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Annual Orchid Show in San Jose
If you didn’t get a chance to check out the orchid show in San Jose the video will show you most of the flowers and give you an idea for what the event is like for next year. The location is the old customs house from the Caribbean train line that has been remodeled as [...]
Landlord Tears Out Heart of Tierra Dominicana
This week the corner at the heart of the infamous “Tierra Dominicana” or Dominican Zone in San Jose was leveled by the landlord. A backhoe made short work of a building that has since at least 1963 been a social center for a community of Dominicans in Costa Rica.
Arts Festival Opening and Video of Fireworks
Officals from the municipality of San Jose inaugurated the Seventh Annual Transitarte Festival in Morazan Park on Friday evening.
Summer Arts Festival in San Jose is This Weekend
The annual Summer Arts Festival starts on Friday morning, and this year the Transitarte festival promises not to disappoint. While the temperature in San Jose topped 75 degrees today the weather report for the weekend calls for some rain. Hopefully that won’t be enough to spoil the festival, which continues through Sunday evening.
Video of Roda de Capoeira in Morazan Park
On Sunday afternoons a group of young people come to Morazan Park in downtown San Jose to participate in a Roda de Capoeira. The park is popular with young artists many of whom come from the nearby CENAC or “Centro Nacional de Arte y Cultura”, and the dome structure is called the Temple of Music, [...]
Go Fly a Kite in San Jose, Costa Rica
Parque de La Paz or “Park of The Peace” is located just south of downtown San Jose and provides a green space with hills and lakes that is perfect for among other things flying a kite. Of course the central valley is known for its robust gusts of wind and a year round daytime temperature [...]
Merry Christmas Calypso Style
We hope you enjoy this song which was performed at CENC in downtown San Jose, which is just next to Parque Espana. The event was part of the annual Christmas Festival.
Festival de Luz (Light)
Costa Rica enjoyed the annual festival de luz (or light) last night as is the custom every second Saturday in the month of Decemeber. The event, which includes a parade with elaborate floats marks the beginning of the Christmas season in Costa Rica.
Nutcracker Ballet in Morazan Park
You know when Christmas has arrived in San Jose, the lights, parades and streets full of shoppers spending their aguinaldo are hard to miss. While the center of it all is Parque Central the other parks of San Jose are in the holiday spirit as well, and Morazán Park as the temple of music puts [...]
