{"id":125478,"date":"2019-04-23T16:46:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=125478"},"modified":"2019-04-24T03:22:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T03:22:12","slug":"books-books-and-more-books-in-the-colonial-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/04\/23\/books-books-and-more-books-in-the-colonial-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Books, books and more books in the Colonial City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Feria_del_Libro-2019.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125485\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Friday, 26 April 2019, venues in the Colonial City will open their doors to Dominican book lovers. Bookstores will be participating in the Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo (FILSD) 2019, the annual city book fair. Now in its 22nd year, this year\u2019s fair is dedicated to Dominican writer Virgilio D\u00edaz Grull\u00f3n, and Puerto Rico is the guest country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the occasion, museums, churches, cultural centers, businesses and historic attractions will be presenting exhibitions, talks, conferences, workshops and space for the sale of books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plaza Espa\u00f1a will host government institutions and foundations. There will be a stage for artistic presentations, drama and musical concerts. The Museo de las Casas Reales will be hosting the Caf\u00e9 Bohemio with its master classes and talks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Puerto Rico, the guest country, has been assigned to present at the Capilla de los Remedios on Calle Las Damas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Casa de los Jesuitas, on Calle Mercedes corner Calle Las Damas, will host a stand for Dominican authors. Nearby, the Centro Banreservas on Calle Isabel la Cat\u00f3lica is presenting an exhibition reminding Dominicans about the essayist and writer, Virgilio D\u00edaz Grull\u00f3n, and his important contributions to Dominican literature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bookshops will be centered primarily at the Fortaleza de Santo Domingo on Calle Las Damas, where some government institutions will also have their stands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people have been given a space at the Colegio Dominicano de Artistas Pl\u00e1sticos on Calle El Conde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academia de Ciencias, on Calle Las Damas, will host a hall for presentations by universities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Education has set up a children\u2019s area at the Casa de Bastidas, off from the Columbus Park. The auditorium of the Archbishop Office will be used for several educational presentations by the Ministry of Education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Museo de las Telecomunicaciones will be using its auditorium and spaces off Plaza Espa\u00f1a and Calle Isabel la Cat\u00f3lica for theatrical presentations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the complete program of the FILSD 2019 here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/programa_general_filsd_2019.pdf\">FILSD&nbsp;201<\/a>9<br><a href=\"http:\/\/cultura.gob.do\/index.php\/noticias\/item\/1081-programa-general-feria-internacional-del-libro-santo-domingo-filsd-2019\">Ministry&nbsp;of&nbsp;Culture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23 April 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of Friday, 26 April 2019, venues in the Colonial City will open their doors to Dominican book lovers. Bookstores will be participating in the Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo (FILSD) 2019, the annual city book fair. Now in its 22nd year, this year\u2019s fair is dedicated to Dominican writer Virgilio D\u00edaz Grull\u00f3n, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/04\/23\/books-books-and-more-books-in-the-colonial-city\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[155,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125504,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125478\/revisions\/125504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}