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Published on Friday,
January 28,
2022
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Before
planning your weekend activities,
take into account the sanitary
guidelines to avoid getting
infected with covid-19. Don't
forget about the weekend
driving restrictions. Here
is a list of in-person activities,
beginning today through Sunday,
Jan. 30. On
Friday and Saturday. The National
Movie Center, in
downtown San José, presents Latin
American films on Democracy and
Presidential Elections. The movies
start at 7:00 p.m. Free admission.
Make reservations by calling
2542-5217. The Grafica
theater, in
downtown San José, presents the play
"The Emperor's New Clothes," based on
the classic tale by Hans Christian
Andersen. Starring Ruben Pagura. Play
starts at 7 p.m. Ticket’s $11 pp. Make
reservations by calling 8383-3920. On
Saturday. National
BiciCross Cup 2022 is organized
by BMX
Racing Costa Rica Club. The
race will take place at Parque de la
Paz, in San Jose, starting at 2 p.m.
Bikers interested in participating
must pay a $20 registration fee. Free
entry. More information by calling
8689-1996. Cleaning
day at Parque la Sabana, San José,
organized by Party
for the Future Club. The
activity starts at 2 p.m. at the
entrance to the Museum of Costa Rican
Art. Volunteers must bring their
gloves. Find more information on the
club's Facebook page. The
Municipality of Garabito is
looking for volunteers to clean the
Hermosa and Jaco beaches, Puntarenas
Province. The cleanup day starts at 8
a.m. Volunteers must bring their
facemasks, water and sunscreen. Find
more information by calling the
municipality 4060-2800. Eugene O'Neill Theater in San Pedro, San José, presents Adrián Goizueta and Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy's concert, to aid the Costa Rican Lions Clubs Fight Against Childhood Cancer program. The show starts at 6 p.m. Ticket's $24. Make reservations by calling 8723-9000 or 2207-7561. Clean
Wave Club is
looking for volunteers for a beach
cleanup at Grande Beach in Guanacaste.
Cleaning starts at 9:30 a.m. They
recommend wearing closed comfortable
shoes for all activities, bring a
reusable mask and water bottle.
Buckets, gloves, sunscreen and water
will be provided by the organizers.
Call for more information 8695-8285 or
6314 2168.
On Sunday.
This
weekend. The
indigenous community of Rey Curré in
Buenos Aires, Puntarenas Province,
celebrates "El
Juego de Los Diablitos" (game
of the little devils in the English
language). This is the most important
holiday of the year for the people of
Rey Curré that has been celebrated for
more than half a millennium. This
ancestral practice is one of the
oldest indigenous ceremonies in Costa
Rica, declared Intangible Cultural
Heritage of the country since 2017.
Tour reservations should be booked
with the community leader Uriel by
calling 8709-3735 or email urieldecurre@gmail.com. Circus
show at Circo
Extremo Fantasia, Grecia,
Alajuela. This weekend there will be a
special show with characters from the
Paw Patrol children's show. Ticket’s
$7 for adults and $6 for children.
Make reservations by calling
6060-5155. Youth
Sailing Camp at Los Sueños Resort
& Marina in Herradura Beach,
Puntarenas, is organized by La
Fragata Sailing Club for
young people from 9 to 18 years old.
The day camp includes 8 hours
of knots, theory, practical, games
& drills on and off the water,
breakfast, lunch, and snack at marina
restaurants, professional bilingual
instruction, life jackets and all
sailing equipment, LFSC t-shirt &
sticker. Make reservations by calling
8996-9317. Entrepreneurs
fair at Jaco Walk, Jaco Beach,
Puntarenas, organized by Jaco
Impact. The
free fair starts at 11 a.m., there
will be food, crafts and products made
by local entrepreneurs. Get more
information by calling 8438-4327. Open
dance, acting and environmental
courses at Parque
La Libertad Club in
downtown Desamparados, San José, for
children between ages 7 and 12. Class
rates are between $24 to $40 per
month. Make reservations by calling
8389-0047 or 2276-9400 or
emailing ambiente@parquelalibertad.org. Dance,
music, painting, acting, yoga,
photography, among many others free
courses at the
Heredia Civic Center for Peace in
Guarari, Heredia. Call for more
information 2260-7835. Dance,
acting, yoga, photography, gardening
and sports courses at the
Alajuela Civic Center for Peace, in
AguasZarcas San Carlos, Alajuela. Call
for more information 2474-0283. Games for
children, playground and activities
for adults at Punta
Pirata Beach Club in
Puntarenas. The place opens at 8 a.m.
