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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Cine - "Castillos de Arena" screened at the Alianza Francesa on Tues. Película (movie) - A film series of movies by film maker Nicolás Pereda started today at 19:00 in the Museo Pumapungo with "Perpetuum...
The city of Cuenca moved a step closer to terminating its contract with the Spanish company responsible for managing tram construction. Four Rivers Consortium of Cuenca (CCRC) was notified last week that its request for a 480-day work extension was rejected and that...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Concierto - There will be a concert by accordionist Rubén Ruipérez, who is afflicted with a serious illness (but probably not advanced Parkinsons if he's still playing the accordion), el miércoles at...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Correction - The drag show "Rosca de Reyes" is not about The King's Threads. A Rosca de Reyes is a kind of cake (Same idea as a Mardi Gras King Cake) served on Epiphany in honor of the 3 Kings. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events -...
Hundreds of supporters turned out Saturday for President Rafael Correa’s weekly “citizens link” broadcast to the nation in Cuenca's Parque Paraiso. During his comments, Correa said he regretted the construction delays of Cuenca’s tram system but said that when the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - Fiesta de disfraces (Costume party) - An encounter with the invisible world with guide Robag Wrunhme was Fri. in the Salón de Eventos Estancia Rosario (av. 24 de Mayo y Ciurcunvalación Sur). Articles about...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Thurs.) agenda events - Book launch - "Antesdeora y otros cuentos de una historia" by Oswaldo Durán González was presented Thurs. in the Sala de Conciertos at the CCE (Cordero y Córdova). Día del Periodismo Ecuatoriano - the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Charla - There will be a talk about Ecuadorian journalism (a species under threat of extinction?) tomorrow at 10:00 in the Sala de Audiovisuales at the CCE. Repeats of yesterdays items - Mini -...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Drag - Teatro Drag Dionisios will present "La rosca de reyes" (The thread of kings) from tWed. to sábado at 20:00 in el Sono (Borrero 6-83). The theater seats 50. Cost: $7.00. Call 2850-859 for...
By David Morrill According to Lee Dubs, the decision to sell Carolina Bookstore after 11 years was easy. “It was simply time to move on,” he says, adding, “Carol and I are not getting any younger and there are other things we’d like to do.” Lee and his wife and...
Hola, Todos - Un buen año nuevo a todos, and I hope you all survived without a trip to a hospital to treat crotch burns. Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - GOD/ART - The first independent magazine specializing in cinema was presented in the CCE. Articles about -...
The city of Cuenca’s public procurement office says that the contract to rehabilitate San Francisco Plaza will be awarded on January 30. The start of the $1.53 million project was postponed from late last year due to negotiations over loan terms with the state...
Hola, Todos - I didn't get the paper this morning, so I'll translate Saturday's instead, keeping past events brief. I didn't want to find out what having a whole weekend off felt like. I might like it too much. I might not have gotten the paper because I didn't...
After about the two o’clock this morning, the streets of Cuenca were still full of people but the party-goers of a few hours earlier had mostly been replaced by a thousand sanitation workers. As has been the case following other recent New Year’s mornings, it’s all...
Hola, Todos - Feliz Año Nuevo y voy a verles este próximo año. Pagina cultural - Non-agenda agenda items Museo de la Catedral Vieja - as close as you can get to an ad for a news item. CCE - 2 items about a local meeting yesterday and another inter-provincial meeting...
Sounding more like the candidate for change than one representing the status quo, Alianza País presidential candidate Lenin Moreno toured a popular Cuenca market on Thursday and addressed supporters at the Jefferson Pérez Colesium. “Politics need to stop being so ugly...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Undated and upcoming agenda events - Childrens' book - "Cuentos fantásticos de pactos y encantamientos" (Fantastic tales of covenants and enchantments) by Iván Petroff has 30 stories and illustrations by Santiago Álvarez. Clown classes...
By David Morrill Looking around the Manhattan bar and grill where he worked in 1989, Freddy Vasquez told himself it was the kind of place he wanted to own one day. “It had three floors, which meant you could have different activities going on with their own private...
The Consorcio Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca (CCRC), the Spanish company responsible for managing construction of the tranvía, is demanding an additional 487 days to complete the project. CCRC claims that the extra time is needed due to design changes and “economic conflicts”...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Undated agenda events - Revista - Issue 42 of the magazine Historia de Procesos, published by the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar is in circulation and contains academic articles and book reviews. (Better than Ambian.) Mujeres...
