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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Tango show - Fri. in the Teatro Pumapungo at 20:00. Movie - in El Prohibido Centro Cultural Fri. at 19:00. Lesbian theater - the final show of Julieta y Julieta is Fri at 8:00 in la Capilla del Museo de la Medicina. I know all of the...
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Estudiantes de arte presentan sus títeres esta noche (Art students present their puppets Thurs) – at 19:30 in the Centro Cultural Imay. Noche de poesía, hoy (Night of poetry, today) – was Thurs at the Café Carlota (Loja 3-68 y Remigio...
In what had been billed as the last major review of the plan to rebuild Cuenca’s San Francisco Plaza, several public officials stepped forward with strong objections during a Wednesday meeting on the University of Cuenca campus. The University of Cuenca architectural...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Barrio Calavera - from Perú will be at the República Sur this Fri and 20:00. La Locro Banda will open. Cost: $8.00. "Machuca," - a film from Chile showed Wed. at 19:00 in the Zineclub at Lakomuna (Coronel Tálbot y Pres. Córdova)....
The regional director of Ecuador’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works said work has resumed on the Av. Ordonez Lasso multi-laning project on Cuenca’s west side. According to the government, construction has been plagued by work stoppages due to the financial...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Show humorístico en el Repúblic Sur, Wed. 1/3 (do I need to translate that? Naw.) - Ave Jaramillo (that's his name, not the street which had me confused for way too long - I kept thinking, they misspelled Ave. which should be av.) will...
Ecuador’s Finance Ministry transferred $9.9 million to the city of Cuenca on Monday for tram construction. The ministry said that another $10.1 million for the project would be delivered by the end of February. Delivery of the money had been delayed due to the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Jueves de Comadres (Godmothers' Thursday) - this Thu, 4/2 in the Casa de la Mujer (General Torres 7-45 y Sucre) at 10:00, and in the Hemiciclo (?) del Parque Calderón at 18:00. Eventos carnaveleros - Carnaval events in the Centro de...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Lanzamiento de libro (Book launch) - the book titled Azhanga, about traditional Cuenana cooking will be presented on Wed, 3/2 at 19:00 in the ex Escuela Central. (I should follow my own rules and practice patience - I wanted to know...
The architectural consultants hired by the city of Cuenca to redesign San Francisco Plaza will hold what they say is the final meeting to discuss the plan on Wednesday but the merchants who currently sell their goods in the square say the talk is just beginning. "Our...
Although three of Ecuador’s 28 confirmed cases of the Zika virus have been treated in Cuenca and Quito hospitals, the victims contracted it elsewhere. “Residents of Cuenca and Quito are safe from the Zika virus if they do not travel to to low-lying areas,” says...
The city of Cuenca will receive a multi-million dollar loan from Importadora Tomebamba to continue tram construction on Av. España. The company, located on Av. España, is one of the businesses that has complained about the lack of progress on the project. In exchange...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - "Entre memorias y efémerides" (Between memories and an astrological chart or a calendar or diary. If you've got a translation that makes sense, let me know.) with the Marujitas is a dinner-theater show on 3 & 4/2 at 20:00 in the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - "Trueque" (exhange - I bet it's a swap meet) organized by Centro Cultural Changarro Fufurufu (corner of G. Colombia y Miguel Vélez) Fri. at 10:00. They'll have crafts, comics, action figures, video games and other stuff. (Sounds like...
Hola, Todos - I think it's time for a reminder about these translations. Please do not write me to get more information as I have neither energy nor inclination to do research for you. Once I translate the paper, it goes into recycling and I forget everything I've...
By Jeff Van Pelt, Ed.D. If you are learning either Spanish or English as a second language, you have probably had the experience of “I am reading and writing it pretty well now, and my speech is even coming along, but when an Ecuadorian – or North American – starts...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Festival - de Músicas del Mundo starts Tues at 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo with las Tres Marías and the choruses (what the heck is the plural of chorus? chori?) from the Conservatory and the UDA. Taller - a drum workshop was held...
Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital has treated Cuenca’s first case of the Zika virus. Administrators say the treatment was successful and that the patient was discharged. The hospital’s health coordinator, Oswaldo Suarez, said that the patient was infected during a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Concierto - a concert fusing orchestral music with church bells will be Tues. at 19:30 in the Plaza de Santo Domingo. Open to the public. Danza - an open house at the Balleti Centro Artistico (Av. Viracochabamba N4-27) from 27-30/1...
Cuenca rental compliance officers are working with the provincial judicial council to stop landlords from overcharging for rent. The city says that there are about 45,000 rental properties in Cuenca. City councilman Xavier Barrera says that rents have increased...
