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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Movie - "Tan Distintos" will show Sat. and Sun. at 10:30 at the multicines at Milenium Plaza. Admission: Bring a donation for those affected by the earthquake. (I assume they mean money and not an extra bucket of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Taller de acuarela (Watercolor workshop) - Sat from 10:30-12:30 in the café bar "El Salón" (Luis Cordero 6-75 y Pres. Córdova). This watercolor painting workshop is for children 4-12, and includes all materials. For...
A Tame Airline jet from Quito skidded off the runway Thursday morning at Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar airport. Emergency slides were deployed when the aircraft came to a stop and the 87 passengers and five crew exited safely. Two passengers were treated at the scene for...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - "Tan Distintos" (So Different) - directed by Pablo Arturo Suárez will premier on Fri. in the Multicines in Cuenca and Quito. It's about the daily life of a family and how the relations among its members are affected...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Retrospective of Carlos Naranjo - Documentary and short fiction films by Carlos Naranjo will be shown until Fri in the Sala de Conciertos at the CCE at 10:00. Concert of traditional and contemporary music - Thu. at...
The city ombudsman responsible for monitoring the tranvía construction schedule agrees with business owners that the project has missed its deadlines. Those deadlines were set earlier this year when the city announced a new work schedule to meet a July deadline for...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Fiesta solidaria (Celebration in solidarity) - the Alianza Francesa has decided to dedicate this year's Fiesta de Música (Music Festival) on 17 & 18/7 to collecting funds for earthquake victims. Articles about - Donating...
More than a week after the devastating earthquake, Ecuadorians have more and more ways to donate money and time to relief efforts. Below, are two lists of organizations who are delivering goods and services to the earthquake zone. Some also offer volunteer...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Concierto - The Alianza Francesa will present a concert by the Concert Ensamble with music from France and the world on Thu, 12/4 at 19:30 in the Teatro Sucre. Articles about - 400 years after the death of Miguel de Cervantes, "Don...
They are arriving in Cuenca in a steady stream. Many have family connections but others come because they know the city is welcoming, safe, and far away from the danger and despair of the coastal earthquake zone. “I have only been to Cuenca one time before, but I...
The Prefecture of Azuay Province needs your help to prepare donated clothing for shipments to the coastal earthquake zone. In El Centro, volunteers can report to the Casa de la Provincia at the corner of Simon Bolivar and Tomas Ordoñez, on the west side of Parque San...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing or finished events - Festival de cine colombiano - The Colombian film festival closed Fri. with "Del amor y otros demonios" (About love and other demons) at the Sala de Conciertos at CCE. (The photo shows the right upper part...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Teatro - An Ecuadorian adaptation of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" (Un enemigo del pueblo) will be presented Sat at 19:30 in the Teatro Sucre. Ongoing or finished events - Laboratorio de actores (Actors...
Hola, Todos - Thank you all for your feedback. The jokes will be back, but not in the earthquake news which is too tragic to joke about. Pagina cultural - Upcoming events Exposición fotográfica - The documentary foto exhibit, "La Mochila del litoral" (The Coastal...
UPDATE: Click here to see the report of the donations. As shown in the report, 100% of the donations went to the cause and all bank fees and taxes were covered my CuencaHighLife. Donors email suffixes have been removed for their privacy. Original facturas are...
Hola, Todos - I'm glad that there readers out there who enjoy the "straight" news, but it's absolutely no fun for me and therefore not much reason for me to do these translations since reading the paper is no longer improving my Spanish. I'll try to do "straight"...
Dozens of Cuenca nurses and doctors are working under a tarpaulin in the parking lot of the Rodriguez Zambrano Hospital in Manta. The hospital, which is part of Ecuador's Social Security health care system, was irreparably damaged during Saturday’s 7.8 earthquake and...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - OSC - their 3d CD, "Música Ecuatoriana" Ecuadorian music, is available to the public at Calle Larga y Av. Huayna Cápac for $5.00. Fotografía - "Cuenca, otra mirada," Cuenca, another look, photographs by Ángel Valverde is at the Museo...
There are dozens of options for donating and volunteering to help the victims of Saturday’s earthquake. In addition to CuencaHighLife’s donation option, the proceeds going to registered relief organizations, many groups are collecting money. We do not recommend any in...
Hola, Todos - I hope you aren't too shaken by yesterday's quake. For those of you in high rises - was there much swaying? Pagina cultural - Upcoming things - Revista Avance (the magazine Avance) - The 293d edition is available and features Cuencano poet Efraín Jara...
