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This month we highly recommend
All throughout the month
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
QUITO FESTIVITIES
A festive mood invades the city of Quito as it celebrates its Spanish Foundation, which took place on December 6th 1534. An important bullfighting fair is held, and flamenco shows are offered in most hotels and restaurants, as well as Spanish food menus. Traditions also include wooden cart races, card games competitions and typical serenades. Old-fashioned buses converted into party-mobiles called “chivas” can be seen throughout the city, with people enjoying live bands and a typical drink called canelazo, consisting of a warm fruit juice and liquor. The biggest parties take place on Saturday 5th.
For more information visit www.fiestasquito.com.
EXHIBITS
Open until Sunday 11th - 9h00- 17h30
Ascent to the Chimborazo
24 paintings by Ruth Tesmar, accompanied by texts by Hartmut Böhme, which offer a contemporary vision of Alexander von Humboldt’s ascent of the Chimborazo volcano.
Place: Yaku- Water Museum – Park
Open until Friday 16th
Exhibit of antique
Tigua paintings
Place: Museo Mindalae
Open until Sunday 18th
Trans ART láctica
A Project of contemporary art from Cádiz, Spain
Place: Centro Cultural Metropolitano
Free admisión
THEATER
Thursday 5th to Saturday
7th - 20h30 Sunday 8th - 18h30
De Amor Nadie Se Muere
(Nobody Dies of Love)
Didactic monologue that
analyzes the love topic
Place: Patio de Comedias
Admission fee: $10 General,
$7 students, $5 seniors
Thursday 12th to Sunday 29th
Thursday to Saturday - 20h30
Sunday - 18h30
“Continúan las Historias de Amores Imposibles con Finales… o No”
(The Stories of Impossible Loves with Endings.. or Not... Continue")
Place: Patio de Comedias
Admission fee: $10 General,
$7 students, $5 seniors
EXHIBITS
Wednesday to Sunday
09h00 to 16h00
Invento para mi Ciudad
(I Invent for my City)
Children 5 - 13 years old show their paintings, drawings and collages, offering their ideas to solve some problems like pollution in Quito.
Place: MIC (Interactive Science Museum)
Admission fee: free, (some other exhibition beside $3)
Wednesday to Sunday
09h00 to 16h00
Todos Somos Uno
(We are all one)
Interactive exhibit about nature
and its rights.
Place: MIC (Interactive Science Museum)
Admission fee: free, (some other exhibition beside $3)
Open until August 29th
XPOSICION 2010
Graduated art students from the Ecuadorian Central University present their final job to get their degree
Place: Centro Cultural Itchimbía.
Free admission
Tuesday to Sunday - 09h00 to 17h00
From Quito To Ecuador,
1700 to 1835
Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Quito Revolution and all important events in the struggle for freedom and independence.
Place: Museo Alberto Mena Caamaño. (Centro Cultural Metropolitano).
Admission fee: $1,50; students $0,75; seniors 0.50
Tuesdays thru Sundays
10h00- 20h00
The Quito Revolution
Inside the stunningly-restored former Military Hospital in the San Juan neighbourhood in the Old Town, the Bicentenary Building offers an in informative historical show, relating the important characters and events which surrounded the uprising of Quito’s citizens and the subsequent years of struggle for Independence. The exhibition invites the public to discover and learn about the history of the times through images, stages, videos, literature and interactive tools.
Place: Edificio El Bicentenario
Prices: Adults $2; students $1; children and senior citizens $0.50
www.revolucionquito.com
FAMILY THEATER
From Saturday 10th
thru Sunday 25th
Saturdays and Sundays 11h00
El gran circo de Olga la pulga
Contemporary clowns in homage to Classical Circus.
Place: Studio Theater, Asociacion Humboldt
Admission fee: $5
Saturday 3rd thru Sunday 25th
Saturdays and Sundays 11h00
“Una vaca que
buscaba su estrella”
(A cow that searched her star)
25 children participate in this play about fantasy and creativity.
Place: Patio de Comedias
Admission fee: $5
Saturday 17th and
Sunday 18th 11h30
Clowns, puppets and masks
Place: Teatro Variedades Ernesto Albán
Admission fee: $5 adults,
$4 children
FOLKLORIC DANCE
Every Wednesday - 19h30
Jacchigua
Place: Teatro Demetrio Aguilera- Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
Price: $30
Every Friday - 20h00
Saruymanda
Place: CC Pasaje Arzobispal
Price: $2
MUSIC
Friday 13th - 20h00
Daniel Barenboim and
The West- Eastern Divan Orchestra
The orchestra is made up of the same number of Arab and Israeli musicians as a symbol of how culture and music can promote dialoge and mutual understanding.
