Panama Canal auto-administration. The cultural summer will begin today at 7 p.m. and end February 26. Concerts are on the steps of the canal administration building and are free. Danilo Perez and Samy and Sandra Sandoval will also...
The number of hotel rooms in Panama will total 23,000 by 2011, La Estrella reports. In a country fairly new to the service industry, the Panamanian Hotel Association will be focusing on the skill-building of human resources in public tourist lodging centers. The infusion of hotels is expected to create at least 7,000 new...
The seventh annual Panama Jazz Festival will take place from January 11th to 16th. Founded by Panamanian jazz musician Danilo Perez, the festival is dedicated to Panamanian pianist Sonny White. Visiting international artists include Elllis Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, John Patitucci, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jamey Haddad, Juanito Pascual, and Carlos Garnet. There...
A group of artists and musicians have turned the old Union Club into a temporary exhibition space, culminating with a rock concert on Christmas Eve. Presented by the Office of Casco Antiguo, the series of events was launched last Friday with live music and the deteriorated walls hung with the bright, edgy artwork of...
