Culture

Showpro Panama confirms that Ozzy Osbourne, also known as the Godfather of Heavy Metal and the Prince of Darkness, will perform in Panama on April 19, 2011. The concert is part of a 18-month world promotional tour for his latest album “Scream” and its latest single “Live Won’t Wait.” Born in Birmingham, England, the...
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Casco Viejo’s La Merced church has a 788-year-old bell. The church and convent was first erected in what are now the ruins of Panama Viejo but was moved stone by stone to Casco Viejo after pirate Henry Morgan’s devastating 1671 sacking. As part of a restoration effort, Panama’s National Institute of Culture invited Manuel...
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Chance, the movie from Panamanian director Abner Benaim, is in the running for the Best Spanish-language foreign film at the 2011 Goya Awards, the Spanish equivalent of the U.S. Oscars. “It’s a good feeling to be pre qualified for the Goya,” Benaim told The Panama Digest from New York City, where the film is...
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Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Perez has received a 2011 Grammy Award nomination in the Best Instrumental Jazz Album Category for Providencia. “This record is based on the idea that whatever we do has an impact in the universe,” Pérez says. “The word ‘providence,’ for me, means standing up for the future of the next...
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Arcus Worldwide Entertainment is bringing Hollywood to Panama. The Los Angeles-based company has created Panawood Films Trust, confident that Panama offers all the necessary economic and geographical conditions to grow a film industry. Panawood plans to film at least five movies in Panama.  The first one, tentatively scheduled to start filming next March, is...
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