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Newly way, The Ministry of Culture of the Nation specified the opening of a new headquarters for the Children's and Youth Book Fair, that during the winter holidays it will offer a schedule full of activities for all the boys and their families in the village 21-24 from Barracas.

The facilities of the House of Culture - located on Avenida Iriarte 3500- from the aforementioned neighborhood have been chosen to give children the possibility of having access to hundreds of titles of children's and young people's literature, always free and gratuitous.

According to the Minister of Culture of the Nation, Pablo Avelluto, who was present at the opening of the Fair, "The House of Culture is my favorite place of all the Ministry. That it is the headquarters of the Children's and Youth Book Fair means that borders are demolished, that of social and geographical prejudices. What is here is the embodiment of the idea of ​​cultural politics and society that we want to build, equal opportunities for all ".

Every day, circus artists will perform a show at the door to invite families to participate in the fair. In the central hall, a colorful show of rappers versus payadores welcomes and improvises stories based on audience participation.

Regarding the auditorium, is a space that houses a capacity for 200 people. In addition, puppet shows are held, circus, music, clown and theater proposals. On the other hand, three times per week, always the 11, the highest grossing children's films are screened. Before entering the room, the boys receive pochoclos so that the cinema experience is complete.

Although the House does not sell books, a part of the central hall functions as a large reading room. Kids have the newest titles available to read and flip through again and again. further, have the advice of literary mediators.

One of the most beautiful novelties of the house is the installation of the only audiobook with the voice of Julio Cortázar. The house has several, very successful among the little ones.

There are participatory workshops for kids with different interests: comic books, literary production and illustration, kitchen room, bachata, percussion, juggling, construction of dream catchers and stained glass among others.

In the computer room, a team of cultural technological mediators uses technology - computers and mobile phones - to bring children closer to reading.

The House of Popular Culture of the town 21-24 receives in its regular workshops around 900 guys every month. Gustavo Ameri, director of the house, estimates that during the holidays they will receive about 300 boys per day. This program, in addition to bringing together a cultural proposal selected by experts that guarantees the quality of all activities, constitutes a social inclusion strategy for a population without the possibility of going out in search of alternatives.

The president of the Fundación El Libro was also present at the inauguration., Martín Gremmelspacher, the Institutional and Cultural Director of the El Libro Foundation, Califa geese, and the director of the National Library Alberto Manguel.

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Schedule of activities

Thursday 21

Hall Central:

17 – Bachata Workshop

Audience:

11 hs. – Screening of the film “El Ratón Perez – Part 1"

14 hs. – Screening of the film “El Ratón Perez – Part 2"

16.30 hs. – Circus show "I count on you"

Computer room:

14 a 15.30 – “QRe – Reading" – Technological Mediators – Cultural

Library:

14 hs. – "Make it sound" Instrument building workshop

15 a 16.30 hs. – Cartoon workshop

Microcine:

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Guitar class

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Friday 22

Hall Central:

16.30 hs. – “Chicaracum” show

18 hs. – Inauguration of the exhibition "El tripero"

Audience:

11 hs. – Film screening "Fallen from the map"

15 hs. – Show Rappers vs. Payers

16 a 18 hs. – Theater workshop

Computer room:

14 a 15.30 – “QRe – Reading" – Technological Mediators – Cultural

Library:

15 a 16.30 hs. – Cartoon workshop with the participation of Javier Rovella

Microcine:

16.30 a 18 hs. – Guitar workshop

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Saturday 23

Hall Central:

17 hs. – Bachata Workshop

Audience:

11 hs. – Film screening “Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe ”

15 hs. – Music show "Anda Calabaza"

16.30 hs. – Film screening "How to train your dragon"

Kitchen room:

15 a 17 hs. – Cooking workshop

Microcine:

15 a 17 hs. – Film workshop

Dance room (Storytelling space):

16.30 hs. – Valor Vereda and his show "Rescatando a los Odos"

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Sunday 24

Audience:

14 hs. – Film screening "Tales of the jungle"

16.30 hs. – Show "The blanket of stories"

Kitchen room:

15 a 17 hs. Cooking workshop

Microcine:

16 hs. – Literary and Illustration Workshop "Our stories – Game, drawing and word"

Dance room (Storytelling space):

15 hs. – LaLa Taiji, narrator, will tell "Who is encouraged?”

