Every Friday and Saturday night The Ministry of Tourism and Culture sponsors an evening of folklore dances and music. Santo Domingo de Fiesta, at the stage in the Plaza de España in Cuidad Colonial. It runs from 8 to 9PM and admission is always free. “Santo Domingo de Fiesta” is the weekly arts program presented […]
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Luis Fonsi in Dominican Republic 2012
Satruday Abril 7, 2012/ Sábado 7 de abril 2012 at Altos de Chavon at 8PM “President Live” presents Luis Fonsi for the first time ever in concert in República Dominicana in the 5,000-seat outdoor amphitheater Altos de Chavon located in La Romana. Luis Fonsi, the Salsa stat from Puerto Rico, will be singing the music […]
Independence Day 2012
Monday February 27th is the day we celebrate Independence Day/ Día de la Independencia. Día de la Bandera / Flag Day. On February 27, 1844 the country declared its independence from Haitian occupation and retook the name República Dominicana (Dominican Republic). This is the Shield from the center of the Dominican Flag (more history of […]
Anthony Ocana Comes Home
Anthony Ocaña native of Dominican Republic living in Spain will be playing his unique style of music on Saturday February/ sabado febrero 11, 2012. He will be playing at 8:30PM in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, sala Máximo Avilés Blonda located on Avenida Máximo Gómez and Independencia, Gazcue, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Ocana writes and […]
XV Feria del Libro Dominicana 2012
The 15th International Book Fair Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic/ XV Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo de la República Dominicana will be held from April 18 to May 6, 2012. The event will take place in the Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo. This, the fifteenth year of the […]
More Earthquakes in January 2012
This is all the information I have collected that seemed important about the recent earthquakes/ temblors de tierra in the last few days. Magnitude 5.1 – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 32 km (20 miles) NW (312°) from Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, Dominican Republic 35 km (22 miles) NNE (31°) from San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte, Dominican Republic […]