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All throughout the month

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MUSIC

Thursday 10th 20h00
Piano recital by Juan Andrés Barahona Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Albeniz, Chopin, Liszt
Place: Casa de la Música

Thursday 17th 20h00
Ficta Music
Music and dances from Bogota- XVII C
An interpretation of Latinamerican and Spanish Renaissance and Baroque
Place: Casa de la Música

Wednesday 20th 19h00
Friends of Opera
(video projection with Spanish subtitles)
La Travista by Giuseppe Verdi, Royal Opera House, Soloists: Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci Italiano
Place: Casa de la Música

Thuesday 22nd 19h00
Chorus Group “Voces”
Place: Casa de la Música

Thursday 31st 20h00
Piano Recital by Samir Elgohul Mozart
Place: Casa de la Música

CHRISTMAS BAZAR

Sunday 11th 10h00 to 17h00
Christmas Bazar
Place: Marriott Hotel
Admission fee: $1

FOLKLORIC DANCE

Every Wednesday 19h30
Jacchigua
Place: Teatro Demetrio Aguilera – CCE

Every Wednesday 20h30
Humanizarte
(Dinner show at 19h30)
Place: Fundacion Cultural Humanizarte
Entrance fee: general $15, dinner show $25

Every Friday 20h00
Saruymanda
Place: CC Pasaje Arzobispal

EXHIBITS

Open until January 20th, 2008
“Los rostros del agua”
(Microschopic pictures of water that sustain Masaru Emoto's theory- Japan)
Place: Yaku- Museo del Agua

Thursday 10th thru Saturday 26th
Monday thru Friday 10h00 to 18h00
Saturdays 10h00 to 14h00
“Deutsche Vita” by Stefan Moses
Place: Asociación Humboldt

Wednesday 23th 19h00
Open until Monday, March 3rd
Art Exhibit: Rosemarie Trockel
Selected drawings, objects and videos
Place: Centro Cultural Metropolitano

Thursday 24th 19h00
Innauguration: World Press Photo 2008
Place: Centro Cultural Metropolitano

Open until January 30th, 2008
Monday thru Friday 9h00 to 19h00
Saturdays 10h00 to17h00
Forbidden to forget the triumph over slavery
Place: Science Room – PUCE

Open until February 28th, 2008
“Ecuador: hitos de su pasado precolombino”
(Ecuador: milestones of its pre-Columbian past)
Place: Museo Nacional CCE
Free admission

CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Thursday 3rd thru Saturday 5th 20h000
Sunday 6th 18h00
Coreographic presentation from the U.S.A.
with invited dancers
Place: Sala Mariana de Jesús – CCE (3rd floor)
Admission fee: general $5, students $3

Tuesday 8th thru Friday 11th 19h00
Presentation of Project “Futuro Si”, Hip Hop Culture
Place: Sala Mariana de Jesús – CCE (3rd floor)
Admission fee: general $1

Thursday 17th thru Saturday 26th 20h00
Sunday 20th and Sunday 27th 18h00
Contemporary dance
Place: Sala Mariana de Jesús – CCE (3rd floor)
Admission fee: general $5, students $3

Thursday 31st thru Saturday, February 9th 20h00
Sunday, February 3rd and February 10th 18h00
Presentation of Project “Futuro Si”:
“Torbellino el canto del cuerpo”
Place: Sala Mariana de Jesús – CCE (3rd floor)
Admission fee: general $5, students $3

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: 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 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 Espejo & Guayaquil Phone: 258-467/8 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 Seseribo Veintimilla 325 & 12 de Octubre Ave. El Giron Bldg Phone: 256 3598 Quito Vistitor´s Bureau Phone: 295-9505 / 295-9632

*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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