Monday 25

Audience:

14 hs. – Screening of the film "Metegol"

16.30 hs. – Narration and music show "Stories grow in my tree"

Library:

15 hs. – Literary and Illustration Workshop "Our stories – Game, drawing and word "

Kitchen room:

15 a 17 hs. – Cooking workshop

Microcine:

15.45 hs. – Valor Vereda and a fun “Treasure Hunt”

Dance room (Storytelling space):

15 hs. – Marina Vazquez, narrator, tells us "Tales that the wind blows"

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Tuesday 26

Hall Central:

17.30 a 19 hs. – Bachata Workshop

Audience:

15 hs. – Music and circus show "Circo de las artes"

16.30 hs. – Theater show "La valija de Araminta"

Computer room:

14 a 15.30 hs. – “QRe – Reading" – Technological Mediators – Cultural

Library:

14 hs. – "Make it sound" Instrument building workshop

15 a 16.30 hs. – Cartoon workshop

Microcine:

14.30 a 16 hs. – Open guitar and percussion class

17 a 18 hs. – Percussion workshop

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Wednesday 27

Hall Central:

15.30 hs. – Rhyme workshop with the Payadores and Rappers

16.30 a 18 hs. – Hip hop class (CAD)

Audience:

16 hs. – Theater and music show “Carkalata, a baton in 4 seasons"

Computer room:

14 a 15.30 hs. – “QRe – Reading" – Technological Mediators – Cultural

Library:

14 hs. – "Make it sound" Instrument building workshop

15 a 16.30 hs. – Cartoon workshop with the participation of Gustavo Sala

Microcine:

15 a 17 hs. – Open guitar and percussion class

Dance room (Storytelling space):

17 a 20 hs. – Bachata workshop

Vitraux space:

17 a 20 hs. – Stained Glass Taller

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Thursday 28

Audience:

11 hs. – Screening of the film “"Rodencia and the princess tooth"

16.30 hs. – Circus show "Face and circus"

Computer room:

14 a 15.30 hs. – “QRe – Reading" – Technological Mediators – Cultural

Library:

14 hs. – "Make it sound" Instrument building workshop

15 a 16.30 hs. – Cartoon workshop

Microcine:

17 a 18.30 hs. – Guitar class

Dance room (Storytelling space):

15 hs. – Marina Vazquez, narrator, tells us "Tales that the wind blows"

18 a 20 hs. – Bachata workshop

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Friday 29

Hall Central:

16.30 hs. – Play "El Fausto"

Audience:

11 hs. – Film screening "Papers in the wind"

14 hs. – Film projection "The last magician or Bilembabudín"

16.30 hs. – Circus and theater show "Libroyaso"

Library:

15 a 16.30 hs. – Cartoon workshop with the participation of Gustavo Sala

Computer room:

14 a 15.30 hs. – “QRe – Reading" – Technological Mediators – Cultural

Microcine:

16:30 – Closing of the Workshop “QRe – Reading ”of the Technological-Cultural Mediators

Dance room (Storytelling space):

14.30 hs. – Fernanda, narrator, tells us "Story Catcher"

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Saturday 30

Hall Central:

16 hs. – Show "Circuito en banda"

Audience:

11 hs. – Film screening "The star-making machine"

15 hs. – Music show "Rayos y Centellas"

17 hs. – Theater and clown show "Hace dos O"

Library:

11 a 14 hs. – Palmas Workshop

Kitchen room:

15 a 17 hs. – Cooking workshop

Microcine:

15 a 17 hs. – Film workshop

Dance room (Storytelling space):

14.30 hs. – Fernanda, narrator, tells us "Stories that sound"

Plastic room:

14.30 a 15.30 hs. – Juggling workshop

15.30 a 16.30 hs. – Dreamcatcher construction workshop

Sunday 31

Audience:

15 hs. – Music and circus show "Pim Pau"

16.30 hs. – Espectáculo musical “Rock and Walsh”

Library

16 hs. – Literary and Illustration Workshop "Our stories – Game, drawing and word"

Kitchen room:

15 a 17 hs. – Cooking workshop

Microcine:

14 hs. – Valor Vereda and his show "Rescatando a los Odos"

Dance room (Storytelling space):

15 hs. – LaLa Taiji, narrator, will count "Meeting point"