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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Calls for entries - for the Premio de Literatura "Aurelio Espinosa PĂ³lit" in poetry. More info at 02-299-1700, ext. 1381 or 1460. (Anyone ready to enter a poetry competition doesn't need a translation.  In fact, you...
A 16-hour rain Saturday night and Sunday morning has Cuenca road crews working overtime to clear landslides and remove fallen trees from river banks. The rain is part of a nationwide pattern that is causing coastal flooding and and dozens of landslides in the sierra....
Hola, Todos -Â I don't know if there were any eagle-eyed readers of Friday's translation who noticed some items had an asterisk next to the title. Â Those of you who didn't, and believed those articles - GOTCHA - you were April Fooled. This will be the last post at...
Hola, Todos - Feliz Dia de los Tontos. Â (Who of us knew that the Lone Ranger was calling his sidekick "Stupid" all these years? Â Cultural insensitivity on a par with Chevy's Nova which never sold in Latin America. Â Your words for the day are no va (it doesn't go.)...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Becas (scholarships) - for musicians to study abroadjn.  go to www.latingrammy.com/es/fundacion-cultural-latin-grammy. Muestra pictĂ³rica (pictorial exhibition) - "Cuencaricaturas, el arte con humor"  (Cuencartoons (luckily English...
Hola, Todos -Â I just recently realized that my newspaper is delivered around midnight or 1AM so I am going to see if I can translate it early in the morning (la madrugada - your word for the day) so CuencaHighLIfe readers can get the translation on the same day as I...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - The "Fe y DevociĂ³n" - exhibit opened today at CIDAP and will run to 29/4.  Hours are 9-17:00, M-F. Call - for exhibitors of scenic, design and gastromonic arts to participate in the "Circo Moda" (Fashion Circus) on 12/4 in the El Vaco...
Still answering complaints about missed construction deadlines and extended working hours, tram project manager Gerard Fernandez announced yesterday the closing of Gran Colombia and Mariscal Lamar between Padre Aguirre and Tarqui. New barriers will be erected by this...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - ExhibiciĂ³n - "Fe & DevociĂ³n" (Faith and Devotion) (Sounds like a girl group from the 60's) - will be at CIDAP from 22/3 to 29/4 showing and selling works by 7 craftsmen and women from 4 provinces. Articles about - El Lab Act Cine -...
A group of property and business owners in Cuenca’s historic district say they are holding the city to its promises to finish tram construction on schedule. The group, which calls itself the VeedurĂa Tram Commission, is erecting signs along the construction routes on...
Hola, Todos -Â Pagina cultural -Â Nueva directora del CNCine - the board of directors of the Consejo Nacional de CinematografĂa unanimously elected Isabel Mena as its director for the next 4 years. Articles about - The first - "Soy artesano, soy patrimonio" (I am a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Theater - "La maldiciĂ³n de los zapatos rojos" and "Venus atrapamoscas" (The curse of the red shoes and Venus flytrap) will be in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco on 29-31/3 and 1/4. Artesan Fair - in the Plazoleta de las...
Hola, Todos -Â Pagina cultural -Â Upcoming events Monologue - "Miss tetas lo dicen todo" (Miss titties tells all) by Cuencana Monserrath Astudillo will premier on 31/3 at 20:00 in the Museo Pumapungo with performances on 1&2/4. Â Call 099 289 0121 for reservations....
The streets of Cuenca’s historic district will be filled with people tonight for the traditional Holy Thursday visit to the seven churches. The visits begin about seven and continue to midnight. The Cuenca diocese estimates that as many as 10,000 will participate....
By Susan Burke March Cuenca may seem like a city of almuerzos serving pollo, cerdo, y arroz, arroz, arroz, (chicken, pork, and rice, rice, rice!) so the opening of the charming Vegetable Bar on Paseo 3 de Noviembre signals a significant and positive change for the...
Hola, Todos -Â Pagina cultural -Â Current or finished events - Cine Club - "Lawrence Anyways" showed Wed. in Lakoluma (on the stairs at Otorongo). Upcoming events - Exhibit - by 7 craftsmen with religious themes at CIDAP. 2 concerts - OSC will play Thurs at 20:00 in...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing or finished events - Sacred music - Tues. at the Museo Catedral Vieja. Upcoming events - Sacred music - Wed. 23/3 at 20:00 in the Museo Catedral Vieja with the Santa Catalina and colegio AlemĂ¡n Stiehle choruses. Obra teatral -...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Lecture - on the Andean Cosmovision on Wed. at 18:00 in the Museo de la Ciudad (ex Escuela Central - and with that, it's assumed everyone (every Cuencano that is) knows where to go). Learn about concepts in the Andean culture and the...
Hola, Todos -Â Pagina cultural -Â Upcoming events - MMAM - will launch the catalogue for "Entornos" which is about the surge of contemporary art in Cuenca this Tue. from 19-21:00 at MMAM (Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno). Sacred music - Sunday at 19:30 and tomorrow at...
Hola, Todos - I'm still on "vacation", but this seemed important enough to announce. There will be water service interruptions tomorrow from 8-14:00 due to TranvĂa work. The area affected will be within these limits - 3 de Nov., BolĂvar, Cordero, Sangurima, EstĂ©vez de...
