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The Museo Municipal de la Paja Toquilla and Ricaurte's Casa Amiga are running four rounds of free toquilla straw weaving classes through June. Basic and advanced levels, afternoon and Saturday morning slots, spots are limited. Here's the schedule and the email to grab a seat.

The Municipality just dropped the cultural agenda for March 23-29 and it's packed. Workshops, Pawkar Raymi events, theater at Teatro Sucre, open-air cinema, and activities at libraries and cultural centers across the city and parishes.

Need weekend plans? Hermes Cordero's new exhibition "Mouton, la persistencia del fuego" is open at the Galería de la Alcaldía. Saturday brings street theater and a theatrical route at the Hat Museum starting at 10:30 AM. And if you want something completely different, freestyle rap battles hit the Escalinatas at 7 PM.

Cuenca's municipal government is offering free cultural workshops through March 27 at centers around the city — guitar, toquilla straw weaving, painting, macramé, and metalwork. No cost, no catch. Here's the full schedule and how to sign up.

Cuenca is celebrating International Women's Day all week — from a stunning photography exhibition documenting the city's women to a formal ceremony honoring six remarkable Cuencanas. Plus free workshops, concerts, and a lunar ceremony. Here's what's happening and where.

Every event, concert, and parade happening in Cuenca for Carnival 2026 — from the Mote Pata workshop to Nicky Jam at the stadium. Plus Tranvía schedule changes, road patrol info, and what's open and closed this holiday weekend.