The nine-day long 22nd International Santo Domingo Book Fair opens on Friday. This year it is taking over the Colonial City, with bookstands and events on city streets, plazas, cultural centers and businesses throughout. The Ministry of Culture that organizes the annual cultural event says that some 642 activities have been scheduled. The inauguration of the book fair is scheduled for Friday, 26 April at the main hall of the National Theater. President Danilo Medina and Culture Minister Eduardo Selman will be presiding over the event. The book fair will last from 26 April to 5 May 2019.
Among the activities is the launching of 38 books, recognition of nine writers, 39 conferences by local and international intellectuals. This year the book fair is dedicated to Dominican author Virgilio Diaz Grullón and Puerto Rico is the guest country.
This year an exhibition of 14 works of art by artists from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are on exhibition at the Quinta Dominica on the Calle Billini from 27 April through the closing on 5 May. The “Polifonía” was curated by Carlos Acero Ruiz and organized by Abdías Méndez Robles, Antonio Cortés and Juan Mayí. The artists are Rosa Tavárez, Laura Rodríguez, July Monción, Juan Mayí, Abdías Méndez Robles, Antonio Cortés, José Pelletier, Romaguera, Leonardo Durán, Luis Alejandro, Héctor Rafael, Hilario Olivo, Edwin Maurás and Inés Tolentino.
New on the program this year are movie showings. The Films Agency (DGCine) and the Cinemateca Dominicana announced the presentation of the films from 26 April to 5 May at the Centro Cultural Banreservas, Embassy of France, Cinema Boreal and the Centro Cultural de España in the Colonial City.
On the program are the films: “La guagua aérea” (1993), “El caballero Don Quijote” (2002) and “Silencio en la nieve” (2011). On occasion of Puerto Rico being guest country of the book fair, the Puerto Rican films “El cacique” (1959), “Vida y asunción de Lupe Vélez” (1966) and The Bell (1992) will be shown.
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Noticias SIN
Al Momento
25 April 2019