Place: Casa de la Música
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Central Bank Museum
It is located at the Casa de la Cultura (Cultural House)
on 6 de Diciembre and Patria Avenues. Visiting hours:
Tuesdays-Fridays 09h00 to17h00/ weekends and holidays10h00
to16h00. Phone: 222-3258. Pre-Colonial, Colonial and
contemporary Art appears in 1,417 pieces exhibited permanently
and in itinerary and temporary displays. It also presents
an opportunity to learn about our origin, evolution
and history. Entrance fee: US$2 Students US$.1. Guide
service available.
Horse Carriages in the colonial center
18h00 to 24h00/ Price: $4 per person or $12 for a carriage
/ They depart from the Independence Square, next to
the Government Palace.
Address: Chile and Venezuela.
Phone: 295 1190 / 295 0392.
Night Tours – City Museum
This summer the "Museo de la Ciudad" offers
a new cultural service: a nighttime dramatized tour.
Tues-Sun 19h30-21h00. Group reservations need to be
made 48 hours in advance. Groups of 25, $15 per person.
Address: García Moreno 572 and Rocafuerte (colonial
center). For more information: 2283-882 / 883 ext.112
Itchimbia Cultural Center
 This exhibit was inaugurated together with the Cultural
Center that houses it in Quito. The antique metallic
structure of a traditional market of Quito was assembled
at the Itchimbia hill, which has a spectacular view
of the colonial downtown of Quito, to house this Cultural
Center. Itchimbia means “Sacred Hill of the Radiant
Sun”.
Address: Itchimbía Park- Calle Iquique and José
María Aguirre.
Information: 2950-272 ext. 137
For
information about other events contact:
* Date/ time of events are subject to change.
Call the Quito Vistitor´s Bureau at 295-9505 or
295-9632
ADDRESSES:
Casa de la Música: Valderrama & Mariana de Jesús
Phone: 226 1965 / 226 3975
Centro Cultural Metropolitano
corner of García Moreno and Espejo St.
(colonial center)
Phone: 295 0272
Corporacion Metropolitana de Quito
Phone: 295 9505 / 295 9632
Camilo Egas Museum
Venezuela 1302 and Esmeraldas St. (colonial center)
Information: 2572 012/ 25720 911
Centro de Exposiciones
Quito
Amazonas & Atahualpa
Central Bank Museum
6 de Diciembre and Patria Av.
Information: 222-0529
Cafe Libro
Carrion 243 between Plaza & Tamayo
Information: 223-4265
Camara de Comercio de
Quito
Corner of Amazonas Av. and Republica St. / Las
Camaras Building
Phone: 244-3787
Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (CCE)
Patria and 6 de Diciembre
Phone: 222 0529
Humanizarte Theater
Leonidas Plaza 24-266 and Lizardo Garcia
Phone: 222 6116
Hall Teatro Universitario
Universidad Central- Av. America & Universitaria
Las Camaras Auditorium
Corner of Amazonas and Republica Ave.
Reservations: 244-3787
La Casa de la Peña
Garcia Moreno 1713 & Galapagos
Information: 228 4179 / 09 831 2969
Plaza Foch
Foch & Reina Victoria
Plaza de las Americas
Corner of America and Naciones Unidas Av.
Patio de las Comedias
18 de Septiembre E4-26 between 9 de Octubre and
Amazonas
Phone: 256 1902
Parque Itchimbía
Calle Iaquique and José María Aguirre
Sala Demetrio Aguilera Malta/ Prometeo- CCE
Address: Patria & 6 de Diciembre
Teatro Sucre / Teatro Variedades "Ernesto Albán"
Manabi N8-131 St. between Guayhaquil and Flores
Phone: 22951661 ext.132
Teatro Nacional-Casa
de la Cultura
6 de Diciembre Ave. and Tarqui St.
Teatro Bolivar
Calle Flores 421 & Junín
Phone: 2582486-7
Teatro-Facultad de Artes-
Universidad Central
Patria Av. 806 and Paez
French Alliance
Eloy Alfaro N32-468 & 6 de Diciembre
Phone: 224-6589
Museo de la Ciudad
Garcia Moreno 572 & Rocafuerte
Phone: 228 3882 / 3
Musicoteca
Garcia Moreno and Sucre
Ocho y Medio Movie Theater:
Valladolid N24-353 & Vizcaya (La Floresta)
Seseribo
Veintimilla 325 & 12 de Octubre Ave. El Giron
Bldg
Phone: 256 3598
Quito Vistitor´s Bureau
Phone: 295-9505 / 295-9632
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*Date / time of events are subject to change. Call
the Quito Visitors’ Bureau for more information:
295 9505 / 295 9632 ext 107
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