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December 19, 2009 by Fractional & Shared Ownership Property News & Reviews · Leave a Comment
Here’s just a sampling of some noteworthy – and sometimes offbeat – happenings across the globe over the next couple of months.
NORTH AMERICA An elite field of champions from the previous year’s PGA Tour compete in the PGA’s season-opening SBS Championship event at Kapalua Resort’s famed Plantation Course in Maui, vying for their share of the $5.6 million purse. Practice rounds and a Pro-Am tournament round out happenings for the week of January 4. Tickets available through www.kapalua.com.
EUROPE The Canary Islands Music Festival (El Festival de Música de Canarias) is being held January 8 through February 7. Past performers at the Festival include Plácido Domingo, YoYo Ma and André Previn. Attendees at this year’s event, which is the 26th annual, include the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Petr Vit. The event takes place simultaneously on the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and also on stages around the other islands. www.festivaldecanarias.com
EUROPE This January 13 through 17, more than 100 leading modern British and contemporary art galleries will be brought together for the 22nd edition of London Art Fair – the UK’s largest modern British and contemporary art fair – at the Business Design Centre, Islington. Every year, 22,000 visitors enjoy the work of over 1,000 leading artists ranging from modern masters to the most recent talent. Galleries are chosen by a selection committee and include major UK dealers such as Richard Green, Alan Cristea, FAS and Jonathan Clark Fine Art, as well as younger contemporary spaces. The Fair includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned prints and multiples.
www.londonartfair.co.uk
NORTH AMERICA More than 200 restaurants are expected to participate in New York City’s 2010 Restaurant Week from January 25 through February 7. The event, which happens twice yearly (it’s also in the summer) means discounted pricing at restaurants throughout the city.
Check www.gonyc.about.com/cs/ restaurants/a/rweekmz.htm for the latest list of participating restaurants.
ASIA/PACIFIC The 61st Annual Sapporo Snow Festival occurs February 5 through 11 in Sapporo, Japan. Each winter roughly 2 million people come to see the snow statues and ice sculptures, making it one of Japan’s largest winter events. Odori Park, which serves as the main venue, is located in the city center, and a space extending 1.5 kilometers transforms into a snow museum. International Square becomes the stage for the International Snow Statue Contest, with more than 10 teams from all over the world competing.
www.snowfes.com/english
LATIN AMERICA Argentina’s Columbia Crossing of the Andes (Cruce de los Andes) in Neuquén, Río Negro and
Chubut on February 5, 6 and 7 is regarded as the biggest South American adventure race and one of the major worldwide running events. The mountain trekking race crosses the Andes over three days (a grueling 30 kilometers per day). Teams come from 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Taiwan, Austria, France, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Argentina.
www.columbiacruce.com/ingles.htm
ASIA/PACIFIC The 2010 Chiang Mai Flower Festival will be held February 5 through 7 in Thailand at Chiang Mai’s Nong Buak Hat Park. Agricultural exhibitions, floral contests and sales offerings from locals all lead up to a grand finale parade with vibrant, flower-decorated floats and the annual crowning of the city’s flower queen.
www.tourismthailand.org/festival-event/grand-content-6815.html
EUROPE Pucker up for the Fête du Citron, which is the 76th Annual Lemon Festival in the French city of Menton February 12 through March 4. Festivities range from the golden parade of fruit-filled floats to the citrus decorations in the Biovès gardens. The Moonlit Parade, which complements the daytime offerings, ends with fireworks and is essentially a lemon-infused party. The folks in Menton love their lemons, which they say are brighter yellow, shapelier, and richer in essence and taste.
www.feteducitron.com
NORTH AMERICA From February 12 through 28, Vancouver, Canada and its environs will play host to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The 17 days of sporting and ceremonial events will feature almost 7,000 athletes from more than 80 countries. Rounding out the experience is the Cultural Olympiad 2010, January 22 to March 21, which will include top artists from around the world presenting genre-bending theatre,
virtuoso dance, music, and visual and digital art extravaganzas.
www.vancouver2010.com
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