What to see, what to do in Guayaquil this Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Dance at the ParkFest

A portal It is called the presentation of contemporary dance and acrobatics starring Outside the Box Ecuador, which will take place at the ParkFest festival organized by the Municipality of Samborondón. “There is a place in another dimension, outside of our understanding. There is a place that ‘is not a place’, a space where bodies can be transformed, where dance becomes the path to liberation ”, this is the synopsis that can be read on the social networks of the aforementioned municipality. Admission: $ 10 (TicketShow). 20:00, Guayaquil Historical Park (cdla. Entre Ríos).

Literary conversation

The Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum (MAAC), in its space ‘To the flight of the page’, propose a chat with Yuliana Ortiz Ruano, Emerald poet based in Guayaquil, author of the books Sovoz and Songs from the end of the world. He has participated in festivals and literary meetings in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. His work has obtained awards, such as first place in the National Literature Contest (poetry category), Libre Libro 2019 and honorable mention in the National Poetry Contest in Parallel 0, in 2017. His texts appear in magazines and digital and printed anthologies from Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Spain and Portugal. He is currently investigating cartographic exclusion as a detonating power of artistic and poetic processes in different literary registers. Ph. D. Fernando Montenegro, researcher and teacher at the University of the Arts, will also participate in this dialogue, led by journalist Clara Medina. Free access. At 4:00 p.m., through the MAAC Facebook account (facebook.com/MAAC.EC).

Book launch

Acapulco so close is he Guayaquil historian, researcher and poet’s book Angel Emilio Hidalgo. The work explores a passionate love and its vestiges, seeking to find oneself in a sea free of ships; intense love story that surprises, moves and moves; a story that amazes, hurts and depresses at the same time. It is the fifth collection of poems published by the Guayaquil writer; previously, You will drink from these waters (1997), The tracing of time (2003), Glare of defeat (2010) and the group show Why is our exile? (2006). The book will be commented by Wilman Ordóñez and Ángeles Martínez. During the presentation, the MasaMadre cafeteria and the Miguel Donoso Pareja bookstore will be open for extended hours. Free entry. 18:00, Manzana 14 (October 9 and Panama, UArtes).

Eurocine in Guayaquil: Supercines and French Alliance

White card (2015, 106 min). Country: Poland. Director: Jacek Lusinski. A history teacher much loved by his students begins to lose his sight. The doctor’s diagnosis leaves no room for hope: due to a genetic flaw, he is going to go totally blind. At first, the man feels dejected, but decides to hide the illness from his superiors in order to keep his job and to prepare his students for the entrance exam. Based on a true story. 19:45, French Alliance of Central Urdesa (Bálsamos 202 and Calle Única), outdoors.

Undine (2020, 94 min). Country: Germany. Director: Christian Petzold. Ondina is a historian and lectures on urban development in Berlin. But when her lover leaves her, the ancient myth takes hold of her. It only remains to kill the man who has betrayed her and return to the waters. 20:00, Supercines El Dorado.

The Little Comrade (2018, 99 min). Country: Estonia. Direction: Moonika Siimets. During the Stalin regime, little Leelo’s mother is sent to a camp as a prisoner. Haunted by the last words of her mother, who told her to be a good girl, Leelo tries to be the best she can in the hope that her behavior will bring her mother back. 16:45, 19:00, 21:15, Supercines Ceibos.

Complete national schedule in https://eurocineecuador.com.

Various exhibitions

Until October 29 you can visit 35 years of recreating light, a retrospective of the legacy of the artist Olmedo Quimbita to commemorate his artistic career. Born in Latacunga in 1963, he is the son of Rafael Quimbita, a wealthy merchant and farmer, and Zoila Panchi. He was the youngest of five siblings. In 1977 he was already drawing and his father was a friend of the prominent oil painter Manuel Cangui. In 1981 the family settled in Quito. The change was beneficial for the young artist’s incipient training, and at the same time that he was studying the first years of secondary school at the fiscal school December 6, he visited the Museum of Colonial Art of the Municipality and the Museum of Modern Art of the House of Culture . In 1986 he thought it appropriate to leave the country. He traveled to Caracas, where he was well received. Free entry. It will be open from Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 15:00, Exhibition Hall of the Centro de Arte Theater (Av. Del Bombero).

The artist Juana Córdova also exhibits Climate report °. The curator Pily Estrada says: “From the observatory that is her home, she knows that each change of season generates a different ecosystem, a change of climate… She waits with expectation what the new plague will be, what species appears, which one returns, what footprint it leaves ; and when he can, he hunts their remains. Some even put them back together … ”. Each object collected on the beach (branches, leaves, remains of insects, shells, but also plastics) becomes a key piece, as in The Levitator, formed with hundreds of butterfly wings. Open from Monday to Saturday, from 2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., until next November 20, NASA (L.), in the Santana Lofts building, local 1, in Puerto Santa Ana.

