Also, the Venezuelan organization AVENY is planning a concert on February 19, at the Blessed Sacrament Church, with the following performers: Aquiles Báez, Simón Díaz, Gonzalo Grau, Marco Granados, Omar Ledezma, Jose Angel Pérez, Julio Briceño (Los Amigos Invisibles), Luisito Quintero, Neil Ochoa, Marisabella Méndez. ( For further information, call 1(917) 5194393- 1(646)2446692-1(917)5194752.)
On February 24 at 12:00 pm, Columbia University will hold a panel discussion between IESA professor Michael Penfold and UCV professor Samuel Moncada. The panel is in room 802 of the SIPA building on 118th Street off of Amsterdam Avenue.
On March 6, Dr. Margarita Lopez Maya of the Universidad Central de Venezuela will offer a talk titled "Venezuela on the Brink: Popular Protest and Civil Society in a time of Conflict at 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM at The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.