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Today, June 8, the mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, the councilor for Culture, Antonio Quesada, the councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero and the councilor for Social Welfare, Tomás Ballester, together with the teacher of the students who have developed the artistic project, María García Rubio, the director of Sustainable Fishing, Carmen-Paz Martí, the coordinator of the Tabarca Marine Reserve, Felio Lozano, and the teachers of the Municipal School of Painting, Mar García and Olga Parra, inaugurate the exhibition “ Art and the sea” at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center, a date that coincides with World Oceans Day.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and the councilor for Culture, Antonio Quesada, will inaugurate this coming Wednesday, June 8, World Oceans Day, at 7:00 p.m., at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center, the exhibition “ Art and the sea”.

The scholarship will cover the registration fee for the 2022/2023 academic year as well as a set of books for learning musical language

The Councilor for Education of the City Council of Torrevieja, Ricardo Recuero, the Councilor for Culture, Antonio Quesada, together with the president of Ars Aetheria, Mamen Mateo and the director of the Torrevieja Symphony Orchestra, José Francisco Sánchez, presented on the morning of today the "Family Concert", which will take place next Saturday, June 11 at the Torrevieja Auditorium, at 12:00.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, accompanied by the councilors of Security and Beaches, Federico Alarcón and Antonio Vidal, and together with the president of the “Los Salerosos” Musical Society, Guillermo Hernández, attended the Spring Concert of the “Los Salerosos” Musical Society. Salty” in the Municipal Theater. A concert that is part of the XXVII Campanya de Música als Pobles, organized by the Provincial Council of Alicante.

The MOE has chosen Torrevieja to be the first city to carry out the act of swearing to the flag after the COVID-19 pandemic

The Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta" communicates that the Copla Contest that had its semifinals scheduled for May 5 and 6 at the Torrevieja Municipal Theater and the final at the May Fair Enclosure is canceled due to a readjustment in The programing. The Municipal Institute of Culture regrets the possible inconvenience caused.

The Councilor for Culture of the City Council of Torrevieja, Antonio Quesada, and the manager of the Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta", Miguel Fernández, have presented today the XXIV edition of the Torrevieja Book Fair, which will be held in Paseo Vista Alegre from Saturday, April 9 to Monday, April 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The II National Amateur Theater Contest "Raúl Ferrández", which will take place between March 21 and 25, both inclusive, at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center, at 8:30 p.m. (free admission until full capacity) has announced the groups selected for this edition, having presented 26 companies from all over Spain, being among all the following selected:

The works have allowed to discover the original existing pavements in the Eras, composed of rock slabs of a magnificent workmanship

This device will be presented as a novelty at the Mobility and Road Safety Fair in Amsterdam, INTERTRAFFIC, the largest event in the sector in Europe

The Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta" informs that "Dibunómadas" has already begun, a meeting of urban drawing artists to enjoy outdoors. Some meetings organized by Olga Parra, teacher at the Torrevieja Municipal School of Painting, free and open to all ages and without obligation. This is the only urban drawing group in Vega Baja, in which anyone interested in drawing can participate. The meeting places are published on facebook/DibuNómadas.

The Councilor for Culture of the City Council of Torrevieja, Antonio Quesada, announces that today the deadline has been opened to request subsidies for cultural associations attached to the field of competence of the "Joaquín Chapaprieta" Municipal Institute of Culture for the year 2022. The deadline for submission of applications is 10 business days, so it will remain open until next February 23. The place for submitting applications will be the electronic headquarters of the Municipal Institute of Culture. The maximum subsidy to be awarded per entity is 20,000 euros, and this amount cannot exceed 80% of the total cost of the project.

The Councilor for Culture and Vice President of the "Joaquín Chapaprieta" Municipal Institute of Culture, Antonio Quesada, reports that during his stay in the port of Torrevieja, from October 2021 to January 2022, the Pascual Flores paileboat has been visited by a total of 1,298 people, including individual visits and school visits. Likewise, several outings called Baptism of the Sea were carried out, which some 200 people have been able to enjoy sailing on the historic sailboat.

Yesterday morning, Tuesday, a meeting was organized with the residents of Torresur, an area of the Rocajuna urbanization, with a majority of British residents, with the presence of the deputy mayor of the Torrevieja City Council, Rosario Martínez, the Councilor for Security and Emergencies, Federico Alarcón, and the mayor of International Residents, Gitte Lund Thomsen, and in which members of the Civil Guard and the Torrevieja Local Police were also present.