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Author's note: This is the second of two articles. Part 1 recounts Newbie surprises when my wife Deborah and I first moved to Cuenca in 2010. Part 2 enumerates Good, Bad and Ugly surprises experienced since then. Bear in mind, all you Cuenca Old Timers, Newbies and...
Author's note: This is the first of two articles. Part 1 recounts Newbie surprises when my wife Deborah and I first moved to Cuenca in 2010. Part 2 enumerates Good, Bad and Ugly surprises experienced since then. Bear in mind, all you Cuenca Old Timers, Newbies and...
Viernes, 8/12/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Exposición - "La machina sensible" (The sensitive machine), an exhibit by René Ramírez, opened Fri. in the Museo de la Ciudad (Gran Colombia y Benigno Malo). The artist uses technology as a...
Jueves, 7/12/2017 Hola, Todos - I will be on vacation next week starting on the 15th and getting back to the Periodicos on Jan. 2. Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Escultura - An exhibit of wood sculptures by Gabriel Cabrera opened hoy a las 19:00 in the...
Miércoles, 6/12/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Magazine launch - The first issue of the Revista Casa Tomada was Wed. in the Pálier Café-Libro in the CCE. The magazine is the project of an Cuencanan group of writers. Upcoming and ongoing...
For several hours on Monday, air travelers were able to purchase on-line round-trip tickets from Cuenca to Quito for $37. Although deep-discount promotional fares come and go, Latam Airlines said all ticket prices will drop during the month of December. “We are...
Lunes, 4/12/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Concierto - "Sonidos de Navidad 2017" (Sounds of Christmas, 2017) performed by the Conservatorio Superior José María Rodríguez, will be el martes, 12/12 en el Museo de la Catedral Vieja. Articles...
Domingo, 3/12/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Pase del Niño - The traditional Pase del Niño starts el lunes, 4/12 "en el" (in the - words to memorize) Museo de las Conceptas (Hermano Miguel 6-33 y Juan Jaramillo). <No, I'm not confused,...
Miércoles, 29/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - UNESCO Commemoration - To commemorate the anniversary of Cuenca's being declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the show "Anomia-Desechables" (Anomia-Disposables) by Christian...
Martes, 28/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Concierto - The Orquesta Reciclada de Paraguay will play Wed. a las 20:00 in the Greek theater at Turi. Free. Conference - The U. of Cuenca will start the 2nd edition of the Jornadas de...
National police arrived just in time to save four men accused of assaulting a resident in Cuenca’s Virgen del Milagro neighborhood Sunday night. The four, including a 16-year-old, were beaten by friends and neighbors of the victim. “If they had come five minutes...
Lunes, 27/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Tis the season to break my own rule about not posting anything I didn't read in El Mercurio. I'm looking for 2 or 3 sponsors/field trip helpers to help me take the 14 kids from a little country school in Sustag to the Bioparque Amaru...
By Liam Higgins Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Cuenca businesses are moving out of the historic district and relocating in rapidly developing commercial areas in other parts of the city. According to Xavier Patiño, executive director of the Cuenca Chamber of Commerce,...
Former president Rafael Correa said that he is willing to “meet with the devil for the sake of my country” and to heal the split in the Alianza País (AP) movement. A crowd of about 200 cheered the reference to President Lenin Moreno Sunday morning outside Alianza País...
Domingo, 26/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Concierto - Colombian guitarist Mario Arévalo will perform in Cuenca el próximo jueves a las 19:30 in the auditorium of the Centro Cultural Norteamericano Abraham Lincoln. Articles about - El...
Viernes, 24/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Inauguración - The Pálier Librería & Café will open mañana a las 17:00 "en los bajos" (in the bottom) of the CCE. There will be reading of books and sales of art publications. Articles...
By Liam Higgins Hundreds of U.S. expats gathered in restaurants and private homes Thursday to indulge in the traditional feast of Thanksgiving. Several El Centro restaurants offered turkey dinners with all the fixin’s, including Santorino’s, Santa Canela, El Mesón,...
Jueves, 23/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Música contemporánea - The contemporary music group of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (OSC) will play "Lamento," experimental music from the Twentieth and this century, Friday a las 20:00 in...
The sixth edition of the La Orquídea Cuenca Film Festival begins Friday with the screening of Aquarius, starring special festival guest, Brazilian actress Sonia Braga. The festival includes 80 films from around the world, including 20 from Ecuador. Braga, known for...
Martes, 21/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Hip-Hopera - The "Per-versos" Collective <No, not Roy Moore, Donald Trump or Al Franken> will present their latest work at a Hip-Hopera event el jueves y viernes a las 20:00 at the Museo...
