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Lunes, 8/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del sábado, 3/6 (3 articles): OFF, una galería cuencana de arte para el mundo (OFF, a Cuencanan art gallery for the world) - The 3 story gallery is a space for contemporary art located on av. 10 de Agosto y calle...
By Stephen Vargha Ecuador’s biggest distributor and seller of wines has opened its first outlet in Cuenca. “We have 43 percent of the market of wine in Ecuador,” said Cathy Amoroso. “We have 11 stores, with five in Quito, four in Guayaquil, one in Manta, and now one...
Cuenca’s Citizen Guard and the National Police report that crime is dropping in Cuenca. According to the National Police, crime in the city has dropped in 78% of crime categories including violence against persons, robbery, car theft and murder since the beginning of...
History reveals that for countless generations, a practice of remarkable simplicity commandeered the ebb and flow of urban life throughout Europe and large swaths of the developing world. It was a principal source of immeasurable personal comfort while simultaneously...
Viernes, 2/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del jueves, 1/6(2 articles): Agenda cultural - 3/6 - Teatro - La Gallinta Sembradora - Auditorio Catalina Sojos de la Casa de la Cultura - 11:00 and 15:30. 4/6 - Muestra - Exposiciones sobre la Cuenca de hace...
Miércoles, 31/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Con informes definirán el futuro de los radares (Reports will define the future of radars) - There will be a meeting this week to talk about what actions will be taken to fulfill mayor Zamora's promise to remove the speed...
By Stephen Vargha “This building is the most neglected in the city!” Andrés Tola Alvarez is talking about Colegio Benigno Malo, located on Av. Fray Vicente Solano and 700 feet south of the Tomebamba River. “The New Cathedral, the building of the Court of Justice, and...
Lunes, 29/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - El Tranvía tiene dos pendientes (The Tranvía has 2 pending issues) - Marcelo Toral Roura, the new director of the Tranvía announced that he expects to receive a batch of 20,000 Movilízate cards in the first 15 days of junio....
Nearly every trip I’ve made to Cuenca recently included visiting IdiomArt (Marscial Lamar y Estevez de Toral), for good reasons. I first went there to shop for a very special gift: a Nancy Galloway fiber art piece. I next caught a truly extraordinary show by many of...
Viernes, 26/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del jueves, 25/5 (1 agenda): Agenda Cultural 27/5 a las 15:00 - Museos - Guided visits at the Museo Remigio Crespo (Calle Larga y Borrero). 28/5 desde 11:00 a 15:00 - Observatorio (Planetario) -...
Miércoles, 24/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Propuesta pictórica gratuita en la Galería de la Alcaldía (Free show of pictures at the City Hall Gallery) - The show, 'Libertad, intimismo y creación' opened today and will run through 19/7 at the Galería de la Alcaldía. The...
The National Elections Council's decision to include a referendum question that could end oil production in the Yasuní National Park could have a major impact on the presidential and National Assembly elections, environmental activists and political analysts say. “Not...
Lunes, 22/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 20/5 (1 article): Baños, nicho de los 'beauty trips' (Baños, a niche for beauty trips) - The parish of Baños in southwest Cuenca, is full of locations for 'beauty trips' where you can get a...
By Stephen Vargha It has been said that Cuenca is a dog-friendly city. Unlike most cities in the United States, a vast majority of restaurants in Cuenca allow and welcome your canine friend onto their premises. A good number of stores welcome your dog too. Seeing...
By Jeremiah Reardon The New Theater (TNT) is Cuenca’s recently formed English-language theater. A group of theater, design, and marketing professionals have come together with the express goal of adding to the rich cultural life of Cuenca by creating this new theater...
Margaret hails from Texas. The earliest memory she has is of her father holding her in his arms and singing; he was a boisterous but unsteady man, self-shamed simply for being diminutive. He spent long months away from home, traveling the world to supervise the...
Viernes, 19/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda cultural - 20/5, 19:30 - Teatro - Las damas sin perrito (The ladies without a dog <Poor deprived ladies - life is better with a dog>) - Sala Alfonso Carrasco. 22/5, 11:00 - Exposición - Tagore en el tiempo -...
Miércoles, 17/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - La tecnología incursiona en los museos de Cuenca (Technology makes inroads into Cuenca's museums) - During the pandemic and with the irruption of technology and digitalization, the museums of Cuenca started rethinking their...
Lunes, 15/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - <The pandemic is really officially over - the Culture Page is back!> De El Mercurcio del sábado, 13/5 (2 articles): Agenda cultural - 15/5, 15:00 - Training - Drawing workshop - CIDAP. 16/5, 19:00 - Presentation - Concert...
By Stephen Vargha Cuenca’s Municipal Museum of Modern Art’s latest exhibit is truly a family affair. “It was originally only going to be my exhibition,” said the 55-year-old Cuenca native Catalina Carrasco. “But I invited others to be a part of it.” “Alquimia”...
