Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Querétaro State Events

The Colón Community String Orchestra will offer a one-hour recital in the municipality. Founded in 2019, it is one of the community music education projects supported by the Queretaro State Secretariat of Culture, which promotes the artistic, human and social development of children and young people. Under the conductor Jorge Valencia, the orchestra has created a training process based on perseverance, discipline and a love of music, allowing its members to discover and develop their potential within a collaborative and enriching environment.

Un halcón bajo mi ventana marks journalist and writer Lydia Cacho’s (Mexico) first foray into fiction for adults. A coming-of-age novel about the power of tenderness and friendship, it pays tribute to the voices of the girls and women who paved the way in the struggle for a fairer world. Julieta is a fourteen-year-old girl searching for meaning in her life in 1960s Mexico. Everything changes when she attends the 1968 marches and the Halconazo of 1971 alongside her mother; historic moments that lead her to become involved in clandestine meetings, revolutionary movements and a decade of thrilling revelations.

The Huimilpan Community String Orchestra will offer a one-hour recital in the municipality. Founded in 2019, it is one of the community music education projects supported by the Queretaro State Secretariat of Culture, which promotes the artistic, human and social development of children and young people. Under the conductor Mar Domínguez, the orchestra serves children and teenagers from the community of Lagunillas, Huimilpan and the surrounding areas, establishing itself as a space for coming together, learning and musical training. Since its inception, it has contributed to the cultural enrichment of the municipality, demonstrating that music is a way to foster talent, community and the holistic development of new generations.

Football is much more than 22 men or women chasing a ball. It is a social phenomenon capable of transforming cities and shaping the collective imagination. A breeding ground for epic feats and unparalleled tragedies, it is also a space in which to challenge the symbols of strength, dominance and masculinity upon which it has been built. Rosa Beltrán, Paulina Chavira Mendoza and Jesús Ramírez-Bermúdez, contributors to the anthology Tiro libre. Relatos cancheros sobre futbol, take part in this conversation with Socorro Venegas, in which the ball is nothing more than an excuse to kick off.