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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Teatro - La Alianza Francesa de Cuenca has a space called Club de Teatro (Theater Club) which is open every Mon. from 20-21:30 in the auditorium. Tejido (weaving) - El Museo Casa del Sombrero is offering free classes in "Panama" hat...
A national police captain who has been on duty at dozens of Pase del Niños says he has never seen as many expats and tourists watching and participating in the Christmas Eve parade. “There are many North Americans marching this year, something I have never seen...
On Wednesday, the city of Cuenca and architects from the University of Cuenca released a five-minute video of the latest design for San Francisco Plaza (see below). The video appears to show no changes from plans released weeks ago showing an open plaza with movable...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Flamenco - la Noche de Flamenco (Flamenco Night) this Sat at 20:30 in República Sur (Pres. Córdova 5-55) with rosario Castaño and classical guitarist Jon Colkey Valdé. Concierto - with Rondalla Cañari performing Christmas music from...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Exposición - the I Exposición de Arte "Permanencia en el Tiempo" (The 1st Art Exhibit, "Permanence in Time") by Fausto Bravo whose show is called Emociones en Dimensiones (Emotions in Dimensions) is showing at the "Puente Roto"...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Festival de Villancicos - (remember villancicos? or did your tercera aged brain let you down again?) will be on Mon, (21/12) at 20:00 with the Cuenca Internacional Chorale in the Catedral Vieja (Sucre y Luis Cordero). Concierto - la...
As part of it Digital Ctiy program, the city of Cuenca will add free Internet Wifi service to city buses in early 2016 and include it on the tranvía when that becomes operational later in the year. City councilman Crisitian Zamora said that technicians are already at...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Feria - "Posada Concierto: Feria de Saberes" (In Concert? Knowledge Fair) at el Sono (calle Borrero 6'83) from 24-26/12 from 10-21:00 with 30 local producers presenting. Máscaras - the Alianza Francesa has organized the "Gira de...
Cuenca’s José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital was the first hospital in Ecuador and one of the first in Latin America to use stereotactic radiosurgery. Doctors report that the procedure, performed on Tuesday, was successful in removing a brain tumor from a 55-year-old...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Coros - 4 choruses will sing traditional "villancicos" (Christmas carols - your word for the day is a seasonal one - you think you'll still remember it next Christmas? If you're my age, still learning Spanish, and said yes, you are a...
City officials and University of Cuenca architects presented their plans for the redesigned San Francisco Plaza Wednesday and vendors who currently occupy the plaza announced they are ready for a fight. The plans were unveiled in the Chamber of Industries auditorium...
The redesigned, relaunched version of CuencaHighLife celebrates its first year of publication as the most widely read English-language website in Ecuador. “We want to thank all of our readers for making us number one,” says partner and general manager Jonathan...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Conferencia - Andrés Zambrano will talk about the writing of García Lorca tomorrow at 16:00 in the Dep't of Design a the U of Azuay. Teatro - "Un Pueblo Llamado Desesperación" will play Wed (16/12) at 20:00 and Thu (17/12) at 11:00 in...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Teatro - Theater group Barojo will present "La niña de los fósforos" (The Little Match Girl) which reflects on the real significance of Christmas this Thu. at 20:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. Máscaras - a group show of ceramic and other...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Taller - the Alianza Francesa will have a French gastronomy workshop on Sat 19/12 from 9-12:30. Register at 2825-298. (You could probably do it in French if your Spanish isn't up to a phone conversation.) Cost: $15. Teatro - the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Teatro - "Brunta Ruficolis," a performance by clown Freddy León is playing Friday and Saturday at 20:00 in the sala "Vinicio Jáuregui" (Calle Larga 10-41) Reunión - the managers of the La Red de Centros Culturales Independientes (The...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Conversatorio - reviewing the career of Saidel Brito was Thu (10/12) at 18:00. Convocatoria - The Alianza Francesa celebrates its 50th anniversary next year and is calling for anyone with a visual art project who is looking for an...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Tango - there was a recital tonight in the Casa de la Cultura. Feria - a Feria del Diseño (A Design Fair) with independent local producers at the Repúblia Sur (Presidente Córdova 5-55) on Sat - Sun 19-20/12 from 10-20:00. Rap - "Norick...
Beware! ‘Tis the season of the thieves. The National Police have sent out their annual season greetings accompanied with the warning that this is the most active time of year for thieves in Cuenca. They estimate that the number of purse snatches and picked pockets in...
Hola, Todos - You have no idea how proud I am of myself. I was having problems connecting to the internet, and I called Puntonet and got it all fixed - in Spanish and over the phone! But I've got to give a lot of credit to the exceedingly patient technician. Every...
