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The Cuenca arts scene is getting more cosmopolitan with each passing year. An excellent example of this is last year’s hiring of Michael Meissner as director and conductor of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra. Recently, I had the privilege of visiting with the maestro at...
By Elijah Charbonneau So, I thought that now while I take a day off from work and travel here in Bali, it would be a perfect time to catch up on sharing some tips and experiences gained on my recent travels in South America, including this — my Cuenca, Ecuador digital...
Jueves, 22/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - Exhibit - The Alvarado academy of art is showing "Introspecciones" in the galería de la Alcaldía (Bolívar y Borrero). Free. Articles about - Cursos y talleres - Art classes and workshops are...
Miércoles, 21/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Exhibit - A show of work by students in their 3d cycle at the Dep't of Arts in the U. of Cuenca opened Wednesday at the Municipal Casa de las Posadas. Free. Articles about - Historia de...
Better days are ahead for Ecuador’s real estate and construction industry, experts say. In Cuenca, real estate agents say the turn-around is already underway. Ecuador’s Housing and Urban Development Minister Adrián Sandoya confirmed Tuesday that the administration of...
Martes, 20/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - Morlaquita - The Department of Culture at the U. Católica de Cuenca announced that registrations are open for the Morlaquita 2018 contest. This beauty contest is part of the history and...
Lunes, 19/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Conversatorio - There will be a conversation on the life and work of the Cuecano saint, Hermano Miguel el próximo miércoles a las 19:00 in the Museo de las Conceptas. Free. Articles about - Juan...
A taxi driver and passengers detained the drunk driver of a city bus on Wednesday. The taxi driver blocked the bus’ path after the he noticed it weaving erratically in traffic. Then, passengers pulled the driver out of his seat and held him until police arrived. The...
Domingo, 4/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - Capulí - Kleber Rivas has a natural laboratory in the community of Ayaloma or Loma del Muerto (Hill of Death) in Nabón where he offers grafts of capulí for cultivation. This ancestral fruit...
I love Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson is a genius who managed to take the thoughts out of my head (and countless others') and put them to paper in a way that almost everyone could laugh at. What some people may not know is that he named the strip after John...
The renovation of Cuenca’s San Francisco Plaza is on schedule to meet its July completion date, according to Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera. The project contractor said the project is 45 percent complete. During a Saturday tour of the project, Cabrera said he was...
The Cuenca transportation office says that almost 26,000 pre-paid fare cards have been sold to users of the city’s public bus system. In addition, 8,000 have been distributed free to students, the elderly and to people with disabilities. Besides the pre-loaded value,...
Jueves, 15/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event Cursos - the Tersicore Dance Academy is offering courses in ballet, Arabic dance <My belly doesn't need classes - just walking makes it jiggle. You wonder why women wear tight jeans?> and...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi According to a study by the University of Cuenca, the number of cars in Cuenca is growing almost four times faster than the population. The Pies y Pedales (Feet and Pedals) project of the university's Llacta Lab for Sustainable...
Miércoles, 14/2/2018 Hola, Todos - No El Mercurio in the front yard today. So you're getting stuff from El Tiempo, which was the one the lady who sells papers had. Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Charla - There was a talk on the Life and Youth of Saint...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of dialogues between Cuenca expat writers. J. Michael Herron talks about his latest book, part of his Breaking Free series, while Tom Larsen discusses his mystery, Insomnia Blues. Writers' Q&A (Part 1): Michael Herron...
Martes, 13/2/2018 Hola, Todos - I will be taking a day off on Friday so I can have a two-day weekend like normal people even if it's the wrong two days. Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Danza tribal - The Tribal Fusion House will hold a "Conexión Vibracional"...
The other morning I woke up badly in need of coffee. It had been a long night of barking dogs in Yunguilla (part of the occasional "joy" of having a house in the country). I stumbled out to the kitchen and prepared a 6-cup batch of Joe, and went and turned on the...
After a seven-year absence, Deportivo Cuenca returns to South American championship competition this afernoon as it faces Sportivo Luqueño in Luque, Paraguay. “We are ready to play hard and hungry for victory,” says Cuenca coach Anibal Biggeri, adding that a long...
Lunes, 12/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Museo - The Archdiocese of Cuenca will install a museum, "Sala Expositiva permanente, vida y obra del Santo Hermano Miguel" (Permanent exhibition room, life and work of Saint Brother Miguel) in...
