Amighetti
Dance show by Danza Universitaria, music by the National Symphony Orchestra, tonight and tomorrow, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 5 p.m., National Theater. Tickets 2221-5341, www.teatronacional.go.cr.

Alma String Quartet in concert
7 p.m., Spanish Cultural Center.

Rut
Drama, Sept. 5-7, 8 p.m., Eugene O'Neill Theater.

Adoption Fair (young dogs, puppies and cats)
10 a.m.-1 p.m., Veterinaria Planeta de Mascotas, Centro Comercial Vistana Este, Lindora, carretera Santa Ana - Belén.

Children's Day Celebration
Contests, crafts, storytelling, face painting and the play “Bufonadas,” Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Children's Museum.

Einstein
Play for kids, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., La Aduana Theater, Calle 23, Avenida 3.

Story telling show ‘Vamonos de Pachanga'
Ana Clara Carranza, music by Max Goldenberg, 3 p.m., Librería Internacional, Paseo de las Flores Mall, Heredia.

Motocross Championship
9 a.m., Pista La Olla, Alajuela. Info: 2295-9898.

La Pasada Festival
Stalls, marimba concert 10 a.m.; folklore dance, noon; concerts at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., Plaza Mayor, Rohrmoser.

Anaranjada Fair
Food, games and prizes 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Giratablas Theater, diagonal from KFC in Barrio La California, San José, 2253-6001.

With heavy rains falling over the last few days, the National Emergency Commission declared red and yellow alerts in parts of the country.

Rains blamed on outcroppings from Tropical Storm Hanna have caused multiple rivers in the northwestern province of Guanacaste to overflow their banks and numerous bridges have been hit by floodwater. Residents in the U.S. East Coast braced themselves this week for Hanna, which killed 90 people in Haiti, according to Radio Netherlands.

Some Costa Rican communities have already been flooded, cut off from electricity and potable water and at least 500 people have fled their homes in the wake of the destruction to shelters set up by the Commission.

Authorities shut down vehicle traffic Wednesday between Liberia and Filadelfia because the Tempisque River was dangerously close to cresting above the bridge connecting those two cities. One Liberia resident, Erik Dannau, said the water already crested above the bridge. Dannau said the local Barrio de la Cruz is completely under water.

Government offices shut down as certain parts of Filadelfia were evacuated because of concerns about the Tempisque River breaking through dykes. Other flooded areas include Bambú in Filadelfia, Nacascolo in Liberia and parts of Cañas, where authorities ordered an evacuation of the Bagaces sector.

Cut-off communities include La Cruz y Murciélago and Sámara because of the overflowing Cuajiniquil y Combo River.

The daily La Nación reported that 200 meters of road had been destroyed by the rains between Miramar and Arancibia in Montes de Oro canton.

Other affected rivers include the Cañas y Bebedero in Bagaces canton, Enmedio y Diría in Santa Cruz, and the Tempisquito, Sapoá, Cuajiniquil in La Cruz.

All of Guanacaste province and two cantons – Puntarenas and Montes de Oro in Puntarenas province – are under red alert.

Yellow alert covers other Pacific coast cantons further south, including Orotina, San Mateo, Puntarenas, Parrita, Esparza, Aguirre and Garabito. The rest of the country is under green alert, the most benign of the warnings.

The commission declared yellow and green alerts for the same regions Wednesday but upgraded them yesterday.

Costa Rican authorities are investigating the death of U.S. citizen with the last name Hendrix, whose body they found in an apartment in San José's Barrio Escalante, the Judicial Investigation Organization said in a press release yesterday.

Agents found Hendrix with a gash in his throat, “apparently caused by an edged weapon, but the preliminary results from the autopsy will have to determine the exact cause of death,” the bulletin said.

As of yesterday, authorities hadn't detained any suspects.

The Costa Rican men's soccer team is gearing up for two World Cup qualifying matches this week, although there will be some new faces on the field.

La Sele will host Suriname's national squad tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in Tibás, on the northern side of the capital. They then plan to travel to Haiti for a game on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Alvaro Saborío, who scored Costa Rica's lone goal during their Aug. 20 qualifier against El Salvador off a penalty kick, will miss tomorrow's game after having received a red card in the match last month. After injuring a knee in a game with his club team in Switzerland, Saborío has been OK'd to play Haiti.

Junior Diaz and Froylán Ledezma will try to be on their best behavior as they are both carrying yellow cards from the previous game as well.

Several players are also out nursing injuries. Defender Cristian Montero, who plays locally for Alajuelense, will miss both games due to a muscle injury to his right leg. Starting keeper Ricardo “Gallo” González and forward Alonso Solís are both recovering from injuries.

Head Coach Rodrigo Kenton called up eight new players to the roster for the upcoming pair of games. The absences, however, have not given cause for serious concern as Costa Rica is expected to easily handle the competition this week.

While the game in Port-au-Prince is still on schedule, a series of storms that have ravaged the country recently, including Tropical Storm Hanna, may alter those plans.

The four teams make up Group 3 in this “quadrangular” phase of the regional CONCACAF (Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Football) tournament. The top two teams will meet with the top two teams from the other two groups for a six-team “hexagonal” phase beginning next year. The top two teams from this CONCACAF championship will go on to the 2010 World Cup, to be held in South Africa.