Ticket's $16 pp. Call for more
information 4032-9280. Free
swimming, zumba, aerobics, sports
games, fitness, diving among many
other courses at Ojo
de Agua Club in
San Antonio Belen, Heredia. The place
includes a parking area, restaurant,
several swimming pools for adults and
a swimming pool area for children, a
playground, tennis areas, basketball
areas and a soccer field. The place
opens at 7:30 a.m. Ticket’s $3 pp. No
reservation is required to enter. Call
for more information 2441-0655.
Kalambu
Hot Springs Water Park in La
Fortuna, San Carlos, Alajuela, offers
more than 10 aquatic activities and
hot spring pools. The park opens at 10
a.m. Ticket's $8 pp or $13 including
lunch. Free for children under 4 years
old. For more information call
2479-0170.
Educational
tours at Kids
Saving the Rainforest Wildlife
Sanctuary at
Quepos Beach, Puntarenas. The
non-profit organization is home to
nearly 50 animals that cannot be
released back into the wild. Ticket's
$10 pp. Make reservations by calling
8827-8243 or emailing Chip@kstr.org. Go ride
hopping at the Parque
de Diversiones in
Uruca, San José. The fair has more
than 17 amusement rides such as roller
coasters, carousels, twists, bumper
cars among many others. Enjoy their
food court zone and picnic area. The
park opens at 9 a.m. Ticket's $11 pp
and are
available on the park's website.
System
of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
invites visitors to the Chirripó
National Parks located between the
provinces of Cartago and Limon, Poás
Volcano in Alajuela, Tortuguero in
Limon, San Lucas Island in Puntarenas,
Irazú Volcano in Cartago and Manuel
Antonio Beach in Puntarenas. Make
reservations for these six parks on
the SINAC website. In
addition, the public can also buy
tickets online for two other national
parks, Santa Rosa and the Horizontes
Experimental Forest Station in
Guanacaste, which are available on
the Guanacaste Conservation Area
website. Find
more information by calling 2522-6500
or 2522-6666. Children's
Museum in
downtown San José is featuring a
dinosaur exhibit plus 40 rooms with
activities for children about science,
music, history, among others. The
museum opens at 9 a.m. Ticket's $5 pp
are available on the
museum's website. Make
reservations by calling 7003-7070.
Diquis
Museum in
Palmar Sur, Osa, Puntarenas, offers
walking tours through the
archeological zone known as Finca
Sitio 6. Tours are from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Ticket's $7 pp and must be paid
by credit or debit card. Call for more
information 2100-6000. Simón
Bolívar Zoo in
downtown San José is home to more than
70 species of animals and a large
number of tropical plants. Ticket's $7
pp at the zoo box office. For more
information call 2280-4561 or
2280-4537. Lankester
Botanical Gardens, a
set of gardens located in Dulce
Nombre, Cartago, opens at 9 a.m.
Ticket's $10 pp at the box
office. Reserve a spot by
calling 2511-7949. Gardens
tours at Else
Kientzler Garden in
Sarchi, Alajuela. The place
opens at 9 a.m. Ticket's $4 pp.
Make reservations by calling
2454-2070.
Santa
Ana Conservation Center in
San Ana, San José. The place
opens at 9 a.m., has animal
farms, trails and tropical
gardens. Ticket's $7 pp and can
be purchased at the zoo's box
office. Museum
of Art in
downtown Sabana, San José,
presents private collections of
Latin American artists. The
museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. For more information call
2257-7202.
National
Museum in
downtown San José presents an
exhibition of Costa Rica history
and handmade artifacts of more
than 12,000 years made by the
first peoples of the region. The
museum hours are from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Ticket's $11 pp. For
more information call 2211-5700.
Jade
Museum in
downtown San José presents the
archeological exhibit of the
artistic pre-colonization
period. Ticket's $32 pp. The
exhibition will be open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. For more
information call 2521-6610.
Gold
Museum in
downtown San José presents the
exhibition of Costa Rican bills
and coins since 1850. The new
bicentennial coin will be
displayed. Also, in the exhibit
are the 700 pieces of
handcrafted gold made by the
first population in Costa Rica.
The museum opens from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Ticket's $15 pp.
At
local movie theaters, the new
film playing is "Nightmare
Alley," a thriller film based on
the 1946 novel of the same name
by William Lindsay Gresham.
Starring Bradley Cooper and Cate
Blanchett. Additional
films in theaters are:
"Spencer," "The Matrix
Resurrections," "The King's
Man," "Sing 2," among others.
Most of the movie theaters are
requesting the ticket to be
purchased online, such as Magaly, CCM
Cinemas, Cinepolis and Cinemark.
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