Patricia Meier opened yesterday Meditation Pieces, an exhibition that brings together her artistic work around reflection and awareness, embroidery as introspection and meditation, but above all from poetic evocation to the beauty of trades considered merely domestic. Between seams, embroidery and darning, which he has also applied to the backing paper of his work – which has also previously worked with engraving techniques – he builds, in the first instance, a playful universe that allows him to go beyond the usual limits of both the so-called “Erudite art” such as that of the artisan trade. Free entry. Meditation Pieces It will be open until January 2022, from Tuesday to Friday, from 10:00 to 18:00; Saturdays, from 11:00 to 19:00; and Sundays, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Simón Bolívar and Loja boardwalk.

Address glue season

The Sheraton hotel in Guayaquil has already put the purple colada and its exquisite bread bus. Go and enjoy with family or friends this specialty that combines customs of the Coast and Sierra. For twelve years the hotel has been preparing it with aromatic herbs, blackberry, naranjilla and others. “For us, purple laundry is family, memories,” says Jimmy Pombosa, executive chef at the Sheraton. It comes in presentations of 1 liter + 2 guaguas of bread ($ 11), half a liter + 2 guaguas ($ 7), glass + guagua ($ 4.50), glass ($ 3.50) and 1 guagua of bread ($ 1.50). Prices include taxes. Available every day until Tuesday, November 2, Cook’s restaurant. Take away and to serve service. Phone: 370-7070.

Theater in different stages

Cleotilde and Matilde offers a story in full celebration of the witch party. Both characters are hard at work and decide to hire a cook to help them prepare half-century potions. The crazy and clumsy young village girl arrives and comes to complicate things when she confuses the potions and changes the personalities of the witches. Will they be able to return to their bodies? This comedy, a co-production with the Sánchez Aguilar Theater, stars Fabo Doja, Ney Calderón and Gigi Mieles. Address: Santiago Carpio. Text: Nitsy Grau Crespo. For people over 12 years old. Admission: $ 15. Every Wednesday in October, 8:00 p.m., outside the TSA.

In Casal Català

White sound, a free adaptation of the monologue I, Ulrike, scream, by Darío Fo and Branca Rame, with a performance by Ana Belén Durán and directed by Ana Rivas. A woman lives her last hours of life in absolute isolation, imposed by the state, society and culture. By imposing on him the most criminal of torture, that is, “sensory deprivation”. Between his lucidity and his madness, all he has left is his voice, his imagination and his thought. It will be presented at the Teatre al Casal space. Adhesion: $ 15 (includes cover and glass of wine). Entrance at 8:30 p.m., the work begins at 9:00 p.m., Casal Català (Mirtos 706 and Ficus, central Urdesa). Reservations to the WhatsApp number: 099-401-9179.

In Pop-Up Theater Café

The new season dedicated to works whose theme revolves around stories that will make the audience’s hair stand on end continues. The works, which are presented from Wednesday to Saturday (from 7:30 p.m.), are the following:

Today I came for you. A kidnapper, a victim and an exorcism not to remove a spirit, but to bring it back. Actors: Liss Rezabala and Áxel Zoller. Director: Sebastián Perdomo.

Hunger. Trapped in a mine for weeks with nothing to eat or drink and with a ferocious beast nearby, two soldiers will try to survive and … feed. Actors: Ricardo Velástegui and Sebastián Perdomo. Director: David Castro.

Who is who? Two murderers with multiple personalities try to escape from a mental hospital. Actors: Álex Loor and Steff Alarcón. Director: Ricardo Velástegui.

Santa y Zabell. A terrible fire in the circus destroys almost all its members. Some clowns are forced to learn and perform the acts of their deceased companions to keep the circus alive. Cast: Paula Lituma and Andy Suzuki. Direction: Luis Fernando García.

You can visit these rooms from Wednesday to Sunday, from 7:00 p.m., in central Urdesa. Entry: $ 6 each work. You can also review the agenda at www.popupteatro.com.

Aquaculture Fair

With the participation of around 150 national and foreign companies begins Aquaexpo Guayaquil 2021, in a commercial context that places shrimp as the main Ecuadorian non-oil export product with $ 3,175 million in foreign exchange income from January to August. The event is organized by the National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA) and there will also be a commercial exhibition that will have 200 stands, a specialized congress with the participation of more than 30 international and Ecuadorian speakers who will update their knowledge on various topics. The event is face-to-face, as in the 2020 edition, and will have all the biosafety and distancing measures. It is open from October 25 to 28, Guayaquil Convention Center (Av. De las Américas).