Events

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.

Pumapungo Museum is hosting a free workshop Thursday on 18th-century Andean kitchens — the food, the tools, the household rhythm. If you've ever wondered what mote-and-pork actually replaced, this is your event.

The University of Cuenca just dropped a packed cultural agenda through May 29. Most events are free. Here's everything worth putting on your calendar.

Thirty varieties of apples, live music, traditional dances, and artisan vendors — all just 52 km from Cuenca. The 8th annual celebration kicks off Saturday at 9 AM.

Violinist-turned-conductor Andrea Vela just made history as Ecuador's first female orchestra director. Her debut? A Mother's Day concert with Don Medardo y sus Players this Wednesday and Thursday.