text and photos by J Robertson Miller November 4 is the Panamanian Flag day, a national holiday. It is one of a series of holidays called Fiestas Patrias. To see the largest flag in the country, look at the flag flown on Ancon hill. It doesn’t look very big when you see it from the…
text and photos by J Robertson Miller 2023 April 18 After meeting at the Ministry of Culture, we rode with Dr. Aleyda De Gracia to the Parlatino which is the Latin American Parliament, in Amador. Professor Danae, from our school, had accepted the invitation to present a new book titled Prisma Marino. Its author, His…
text and photos by J Robertson Miller 2023 May 9 If you have the chance, go to an event at the Anita Villalaz Theater in Casco Viejo. It is a charming and intimate theater, a type now disappearing. It was built between 1931 and 1936. Originally, this neoclassical building was used as the Hearing Room…
Spanish Panama students visited the Museum of Contemporary Art on January 14, 2023. We shared a taxi as it is quite a distance from the school. The featured artist at that time was Julio Zachrisson who was born in Panama, studied in Mexico, traveled in Italy and lived many years in Spain. His paintings, sculptures…
On Ancon Hill is a bronze statue of a woman whose poetry endeared her to the Panamanian people. Her poem “To Ancon Hill,’ mourns the loss of this strip of land, the Canal Zone, that cut the country into two sections and inspired the demand for its return to Panama. Amelia Denis de Icaza was…
Several of us went to see the new exhibit at Summit Park called the World of the Sloth. It features a glass barrier so people can see the sloths but protect them from their visitors. Perezozo is the word for sloth in Spanish. The animals were sleeping in their specially made hammocks, curled up looking…
October 30 2021 Students and teachers from Spanish Panama visited the new Museum of Liberty. It is a beautiful building with a serious message. It is the first of several planned buildings so we plan on returning when each new section is built and opened. This is an initiative of the non-profit Democracy and…
The elaborate floats lined up along the Cinta Costera, a long, narrow, public park along the water’s edge. The area is popular for family activities, biking and walking exercises, or just enjoying the views. This parade featured many of the elaborate floats from the Carnival, each one representing a particular place or area. Each Queen…
Keep your eyes open. Surprise artwork may suddenly appear, stay for a while then just as suddenly disappear. These were near Parque Andres Bello, within easy walking distance from the Spanish Panama Language School. The people from Fundacion Alada, Panama Bird Festival and the Junta Comunal de Bella Vista put up a sign saying: Welcome…
Spanish Panama is a family run school, not some franchise. Joseph is from Newfoundland, Canada and Carmen is a native Panamanian. Both are fluent in English and Spanish as are their daughters. When you attend the school, you get to know the family. Therefore, this past weekend we went to a delightful play at the…
