Events

CEBCI's Tangled - El Musical has two public performances today, May 28, at Teatro Pumapungo: 15:00 and 19:00. El Mercurio reports tickets cost $15 and are available through Meet2Go.

The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra will perform Saturday, May 30, at 20:00 at Teatro Casa de la Cultura. The program includes Coleridge-Taylor, Vaughan Williams and Brahms, with tubist Scott Roeder and guest conductor Norman Gamboa.

The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador will present its 'Visiones Modernas' concert in Cuenca on Saturday, May 23, at Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. The program includes Silvestre Revueltas, Howard Shore and a Cuenca trombone soloist.

Reader Ross Roberts submitted details for a U.S. Federal Benefits Services visit to Cuenca in early June. A general informational meeting is planned for June 3, followed by walk-in help days June 4 and 5 for Social Security, Medicare and other federal-benefits questions.

Cuenca has a full holiday-weekend agenda around the Battle of Pichincha break. El Mercurio lists activities from May 21 through May 24, including a fear-film screening, a food tour, used-book fair, theatrical route, dance events and Parque Calderon festival.

Deportivo Cuenca hosts Recoleta of Paraguay at 9 PM today at Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar. EMOV-listed closures and pedestrian restrictions run around the stadium area, so plan around El Ejido before heading out.

The third edition of Cuenca's beekeeping festival sets up on Padre Aguirre, between the Plaza de las Flores and San Francisco, for four days. Expect honey, hive products, and a 'star product' competition.

The Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno is hosting 'Heterotopías 4,' a thesis exhibition by 37 graduating Visual Arts students from the University of Cuenca. Open daily, free, until May 30.

Orchestra concerts, Alice Through the Looking Glass at the Teatro Sucre, a Latin American horror film series, a book launch, and a sculpture inauguration. Here's the rundown.