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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...
Lunes, 20/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - II Festival de Artes Musicales EA6 - This festival started Monday in the Teatro Pumapungo with Ensamble Concerts. The event for el martes, 21/11 will be a las 9:30 in the Facultad de Artes -...
By David Morrill Cuenca´s Museo de las Culturas Aborigenes, or Museum of Aboriginal Culture, is not your typical roadside attraction. Despite the fact that it is relatively small and privately owned, many consider it one of Ecuador’s best archeology and anthropology...
More than a year after the project manager for Cuenca’s quarter-billion dollar tram system walked off the job, the city has a replacement. The French ACTN consortium signed a $48 million contract on Saturday to complete the project. Cuenca tram coordinator Santiago...
Story and photos by Bartley D’Alfonso Musicologists agree: at any given moment there's a live performance of an opera by the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed somewhere in the world. It was Cuenca’s turn on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. That was when...
Viernes, 17/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - There was a cultural event in El Vecino hoy. Articles about - Review - The Magic Flute performance was summarized and positively reviewed. Over 200 musicians, singers and actors performed....
Jueves, 16/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Concierto - There was a concert to inaugurate a new piano in the Catedral Vieja Thurs. night. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Mozart - La Flauta Mágica (The Magic Flute) will be performed...
It’s been a half-century since the iconic domes on Cuenca’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral have been repaired and painted. That was when tiles and marble slabs from Czechoslovakia were installed on the domes and towers, says rector César Santacruz. “Much of the...
Miércoles, 15/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Taller - There will be a ceramics workshop until el viernes in Los Eucaliptos. There are other classes such as decoration and flower art. Tallers - The City Department of...
Martes, 14/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - There's an informational flyer in the paper on living with diabetes was given out and CCE had a press conference about the organization's publishing plans for 2018. Upcoming and ongoing agenda...
By Ombretta Di Dio In the past few years, more and more people seem to have gone crazy about Ecuador and, particularly, about the charming and lively city of Cuenca. Cuenca is rich in history and architecture; it’s walking friendly and it’s surrounded by breathtaking...
Lunes, 13/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Conversatorio - Artist Marco Alvarado was at the Museo de las Conceptas this morning. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Encuentro - From 14-16/11, the "Sexto Encuentro Latinoamericano de...
